Open discussion

[Rorschach]

See how hard it is to have an open discussion with a closed mind...

[skippy]

Who thinks the forum would look more inviting to visitors to participate if more of the boards were exposed for visitors to see?

[Lucas]

Good. Shut up.

More abuse, Yawn...

[IQS.RLOW]

Only hide one forum- PA Confidential.

Show everything else, warts and all

[Lucas]

Point about all this is—get rid of that idiotic “on the tom toms” and make your mark as Admin.

Get rid of AiA as mod and be your own man.

Simplify the forum structure and the board will look busier than with too many forums some of which like Tech should be visible to guests, no need to hide which I why I suggested moving the Tech threads to OT and ditching the Tech forum.

Simplify! Make your mark! Be your own man!

Why don't you be your own man dickhead and stop running a failed clone of this place then you might be taken seriously here.

[Lucas]

Well, it is stupid. Better would have been to ban you for a couple of weeks for what was a case of stalking or mantra could have signed on invisible.

“On the tom toms” is childish. You want to make your mark as Admin then getting rid of crud like that is one way.

We got more Mods and more forums than we have regular posters. Simplify the structure.

boxy is never here, AiA wants skippy to be figurehead Admin. Think again re your choice of mods.

Clearly you have no idea about running a forum

[Lucas]

Abuse is subjective and PA does definitely need some cleaning up but whilst some abuse is right out there and 'in your face' there are other forms it takes here by way of provocative posts which incite abuse and also constant, more passive, put downs whereby it is hoped the recipient of the put downs will hurl abuse and therefore can be reported.

Neither form is better/worse than the other.

You cannot poke a bees nest and expect not to be stung.

So, in order to clean up the 'in your face' abuse the passive and provocative put downs also need to be addressed.

Come on. This place is not a bee's nest or the traditional bear in the 'poking' story. It is presently, generally, a field of wet lettuces who would not know a political debate if they were living with it. This is PA......abuse as part of a post, and not the essence of the post, is part of the territory. What is not part of the territory is the pure vulgarity, the obscenity, the forgery, the violence to female genitalia and the absurd assumption of ownership of the place. That has to be slapped down by Admin and the Members generally.

If you cannot handle the subtle and cleverly framed abuse which is traditional to the place, then that's tough. Reacting to it by 'upping the anti' into the kindergarten 'gross' simply demonstrates pure dumb and stupid, a complete lack of smarts, and drives people off.

There are a couple here who would never support me while they are vertical, but their conduct, I regard as totally acceptable. (Mind you, they are also as dumb as dog shit on politics, and how it works.) What is not acceptable is that they stand by mute while others of their 'side' reduce PA to a sewer.

You have never been capable of giving or recognising "subtle and cleverly framed abuse which is traditional to the place".

You are not the bastion gatekeeper of witty repartee that you envisage yourself and you are also as "dumb as dogshit on politics and how it works".

I seriously doubt you are capable at all in posting to politics unless it would be off-topic protection of another lefty getting thrashed in debate by your usual tactic of targeting the debator that is thrashing the target of your affections.


...and of course we have Monk bringing up his tired and tested bullshit about forum formats, merging forums, on the tom toms etc etc etc which I gather will continue adnausem until someone caves and gives into his fiddling at the edges while he burns the place with his lie/flood/lie/flood spam attacks while off his face in the early hours of the morning.

Nothing will ever change in this place until you and your boyfriend are given the flick permanently.

Agreed, along with ol ma kettle egging them on behind the scenes.

[Black Orchid]

Some additional sub-forums wouldn't go astray. Ones that won't get lost in Off Topic etc. At The Movies, for instance, often gets buried as other topics are added and it can get hard to find. Get rid of Off Topic and replace it with In The News/General Discussion (or whatever) and add a few general interest forums like, say, Entertainment, Pets, Food etc as stand-alones that are easy to find. Or keep Off Topic and add some additional sub-forums.

I just think the words Off Topic are off putting to potential new members who may just want to test the waters for awhile before they get into the thick of things. Even though Politics is, and should be, the main arena - Off Topic gives off the vibe that if you don't post in Politics don't post at all because everything you say is off topic.

Most forums have general interest sub- forums. It doesn't take away from the politics - it adds to it.

Bump for Skippy.

[Black Orchid]

Only hide one forum- PA Confidential.

Show everything else, warts and all

Agree.

[Lucas]

Go Monkey Boy doesn't take much to impress you does it.... make a mark
You stopped banning people who disagree with you on the copycat blog yet

The guy has no idea how stupid he looks both here and on his failed blog clone.