I think it could use a little tweaking. How about electing a couple of members? One liberal and one conservative. Make sure the minority has representation on the mod team as well.
I don't want this to become a thread about me, and it will. So I am out of here. If anyone wants to talk more? Feel free to pm.
Last edited by Bethere; 08-31-2017 at 03:04 PM.
By that he means trolls like him.
Eddie, del, bo, those people temp banned basically.
tPF has never found a way to deal with trolls and they are pretty much ruining the forum, chasing off or otherwise keeping quality members away.
LW trolls are protected because they are LW, the RW trolls were banned a long time ago.
Bottom line, it's tine for tPF to take out the trash and attract better members.
Cthulhu (08-31-2017),stjames1_53 (08-31-2017)
Just get rid of the VIPs... Why create the clique in the first place?
I find your lack of faith...disturbing...
-Darth Vader
"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." John Greenleaf Whittier
"Our minds control our bodies. Our bodies control our enemies. Our enemies control jack shit by the time we're done with them." Stick
As a former VIP, I can tell you the VIP system contributes very little to the forum in terms of benefits. For whatever reason, certain people, when they become a VIP, let the title go to their head. They forget they are just a member of a political forum, like the rest of us, and begin to assume an air of privilege and superiority. I've also seen blatant partisanship influence how certain VIP members conduct themselves behind the scenes, which has real consequences for the forum. We can see it in the ratio of conservatives banned to liberals banned since August 2016 (when the MODS started posting that data). As far as I'm concerned, there is simply no need for a VIP system. The MODS in consultation with ADMIN are more than adequate for the purposes of managing the forum. And the MODS tend to be less influenced by the petty grudges and partisanship that characterizes the daily reality of the forum. In short, the VIP system is a drain on the forum and a waste of everyone's time. The people who are most in favor of keeping it are the people who like the privilege and feeling of superiority it affords them. That is not a good reason to keep it around.
Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
--John Adams
resister (08-31-2017)
William (08-31-2017)
"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." John Greenleaf Whittier
"Our minds control our bodies. Our bodies control our enemies. Our enemies control jack shit by the time we're done with them." Stick
"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." John Greenleaf Whittier
"Our minds control our bodies. Our bodies control our enemies. Our enemies control jack shit by the time we're done with them." Stick