06-21-2015, 06:55 PM
(06-21-2015, 06:52 PM)Segolia Wrote: Ugh not this skype squad bullshit again. Has anyone actually taken a step back to consider if this is *actually* segregating the community like you all suggest.
Within the skype group, most people are probably as active as they are here (or are more active here). People have their own shit going on and it's pretty naive to assume that just because they aren't here 24/7 that they must be in the skype group instead.
Several people (maybe ~5) in the skype group aren't even members of this community at all, only in the group because they are friends with the other people in it. A couple of people are basically never active in the skype group.
Take away these, and you're left with, what, so few others that I could count them on one hand who are actually 'preferencing' the skype community (or alternatively 'isolating' themselves from these forums as you suggest)? Honestly it's a bit hard to blame them either. A few are turned away by the thread because of taking issue with particular members here or just the constant drama like this bullshit. So, then that makes skype a way to keep in touch with people from the nexus without having to be involved in the nexus? Not a bad thing, these people probably wouldn't be around here instead if the skype group didn't exist.
So can you really claim that skype is 'segregating' this community when it mostly(entirely?) consists of:
-People who maintain an active presence both here and on skype
-People who aren't and were never part of this community
-People who don't want to be involved with this community but use skype as a way to keep in touch with some people who are.
Thank you, Seg.
The Skype stuff is not, and never has, segregated the community. It is a different avenue of communication. Only a very small number of people are highly active in skype, and not active on the forums. Maybe four. Just because they don't post doesn't mean they don't read, however.
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