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Old 12-28-2021, 8:51am   #101
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Ironically I started this thread and it has the most replies than any other thread I've started on any discussion boards I belong to.
When you get a chance, share the link to this with cumdawg and the other mods over there. Hell, share it with IB. Yeah...like they'd care
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I really liked participating over there before the communist take over. Had over a decade of membership and really at a loss for why the site owner allowed those changes?

Haven’t been back since the last temp ban but wondering if there’s a way to delete my account over there? I wouldn’t want my membership to be beneficial to the current owner.
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It is an indication of two things.

The level of "suck" the mods over there have achieved.
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The freedom to speak your mind, that we get to enjoy here.
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I really liked participating over there before the communist take over. Had over a decade of membership and really at a loss for why the site owner allowed those changes?

Haven’t been back since the last temp ban but wondering if there’s a way to delete my account over there? I wouldn’t want my membership to be beneficial to the current owner.
Go back and delete all your posts. Might take a while.
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The big difference between this and the other place...........

Here: no advertisers, no vendors to answer to, basically membership owned and supported, just paying for the software use and don't have to answer to them.

There: vendors and others to answer to, not owned by membership, owned by IB which charges fees to vendors, basically a business for profit.

Not defending the latter, but they have limits on content, not so much here.

I don't have the past experience of those here that have issues with other mods over the years, I can't get worked up on matters I have no control over, and in the long run, it don't mean shit anyhow........
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The big difference between this and the other place...........

Here: no advertisers, no vendors to answer to, basically membership owned and supported, just paying for the software use and don't have to answer to them.

There: vendors and others to answer to, not owned by membership, owned by IB which charges fees to vendors, basically a business for profit.

Not defending the latter, but they have limits on content, not so much here.

I don't have the past experience of those here that have issues with other mods over the years, I can't get worked up on matters I have no control over, and in the long run, it don't mean shit anyhow........
That's a bit of an excuse. They can take whatever position they choose on any issue they choose. The fact that they choose to prop up the Left ideology with a membership that is primarily right leaning, seems like a poor business choice to me. Imagine a firearms site that didn't support 2A.
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That's a bit of an excuse. They can take whatever position they choose on any issue they choose. The fact that they choose to prop up the Left ideology with a membership that is primarily right leaning, seems like a poor business choice to me. Imagine a firearms site that didn't support 2A.
The behind the scenes and politics of car forums is way above my pay grade, I can not pretend to know enough to run with the big dogs here.
But I do know one thing, whatever goes on in any of the forums does not affect me to the extent it does others, it's just not that important.
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The behind the scenes and politics of car forums is way above my pay grade, I can not pretend to know enough to run with the big dogs here.
But I do know one thing, whatever goes on in any of the forums does not affect me to the extent it does others, it's just not that important.
It effects me because I see the forum the way I see a group of friends or people gathered in a bar. You talk, you discuss, you disagree, you poke fun, you get pissed, etc. I have told friends of mine they were a dumbass for something they did or told them they must have their head up their ass for believing "x". and we discuss, and move on.

The forum is that atmosphere, but with people who can't physically be in the same place. I have yet to have a disagreement with a friend and have a total stranger enter the room and send me home for 10 days when they had NO role in the discussion.

Unless a physical threat...a GENUINE physical threat takes place, the rest is banter and bullshit and doesn't need a cop in the corner.
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That's a bit of an excuse. They can take whatever position they choose on any issue they choose. The fact that they choose to prop up the Left ideology with a membership that is primarily right leaning, seems like a poor business choice to me. Imagine a firearms site that didn't support 2A.
I always thought the Corvette forum was a private site founded by a couple of enthusiasts... and it may have been in the beginning, but it is not anymore.

It was acquired by Internet Brands LLC several years ago. Internet Brands LLC is an American new media company based in California with a worth of 1.6 Billion dollars and operates online media, community, and e-commerce sites.

To make matters worse, Internet Brands was acquired by multi-billion dollar giant, KKR - Hellman & Friedman LLC a few years back, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, with offices in New York and London. In other words, Corvette Forum is a little fish in a big pond, but the change of control is obvious.

Bottom line is, the lean to the left by the people running that place (like 'Wave) answer to bigger, leftist gods up the food chain. I have no doubt there is a left lean to those that have been hired to run that place and the so-called enthusiast and free speech aspects have been diminished while corporate influence and a more progressive ideology is prevalent nowadays.
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It effects me because I see the forum the way I see a group of friends or people gathered in a bar. You talk, you discuss, you disagree, you poke fun, you get pissed, etc. I have told friends of mine they were a dumbass for something they did or told them they must have their head up their ass for believing "x". and we discuss, and move on.

The forum is that atmosphere, but with people who can't physically be in the same place. I have yet to have a disagreement with a friend and have a total stranger enter the room and send me home for 10 days when they had NO role in the discussion.

Unless a physical threat...a GENUINE physical threat takes place, the rest is banter and bullshit and doesn't need a cop in the corner.
To me, to joke around with friends, writing the words, if you all know each other, well I suppose that's all between you guys. There are other people that may read the written word not knowing the association between you and your friends (all aliases) and think it may be vulgar, uncaring, malicious, etc., and maybe that talk should be curbed. There are anonymous folks that do report that activity thinking the writer is serious, probably never here, but over there, probably more than you know.

Without being in person, observing facial mannerisms and listening to voice inflection, the uninitiated won't get it, therefore the cop in the corner to maintain decorum.

Not on either side here, just trying to be pragmatic from my point of view. If the use of the forum is important to have this back & forth fun tug-o-wars, would it not suit you to avoid the warnings and bans, etc., to just conduct it among yourselves privately in pm's or private emails?
I don't know, just asking.
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That's a bit of an excuse. They can take whatever position they choose on any issue they choose. The fact that they choose to prop up the Left ideology with a membership that is primarily right leaning, seems like a poor business choice to me. Imagine a firearms site that didn't support 2A.
You are incorrect, I also lead communities for IB in other areas and they have a very strict set of rules for content. We receive direction on a regular basis that sets the way the forums are moderated. Failure to do so could result in the elimination of the forum. My guess is there were complaints made to IB with specific allegations of discrimination, something they will not allow under any circumstances. Without those complaints it's pretty much out of sight, out of mind.

Just telling you what I know, you can believe what you want.
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You are incorrect, I also lead communities for IB in other areas and they have a very strict set of rules for content. We receive direction on a regular basis that sets the way the forums are moderated. Failure to do so could result in the elimination of the forum. My guess is there were complaints made to IB with specific allegations of discrimination, something they will not allow under any circumstances. Without those complaints it's pretty much out of sight, out of mind.

Just telling you what I know, you can believe what you want.
I don't dispute what you say. The point is not about getting kicked off the forum per se. The problem is the forum changing and becoming something it was not before. The "strict set of rules" were "people" decisions. It is not that they are needed to keep things polite, it is that they are needed as a tool to push out the different minded and protect their fellow pussies.
The Mods have options just like the rest of us. Accept the changes or don't. They have chosen to become pathetic "word police" instead of standing for free thought and speech.

The Barn is not a heavily moderated forum. Why is it we have not verbally slaughtered one another and how is it we are not in complete chaos over our words? It's because we don't have Mods being bullies. I think this forum is semi-self-cleaning. Come in here being a dick and it won't be a mod that handles it. It will be pretty much EVERYONE you encounter. If a Mod has to step in, you have thoroughly f'd up. Over there, if a mod steps in, it's probably a day ending in Y.
I also FIRMLY believe Mods should not be allowed to engage in banter over there. You don't see a referee grabbing the ball and running for a TD. Observe and moderate. Don't participate. (Another problem we don't have here)
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I don't dispute what you say. The point is not about getting kicked off the forum per se. The problem is the forum changing and becoming something it was not before. The "strict set of rules" were "people" decisions. It is not that they are needed to keep things polite, it is that they are needed as a tool to push out the different minded and protect their fellow pussies.
The Mods have options just like the rest of us. Accept the changes or don't. They have chosen to become pathetic "word police" instead of standing for free thought and speech.

The Barn is not a heavily moderated forum. Why is it we have not verbally slaughtered one another and how is it we are not in complete chaos over our words? It's because we don't have Mods being bullies. I think this forum is semi-self-cleaning. Come in here being a dick and it won't be a mod that handles it. It will be pretty much EVERYONE you encounter. If a Mod has to step in, you have thoroughly f'd up. Over there, if a mod steps in, it's probably a day ending in Y.
I also FIRMLY believe Mods should not be allowed to engage in banter over there. You don't see a referee grabbing the ball and running for a TD. Observe and moderate. Don't participate. (Another problem we don't have here)
Rob and NAV do participate in threads from time to time. The difference being, if you tell one of them to EABOD disagree with their point of view, they don't get all butt hurt and ban your ass for a month.
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I know, but the issue doesn't exist here. I can't imagine having a different point of view than either of them and in order to make their point, they send one of us packing. You don't DARE say anything contrary to jchastity or BAM adios MFer.
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I don't dispute what you say. The point is not about getting kicked off the forum per se. The problem is the forum changing and becoming something it was not before. The "strict set of rules" were "people" decisions. It is not that they are needed to keep things polite, it is that they are needed as a tool to push out the different minded and protect their fellow pussies.

No, they are an attempt to protect IB and keep their websites consistent, for better or worse.


The Mods have options just like the rest of us. Accept the changes or don't. They have chosen to become pathetic "word police" instead of standing for free thought and speech.

The Barn is not a heavily moderated forum. Why is it we have not verbally slaughtered one another and how is it we are not in complete chaos over our words? It's because we don't have Mods being bullies. I think this forum is semi-self-cleaning. Come in here being a dick and it won't be a mod that handles it. It will be pretty much EVERYONE you encounter. If a Mod has to step in, you have thoroughly f'd up. Over there, if a mod steps in, it's probably a day ending in Y.

Everything you're saying is true and the difference between a privately owned platform like this and just another holding for IB.

I also FIRMLY believe Mods should not be allowed to engage in banter over there. You don't see a referee grabbing the ball and running for a TD. Observe and moderate. Don't participate. (Another problem we don't have here)

Absolutely agree with this, some like to stir the pot.
Again, I'm sure IB is driving the bus and called for all the changes. Those that were in leadership positions could either conform or leave and they chose to stay. I probably have more days at camp than most here combined, I get it.
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I weas there for 12 years and over 50k posts and got perma banned for NOTHING.
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Wow... I guess 'Wave is on strict orders to "nip it in the bud", any anti-FJB-LGB stiff that could be permanent. I think you should replace that Location with a pro Obama statement like: "Bring Back Barry." and see what happens... I suspect nothing at all.
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You are incorrect, I also lead communities for IB in other areas and they have a very strict set of rules for content. We receive direction on a regular basis that sets the way the forums are moderated. Failure to do so could result in the elimination of the forum. My guess is there were complaints made to IB with specific allegations of discrimination, something they will not allow under any circumstances. Without those complaints it's pretty much out of sight, out of mind.

Just telling you what I know, you can believe what you want.
PRC had become a free for all shit fest with near zero moderation

Now as PR it’s on the other end of the spectrum

I anticipate it will eventually level out as mods even out and get to know the personalities

No offense to anyone who has a difficult time, but it’s not that hard over there to avoid vacations

As one of the most prolific and controversial posters in OT I haven’t gotten an infraction (let alone vaca) in years
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