h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

hello.. i talked to you when i first came on here...( concerning towel day... and your response was to put a tiny link barely readable on the front page half way thru towel day.... remember now?) anyway i want you to see this i sent it to peta. i donot expect you to actually haha even read this... but if you do... i assure you it is meant for you too.


hello. i sent the message above to you 6 days ago and you havent replied. actually, this is okay with me... but in the light of what i have to say today... it makes it harder. why? because i feel this will fall on blind eyes.

i have only been on this site for a couple of months at the most. Almost from day one i was assaulted by regulars on here who are uk-centric, mean spirited, bullying, anti-americans. i ran into people who have links on their personal space going to porn sites... i ran into alot of racist remarks... and who ever is supposed to be monitoring all this evidently turns a blind eye when it is either someone they know or someone English.

As near as i can figure, this place is two things... a guide or encyclopedia of some sort that is contributed to by the members.... and a community for socializing and talking about matters of import and/or interest.

Now i know what Douglas Adams and his group... were you a part of that? i know what he envisioned. And i guess i am not telling you anything new when i say its not happening. I tried. But this place is too mean, too many house rules are broken, and even in peer review i have seen this crass behaviour.

as near as i can figure out... your hands are tied. there is nothing you can do. i know you would if you could... if you were one of Douglas' friends. but even here i am not sure because i read the official biography of Douglas Adams written by a supposed friend of his.. and, well, it was a struggle getting through it... he put him down so much. oh yes in the subtle fashion of the english... but put down he did.

i am writing this in the hopes that since this place is not going to improve... if you all could see fit to change the name of it because it is an insult to Douglas. i am going to send this to Derek too. This place is like ....spitting on Douglas' grave... I am not worried about intelligent people misconstruing that the way h2g2 is now is what Douglas would approve of. I just think its wrong. I am glad its not called Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. Thank god for small favors.

i am pretty weary of all this but i will cite a few things.... The Whats Wrong with Americans thread. charming. The sabotaging of discussions by anti-american trolling. THE ABUSE OF DELLA... i researched it and she was set upon like hounds on a fox. shame. The allowance of racial epithets against englands favorite antagonists... the french and the irish.

well... i am realising as i am saying this that doubtless you know about it all so i guess you dont care... or you approve. anyways... i felt it was only right to tell you.

goodbye... i dont expect an answer. i am leaving.

Hello there fluffy kerfuffle,

I'm sorry you feel like this. You may not expect an answer but it would be rude of me not to provide one, which is why I'm alarmed about the message from six days ago. If you could please explain where you sent or posted the message, I will try to get round to it. Quite often there is one person running this whole site, and it gets extremely chaotic.

Regarding the other comments about moderation and so on - there are procedures for this. If you Yikes a post and disagree with our decision about it we ask that you reply to the email you receive in reply. We can't make everybody happy but we would definitely not tolerate (for example) racist remarks or links to porn sites (both would break our House Rules). As the site is not pre-moderated, we rely on our users to point these things out to us, though.

All the best,

Natalie

< F5165826?thread=4322201 > the message from six days ago.

Traveller in Time trying to read every message
"Have not found of read anything about anything really offensive, besides some expectations way above the site. . .

Thought Fluffykerfuffle was growing into the pace of the site recently. "

So did I but it seems we were wrong:

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W

Hello, Wilma, I'm just lurking. Oh, dear

Hi Chips, fancy meeting you here

I know, I had high hopes but... there's no telling what people will do, is there?

*shrug*

Tonight I've decided to get out and about

Looks like our USian friend really has left the site...
Oh well.

I'm off, Chips. Nice 'seeing' you again
W

And you, Wilma, sweet dreams

Traveller in Time waking up slowly
"Welcome back 'not fluffykerfuffle'

, Just do not get too upset by the imperfect communication taking place on this text only WEB site "

I swear there was a from 'not kerfuffle' before TiT's post!

I need to have a coffee

How did 'not fluffykerfuffle' manage to remove her own posting?

I thought only Editors had that power.

I had a moment there, GB. Sorry...

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heh heh
.. . . .puts magic wand away. ... .

Hello . .. ...i am not fluffykerfuffle.. what changed your mind? Or are you wearing elastic pants?

sorry? elastic pants? truely, i am not british. What does that mean?

oh... and i KNOW you're not fluffykerfuffle