Title: Warning: More LP Refugees May Be Coming To F4 Source:
El Pee URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 28, 2007 Author:Goldi Lox Post Date:2007-08-28 14:35:35 by ghostdogtxn Keywords:None Views:1724 Comments:122
Goldie banned me supposedly for announcing I was coming over here to post though I made no such announcement. I had said I was taking a break while she looked at Byteshredder's posts as I requested. Nothing was ever done about his threats to me. But hey if she thinks he is a better poster she is welcome to him. I miss a few people from over there but this really is the better forum and I see LPs Alexa numbers have dropped 50% since I have been gone.
"every time government grows it is at the expense of personal liberty" - Ron Paul
Many are also in prison, nursing homes, libraries, and insane asylums.
You made that up. Admit it.
Well, kinda.
About three years ago, when christine and I were driving to shoot, we got into a discussion about some of the posters on FR, and we concluded that many of the posters there, now like on lp, had to be in some sort of cuckoo's nest.
"I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have." Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne. (15331592)
Orwell seemed to like it when he fought for them in the Spanish Civil war. Ironic enough the two major sides and their "advisors", despite being backed by political opposites (Soviet Russia vs Nazi Germany), both worked hand in hand to crush the anti-statist anarchist movement ASAP.
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me.
#55. To: Pissed Off Janitor. RP friends here (#53)
Orwell seemed to like it when he fought for them in the Spanish Civil war. Ironic enough the two major sides and their "advisers", despite being backed by political opposites (Soviet Russia vs Nazi Germany), both worked hand in hand to crush the anti-statist anarchist movement ASAP.
This is why RP's message resonates with so many in our country.
Get out of our lives, and leave us alone - is all that we ask.
I am currently engaged in a full time job search. As such, I don't have time or patience to deal with childish antics by those of you who ARE currently employed.
Can't she make money hanging out on the internet all day?
I side with Goldi in that it is a tough job trying to maintain civil behavior among discussion members.
BTW - doesn't Christine do a great job!
Running a forum is a tough job, and the more diverse the views you want to have on your forum, the harder it is. You get more fights, mud slinging, and complaints, and when your resolve the complaints, invariable up to 50% of the parties involved are pissed at your decision, and that's if you do it right.
The more views you restrict from the forum, the easier it is. It's up to each owner to decide what they want/how much crap they want to put up with.
Goldi's moderating is very biased; for example, she never did explain why she banned aristeides (because she didn't have a good reason).
It's the emotional factor. It plays a big role in her moderation.
I'm sorry she's lost her job. Certainly a bummer and something that's making her talk about closing down. But it wouldn't be a bad bet that that she has no intention of shutting down LP. Didn't see it posted on this thread but apparently someone complained to LP's ISP about release of personal info. I'm sure that's irritated her some. Something about radio call signs and a federal index site allowing people to cross refererence them to home addrs. (Seems the complainer needs to get off his federal radio roster).
Yes, Christine does a super job of keeping this 4um a place of free speech, tolerating the venting of a variety of extreme views.
One might have to question the I.Q. of anyone that put up with the brazen hostility towards free speech demonstrated at all of the aforementioned forums excepting 4UM.
It's tempting to obstruct speech one finds offensive by imposing bans or threatening them ... it's worse to accept them.
"The mighty are only mighty because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" --Camille Desmoulins
Something about radio call signs and a federal index site allowing people to cross refererence them to home addrs. (Seems the complainer needs to get off his federal radio roster).
I missed that! LP does attract the most unsavory federales. ;)