It seems that our lovely moderator has gone and banned everyone again. This used to be a great discussion forum, and now its just become a puppetshow. The forum is a major shadow of what it once was.
Discuss:
Your first post. Charming. Whose sockpuppet are you then?
Your protest smacks of the US Republican's complaint after Bush was defeated...
Your protest smacks of the US Republican's complaint after Bush was defeated...
He's not very efficient at banning.
I used to go on a game forum's OTF forum.
A bunch of us went to a new forum that one guy created. Most of the others on the forum got themselves banned from the game forum.
That game forum is very efficient at banning people forever. Very zealously so. Not just accounts.
That fairy guy doesn't seem to understand he's got a permanent ban. He is banned not the accounts.
I used to go on a game forum's OTF forum.
A bunch of us went to a new forum that one guy created. Most of the others on the forum got themselves banned from the game forum.
That game forum is very efficient at banning people forever. Very zealously so. Not just accounts.
That fairy guy doesn't seem to understand he's got a permanent ban. He is banned not the accounts.
Actually....
Without any intended slight to Rpenner, I feel that the forum is undermoderated.
When you put up a site like this, the question is always.. "What kind of discussion do you want?"
1. On one extreme you can have the kind of forum where anyone can say whatever they darn want and discussions tend to end up with swears and people repeating "no u" to everything.
2. At the other extreme you have pure science forums, usually private and you cannot join unless you have the right qualifications.
Somewhere in the middle you can have decent conversations and still allow most people to participate. However, you do need to keep order or it will quickly devolve towards example 1.
To be honest I am somewhat more comfortable with the number 2 extreme. Many of the discussions I have had online only involved historians and very few others would have been invited or for that matter would have appreciated the conversation.
When a group of historians gather to talk... you could likely record it and use it to quell riots by boring everyone to death.
Without any intended slight to Rpenner, I feel that the forum is undermoderated.
When you put up a site like this, the question is always.. "What kind of discussion do you want?"
1. On one extreme you can have the kind of forum where anyone can say whatever they darn want and discussions tend to end up with swears and people repeating "no u" to everything.
2. At the other extreme you have pure science forums, usually private and you cannot join unless you have the right qualifications.
Somewhere in the middle you can have decent conversations and still allow most people to participate. However, you do need to keep order or it will quickly devolve towards example 1.
To be honest I am somewhat more comfortable with the number 2 extreme. Many of the discussions I have had online only involved historians and very few others would have been invited or for that matter would have appreciated the conversation.
When a group of historians gather to talk... you could likely record it and use it to quell riots by boring everyone to death.
Like the Joint?
QUOTE (RobDegraves+Jun 19 2009, 07:51 PM)
To be honest I am somewhat more comfortable with the number 2 extreme. Many of the discussions I have had online only involved historians and very few others would have been invited or for that matter would have appreciated the conversation.
When a group of historians gather to talk... you could likely record it and use it to quell riots by boring everyone to death.
I'd love to get on a forum like that, assuming that asking questions of the numerous experts wasn't frowned upon.
When a group of historians gather to talk... you could likely record it and use it to quell riots by boring everyone to death.
I'd love to get on a forum like that, assuming that asking questions of the numerous experts wasn't frowned upon.
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