What do you think about Sparta?

[Bobby]

I'm going out now.
Friends await me.

[Jovial Monk]

Open it up. That or delete it—not fair to have scurrilous material there hidden from those being discussed secretly. I know some of what is stored there about me, thanks to a couple members/former members. Sucks.

[Neferti]

Open it up. That or delete it—not fair to have scurrilous material there hidden from those being discussed secretly. I know some of what is stored there about me, thanks to a couple members/former members. Sucks.

Up Uranus.

[Aussie]

....and still....not one Member has addressed Bobby's pros and cons. I will, tomorrow.

I add the caveat......his attempt to keep Sparta secret contravenes his own election platform.

[Neferti]

....and still....not one Member has addressed Bobby's pros and cons. I will, tomorrow.

I add the caveat......his attempt to keep Sparta secret contravenes his own election platform.

What pros and cons?

[Aussie]

....and still....not one Member has addressed Bobby's pros and cons. I will, tomorrow.

I add the caveat......his attempt to keep Sparta secret contravenes his own election platform.

What pros and cons?

How unsurprising from this Forum's complete waste of space and doxxing arsehole. See the OP.

What do you think about Sparta?

Post by Bobby » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:15 pm
The topic of Sparta keeps coming back every day.
I am thinking long and hard about it.
Access to Sparta is causing major friction with some posters.
Some members have access and others don't.
I am wondering if Sparta is something we really want here at Polanimal?

PROS :
(1) you can make a post there containing personal information about yourself
that you wouldn't normally post in a public forum.
(2) you can talk about other people behind their back without them knowing about it.
(3) you can be more honest than you're likely to be than in an open forum.
(4) swear words and foul language are more tolerated than on the main board.
(5) people can have terrible arguments without it
staining the reputation of the whole forum in public.
(6) sometimes you want to tell only a small group of people
what you're thinking - not the whole world.


CONS:
(1) It becomes a place where old members can rejoin and trawl through it for evidence
if they feel they have a feud/vendetta against another poster or someone has a feud against them.
(2) It keeps posting activity off the main board so doesn't encourage new members.
(3) It keeps posters fighting each other for years on end.
(4) It has to be closed off to new members for 3 months due
to an element of trust required before letting anyone in there.
(5) Is it right to allow people to talk about each other behind their backs?
Some people would say no - others love it.
(6) Sparta can cause paranoia for people locked out of it.

Please post your thoughts and comments in this open thread.

[Neferti]

BOBBY is the Boss. I think he is Spot On in this instance. Only you Old Fogies are complaining. Get a Life.

PS Did you get the lawn mowed like I asked?





On second thoughts, Sparta should just be DELETED and that will be the end of that!

[Aussie]

BOBBY is the Boss. I think he is Spot On in this instance. Only you Old Fogies are complaining. Get a Life.

PS Did you get the lawn mowed like I asked?

With what?

On second thoughts, Sparta should just be DELETED and that will be the end of that!

Of course you do, because there we will find more evidence of your gloating of your doxxing crap.

[Jovial Monk]

If Booby is a little bit more man than mouse he will delete Sparta.

No more quibbles about Sparta, Booby!

Let us see the actual deletion:

Total posts 288304 • Total topics 10950

The easiest way out, Booby!

The brave way out, the way a Knight of the Round Table would do it:
Make Sparta visible to ALL!

[Neferti]

BOBBY is the Boss. I think he is Spot On in this instance. Only you Old Fogies are complaining. Get a Life.

PS Did you get the lawn mowed like I asked?

With what?

Whatever he said. I think Sparta should just be DELETED to stop you lot wanting it. That would be my way of solving the problem you have. Like it or lump it.

Try one of these: