Title: So where did all the posters go? Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 13, 2013 Author:A K A Stone Post Date:2013-08-13 21:49:27 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:39543 Comments:71
Where are all the fine people that used to post here? Oh that is right I pissed them all off and they left.
"Where are all the fine people that used to post here?"
It's good to tolerate posters from all political parties, but sometimes it's like tolerating 'Islam' in America, it could be your downfall if you don't reign in the out of control disrespect these posters have for you, and your other posters who are disappearing. You may mistakenly believe you have to 'tolerate' their behavior, but eventually, like tolerance for 'Islam' will destroy America...your tolerance of the hate and animocity these posters bring to your forum, will destroy you too!
After all these years of posting, it doesn't take an 'einstein' to recognize sincere debaters, and that of someone there just soley to disrupt your forum and run off your posters.
Respect starts with yourself, if you have none for yourself, then your posters will receive even less, and since it is your site, you may tolerate this behavior, sort of go along to get along, but they will not. 'ISLAM WINS'! JMHO!
It's good to tolerate posters from all political parties, but sometimes it's like tolerating 'Islam' in America, it could be your downfall if you don't reign in the out of control disrespect these posters have for you, and your other posters who are disappearing. You may mistakenly believe you have to 'tolerate' their behavior, but eventually, like tolerance for 'Islam' will destroy America...your tolerance of the hate and animocity these posters bring to your forum, will destroy you too!
After all these years of posting, it doesn't take an 'einstein' to recognize sincere debaters, and that of someone there just soley to disrupt your forum and run off your posters.
Respect starts with yourself, if you have none for yourself, then your posters will receive even less, and since it is your site, you may tolerate this behavior, sort of go along to get along, but they will not. 'ISLAM WINS'! JMHO!
I second that, Murron.
Stone, your forum got out of control. No one wants to hang out in a free for all with no rules or guidelines and be subjected to idiots all day. You cannot have a serious conversation in an environment like that. You even had a homosexual, one with whom I've had no problems with and had many good conversations with for years, propositioning a hetero poster. A political forum is no place for that kind of juvenile behavior. It should be a place for serious minded, ADULT political discussion.
Stone, if I may, let me offer some suggestions;
1. Write up and post some rules of conduct. Make it a permanent page on your forum. If a poster violates those rules repeatedly, boot him. But DO NOT do it vindictively like Goldi at LP. She always had idiotic reasoning and always had to get in the last word like some spoiled child.
2. Hold yourself back from the forum. Like it or not, you have to separate yourself. You hold a distinctly different position as the forum owner and like it or not are held to a higher standard. Post your opinion when you feel you should and let it go at that. The forum owners posts should not dominate the forum. Moderate the forum, but realize that the forum is mainly for the posters, not for you.
3. DO NOT argue constantly with posters that you disagree with. That is what other posters are supposed to do, but they should do it with civility. (See #2)
4. ABSOLUTELY STOP the cross forum rivalry and attacks. You have this obsession with another forum or two and are always challenging the other forums owner and posters to post here and debate you. You are not that good at debate, and it appears that you are almost begging. Stop it. (See #2)
5. Lose the Moderator X thing. I always thought it was you anyway, just with another handle, and that's just weird. YOU handle the moderation, but do it fairly and with an even temper, and explain that your actions were/are according to the POSTED GUIDELINES. (See #1, then see #1 again.
6. Clean up the categories. Delete the ones that might be considered "conspiracy theoricy-ish" or are never or seldom used. Let your posters suggest new ones if they think it's necessary then you make the call to add or not.