The World Beyond BetterMost > Anything Goes
Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
Luvlylittlewing:
Good point, Bailey. If they're having such a glorious time over at the Retereat, why come over here? I'm not trying to chase people away, I'm just trying to understand.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Susie on August 01, 2009, 06:24:16 pm ---Hey crayons, :) ... is your avatar a painting? From the teeny weeny picture I can see, it looks really good :D... did you paint it?
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Thank you, Susie! :) My avatar is a picture of mountains -- drawn in crayons! I didn't draw it, though. I found it on the web.
--- Quote from: brokeplex on August 01, 2009, 06:36:24 pm --- but that isn't really the issue, the issue is the effects on the discussion forum when posts are deleted or modified because someone, somewhere found the post irksome or offensive or annoying. what this type of "censorship" does is to trivialize the discussions, and create an impression of unfairness and one-sidedness.
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Eye of the beholder, brokeplex. Lots of people thought that it was the irksome, offensive and annoying posts themselves that trivialized the discussions and created an atmosphere of hostility and unpleasantness.
--- Quote ---and censoring or modifying posts on a personal blog is a different kettle of fish than doing the same thing on the public forum. it did not pass notice that some of the members on Bettemost made an attempt to hijack some of the private blogs. in fact that happened on Wally and Beve's Room, and HK stopped that quickly. I might not have deleted as extensively as he did, but I agreed with his actions.
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The incidents that I referred to in which my posts were deleted from a blog (not W&B's Room) were not attempts to hijack the blog, but simply a post or two I made attempting to set the record straight when my own posts, on other threads, were misquoted and misrepresented. Apparently accuracy was not a primary concern when it's more fun to ridicule and mock. But that's all water under the bridge. It barely mattered then, and not at all now.
Like I said, everybody's happy now, and it's all good.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Littlewing on August 02, 2009, 12:44:18 am ---why come over here?
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Because some of the people here are actually reasonable adults with something valuable to offer. Some of the others are a pain in my ass.
Sheriff Roland:
I've modified Milo's early morning post. Thanks to those who complied with my request not to react to the taunts.
Sheriff Roland
moderator, Anything Goes
Mikaela:
I responded to Milo's post above and then I read on to get to Roland's mod post.
I am altering my post accordingly -for now.
However, if the post is left as is, it's only fair that people are allowed to respond, IMO.
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