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Människöpesten · #81 10-16-2010, 01:35 AM

when you spend your friday evening here.

MarkL · #82 10-16-2010, 01:36 AM

When you spend every evening here :P

Tom · #83 10-16-2010, 05:06 AM

- When you wake up in the middle of the night because you're sick, starts the computer and makes a visit to AAm, then try to fall asleep again.

Zeerre · #84 10-16-2010, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Människöpesten

when you spend your friday evening here.

Same here. I don't know whether to feel happy or sad.

#85 10-16-2010, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by wasabi622

I take it you're a member at AF, so lay it on me bud. What's it really like over there?

Yeah, I'm a member there and at some 10 other Lili forums also. Though I just visit them regularly without posting much.

What is it like. It's like other Alizée related forums. Crazy Alizée fans spread all around (

). For me similarities are more profound than the differences.

I would say that you should be a part of the community, experience and judge it yourself before reaching any conclusions. That's always the best thing to do.

AF is an old forum with many good members.

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It's not really because it's strict, I guess I just don't like the community at AF, yes I know that AAm and AF have a lot of members in common, but I've read some posts and threads at AF that have really pissed me off.

This reminds me of one comment by Jalen on "what pisses you off thread". Don't base the forum as whole, by one aspect. I guess it was something like this only.

Though this is not uncommon. Don't you find some posts here which you don't like? Nothing is all good. That's the part of the forum. You find people with all kind of thinking.

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Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

I have a lot of respect for AF. It seems to be a much larger forum with many knowledgeable members.

I agree with this. Well, the forum has been there for over 7 years, so it has to be larger. Though the number of active members is not much different from other forums.

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They also seem to hear news items quicker, I'm sure mainly due to the fact they're much closer to the action.

Yeah, they do get news items quicker. But I believe these days all forums get news items almost at the same time as other forums, thanks to social networking sites facebook and twitter.

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The only reason I see AF as better is that they get news faster than you can say Lilly....and that is pretty fast

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They be in France dawg

There are very few active French members on AF. They stil manage to do it through magic of internet mostly.

You just need to keep your eyes opened. Being closer to action certainly helps.

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But yah I feel like if I post one thing that is off topic there, that I will get banned haha. I dunno, AF just scares me...maybe it's their layout

This is not true. It's hard to have a forum where people don't go off-topic and you won't be banned unless you create trouble.

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Yeah, for people only get bad vibes of AF if they come here first, get used to it, look at AF and piss their pants at how strict it is hahaha.

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Originally Posted by wasabi622

Huh.. and I was thinking about joining AF.. I guess I'll just pop in their as a guest, but if it's as strict as you people are making it out to be, probably not where I want to be.

lol, Well I don't think any of you face problems there because the way it is. Indeed the forum is well-organized. What you want is to post and if you have all kind of threads for each type of post then what's the problem? So, Wasabi, feel free to join AF and use the off-topic/spam thread as much as you want.

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It seems like they have no discussion threads there haha, cause people don't post in them since they are to afraid to get yelled at for any off-topicness. They are very organized there and try to keep it that way, so many mods too.

It's good to have the forum organized. Don't we try to do the same here also.

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...yah they are quite negative and are pretty much all super harsh critics, I do like some there though.

Though it happens on other forums too. People do tend to go negative especially when her career goes slow or dormant. Nothing new about that.

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Originally Posted by lefty12357

As I said before, I visit AF regularly and I do have respect for that site. I am a member there but I don't post. I think it's good that there are a number of Alizée sites, each one with a different style and culture, so to speak, so that every Alizée fan can find a home where they feel comfortable.

Quite true. Each forum has it's own style. The one which suits you best becomes a second home for you. This doesn't mean that other forums are bad. It's just the level of comfort with one of those.

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But yah, it's nice having it laid back here, and yah I guess we keep it pretty organized here(not really).

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But I don't get any bad vibes there at all. It's just that this forum is so laid back, so easy going. We deviate from the topic of a thread all the time and nobody really minds. We're kind of self policing in that regard where anyone might remind us where straying off topic, but if we don't get back on topic, nobody really minds. Probably the only other thing that needs policing in here is me.

When Brad started the AAm, his main policy was to have less moderation here. That is understandable. The site is mostly for American fans who discover her through the internet, unlike most of the European fans. Givent that there is not a huge fanbase in US and most of the fans were young, it was important to give them freedom to learn on their own. That's what happens here. Discover things, discuss them and realize the importance. This is the reason why no one really minds too many threads and posts.

On AF, most of the members are those who have been fan for the some time now. That's why the policy of the forum doesn't pose a big problem to them. It can be difficult for a new fan to maintain all these, but I don't see how someone with over 4000 posts on AAm can find it difficult.

You can imagine AAm as school for young kids as well as for the older people while AF as a school for mostly older people. That doesn't make any one of two as bad.

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Yeah, for people only get bad vibes of AF if they come here first, get used to it, look at AF and piss their pants at how strict it is hahaha.

I always thought it's easier for people when they come here first and then go to AF later. It can be more difficult if you get used to AF first and then come to AAm later, because then you don't understand how things goes here.

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I'm glad there are people here who are happy with this site, but sometimes I think it's a bit unfair to critique another Alizée site too much, because we are really all in this thing together, and together we are stronger.

Sadly Lefty's word didn't get much attention here. We all are Alizée fans, and we should respect each other. We should look at other communities as partners rather than treating them as separate community to which we don't belong. We all still have one thing in common and that's very stong.

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And let's not forget the hard work and personal expense that goes into owning and maintaining any site. Their vision may be different than ours on how best to serve the Alizée fan community, but I would never question their good intentions. I wish all the Alizée sites the best of luck.

Ben was admin of AF for a long time and he maintained it for years. The same person owns AAm. Every fan community stays for long time because of hard work of the people involved. The policies of the forum is determined by the type of the people and their requirements. Both Brad and Ben managed it accordingly.

I'm not favoring one site. No place is perfect. In fact that's what makes them enjoyable. I'm just saying that we should not forget the importance of mutual co-existence. We should co-operate with each other to make places better for fans.

User22 · #86 10-16-2010, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Merci Alizée

I'm not favoring one site. No place is perfect. In fact that's what makes them enjoyable. I'm just saying that we should not forget the importance of mutual co-existence. We should co-operate with each other to make places better for fans.

Yeah I guess it was unfair of me to judge AF for other people. So yah Wasabi, go try it out and see if you like it! I like it there because of the news and super-experienced fans...

BlackAnthem · #87 10-16-2010, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Merci Alizée

Yeah, I'm a member there and at some 10 other Lili forums also. Though I just visit them regularly without posting much.

What is it like. It's like other Alizée related forums. Crazy Alizée fans spread all around (

). For me similarities are more profound than the differences.

I would say that you should be a part of the community, experience and judge it yourself before reaching any conclusions. That's always the best thing to do.

AF is an old forum with many good members

What's the population like? I mean is there more boys or girls and how old are they. Like a census.