[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
|
|
List of all comments to this articleSorted by date, most recent at bottom |
Comment 1 | Jordan Taylor | | 03-Feb-2004 14:35 GMT |
Comment 2 | Darth_X | Registered user | 03-Feb-2004 14:44 GMT |
Comment 3 | Bill Hoggett | | 03-Feb-2004 15:19 GMT |
Comment 4 | Jan Smite | | 03-Feb-2004 15:19 GMT |
Comment 5 | Matt Parsons | Registered user | 03-Feb-2004 15:49 GMT |
|
Freedom of speech is no more on a popular Amiga site. : Comment 6 of 238 | ANN.lu |
Posted by MarkTime on 03-Feb-2004 15:57 GMT | First of all, amiga.org has always been a moderated site, just as this one is, and amigaworld.net is...
however, its the level of moderation that becomes the sticky point.
More or less, though, the problem is not the webmasters...the webmasters are responding to the needs of the community.
Its the very large number of immature girlish boys who are the backbone of this community now, who are constantly whining and complaining to the webmasters about threads that are 'no longer productive' and 'out of control' that cause the webmasters to jump into action.
Am I being harsh? Yes, but its an accurate observation of how this community has denigrated. Its the community members, my friend, constantly calling for moderation, it is NOT coming from some kind of internal need, or power grab on the part of the webmasters.
THe problem with this community is they don't understand the fundamental purpose of these sites...they are sites for 'ideas' and 'feelings' and this idea that every post must be 'productive' and 'informative' is a red herring.
First of all...my advice is, if you want to be in this community, come to some kind of understanding about the whiny baby atmosphere of this community, or you will never be happy here...you must show tolerance for the censorship..yes you.
Second of all...if you want to change, call people out every time they act childish. It works. Heck I get e-mails from time to time myself, like most reasonable people, when that happens I think about them, and even modify my course if I feel I went too far.
So your complaint may have an impact, but I would direct my complaints directly at the people who are the problem, inasmuch as these cowards are willing to show themselves. |
|
List of all comments to this article (continued) |
|
- User Menu
-
- About ANN archives
- The ANN archives is powered by #AmigaZeux. It was updated daily (news last: 22-Oct-2004; comments last: 18-May-2005).
ANN.lu was created, previously owned and maintained by Christian Kemp, www.ckemp.com.
- Contribute
- Not possible at this time!
- Search ANN archives
- Advanced search
- Hosting
- ANN.lu was hosted by Dreamhost. Sign up through this link, mention "ckemp" as referrer and he will get a 10% commission on any account you purchase.
Please show your appreciation for any past, present and future work on ANN.lu by making a contribution via PayPal.
|