This is like saying Ford made a car, so nobody else can use the template for a vehicle that has 4 wheels and seats.
You're right! I don't believe I was all that clear in what I meant in my prior post, so please let me clarify: I'm only saying that, as far as I know, Bart created his persona ON BellGab, and so, the entire premise of EllGab even being BellGab without the "B" and other modifications stemmed from there. Bart's entire character is an anagram of Art Bell, and derivative of BellGab, reliant on its existence to have even been conceived. No?
Bart made EllGab after MV fucked off with no warning. Everyone had a chance to come here, it was no longer MV’s rules here because it’s not his, it’s similar because that’s what was needed. It evolved because it was nurtured.
Correct. As did I. I arrived here too, maybe later than others (I can't recall precisely when) ... and certainly MV's rules don't apply to someone else's forum. I am in total agreement with you that its an evolvement - but an evolvement of what BellGab started. Surely this is a reasonable conclusion for me to come to?
MV doesn’t appear to be the one bellyaching about this. If he is I haven’t seen it (and could give a shit if he was tbh). So who are the people who have an issue with it... and more to the point, why? I doubt it would make a shit bit of difference at this point, but it would be interesting to know.
No, he doesn't seem to be. Right. I don't know who has an issue with it, save for a few BellGabber's that you can read bitching about it on BellGab. I only took umbrage and used such strongly worded phrases in my original post because Bart took it upon himself to be incredibly impolite to me in the Kingdom of Drama without Heather Wade thread a day or so ago. So yes, I lost my temper.
But I just want both yourself and
@anniem to understand, ladies, you both know me, and especially, that I don't like to upset the apple cart unnecessarily. I retract my off colour remarks about the board, and knowing me, you should know I hold no disdain for either of you, and am indeed rather fond of you two. So please try to see past my curt summary of how I see things.
This is evolution. It’s not a knock off site, it is is distinctly different in a number of ways. As with everything online, if you don’t like it, don’t come here.
I'd miss
you. You're hardly ever
at BellGab.
You are right BellGab is the older sibling, but as others have pointed out there are older iterations. Hell if you want to go back to the start, why not look at Usenet or The Grassy Knoll on AOL? That’s exactly where I first heard of Art Bell.
EllGab is now arguably more successful than it’s older sibling now, maybe that is the bigger and more important question to ponder, why is that?
Please see my original point, about EllGab being a interpolation of BellGab. Because I think you may have misunderstood my point (possibly due to my lacking the eloquence needed to express myself well).
If you're talking economics, my brain isn't wired that way, so I wouldn't know, and don't place value on money alone per se, but if success means like minds are enjoying one another's interactions and conversations - even if they happen to get a bit heated at times - then I guess that is success. I think its clear at this point that I just have a nostalgia for BellGab, and tend to want to remind folks of the real story if they begin getting ahead of themselves too much.
I'm happy to apologize if I've been rude, because I respect your opinion.
