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Post by Leftee on Jan 31, 2020 12:25:36 GMT -5
There is so much more to life than innerwebs panty raids. Like... pretty-much anything.
I’m always amazed by how much people get tweaked by something they claim they don’t care about.
Life-hack: if you don’t care about something, ignore it. Don’t feed the negative side.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 31, 2020 12:32:40 GMT -5
Gee, I missed the whole dust up.
But, somehow, that doesn't make me feel particularly deprived.
I think you and the mods are doing a great job, Mike and couldn't care less what anybody who wants to sow discord here thinks.
In what seems to be an ever-increasingly-uncivil world, this is indeed a desert island of respite there from.
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Post by Dr Bass MD on Jan 31, 2020 16:59:50 GMT -5
There are other forums??!?? What on earth are y’all talking about? Seriously.
For sake of reference. Facebook groups are not forums.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 31, 2020 17:40:38 GMT -5
There are other forums??!?? What on earth are y’all talking about? Seriously. For sake of reference. Facebook groups are not forums. Sure they are www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forumYou choose an interesting thread in which to be contrary.
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twangmeister
Wholenote
Posts: 349
Formerly Known As: Twangmeister
Age: 72 and fading fast.....
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Post by twangmeister on Jan 31, 2020 18:04:28 GMT -5
Plenty happy here like I was on the FDP. Don't need no bomb throwers!
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 31, 2020 18:06:18 GMT -5
OK---now I figured out which place we're talking about. I've been a member both places for years and now here and have always enjoyed all three.
Snarking about people from one forum on another forum seems kinda pointless and petty to me, especially when the forum being snarked about is no more.
Whatever your real or imagined grievances, let it go and move on: life is too short.
That how I see it, anyway...
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 31, 2020 18:10:54 GMT -5
Ok, we're done here.
*presses imaginary lock button*
dang it.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 31, 2020 18:59:07 GMT -5
There are other forums??!?? What on earth are y’all talking about? Seriously. For sake of reference. Facebook groups are not forums. Sure they are www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forumYou choose an interesting thread in which to be contrary. Exactly right. That’s exactly what a Facebook group is.
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Post by Stratluvr on Feb 1, 2020 7:22:58 GMT -5
I enjoy the civility that Moe's 2.0 has, just like the FDP had. Go on You Tube and look around and you'll see some of the very worst comments imaginable that You Tube seems to either ignore or just not have any resources to remove. Here, you can be around genuinely nice people who know that Religion and Politics are not polite conversation.
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Post by Dr Bass MD on Feb 1, 2020 9:41:05 GMT -5
There are other forums??!?? What on earth are y’all talking about? Seriously. For sake of reference. Facebook groups are not forums. Sure they are www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forumYou choose an interesting thread in which to be contrary. I meant a free-standing forum. Mea culpa.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 1, 2020 10:47:26 GMT -5
Facebook is a free standing forum. A Facebook group is a sub-part of that.
I’m not sure what Facebook had to do with anything though, I think you just like talking about it.
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professor
Wholenote
"Now I want you to go in that bag and find my wallet." / KMMFA
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Post by professor on Feb 2, 2020 10:56:29 GMT -5
That was weird. Like going to Shelbyville...
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Post by Vibroluxer on Feb 2, 2020 14:32:31 GMT -5
I find that particular site to be useless. I haven't looked at it in probably 10 years.
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Post by SteveM on Feb 2, 2020 14:37:11 GMT -5
To me, there’s an element of a broader polarization in our world here. We have largely lost the middle ground and too many of us live at the polar extremes. Specifically on this topic, I will put forward the statement that few things are black and white and it takes two to tango. Forum moderation is a hard job with many judgment calls. Members who have calls go against them sometimes get way too riled up. In the long run I would hope that we all have the ability to recognize our past errors and try to better understand before demanding to be understood,
Both posters and moderators are fallible and in a truly civil world a healthy forum will have space for both the poster and the moderator to admit their errors and encourage everyone to do what we all strive to do, be a little better tomorrow than we were today.
I’m not sure many will feel this applies, but one of the most effective tools I have as a college professor is fallibility. When students see that I’m easily capable of mistakes, it makes it easier for them to be willing to put their work forward.
The essence of moderation is moderation among fallible friends, let’s all keep that in mind.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 2, 2020 14:42:13 GMT -5
Hogwash, I don’t make mistakes.
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j0nasty🎸
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Checkmate!
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Post by j0nasty🎸 on Feb 2, 2020 14:56:57 GMT -5
"Like"^^^
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Post by Leftee on Feb 2, 2020 15:08:00 GMT -5
Hogwash, I don’t make mistakes. Yes boss... you’re golden. 😜
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Post by Vibroluxer on Feb 2, 2020 15:13:51 GMT -5
The thread I found is almost 11yo.
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Post by Pinetree on Feb 2, 2020 16:05:16 GMT -5
I didn't go looking for the thread because I don't care.
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Post by Vibroluxer on Feb 2, 2020 16:09:44 GMT -5
I was just bored.
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McCreed
Halfnote
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Formerly Known As: Mick Reid @ FDP
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Post by McCreed on Feb 2, 2020 19:22:10 GMT -5
I'll make this my final remark on the subject...
I find it ironic that a number members "over there" comment on their place being nicer and friendlier. However my experience has not been so. I joined there in 2015 and have not felt as welcome as I have or do in other groups.
I didn't post a lot (I just looked - 27 posts in 4+ years) but that may be because when I did post, they were often not replied to, or apparently failed to capture the interest of the group. The things I would post were of the same calibre of intellect or humour that I would have posted at the FDP, but I don't think it rated at "the cool kids table".
Which leads me to my next gripe. They condemned the FDP saying "it was the same old guys" "small circle" blah blah blah, but they obviously don't have mirrors over there, otherwise they'd have to look at themselves. The old "pot/kettle" scenario...
OK, I've wasted enough bandwidth on this [mic drop]
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Post by LM on Feb 2, 2020 19:47:46 GMT -5
This thread should be locked. We're doing the same thing to other forums of which we're accusing them, except we're not specifically naming them.
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Post by K4 on Feb 2, 2020 20:08:18 GMT -5
This thread should be locked. We're doing the same thing to other forums of which we're accusing them, except we're not specifically naming them. I tend to agree.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 2, 2020 20:40:57 GMT -5
Yeah, it has devolved to that so we’ll call it a day.
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