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Re: What about the discussion board?
Author: Anonymous User
Date: 07-02-2010 - 21:31
OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Then why all of a sudden did you decide to come up
> with some rules? Particluarly since the new rules
> seem to be geared toward a specific subject. Why
> would you care about what people think or post
> about Todd Clark, or anyone else for that matter?
> It's not like anyone posted that they were going
> to go his house and kill him! Or did I miss
> that?
For a long time I've considered writing rules based on the actions of several troublemakers. Over 99% of the people on this board behave perfectly fine. Thus, I resisted doing so as long as possible. Mongo's flame war was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Allowing people to speak their minds has been a costly move on my part. A number of people refuse to visit this site due to the troublemakers. And because of that, it's a safe bet I've lost timetable sales. One time I called the general manager of a shortline, inquiring about timetable information. Before we finished talking, I had to apologize for somebody else's discussion board remarks about his shortline.
Now if you would, answer the question, why should I have to suffer in this manner?
> I don't think I ever suggested that anyone post
> their private information on the board. To the
> contrary, I mentioned that "Espee99" had asked me
> to contact him off list, which is what he indeed
> did. And I responded. We had a nice, productive
> chat, and he didn't have to spend any time trying
> to trace my IP or writing new rules. Seems like
> you could've done the same thing if you were upset
> by what "Mongo" posted, and saved youself a lot of
> trouble.
I think you missed part of my earlier reply. I don't have time to contact people individually to discuss what is and isn't acceptable on the board. Mongo isn't the only person to stir up trouble on this board. Several others have done the same thing.
A publicly posted set of rules communicates the same information to everybody. Besides, I fail to see what's so bad about the rules I wrote. They are, perhaps, the most lenient of any discussion board out there.
David Curlee
Altamont Press
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> Then why all of a sudden did you decide to come up
> with some rules? Particluarly since the new rules
> seem to be geared toward a specific subject. Why
> would you care about what people think or post
> about Todd Clark, or anyone else for that matter?
> It's not like anyone posted that they were going
> to go his house and kill him! Or did I miss
> that?
For a long time I've considered writing rules based on the actions of several troublemakers. Over 99% of the people on this board behave perfectly fine. Thus, I resisted doing so as long as possible. Mongo's flame war was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Allowing people to speak their minds has been a costly move on my part. A number of people refuse to visit this site due to the troublemakers. And because of that, it's a safe bet I've lost timetable sales. One time I called the general manager of a shortline, inquiring about timetable information. Before we finished talking, I had to apologize for somebody else's discussion board remarks about his shortline.
Now if you would, answer the question, why should I have to suffer in this manner?
> I don't think I ever suggested that anyone post
> their private information on the board. To the
> contrary, I mentioned that "Espee99" had asked me
> to contact him off list, which is what he indeed
> did. And I responded. We had a nice, productive
> chat, and he didn't have to spend any time trying
> to trace my IP or writing new rules. Seems like
> you could've done the same thing if you were upset
> by what "Mongo" posted, and saved youself a lot of
> trouble.
I think you missed part of my earlier reply. I don't have time to contact people individually to discuss what is and isn't acceptable on the board. Mongo isn't the only person to stir up trouble on this board. Several others have done the same thing.
A publicly posted set of rules communicates the same information to everybody. Besides, I fail to see what's so bad about the rules I wrote. They are, perhaps, the most lenient of any discussion board out there.
David Curlee
Altamont Press
