The SKMB thread
A place to discuss all things regarding the official Stephen King Message Board.
I wonder if Mr. King spends much time online reading forums posts. Wouldn't it be riot if he was a regular poster here and nobody knew who he was ( accept Bev, who knows everything ).
"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
Chat about the Official Stephen King message board.
Here is the thread folks. Personally, the message board is way too heavily moderated. All there needs to be is a big disclaimer and TOS that you agree to.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I think even if he did read some boards he probably wouldn't be a regular poster. When would he find the time?
Whoops. I jumped too fast.
"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
I think we made them at the same time
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Well, I can't but I'm sure someone will merge them soon. I almost started one too.
Hmmm...which to merge to which.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
Doesn't matter.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Okay, its a done deal then. I was saying in the thread where this started that I think caution is probably the genesis of how the place is set up.
I can just see how it would go.
Poster 1: SK is an ass!
Poster 2: I'll kill you
Poster One sues Stephen King because they were threatened on his message board.
Now, I understand a disclaimer could be put up and I believe that you can set the board that it must be agreed to before you can post...but would that be enough to protect SK from crazy people
Its something to think about.
With that, its kind of a drag it has to be that way and a fully moderated board does have a way of curtailing discussion.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
The no posting on weekends and at night is the real killer.
"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
Its funny because I always forget and then think I'm in trouble because I can't post.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I have done that a couple times too Matt!. I almost sent her a PM once asking if I did something wrong.
I did that, she was like; "Duh,did you read the FAQ? "
"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
That's why I don't post over there. Too much censorship.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I wonder how many of the overall PMs she gets are in regards to this very thing.Originally Posted by ATG
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I wish I could log on, but when I tried to re-log on back when they switched to the new message board system, it kept saying that my ID was incorrect and then when I changed my ID slightly just so I could join, I never got any e-mail confirmation. So I gave up.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I think there was a thread there about people having problems when they switched to the new board. I'll try to see what I can find about it for you Matthew.
I e-mailed the head mod in charge of all that, not Ms. Mod but the other one there, twice and the first time he told me to go back and try again, (which I already did) and then for the second, I never heard from him again. Fuck 'em.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Well, Okay then. I just thought I'd offer to try to help. That is kinda' lame though.
Thanks, its just not worth yours or my time. TheDarkTower.Com lays waste to the official message board 7 days a week and twice on Sundays anyway.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
They had a bit of a problem with new members when the board changed. Its weird about the email because I got that right away.
Not sure whats up with that Matchu
And thanks for that last bit, not necessary but totally cool.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I had the same problem. The confirmation took almost a week to get to me.
John
Holy hell, that isn't good at all.
Its a vbulletin set up and I know from experience that there can be major problems with getting auto board emails to go to certain address now.
They are treated like spam and simply not delivered at all in some cases.
Now...I'm hoping it would be okay to move the SKMB comments over to the thread for it. I am as guilty as anyone at getting carried away in here.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
Agreed.
Here, one feels freedom to call a spade a spade, or a stinker a stinker, like in the case of Liseys Story. But over there, it's like walking on eggshells.
"The Constitution shall never be construed....to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms" (Samuel Adams, Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 86-87)
Hmm... I don't know. If I didn't like something for example one of his books, I'd just say it. What are they gonna' do ban you for disliking something or talking bad about it. That wouldn't be too wise for them. Word of mouth moves quickly. If I got something to say I'll say it. If you feel Lisey's Story sucked there's no reason to not say it there. It would actually be kinda' refreshing.
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