I honestly got so sick of the content of the old forum and the characters that infested it I used to dread having to administer it on a daily basis. It was like walking into some ghetto combat zone.
But have you ever thought that it is such interesting engagements that bring people back to the forum for both participants and by-standers everyday? Besides, those who are sick of it, they can always press the "ignore" button.
The coffee shop talk forum was NEVER intended to serve as a political platform for so called half baked "activists" Pappies or otherwise. It was started simply as a place where people from the sex forum could discuss non sexual issues which were deemed off topic in the sex forum. It was NOT for flame wars... bastion of freedom of speech and all that jazz. It was for simple easy going chit chat... what did you have lunch... what movies are good.... what do you think of the new Lexus etc etc.
As in all things in life, evolution is always at play. Your forum has evolved. Let it evolve. It's not as if you can't talk about the little things there. What I like about the old forum is that people have choices. People can choose to engage or ignore those so called political postings. Live and let live...
Political stuff was welcome to but it was intended to be politics from the viewpoint of the average sinkie joe. I never wanted professional "activists" and the the various party "internet brigades" to invade the forum and do battle 24/7.
In fact, you should take it as a compliment that your forum has evolved into something with such a formidable followings that even "professional" activists and "internet brigades" participate too! Again, for those postings which an average joe finds it too "chim", he has every rights to ignore.
People come here and say .. "This forum boring.. no life.. no fun... etc". My answer is the same... any forum is what you make of it. This site is not my blog. It's a forum. YOU provide the content... not me. All I do is provide the software, the hardware and the technical support to keep it going.
Yeah, your new infraction system, I can tell you, is a time-bomb. It can be open to abuse. Only time will tell....
But have you ever thought that it is such interesting engagements that bring people back to the forum for both participants and by-standers everyday? Besides, those who are sick of it, they can always press the "ignore" button.
The coffee shop talk forum was NEVER intended to serve as a political platform for so called half baked "activists" Pappies or otherwise. It was started simply as a place where people from the sex forum could discuss non sexual issues which were deemed off topic in the sex forum. It was NOT for flame wars... bastion of freedom of speech and all that jazz. It was for simple easy going chit chat... what did you have lunch... what movies are good.... what do you think of the new Lexus etc etc.
As in all things in life, evolution is always at play. Your forum has evolved. Let it evolve. It's not as if you can't talk about the little things there. What I like about the old forum is that people have choices. People can choose to engage or ignore those so called political postings. Live and let live...
Political stuff was welcome to but it was intended to be politics from the viewpoint of the average sinkie joe. I never wanted professional "activists" and the the various party "internet brigades" to invade the forum and do battle 24/7.
In fact, you should take it as a compliment that your forum has evolved into something with such a formidable followings that even "professional" activists and "internet brigades" participate too! Again, for those postings which an average joe finds it too "chim", he has every rights to ignore.
People come here and say .. "This forum boring.. no life.. no fun... etc". My answer is the same... any forum is what you make of it. This site is not my blog. It's a forum. YOU provide the content... not me. All I do is provide the software, the hardware and the technical support to keep it going.
Yeah, your new infraction system, I can tell you, is a time-bomb. It can be open to abuse. Only time will tell....
