l knew I could count on you for insightful commentary.Ah, you mean a conservative republican circle-jerk.
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Should RF Keep its Political Forums?
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
What's stopping anybody from that still happening?
Anyways I was here long enough to remember the forum on how proud it was with its lack of advertising and simplicity and user accessibility . .
Times change . Look at it now.
Subjects and topics are the same thing and inevitably as time, people , and places grow , Things get more intense and engaged . It's like the Simplicity of a small town where everybody knew everybody versus big metropolitan environments where it's a jumble , but very active.
As proof just look how popular debate is, as opposed to discussion. It's a good thing I think because it gets people engaged and active.
I think if people wanted to, they could still have the 'good old days'. Just make a thread like the old RF'ers club or similar.
Personally, I like both chaotic and subdued subject matter. One day swinging around the old Bushido Sword, and the other day just pleasantly drinking some e-tea and e - coffee with my fellow human beings and engaging in some passive and pleasant conversation.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
A focus on "commercial appeal" and "popularity" over community.
It's always had ads. Even when we had members who were paid supporters, rather than "premium members," a benefit was no ads in addition to some other perks.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
He he. Like searching for Bigfoot huh?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Might as well be. I'm not interested in ads when I'm surfin' the web (or ever). If I don't have to put up with them I don't.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It was never in your face and obtrusive as it is now, which I think is intentional by design in order to get you to pay to go back to ad 'free'.
If people are going to go through that route, then make this forum a pay site.
Phaedrus
Active Member
Exactly. Adblock takes care of them without having to go premium.
Curious George
Veteran Member
Using the definition of proposed for the word proposed is pretty farfetched?
Pull yourself together woman; there are people watching. Are you responsible for the white claw shortage?
Joking aside, i think you should reread my post a couple times, or perhaps have someone else read it to see if whatever it was you saw in the post was seen by anyone else.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
That goes against the commercial appeal goal.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
There wasn't a word or definition offered as a proposal, but simply something to ponder.
That's not what the OP included, said, or suggested.
Curious George
Veteran Member
That is most certainly what the OP proposed:
Proposed: put forward (an idea or plan) for consideration or discussion by others.
Are you suggesting that the OP did not mean to discuss or open a discussion about whether the political forums should stay or go?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
As much as commercialism irks me, you probably wouldn't have as much 'free' stuff to engage in if it wasn't for sponsors.
It's kind of like me and in my love for hot pickled sausages. Comparably they are totally delicious and fulfilling, but alas there's a price to be paid in one way or another for enjoying such privileges. *Grin*
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Yup. And I'm not interested in what they're selling. It's often not even stuff that applies to me anyways.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Yes, but for sites that I want to support and am too cheap to pay, I leave them on.
Sadly more and more news sites have found a way to prevent seeing content unless one turns off their adblocker.
Often if a site asks politely I will shut them off, but after I was on what I do believe was "Food networks" when I turned off the adblock I was taken to a site that tried to shut me out of my computer. Who would think that a recipe site would be as bad as porn sites used to be?
4U, AOC needs 2B put on the QT, PDQ, B4U become 1 angry VIP?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
That may have been a bug creeping through ad networks. It happened a couple years ago to a guitar website I use, and I had a client who was having the same hijack/redirect problem.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
English?
It is all English. But I will translate.
4U, AOC needs 2B put on the QT, PDQ, B4U become 1 angry VIP?
For you, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needs to be quieted pretty darn quick, before you become one angry very important person.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Yeah, I had about half of that right, lol.
It was meant as a joke, but the old rules apply. If you have to explain some or all of it, then it was not very funny.
Sometimes when you step out on the comedy limb, it breaks under you.