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Post by Swimmy on Feb 12, 2008 15:10:58 GMT -5
No need to apologize countrygal. The disgrace "moderators" just don't know how to moderate. They have allowed Concerned Citizens to keep the links they have in their signatures. It's just that time for Fran to make his usual irrational "moderating" decisions and our links and posts were next in line.
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Post by frankcor on Feb 12, 2008 15:12:00 GMT -5
It seemed innocent to me. Is there a provision in their TOS about providing links to other sites? I wouldn't know -- I never read those things.
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Post by Swimmy on Feb 12, 2008 15:18:32 GMT -5
It was an innocent post. They're just upset that so many people are leaving their site and coming here. But what did they seriously expect?
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Post by Clipper on Feb 12, 2008 15:19:35 GMT -5
I would not even take the time to go back and research the TOS. I have always found it very redundant and open to definition of the moderators.
Countrygal, no need to apologize. We have all been waiting and wondering how long the links would be allowed. We didn't intend for this board to hurt their board, but it obviously had a negative impact on the number of posters that have been utilizing their site.
Absolutely no harm done, and we just have to take their TOS for what it is and just shake our heads when we don't agree with it. They did take down the NH posts that were getting nasty and the links that were associated with the posts.
I can only suggest that if one doesn't like the rules on their page, just post on ours. Ulitimately their page is a source for threads to be posted on ours, and I thank those of you who read the OD and bring the pertinent threads into being on our page.
This is not a competition to see who can maintain the most members. The web is a large place and there is room for all of us on here, haha.
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Post by rrogers40 on Feb 12, 2008 15:19:50 GMT -5
In all fairness thats the way many message boards I've run across are.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 12, 2008 15:28:59 GMT -5
I think I have a totally unbiased (and probably useless) opinion. If I ran a newspaper, I'd steer clear of comment boards and instead encourage others to start them up independently and separately. I'd probably get less grief than by running my own and hosting a bunch of malcontents...present company excepted.  Sure, they'd be knocking my paper all the time, but they wouldn't be knocking the way I administer a board, which might be more of a source of rancor. (Disclaimer: my Dad worked for the OD, retiring in 1974. I stuffed comics on Monday nights for them in college, after having a paper route in high school. Also, I have always loved their building's facade. They published my wife and my engagement picture a few days after their deadline, as a favor. But none of this sways my opinions.) |
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Post by kim on Feb 12, 2008 15:41:21 GMT -5
I know the forums at Syracuse.com has the same issues as the OD. I used to post there all the time...for YEARS, but just got annoyed with not only the random moderation, but the childish name calling that went on there between some members.
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Post by kim on Feb 12, 2008 15:42:13 GMT -5
And countrygal, I don't think you did anything wrong! :-) Don't worry about it!
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Post by countrygal on Feb 12, 2008 16:03:39 GMT -5
Thanks everyone.....I feel much better.
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Post by countrygal on Feb 12, 2008 19:53:24 GMT -5
Maybe you should put on the other forum "Clipper's Corner's Mission Statement". It looks like that's what works for the New Hartford bunch!
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Post by frankcor on Feb 12, 2008 21:29:50 GMT -5
LOL!
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Post by Swimmy on Feb 13, 2008 10:44:10 GMT -5
Eh, the od is just upset that it lost us. Unlike clipper, i hope they do end up losing everyone and they all come over here. The od has gone out of its way to make it difficult to do anything of interest that is conducive to public discussion. They deserve everything that happens to them. I disagree that they have to conform to a corporate directive. I find it illogical that a corporate directive to drive posters away would benefit the corporation. But I'm not a business major and never took a business class.
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Post by midtowner on Feb 13, 2008 16:28:42 GMT -5
It's still posted in the Weekend Plus/Fusion forum of the OD, I keep forgetting to write it down, so I guess I better if they delete it.
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Post by Swimmy on Feb 13, 2008 16:35:23 GMT -5
Ah, midtowner, I was wondering where you disappeared to. What's new?
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Post by midtowner on Feb 13, 2008 16:46:55 GMT -5
Been debating internally what is worth fighting for. Not much new, just keep pluggin' along like everyone else.
Generally, I'm not political, nor do I speak to many of the outrage topics posted, many topics aren't relatable to me, so I lurk once in awhile and when something seems at my level of conversation I'll join in.
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Sure, they'd be knocking my paper all the time, but they wouldn't be knocking the way I administer a board, which might be more of a source of rancor. (Disclaimer: my Dad worked for the OD, retiring in 1974. I stuffed comics on Monday nights for them in college, after having a paper route in high school. Also, I have always loved their building's facade. They published my wife and my engagement picture a few days after their deadline, as a favor. But none of this sways my opinions.)
