A funny thing happened yesterday on the way to Open Salon. IT OPENED!
Now that might not seem like a big deal for some, but for me it was a huge deal. You see, for the past two months I had fallen into the sad habit of trying to access Open Salon once each day. Each day I would struggle to get the site to open only to be greeted with…at one point or another…the dreaded LOTS OF ERRORS sign. Once I got that sign, I would move on to another wonderful site started by a long-time Open member, Lorraine. Once there I would post my blog with no problems at all.
But…on Saturday…Open Salon opened for me in a flash. I was shocked but still not convinced so I began to navigate within the site, from blog to blog and sure enough, each blog opened like clockwork.
I was still not completely convinced so I decided to try the absolute acid-test. I tried to open my mail. Since the trouble began this was one function that never worked and always ended up giving me the Errors page. It opened like a charm!!
So I quickly posted my latest blog entry from Our Salon and was even able to read the few comments I got.
Does this mean that Open Salon is back? I certainly hope so, it has been a long couple of months. There have been volumes written by me and friends of mine about what an unholy mess this site has been in and we were right….it was royally screwed up, but if it is finally back then kudos to whoever fixed the damn thing because this is home and home always feels better when it works, ya know.
I hope this lasts. I want it to last and I want to post my blogs here….fingers crossed.
I doubt if he will ever read this, but I just want to say “Thank you” to our Editor, Jake Sugarman. I’m not thanking him for fixing the problem because I am sure it was those pesky IT guys we never see that did that. What I would like to thank Jake for was his having the balls to post updates and try to keep the rest of us informed. He took a lot of heat from a lot of angry people and he took it with aplomb that I would never have had. Thank you Jake.
Now…..let’s see if it’s going to let me post this thing.
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trudge....thanks my friend I'm glad to be here.
Sheila....I hope it lasts too.
Tink...I'm not angry at all, but then some just feel better when they're angry.
remembering all the things we used to do here I don't want to forget... but until proven, the antagonist in me is going to Mustard.
I do hope more memories can be had and created here
Yawn...
tr ig...Here's the thing, nobody has treated me badly. Management gave me a platform to display my blog and when it stopped working I went to Our Salon and I love it there. If this site continues to work I will keep cross-posting from Our Salon. Simple as that. I see you too are back in here...that's a good thing isn't it. Oh and I also blog on WDC as well.
Margaret....I think you have the right idea.
:-)
Clear as clear can be for my likes and needs.
I am happy to find my friends here,too.
Happy New Year to everyone!!!
I guess that I'm glad OS is back, though. I'd thought that it wasn't enough of a money-maker for Salon, and so they'd let it die...
I hope this lasts too. It's great to see things improving on OS.
Kind of a diss, in my opinion -- a diss to your written piece and the host(s) that allow you to publish those pieces, not to mention the audience that has to pick one spot or the other. I'm afraid one spot or the other would just turn into a copy site and that's just not right, to the writer, publisher, or reader.
As for homes, I've rented enough houses over the years to know the difference between a shitty landlord and a good one.
The shitty ones might paint or nail down a loose board, but they rarely fix the crappy foundation or acknowledge the black mold -- and they *will* take ownership of every speck of your hard work you created to make your 'home' a nice place.
Just my thoughts...
Yesterday would have been my four year anniversary here. I come now, only to throw stones.
Perhaps I took this place more seriously than you David. I remember days of zero spam. Then, watching the place I did truly love, yeah . . crumble, it hurt. Yes, just a silly web site to you. It was my home page. . silly me. I met numerous contributors from here and formed real life friendships. Spent a lot of time and energy writing and reading and commenting. I witnessed all the promises broken by Kerry, and subsequently, your buddy Jake, when all they had to do was just tell the truth. Liars. Yes I took it personally.
Gina/Myriad said something on facebook at the tragically dubbed (as Jake once said) ORPHANS OF OPEN SALON . . . something about attentive lovers v. abusive lovers. Really struck home with me. Take care man.
We shall see what the future brings.
daisyjane....Hiya daisy. good to see you again.
toritto....Yay,indeed.
zanelle....."Almosta Open" I like that!
Heidi....I'm glad it's working too but I will keep posting in Our Salon and cross posting here. Unless I get booted from Our Salon that is.
Robert Crook...It is what it is and I take it with a grain of salt.
Diary...It is nice to see an improvement.
Just Thinking....That's certainly one way to look at it. Personally I tend to see my blog like those syndicated columns in the paper. A writer writes his column and it appears in maybe a hundred papers. He isn't dissing one paper or editor, he is just putting his words out there to be read. I would hope that people who really know me know that I would never diss them...especally Lorianne because she has done so much good work in sitting up Our Salon.
tr ig....I understand the way you feel and that's your right. I just let what any site's management does bother me. The real part, the cherished part, of any site are the friends we make on those sites and as far as I know, I haven't lost them. The people are important....kerry and his minions are a non-factor to me. I understand that the only way to know when they are lying is to see their mouths move...sure sign. If Kerry were to shut this place down tomorrow, it wouldn't surprise me. I have no faith in them at all, but I do have faith in the friends I've made here. Seriously, unless someone messes with my family, my ranch, or my horses, I'm not going to waste a lot of time being upset with them and i refuse to let them hurt me. I will continue to call Our Salon my primary blogging home unless of course you other members don't want me there because I post here too. Either way...it's all good.
Tobbar....well hopefully the site will work better for you, but if not then you really should check out Our Salon. It works fast, smooth, and has a lot of options this place lacks and most importantly it has a manager who actually listens and tries to help with any problems. Kerry could take some lessons from Our Salon.
As for you not being wanted one place or the other, please do not count me in that group. Hard to imagine anyone feeling that way towards writers we like to read....yet....
...my thoughts go more toward not wanting one site - the better site, in my opinion, OurSalon - to be diminished by readers considering OurS just copies of posts found here, as was happening months ago.
Hopefully now, OurS has grown enough for that not to be an issue, but still.
I was so loyal to here, Open Salon, until I just couldn't be.
Now I'm a bit disgusted and feel OS doesn't really deserve the good writers back, truthfully....or the right to own any of the writings.
I guess that's how my feelings enter the mix, that's the crux of it all for me:
I don't think Open Salon deserves to have any of us back.
Just me, no hard feelings to you personally, or anyone, personally.