[Rant] Freedom of speech is no more on a popular Amiga site. | ANN.lu |
Posted on 03-Feb-2004 15:32 GMT by Jordan Taylor | 238 comments View flat View list |
Today a so-called Amiga site which was supposed to allow freedom of speech has now become a exposed heavily censored website, webmasters acting like children insulting members of the site just because they stand up and say what they think.
I feel betrayed.
Check it out yourself here
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Freedom of speech is no more on a popular Amiga site. : Comment 28 of 238 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Wayne Hunt on 03-Feb-2004 18:15 GMT | In reply to Comment 7 (Johnathan): You are welcome to point out one single lie about "the turtle guy" or should I say "you"? Three weeks ago, same said person started 7 different threads in a row demanding that we change his username to end in "2k4" despite being told to stop creating new threads. He also (I believe) privately mailed about every single moderator and me asking for the same thing. He was told no, and then started complaining about it continuously which was also removed because it was pointless and childish.
Amiga.org was started BY ME in 1995 to serve the Amiga community. It was fun to do so, because it was interesting to meet all the people and help them with Amiga problems. That was 9 years ago. Most of the people it was started to serve have moved on with their lives. I realize that a vast silent majority of the users left still appreciate the site, but to put the amount of work into it that we do (I have put an average of 8 hours per day into the new version), all we ever hear is bitching and whining.
Amiga.org is about the Amiga community. Just as Christian stated about ANN, Amiga.org is not an arena for your free and unrestricted right to abuse it, insult anyone you want, and to act like children. If such moronic pursuits are your goal, there are any number of Internet sites that I'd suggest you visit instead.
Don't get me wrong. This is not an insult to everyone. There are still a majority of the users on Amiga.org that post intelligently and strive to be helpful and understand that it's a community. It's only a very miniscule number of small minded idiots who don't have the slightest inkling of what is required to operate a Web site who are ruining it for everyone. Same small-minded people generally tend to be amongst the younger, more anarchistic and idealistic kids who have never been raised properly to respect anything. Some of them might be abusing the sites simply as their only outlet for rebellion.
Due to these kids, I am more inclined every single day to completely remove the "talk about" section and just keep the site focused on Amiga discussion only.
Here's a cardinal rule folks. Web sites are private property, even if they have their own built-in community. We -- the Webmasters, and sponsors -- make these sites available as a service to it's users. It is a PRIVILEDGE to use them. It is not your " inaliable right". If you don't like a site, don't stick around ruining it for others. There are plenty of other sites out there which would be more appropriate to you. I'm sure Christian, John, DaveyD, Dave Crawford or any other Amiga webmaster here would fully agree with me.
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