I'm still trying to figure out what he's trying to say here. I can understand if he's fed up with people that lack the typing skills to properly articulate their opinions. But alas, this doesn't seem to concern so many people as it should.
I can understand that some people may be so incensed, or even too young, to come up with a criticism more polite or witty than "U 5uX0r!!!!one one one!" and others may not actually live in this plane of reality.
But getting pissed off that the guestbook is being overrun by people that don't leave messages that don't say nice things? Um, it's impossible to be universally liked, so penalising those who don't share that opinion is fairly juvenille. Nobody's ever won at schoolyard tactics.
but expect a change. and proably one that is less pleasent for you, the readers.
One thing I've learned both as a member and a moderator is that while it may be fun to have a bit of a flame war, stooping to the same level as those you're against won't get you anywhere.
If he moves it all to an "official" forum, the moderators (if they're good) won't step in to quash all the negative opinions. They'll put a member that might be flaming in their place, but they sure as hell shouldn't deny the rest of the posters the chance to voice their opinion. Course, then there's those mods that flame, delete and ban people that don't share their ideal. Been there, dealt with them - it lead to mass quitting by nearly all the members and lead to the death of the forum.
And just as an aside, if everyone has the same opinion - things get boring very quickly. *book snicker* Woah, maybe LKH is coming down with a case of the Belle Mortes?
I now have an urge to leave a message in the book. Polite, but negative.
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Date: 2005-02-10 04:41 am (UTC)I'm still trying to figure out what he's trying to say here. I can understand if he's fed up with people that lack the typing skills to properly articulate their opinions. But alas, this doesn't seem to concern so many people as it should.
I can understand that some people may be so incensed, or even too young, to come up with a criticism more polite or witty than "U 5uX0r!!!!one one one!" and others may not actually live in this plane of reality.
But getting pissed off that the guestbook is being overrun by people that don't leave messages that don't say nice things? Um, it's impossible to be universally liked, so penalising those who don't share that opinion is fairly juvenille. Nobody's ever won at schoolyard tactics.
but expect a change. and proably one that is less pleasent for you, the readers.
One thing I've learned both as a member and a moderator is that while it may be fun to have a bit of a flame war, stooping to the same level as those you're against won't get you anywhere.
If he moves it all to an "official" forum, the moderators (if they're good) won't step in to quash all the negative opinions. They'll put a member that might be flaming in their place, but they sure as hell shouldn't deny the rest of the posters the chance to voice their opinion. Course, then there's those mods that flame, delete and ban people that don't share their ideal. Been there, dealt with them - it lead to mass quitting by nearly all the members and lead to the death of the forum.
And just as an aside, if everyone has the same opinion - things get boring very quickly. *book snicker* Woah, maybe LKH is coming down with a case of the Belle Mortes?
I now have an urge to leave a message in the book. Polite, but negative.