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Imitation As A Form of Flattery
Author: CleeIB's Lover
Date: 07-17-2013 - 00:05
Fred Wrote:
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> Yes, say what you mean. If the site owner doesn't
> like what you posted and deletes it, the solution
> is simple...
> fund your own web-site.
> Not hard.
Yes, we've beaten this horse before. Point taken.
For those of us who have neither the time nor funds to initiate and run our own websites merely because we don't agree with the political views of the owner/moderator of another website, here's a viable and realistic solution: Using [www.pprune.org] (a website intended for professional pilots but open to others) as a model, notice that they have a separate forum called "Jet Blast," where topics that don't fit the other forums can be posted and, indeed, are welcomed. Everyone's a winner. Discussions can remain "on topic" while participants still have an avenue to, for example, "vent" about their working conditions without walking on eggshells, wondering if what they've posted might be ruffling the feathers of the owner-moderator which, as we've seen, results in material being deleted. This is material that, as we've seen here, has redeeming social value to other viewers.
In other words, is the purpose of a computer bulletin board to offer forums where people can express their views, or is it merely a platform where an owner-moderator with an inflated ego can consistently remind people who's boss, for his own amusement?
If the latter is the case, I may have to, at your suggestion, initiate my own website. Still working on the inflated ego characteristic. Give me a moment.
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> Yes, say what you mean. If the site owner doesn't
> like what you posted and deletes it, the solution
> is simple...
> fund your own web-site.
> Not hard.
Yes, we've beaten this horse before. Point taken.
For those of us who have neither the time nor funds to initiate and run our own websites merely because we don't agree with the political views of the owner/moderator of another website, here's a viable and realistic solution: Using [www.pprune.org] (a website intended for professional pilots but open to others) as a model, notice that they have a separate forum called "Jet Blast," where topics that don't fit the other forums can be posted and, indeed, are welcomed. Everyone's a winner. Discussions can remain "on topic" while participants still have an avenue to, for example, "vent" about their working conditions without walking on eggshells, wondering if what they've posted might be ruffling the feathers of the owner-moderator which, as we've seen, results in material being deleted. This is material that, as we've seen here, has redeeming social value to other viewers.
In other words, is the purpose of a computer bulletin board to offer forums where people can express their views, or is it merely a platform where an owner-moderator with an inflated ego can consistently remind people who's boss, for his own amusement?
If the latter is the case, I may have to, at your suggestion, initiate my own website. Still working on the inflated ego characteristic. Give me a moment.
