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Anchor · 11-23-2008, 10:41 PM

Forum culture, such as it is today, is a well known and well established paradigm. It will take a lot more than one post which on the surface speaks to ideals of freedom and truth to change that. It certainly speaks from "I" a lot and is based on a single person’s opinion and vision when I thought this was a joint gig - run by both Bill and Kerry. Divisions at the top could end up being a wet dream for the dark powers that are alleged to have an interest in stopping places like this from functioning efficiently.

It would be nice, at some stage, to see the counter-point to Kerry's position by Bill. He has not posted here for a couple of days. I have gained nothing but the highest respect for Bill's abilities, people management and organizational capabilities. I think we need the balanced view here and balance to be restored if possible.

The new paradigm is emerging, but it is not here yet and that is evident by the behavior of many on the forum.

Un-moderated forums that allow ad-hominem attacks to go unchecked can easily become places where the kinds of people you want to attract will not want to stay.

The choice is pretty simple: do you want a forum that can be organised and focused on its mission? Or do you want a free for all - a place where people can "blow off steam" because they are angry - at politics, the unwinding of the old power structures, financial collapse, expectations of ufo sightings not met, about personalities (some here some elsewhere), and attack each other and be thoroughly unpleasant about it - all at the expense of the goal of Avalon.

You know there are many examples where that has happened on this forum. Unless you were not reading it, pretty much all of the special guests got let down and left or are leaving in one way or another.

Your new moderator philosophy could succeed, but I find it somewhat unlikely at the current time.

A few people here have saluted you and agreed with you - and there is certainly a lot in what you have written that can be agreed with - but I don't see winners and losers here - just progress back home at varying speeds.

We are humans becoming! Help us become!

A..

11-23-2008, 10:41 PM	#9
Anchor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,280	Re: Avalon forum feedback Forum culture, such as it is today, is a well known and well established paradigm. It will take a lot more than one post which on the surface speaks to ideals of freedom and truth to change that. It certainly speaks from "I" a lot and is based on a single person’s opinion and vision when I thought this was a joint gig - run by both Bill and Kerry. Divisions at the top could end up being a wet dream for the dark powers that are alleged to have an interest in stopping places like this from functioning efficiently. It would be nice, at some stage, to see the counter-point to Kerry's position by Bill. He has not posted here for a couple of days. I have gained nothing but the highest respect for Bill's abilities, people management and organizational capabilities. I think we need the balanced view here and balance to be restored if possible. The new paradigm is emerging, but it is not here yet and that is evident by the behavior of many on the forum. Un-moderated forums that allow ad-hominem attacks to go unchecked can easily become places where the kinds of people you want to attract will not want to stay. The choice is pretty simple: do you want a forum that can be organised and focused on its mission? Or do you want a free for all - a place where people can "blow off steam" because they are angry - at politics, the unwinding of the old power structures, financial collapse, expectations of ufo sightings not met, about personalities (some here some elsewhere), and attack each other and be thoroughly unpleasant about it - all at the expense of the goal of Avalon. You know there are many examples where that has happened on this forum. Unless you were not reading it, pretty much all of the special guests got let down and left or are leaving in one way or another. Your new moderator philosophy could succeed, but I find it somewhat unlikely at the current time. A few people here have saluted you and agreed with you - and there is certainly a lot in what you have written that can be agreed with - but I don't see winners and losers here - just progress back home at varying speeds. We are humans becoming! Help us become! A.. Last edited by Anchor; 11-25-2008 at 09:22 AM. Reason: grammar, spelling, you name it...