Originally Posted by butterflywing
K3n said:
"I think they do, BW. I can only speak for the PDA threads that I visit regularly, but I know that those who posted pics of their progress there always intended to share it and have since done, in Pictures when there was something to show.
For example, I did some PPing last night, with amma's help; I posted the block I did on her PDA - it was nothing special, just a lonely sample block. Then today I did two more blocks so I posted in Pictures because at that point, I thought I had something worth sharing, rather than a picture that was only to illustrate a point in a discussion, ie with amma, that I'd understood what she was telling me. I think some PDAers felt unwelcome on the Main board and in recent days have made real efforts to reintegrate, if that's the right word. GCC has been kept going by you, among others but HAS been a little bit quiet of late. Recently it has started to get a bit more lively, and as a result of that, it seems, there have been complaints." ..............
when amma gave you that help on pp, i would like to have been there. is it posted on tutorials? if it is, i'll look for it. if not, was it posted that the help would be available or had been made available on someone's pda?
when someone is learning a new skill, such as the ones that cutebuns teaches, they should be posted as cutebuns does, for everyone to learn from them and ask questions. this is what i mean by becoming too insular.
it's quiet because everyone is afraid to speak. i'm getting pm's all over the place telling me this. also telling me how gcc now lacks any ooomph or spark. why should that be so? it seems that pda-ers are looser than the members they originally complained about. this make absolutely no sense whatsoever to me. why couldn't members be looser on general chit-chat? and what happened to the argument that their children would read the board chit-chats? will they not read the pda's? are children (who should not be reading the board anyway without supervision), so selective in their reading matter? after all, without supervision, they can go onto a sex site. as i recall, children was a main issue regarding jokes in the first place. this was never a family site, and the jokes were never obscene. i've read some threads on pda and they are just as suggestive, let's call it, as anything that was complained about.
I had been asked for help by some members with paper piecing. It started when the DJ blocks were being exchanged. I did this privately, it was between me and the other member. I did think about putting the tute I made on the board. However at the same time, Admin was advertising a new ebook on paper piecing. I chose to keep it private. I was being respectful of all of the work this author had put into her book. I did this weekend send a PM to Admin and asked him what should I do? He told me it would be okay to post that tute. I have another one in the works too...a couple of more in my mind. When I can get the files decreased in size I will post the one I have been privately sharing.
Two members have posted this finished block on my PDA, it was as a thank you to me for helping and that they were proud the suceeded. Not everyone feels comfortable sharing a first attempt, I was proud they got their feet wet by taking this step!! Next time they will be posting in Main, or in the swap sections as they do other blocks.
k3n posted in my PDA as a thank you and I did it!! She went on to make another block of her own, and she did post in Pictures all of what she has done.
I have willingly shared with all members in the past and will continue in to in the future. I think sharing my own designs with Terri and then the board when asked, proves that.
I took offense when I read this:
when amma gave you that help on pp, i would like to have been there. is it posted on tutorials? if it is, i'll look for it.
when someone is learning a new skill, such as the ones that cutebuns teaches, they should be posted as cutebuns does, for everyone to learn from them and ask questions.
this is what i mean by becoming too insular.
Maybe a PM to me asking me what, where when and why would have been more appropriate. I would gladly have answered just like I did above! But when remarks like this are made in an open comment or discussed in PM's, they can be misconstrued. The reason here was totally different from what was supposed.
Go directly to the person, ask why did you do or say this... You may find that the reason was honest, legitimate, and honorable. I was not hiding it in my PDA, I was just waiting for the right time to post it.
Would the same thing have been said if k3n was visiting at my house, I showed her how to make this block, and she went home and made hers. The next day posted it on my PDA to say thank you and I did it!!!
I almost feel like if I help someone with a quilting question, that I have to always post my help/tutorial or drawings? Even when I may not be comfortable sharing a rather poorly done photographic tutorial put together rather quickly?