Originally posted by SeaPA: What if it's pretty well-established that another poster is, in fact, an idiot? Is it like a defamation case, where "it's the truth" puts you in the clear?
Yea? What about that?
I try to be respectful of posters and the rules. On the other hand.....it's the darn internet. Are people so delicate that they take some random,anonymous insult to heart and they are afraid to post?
Obviously it's not my site and i try to abide by gene's rules. IF I did own the site......I'd ban those who were just obvious trolls,flamers. I'd also tell the thin skinned to not let stupid stuff from unknown sources bother them. Fact is.......the meek shall always be butthurt. in life and in cyberlife. You can't please all of the people.
I suppose that a more respectful WC is good. I also applaud the mods in the LR for understanding when a guy like RRR or Funk is just being a wise guy and not really trying to be malicious when he calls someone a bonehead or the like.
trolls and flamers are the best part of the message board experience, imo.
Fine. but you aren't really one by me. You and guys like RRR just say what you 9and many of us) think. You call a spade a spade.(no racist).
While i wouldn't be so ....frank , usually. I usually laugh when you are.
I think we should to continue to quote the message above us just to piss people off.
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I may be wrong....but these regular "messages from the owner" are just gene trying to be responsive to the clients and to improve his site. I also believe that it is MUCH more prompted by a need to control the TC. Not so much the LR.
I read a lot of the posts and threads. I haven't seen too many genuine insults tossed at people. Most ,unless I miss my guess are more friendly jabs or people trying to be funny rather than hurtfully intended.
Also people around the LR seem to follow the general intent of the laws. Evidence is we'll go weeks at a time without seeing a locked thread.
I've said it before. I think U, Shao,Bav etc handle things correctly these days by deleting inappropriate posts and warning particular posters rather than throwing a hard handed ban hammer around all of the time. Frankly that approach sent a lot of people packing on general principle. if that policy was continued I would suggest simply closing down the board as traffic would trickle to very little. Of course maybe a completely different type of poster may like that and come forward to build audience/participant levels. But of course like any business it's a balancing act.
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