None ....they like being in the dark and being fed b.s.

I've been commenting on the cliques here for ages.

It used to be a lot worse, back when the site was newer and smaller and some of the real old-timers resented it when anybody other than themselves posted anything. They developed an entitlement attitude, complained ceaselessly about how "This is not MY JSH anymore," and eventually they went extinct.

The few real cliques we have now are smaller but maybe more vociferous, in terms of the forums. They like to post long threads about nothing, six or seven of them posting the same things over and over, and they make a concerted effort to ignore any non-cliquers who try to join in.

They're easy to spot and easier to ignore.

We have so many new people, people who are actually trying to communicate and get to know the terrain here. I would much rather deal with them than read the same old boring clique-o-rama trashola that the few truly cliquish cliques put out there.

whatcha think, lex...maybe the best thing we've done yet was make the "coffeehouses and bars" area so that they CAN just stay in their little worlds...

Or am I the only one to notice this?

So now this is the anti-clique clique

Or am I the only one to notice this?

I like to think of it as just another whiners clique.

Wweetie LIFE is very 'clique-ee' .. anywhere you go .. work, school, social groups ..

It's a natural part of life for people who 'clique' (ie, have things in common or personalities blend) to be 'clique-ee'

I dunno... I've been here a couple years now and it's always seemed that way to me.

ooooohhh...did i just detect a wittle bitty...um...wheeze? a bit of a whinge? just maybe?

Sweetie LIFE is very 'clique-ee' .. anywhere you go .. work, school, social groups ..

It's a natural part of life for people who 'clique' (ie, have things in common or personalities blend) to be 'clique-ee'

cliques? sure there are .. but does it offend you? sounds like it.. But here is how I handle it... "if they don't like me for who I am or what I have to say on here , then they can just move on. I personally do not care if I am "accepted or not".

I am not here to have a huge list of friends to boast about , but to have friends I care about... Enjoy the forums and get to know each other learn by reading how they post , what they post. it will give you an idea if you want to know them as more then mere Mingle clients? good luck .

Your headline is scary.

If you post more you're bound to join a few cliques yourself.

Thanks but no thanks. :)

I may post more but I think there shall be no clique for myself.

You got THAT right!

And if they want to make those 47-page threads where the 6 of them talk all day long about the wind blowing the garbage can over last Thursday, and they ignore anyone outside their little cadre who tries to chime in, well, it's easy enough to figure out who's here to communicate and who's here to be exclusionary.

It just puzzles me, though, that here we have a site with thousands of great people, and THESE groups don't even want to get to know anybody....! Oh well, not my loss, not my problem....