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Stoneage
Is there some kind of law describing this phenomena when a thread starts on one note or subject and then ends on a completely different one? It seems to be the fate of almost every thread...
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Stoneage
Is there some kind of law describing this phenomena when a thread starts on one note or subject and then ends on a completely different one? It seems to be the fate of almost every thread...
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Bliss
Bjornulf has put this sticky thread up for us to discuss issues important to IORR. Above he has said that he will close it if it goes off the rails. Doesn't anyone have anything to contribute?
i think we should bring some of the old time posters back.
I support this: time for a general amnesty for all banned for whatever reason. They should be able to register again. Bjornulf could proclaim such a general amnesty. No need for endless email contacts either.
I would support amnesty, but some have moved on...
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Bliss
The question is - why do members who have posted prolifically for up to 10 years, with great passion and knowlege, choose not to return? And more to the point, what about the impact of their departure on the forum? Can or should this be avoided?
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bv
This thread is about one thing and one thing only:
IORR POSTING POLICY
If you post something OFF TOPIC it might be deleted at any time. At any time. Especially if there are many other off topic posts. Because the focus is on THE ROLLING STONES here, not on food, drugs, hookers, cars, hockey players, butterflies or other non-Stones matters.
If you start a harmless thread about something I would not care. If it is Off Topic and it is marked OT I would not care. But if you start a thread about the best hooker in Brussels or the best coffee shop for pot smoking in Amsterdam or the best street for a fight in LA or hom many girls you slept with tonight or how you are cheating on your tax bill then I just remove it, because may be I have moral, or may be it might be offending to some, not everyone, but some.
Please do not start any discussions about wheede or pot or drugs or alcohol or hookers here. This thread is about the posting policy only. And for those who still not get it? What is the posting policy?
DO NOT OFFEND
When I walk in Amsterdam and see hookers on display in the red light district I feel offended. When I see grown men pitting sharp sticks into a bull through a bull fight then they hide behind a wall and later kill the bull I get offended. Stuff like that. So plese keep in ming - even if something do not offend you, it sure might offend many others. It is all about common sense, and respect.
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bv
Some people get highly offended when I delete posts about their masturbation or ice cream eating or whatever. So they go bananas and start campaigns like a war calling me a stupid idiot, nazi, and all sorts of other not so nice words. So I delete that too.
If you submit something you write to a publisher, like a newspaper, magazine or portal, then it will go through editorial viewing. If the story is fitting into the format then it might be published. There is such a feature also in the IORR forum. View and moderate before published. But I don't have time, and there is no staff, and life is too short. So 99.9% of all posts go live and stay live forever, no moderation.
Then there is this 0,.1% post which is there but later taken down. Some take it personally, like I have hurt their feelings as a jounalist or writer. Well such is life, not everything you submit will be published. Try writing a book and get it published, prepare for bad news.
Then finally, after people have called me nazi, stalin, pol pot and any other bad four lettered words, some ever say they will beat me up and finish me on tour, then they ask me to enable their posting, they want to post again.
All I need is a sorry and that people tell me they will not offend. Then anyone may post virtually anything. Only problem is some are not able to say sorry, they feel they should be able to say anytingt they like. Well not on IORR. Sorry.
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And I remember some very good writers who were banned a year ago and I never understood why.
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bv
Some people get highly offended when I delete posts about their masturbation or ice cream eating or whatever.
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Bliss
>>>I think sometimes it's as simple as stubborn pride. Some people feel they have done nothing wrong, or don't understand the rules, or don't agree with them...so they repeatedly or flagrantly choose to ignore them. Sometimes I think it can be an innocent mistake, especially when someone is new.
Yes, it is often a matter of stubborn pride, but perhaps behind that is a feeling of being hurt or offended or unappreciated, especially if they have made valuable contributions over a long period of time. That is quite different from a troll, whose only purpose is provocation and who doesn't plan to stick around anyway.
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Bliss
>>>I think sometimes it's as simple as stubborn pride. Some people feel they have done nothing wrong, or don't understand the rules, or don't agree with them...so they repeatedly or flagrantly choose to ignore them. Sometimes I think it can be an innocent mistake, especially when someone is new.
Yes, it is often a matter of stubborn pride, but perhaps behind that is a feeling of being hurt or offended or unappreciated, especially if they have made valuable contributions over a long period of time. That is quite different from a troll, whose only purpose is provocation and who doesn't plan to stick around anyway.
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Redhotcarpet
The banned iorrians i was thinking of were not trolls nor supermen and they probably also value their time and the effort behind their posts here.