Dedicated to Labrea Tarpits – We Will Miss You
Each of us have our own threshold of what we can take when it comes to personal attacks. I don’t know what specifically made Labrea Tarpits decide to leave FriendBurst. I did not know him before I joined FriendBurst, but I valued his thoughts and friendship.
He is but the latest to be chased away. I hope he comes back after a period of time.
I will always support those who are attacked out of hatred. I wish people would be more civil. While I have disagreements with many people here on FriendBurst, I try to keep my replies civil (although I know I have failed from time to time). Lately I choose to just ignore people who espouse ignorance.
YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS IS HER FAMILY….ITS ALWAYS A SAD TIME WHEN WE LOOSE SOMEONE WE KNOW ANGEL….
ALLAH, KNOW YOUR IN PRAYERS…ALLAH HEARS ALL & LOVES ALL~~~~~KISSES~~~
Labrea is gone???? I hate to hear that. Almost daily, I think about deleting my account here. This just brings me one step closer to leaving. 🙁
LT and I had been myspace friends, his move here really prompted my own…….
Here will be a lesser place without him………I really hope he returns..
Darn. I really like La Brea Tarpits. I hope he’s just taking a break.
I’m sickened by this as well. Thought this place was going to be better than myspace, but with less than 5000 members, there are too many small-minded people here with nothing to do but attack those they don’t like and/or agree with.
It is typical in the “Real World” do disagree. Social networking is no different except people do not show their face. Its ok to disagree and voice your opinion on what you believe. If someone is being mean spirited just delete them and have no interacting with them. We do have a block option along with Kevin who responds and does do something about it. I too will be damned if someone is going to run me off! It doesn’t happen in my life nor will I let it happen in cyber space! That is my 2 cents. Can’t we just get along? Wishing everyone blessings..and look around at the beauty that surrounds you.
I always enjoyed reading Labrea’s posts. I will miss him while he’s gone and if he stays gone I will consider it to be a good sized loss on this site. If he left because of some buttheads here, I will be even more disappointed.
I’ve never understood leaving a site because of buttheads, thereby allowing them the “win” they always so desperately seek. Maybe I’ve never been persecuted enough. No matter what, in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn’t make any difference what anybody here has to say bad about me or mine. I’ve been insulted by far better in real life.
It won’t ever be the same here without him. This saddens me so much that this has happened. 😥
I thought things were getting better here recently, though a number of my friends have already left. Maybe I’ve just found ways of avoiding some of the folks who annoyed me the most.
Not sure which “poll” is referred to above. I don’t read the polls. And I WILL leave any site that offends me for any reason on a regular basis—I’m here (or there, as it were) for fun and friendship, not to have my feathers ruffled every day.
Tarps is one of the main reasons I am still here. Or at least the reason I check in daily. So if he’s gone for good, I won’t be here much myself. I’m already spending more time at Facebook.
I’ll miss him too, I really liked him, his writing was eloquent, I enjoyed his witty humour, I dont go on blogs much but his I did…peace~ @Kay, there is a person who has been creating polls to bash several people here, she’s been reported buy D. Lemur. Ive written him at Youtube, I hope he answers…
He was one of my first friends here and welcomed me and support me in my hard times here. Why he is leaving. If I resisted he can do it also. Those that know and were to find him, please bring him back.
Labs got chased of this site? Why would anyone want to do that? He was and is a very cool guy. I hope that he wasn’t bullied by some of those people on his latest religious blog. All the same, I am sure he will be back as we all have bad days online regardless of what site it is. He just needs time out to chill for a while
LT was an awesome blogger, a sharp mind and a kind heart. Frankly, I would be happy to learn that the reason his account is gone was because of sensitivity to childish, personal attacks. See, that doesn’t sound like him to be offended easily. Consequently, I’ve been worried that his disappearance might have something to do with his health or personal well-being as opposed to having anything to do with those stupid polls. If anyone hears anything, please spread the word.
I’ve invited some of you who are on my friends list. If I missed you or you are not on my friends list, please join.
http://www.friendburst.com/group/LabraeTarpits/
I’ve been wondering what happened to him too! SHOOT! He was a fun and mentally stimulating guy to blog with. I can’t imagine him, though, being run off by a few nasties (I almost used another word, but decided I better google it first. I’m glad I did). A local fire would not delete his profile either. I have a feeling someone HAD him deleted. I don’t ever think I observed him being rude, so they had to have made up something against him. 😈
Moose might know, just sayin’…
FYI:
Labrea is fine. He just got “fed up” and left. Partly because he still has a very limited satellite connection to the net.
Please email me so I can have some personal conversations. Members begged for blocking peoples comments from their blogs. We worked very hard so that when a person was blocked they could not comment. Members also begged for subscriptions. We worked very hard to come up with a solution so people can follow who they want. The tools should be in place to adequately block people. If members are ‘getting around’ this somehow I need to know. I received no communication on LT leaving or why. I was really hoping with the tools we have given members that they would be used, and if people are abusing things to contact myself, Angelica or Karen personally. We are not interested, nor have the time in getting in ever little squabble. Bloggers need to take responsibility for their own blogs, and contact us right away with specific examples when the tools that they have fail. To a certain extent the bloggers here now have everything in place to really start to moderate themselves a lot more then they used to. Just think back a few months ago. You could not set comments to moderate, blocking would still let people make comments on blogs, bulletins and the stream, no subscriptions. That is why I have not been getting involved as much in the blogs lately. Help me understand what more tools would be useful?
I consider LT a Dear Friend. I hope he does what is best for himself.
No one wants to have their opinions dismissed because of who they are. I am amazed at the hatred that still exists based on being Gay or Black or Mexican, or a woman. I am disappointed in Speech that is intended to be hurtfull based on who a person is.
No one wants to hear and I am paraphrasing, “your opinions doesn’t matter cause you are a woman, or your Black, or any other ….”
I think the language in the poll crossed over the line into Hate speech. The Language was vile.
I’ve just logged in and this is a shock. I think Labrea has had some difficulties, not least he is in New Mexico – isn’t NM having a hard time right now with fires? And other things. Labrea is one of my favourite folks here. I hope he comes back :groovy:
I know of a handful of folks here on Friendburst that are going to have to find someone new to call names now.
I guess we’ll have to retire the insult of “Labrea Armpits” now?
I’m just waiting on the walls of smileys and hearts to get paraded out by the usual suspects. You know, the ones that are only joking around but they always seem to be “misunderstood”.
I’m sick, fed up, and disgusted. It doesn’t take a single over the top incident to chase someone away from Friendburst. The same can be achieved with a subtle concerted effort from a small handful.
I hope you pardon my black mood, John. I truly appreciate you taking the time to post this and the kind words that so many folks have spoken here.