Official Welcome to the Dragon Thread VI

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(And welcome back -pilgrim-!) :o)

Ooops. Double post!

>1 clamairy: Count me not a fan of the new position and size of the "Leave Group" button. I expect to be popping in and out of the pub repeatedly, as my finger hits it when scrolling...

>3 -pilgrim-: I suspect you won't be alone!

>4 clamairy: I can confirm that. I apparently am no longer a group member. When I read the above posts I went to the Group Page to see what the Leave Button looked like and I could only see "Join" and "Watch". Checked my profile and Green Dragon is not on my list of groups. Expect my application to join in the post.

E.T.A.
I appear to be back in from the cold.

>5 pgmcc: My first departure occurred when the new format was introduced. No action required - as I described at the time. Since MrsLee reported the same result, I suspect it happened to anyone who was in the pub (i.e. had a thread open) at the time of the changeover.

Or maybe Rosie was in a huff with us all?

Welcome, pgmcc!

>7 MrAndrew: Thank you! The Group members seem really friendly. It’s like meeting old friends all over again.

I can confirm my theory.

Yesterday we had the pleasure of the old Groups page, so I was active in catching up reading here. Then differently suddenly we switched back to the "improved version" (the one stripped of all useful information) - and I am booted out of the GD again.

It's not a miskey of mine. If you are in the group page when they reset their system, you get booted out of the group.

Oh, well.

Hello everybody, I Am Pilgrim.

>9 -pilgrim-: Hmmmz. I haven't had that, but what I have had repeatedly over the last few days is glacially slow service and frequent complaints that Firefox "can't find the \Librarything\ server".

It's in a secret bunker.

I get the old format when I first arrive to the group, but as soon as I post in a thread, it switches to the new one. If I could just keep my mouth closed...

I'm not seeing it on my phone, but I'm pretty sure I saw an option to view groups in the old style on my desktop yesterday.

It's the 'n' in the link that is causing the issues.

>13 clamairy: I only use a phone, so I cannot comment on effects on a PC.

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Hi! I am "back" somewhat. I'm not a daily reader of threads, and I do not read as much as I used to, but if you are interested look for maggie1944, and you could find it either here in Green Dragon or over at 75 Books.

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>24 clamairy: I think it's great that you welcome everyone by name. I'd like to see more of these new GDers show up in our conversational threads.

>25 Meredy: BookWormWillow joined the Facebook group, at least! It's a start.

Welcome JohnOak, HibahShabkhez, , yaoi4evr, azmichelle, Melvin_Bernard, stephrenology, dulcetdesert, JohnGorman, SugarThief, saskia17, ejmw, MarleneJensen, stephencz, bekaroo, rocklands, 101ReasonsWhy, allan.nail and glassWizard60 and Ashardin!


And welcome back (again) Meredy and -pilgrim-...

>27 clamairy: Thanks. I didn't mean to leave. I tried that one button ("Joined") to see what would happen, and it ditched me out of the group without warning. Bad design change, if you ask me.

Could have been worse. You could have ended up a siamese twin. You could have had all your books fused together. You could have become a member of a cult.

Don't press the "eject" button, please.

>28 Meredy: I agree.
>29 MrAndrew: Must. Press. The. Button. I speak from experience, only I pressed the red button in my new car.

>29 MrAndrew: >30 MrsLee: Thanks.

>27 clamairy: What was wrong with "Leave group"? It seems like an imperative verb of intended action would communicate results much more effectively than a past participle (without a subject) that expresses an action already performed. If I did want to leave the group, why would I click "Joined"? I hope the interface designer will reconsider.

>31 Meredy: If you are already a member, the button says, "Joined". Hover your pointer over the button and it changes to, "Leave Group". I assume the button says, "Join Group", for anyone that is not yet a member...?

I agree setting it up this way was a terrible interface design decision.

>32 ScoLgo: Yes, it's terrible, but I'm sure it was set up 15 years ago before anyone was using smart phones or tablets to navigate LT.

>31 Meredy: Perhaps you could send a note to one of the site admins.

>33 clamairy: Sure. How do I find them?

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Welcome nobrien33, skittles, robfrench, leoslittlebooklife, Metalwitch, alichan459, .R.Todd, rbee, ajungherr, Julie-A-Hartley, rww, VIllageLane, ookla_the_mok, Dylan_Rawles, Jasmine.Rinaldi, isjenn, Dante53212, markBla, Ddwdue2, Noel_G, r.l.buck, Bige13, beleton, BESIP_Ceiba, reedsreads, Ralle, TheNinny, WriterNancy, cachafaz, WvamntnsH, Ishtar42, Parsing, librarianlion, Vicusnigri, yamblaza, monibookishnerd, markg436, liz4444, Lexicon15, leontines, probabilistic, Murphy621 and MGBookman!

Lots of new arrivals! Welcome!

>48 Sakerfalcon: I guess I hadn't done this for a stretch. It's a lot harder to collect the names when you wait.

You could just make them up.

Welcome filloxie18, sturmanddrang, rebbibop, john123456, nodoze_1963, umslopogaas, libraryschmibray, toomanycats, uberschench, bleurgh, radicalprion, nearly_comatose, adolphlungren, skeggs, dunerats, mercimercy, bookabun !

>50 MrAndrew: There’s a couple in there that I might use if I ever need to create another account.

>51 haydninvienna: I'm waiting for ookla_the_mok to post!

>50 MrAndrew: Might be interesting to see if any of us noticed something fishy.

>49 clamairy: As an admin now of a much, much smaller and quieter group, I feel your pain. I find it depressing to keep welcoming folks who never seen to exist in the talk threads. Hello? Is anyone really there? :)

>54 MrsLee: I believe a very small percentage lurk, but the majority join and then never come back. It's very sad.

I prefer to think that it's an exclusive club. Or that i'm scaring people away. It's important to have a belief system that reinforces your sense of worth.

>56 MrAndrew: You might be onto something... (The exclusivity, not the scary part.)

There's probably a way for Tim & Co to see which GD members are on line but not posting. Maybe still wouldn't know which of the groups they were looking at though. I remember that a while ago I worked out that basically the whole of the posting activity in the GD was from about 30 people. I think pretty well all of them except Bookmarque and majkia have appeared in this thread.

>58 haydninvienna: We do have a few that come and go... and then come back again. I'm hoping a few more drift back in when they retire.

I plan on posting a lot more after i pass away.

>58 haydninvienna: i read that as "I think pretty well of all of them except Bookmarque and majkia ", which seemed quite out of character.

>60 MrAndrew: Hey! I'm happy with both reading

ETA SORRY ALL I MUST HAVE BEEN HALF ASLEEP WHEN I POSTED THIS. I REALLY DIDN'T, DIDN'T, DIDN'T INTEND TO DISS BOOKMARQUE AND MAJKIA.

I agree with >60 MrAndrew: : his alternative reading would indeed have been out of character.

>60 MrAndrew: Zombie posts. That would be new... I think.

>61 haydninvienna: Just to make it abundantly clear: I think the world of all Dragoneers, specifically including Bookmarque and Majkia. Once again, apologies for my carelessness in posting a smart-arse reply when I should have taken a few more seconds to think.

Welcome MonkMan, efrischhertz, thegreggarrison, CurrerBell, vwinsloe, KDW1993, Steerpike07, ludmillalotaria, karspeak, Tambien, kaida46, RandyMorgan, Keyang, and afairman75!

(If I have screwed up and welcomed you twice, forgive me.)

Twice welcome!

>65 MrAndrew: It's kind of like second breakfast.

Welcome Liesl., Jason--Gray, sisyphus_happy, TabithaLynch, Thenorthneverforgets, buckyball, gbh2 and Retrogamer1982!

Welcome LuaraJKeys, VivianDennis, tlclaw06, alluse, SueHerbine, and Shalini_Soni.

Welcome Nervkill22, NateMKinsey, Karizza, Black-cat5, luduslykos and ChrisG1.

>69 pgmcc: I think it's 'luduslykos.'

The Green Dragon welcomes new members:
InANookWithABook and thelorelei.

Also puddinpubby, shercker and K_Dymaxion.

The Green Dragon welcomes new group members:
danketterman_books, laurellox and carasea.

The Green Dragon welcomes, risansaz and DDtheV.

>55 clamairy: I'll drop a line here every now and then.

This group name intrigued me.

I kicked off writing the plot outline of a fantasy dragon novella collaboratively, and we exchanged a lot of ideas how to do it remotely.

But it never gained traction during the good writing months of covid, and now we've gone back to semi-normal lives after lockdown ended together with Work-from-home, so it's just the germ of a dormant idea.

i'm going to assume that's a novella written by a fantasy dragon.

The Green Dragon welcomed logicalwillow.

The Green Dragon welcomes KelsiFinnan.

Welcome Nick-Myra, Onceaweekgogreek, MissBrangwen, sheldonnylander and FrinoBaggins.

Thank you :-)

Hi, I am dipping in again as I have more time to think about books. Good to see The Green Dragon lives!

>81 maggie1944:
Great to see you back. I hope all is well with you and that we will see plenty of posts from you about what you are reading…and any other newsworthy events.

>81 maggie1944: Welcome back... again!

Welcome ruby_x1 and bb910.

>81 maggie1944: It's great to see you again!

Welcome toria86, Paul_AK, celticsouthern, Echinopsis and deniselange!

Welcome CatherineMilos, LyonsPen, CarilleBooks and laylahz!