comedian wrote:
Mirage wrote:
I'm guessing you were not allowed in as a member?
I don't buy in to the notion that you can only have 1 board and that's it. Since when does 1 size fits all ever work out well for most people anyway?
But the point of my thread was that it apparently only takes 1 bad apple to wreck an entire board when given free reign. If you want to argue that the Admin at the new board is a bit overzealous in trying to enforce a safe place to exchange ideas without things getting out of hand you are certainly entitled to your opinion. But no one can deny that a total lack of restraint and monitoring has killed the Times board. Will it ever come back to life? Probably not. But if it does that resurrection will be short lived if the mistakes of the past go unheeded.
Well let the guessing game end because I never tried to join nor am I a member. I'm not selling any notions either but if this is such a bad place and the other is heaven...I don't see the point...other than you guys taunting us to join up only so you can rub it in our faces. Overzealous enforcement? Sorry, it's not that at all to me. The thing that killed the Times boards was allowing the deletion of threads which I believe several of your new board members were responsible for. So with that said, are you going to deny that the nofree boards were not created as a vendetta against certain posters? Are you going to deny that these very same people were not culpable of the very same exact things that they claim others do? Thats where I draw the line. It's just a sickening vendetta that will never end because certain people are: NUTS!!!
A couple of things. First the board had begun to go terminal prior to the Oracle post you are obviously alluding to, mainly because one certain female poster came on this board and brought up the issue of being able to kill a post just by reporting it. But what had made it terminal was actually the events which led to the board making the decision to make it simple to delete a post, as in certain individuals threatening legal action regardless of the chances of any possible suit being successful. The management just didn't want to deal with it. In essence they bullied board discussion of certain topics into silence.
As for the poster you mention as a vendetta object oddly that poster symbolized vendettas gone wild herself, which was the real reason the board got started. It's one thing to disagree with an opinion but this certain poster would constantly take discussions off track to promote a personal vendetta. She would on numerous occasions bring up personal information, and then abruptly claim nobody could even talk about what she wrote.
Did some posters go too far? Probably. At the same time the poster in question did nothing short of adding fuel to the flames herself.
But none of this is new information. The only thing new is that there is a new board where topics can be discussed without fear of personal intimidation. But in fact there are really 2 boards, if you count Chicky's Corner, and other boards yet still that aren't as well known. Call it different strokes for different folks, if you will. But that's alright! Nothing wrong with having more choices.