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    Discussion of Socionics within Alpha subforum has historically been minimal and poor. There was a time in the subforum in which it was almost used entirely for fun and games. Serious topics were pushed into obscurity amid a myriad of non-Socionics threads. Any attempts to call for serious discussion quickly had that person branded as a non-Alpha for being "anti-fun." This subforum was one of the reasons I took a leave of absence from the forum for a while.
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    This is a high and mighty thread.

    ETA: serious socionic discussion is cool. I just think it tends to carry on in the more serious socionic areas, like general discussion. When it gets posted in alpha, people have fun and that's awesome. Here, even where things get addressed there's gonna be some fooling around. kkkkkkkkkkkkk

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    Alphas, don't post want you want in this subforum! Post what ephemeros wants to post but hasn't got round to yet!

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    +2 Alpha Subforum totally sucks!
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    If you want more serious threads, threads with good Socionics discussions and information, then make them. Nobodies stopping you, and there's plenty of alphas who would get into them. Life is your oyster brother! make it happen.

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    Ephemeros is a Real Alpha.

    Much like a Fake Gamma.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Logos View Post
    Discussion of Socionics within Alpha subforum has historically been minimal and poor. There was a time in the subforum in which it was almost used entirely for fun and games. Serious topics were pushed into obscurity amid a myriad of non-Socionics threads. Any attempts to call for serious discussion quickly had that person branded as a non-Alpha for being "anti-fun."
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    Quote Originally Posted by mn0good View Post
    Khola, I see you voted for the mods as why the sub-forum sucks.

    BANNED.
    Anyway.

    Why isn't there a Real Alphas option?

    On another note.

    Do you forgive me for DESPISING YOUR VERY ESSENCE for about 15 minutes when I thought I was IEI?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ephemeros View Post
    Please an admin remove the poll. Thanks.
    Is this the part where I pull a Gilly and stalk you around the forums screaming "DIE IN A FIRE!"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ephemeros View Post
    @mn0good: I agree a compilation is welcomed. I disagree with having it sticky, though. There are probably tens of reasons for it, first of all it is presented as something official and it is not. They are just some opinions which can stay in their own threads.

    This index problem is based on the other one: the deplorable quality of the threads. They are obviously not necessarily Alpha thinking, it happens that there are some people who assert they belong to Alpha quadra who gathered together to have fun.
    Some users disagree (or just can't make an opinion) with what's qualified as "Alpha": music, characters, personalities. The fact that other users think the opposite is no reason to legalize them. But serious Socionics Alpha-related questions and answers are indisputable, and the raison d'etre of this, right?
    Stickying my appreciate thread (which was BG, not me, btw) was done in jest. It's tongue-in-cheek and not serious. If you want the alpha forum to be 100% serious and the moderation to be 100% serious then I think you might be in the wrong place. BG and I will moderate with seriousness when it's called for, and we do. But we also do things in fun and good humour as well. I would argue that that is in the spirit of this sub-forum.

    As for the index, it is official. It is simply a way of organizing what's in the forum. It shows what's already here so that if you want to comment on a topic already raised, you can find the appropriate thread, or if such a thread doesn't exist you can make a new thread instead. It's in no way an attempt to label the sub-forum or express and opinion. It's a way of sorting through the information here without searching through a million images of threads. If that's not an official capacity sticky, I don't know what is.

    These sub-forums are not a place to simply discuss issues related to a quadra. If you would like to do so, please feel free. No one is stopping you. I'm not about to delete a serious thread. The fact that there aren't a lot of serious threads here has nothing to do with them being unwelcome, but perhaps is a reflection of the kind of people this sub-forum attracts. That is, many alphas like to come to this sub-forum for a place to relax, and feel free to express themselves naturally without pressure to conform to other types' expectations. The "raison d'etre" is not simply to talk about alpha issues, but also to grant an alpha domain. That includes letting people talk about things that they think other alphas will appreciate.

    If Logos or yourself feels the need for more serious discussion or you have something alpha-related you wish to discuss, start a thread about it. But we're not about to stop alphas from being alphas in their own forum. Unless you'd like to try to argue with me that most of the posters here are not alpha and are misrepresenting the spirit of alpha.

    P.S. I can't delete the poll entirely, but I closed it for you.

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    Anyway.

    Why isn't there a Real Alphas option?

    On another note.

    Do you forgive me for DESPISING YOUR VERY ESSENCE for about 15 minutes when I thought I was IEI?
    I'll never forgive you.
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