Reply to: Is CUK becoming a clique?

[bless 'em all]

There must be about 70 regular posters on here, about 50 are contractors.

The other 20 are sockies then?

[BrilloPad]

BP, you may have taken NLUK's advice to use the search function a little far.

You asked about cliques!

Anyway - NLUK is poster of the year so must be right....

[BA to the Stars]

There must be about 70 regular posters on here, about 50 are contractors.

If clientcos ever got together and sent in a invoice to CUK for our billable time spent posting on here admin would be working till 3012.

Nah, just outsourced to Bob, plenty admin much cheapness

[minestrone]

There must be about 70 regular posters on here, about 50 are contractors.

If clientcos ever got together and sent in a invoice to CUK for our billable time spent posting on here admin would be working till 3012.

[d000hg]

BP, you may have taken NLUK's advice to use the search function a little far.

[SimonMac]

I don't wanna be a member of any club that will allow me to be a member!

[BrilloPad]

Definetly not.

[sasguru]

This thread says more about Baggy's loser psychology than anything else.

[wendigo100]

Surely Clique only applies if people are excluded. As far as I am aware everyone was/is invited to any meet ups.

Do some people on here know each other better than others...yes. That doesn't make it a Clique.

I've been in a so-called clique of footballers and a clique of cricketers, and in both cases all of us "members" denied it too. I eventually learned that what defines a clique as much as anything is the perception of the many people outside it who, rightly or wrongly, think they are being excluded.

But I agree with you, that it can't be helped. Not everyone wants to go to CUK meets (I don't), they are happy with simple online banter. They will naturally miss out on a lot of the chat, and by definition will be "excluded" from it, but that's life.

[Bagpuss]

I think its more a case of being judged on who you are 'friends' with and not what you say. Its not cliquey in a cool kids exclusive kind of a way, well it is, but I am the only member of that clique. The other clique is just like a computer club clique. Anyone can join, but if you dont join and make fun of one of them, you will have the wrath of the nerd squad unleashed upon you.

Harsh but true, who is the geek leader?

It's fat, it's round...

[tay]

I think its more a case of being judged on who you are 'friends' with and not what you say. Its not cliquey in a cool kids exclusive kind of a way, well it is, but I am the only member of that clique. The other clique is just like a computer club clique. Anyone can join, but if you dont join and make fun of one of them, you will have the wrath of the nerd squad unleashed upon you.

[Sockpuppet]

Surely Clique only applies if people are excluded. As far as I am aware everyone was/is invited to any meet ups.

Do some people on here know each other better than others...yes. That doesn't make it a Clique.

[BrilloPad]

I don't mind it becoming a clique if I am in...

[wendigo100]

Becoming, yes. It's inevitable when some members start having real-life CUK meets and parties.

But does it matter?

[TheFaQQer]

Yes - I blame the newbies.

Or the oldies.

Or someone.

Where's milan to tell me who's fault it is?