travelinman67 wrote:CitadelGrad wrote:
You have to remember that these forums were created in response to ralph's authoritarian moderation of the old AGS forums. Many of us here were permanently banned for minor or non-existent infractions over there. This is the anti-ralph site, so you can't really expect anything other than permissive moderation.
Perhaps you can find ralph in whatever cardboard box he's living in now and create another site with him, where you can moderate as you see fit.
This.
Don't know if you were around or remember AGS under Ralph's ownership...extreme emotional dysfunction.
Chris created a competitive site with minimal moderation WHICH WAS THE DRAW FOR MOST OF US.
Part of this board's "style" is unchained discussion. We bitch slap each other into oblivion every day, and come back again and again. As a rule, people who cannot take a few punches probably don't belong on the internet.
Don't threaten to sue anyone, and life is fine. You can threaten to kill pretty much any of the regulars, and most will invite you out for a beer. Pull an "Opie", or threaten Chris, and the Mods will come to life.
I was not aware that happened on AGS- a forum I don't bother to visit, even though I know exists.. I have always appreciated the freedom provided by CS- This is by far the best FCS forum online and has a ton of upsides.
Ok, I am willing to concede, I may have been wrong posting this topic asking for what is essentially censorship-something I am completely opposed to. I was more particularly focusing on what is actually spamming, but I understand how there could be a fine line between free speech and spamming, so I am willing to concede I was wrong.
More than many people- I understand how important it is to be allowed to post whatever you want, and I agree, it makes for a very interesting and poignant discussion forum. This forum rocks.
I am willing to concede that I was wrong for asking for what is a kind of censorship here, even if the attempts at destroying my topics by spamming almost every single thread I created were very transparent. I see the other side of the argument here, and I was wrong. I can see the other side of the argument- What I view as "blatant spamming" could likely be the same thing that upsets others regarding my views and the topics I post, which I wouldn't want deleted on a whim.
I get it, and I agree with you that this is a great forum, and a great message board. I have always been impressed with CS as a website and a forum, and I am being honest, not being facetious here.
The only reason I started this thread was that it appeared my threads were being "spammed' with the same stuff over and over again in an attempt to dilute/sidetrack the conversation- which is fine I guess- but if that is the side-effect of freedom of speech, I will take that over any sort of censorship, I agree. I was wrong.
I appreciate the actual conversation taking place on this thread (funny how this all happened with no scantily clad women being posted). Thanks CS.com- This website is amazing, and I guess thanks to all those who are standing up for free speech, and I guess I will just have to deal with porno pics on my threads, but that is the cost of free speech these days.
Good talk everyone.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.