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Post by Milk Monitor on Sept 20, 2003 12:25:19 GMT -5
"the board should be a democracy, we should be able to post without worrying about whether they will be deleted or not."
I've resisted saying this so far, but this board is not a democracy. It is a messageboard I set up to go with my website.
(er, sorry, i meant to reply to rather than modify this message. apologies. pj x)
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Post by TallyHo... on Sept 20, 2003 12:31:31 GMT -5
I agree, really we should be able to post what we want but now i'm thinking about what I post. I wanted to say on my Flop single thread about how Milk and I once again seem to share the same mind but I though 'oh its pointless, it will get deleted' perhaps Popjustice will soon be Popinjustice.
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Post by Milk Monitor on Sept 20, 2003 12:33:01 GMT -5
Actually, this is a lot like another board I used to post at a couple of years ago. It was the official board of a popular rock band (enigmatic or what? Heh) and was much like Popjustice was, until the admin decided he didn't like the board and started changing it. He appointed his friends as mods (one was his girlfriend) and deleted any posts he didn't like. But mostly, he'd ban people he didn't like, for the smallest of things. One guy was banned because he had a link to a rival band site in his signature. Loads of others were banned for not posting enough in the 'right' forum. It got out of hand. Strict rules were put in place, right down to not being able to mention certain words in posts. The admin even started reading people's PMs and banning them if he didn't like what was said. He even got into people's email accounts. Eventually, people had had enough and the band's management sacked the admin and the board was shut down for a while. It still is, if I remember rightly. I'm not saying this is going to happen to PJ, and I doubt that Mr PJ will go on a massive power trip like that admin did, but the problems on that board started with posts being deleted if they weren't 'good enough' .
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Post by Milk Monitor on Sept 20, 2003 12:33:48 GMT -5
I wanted to say on my Flop single thread about how Milk and I once again seem to share the same mind Haha I was going to say that too! Maybe we are the same person. We could be schizophrenic?
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Post by TallyHo... on Sept 20, 2003 12:41:21 GMT -5
Haha I was going to say that too! Maybe we are the same person. We could be schizophrenic? I think it is the only explanation, as contary to what the Westlife fans think we are not the same person. On the subject, surely we should be members of the highest order after our 'heroics' earlier in the week??
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Post by Jen on Sept 20, 2003 13:00:13 GMT -5
I've resisted saying this so far, but this board is not a democracy. It is a messageboard I set up to go with my website. mr pj said this??
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Post by Nick on Sept 20, 2003 13:02:54 GMT -5
I think that's fair enough, really.
The site existed long before the messageboard did.
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Post by Ain't Etienne on Sept 20, 2003 13:03:51 GMT -5
mr pj said this?? He did. And I was just to post something along the same lines (that sounds like I'm sucking up. I'm not). Along with a variation on some wise words from an oracle called Björk: 'Give it some time, give it some space'. We're all guests here.
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Post by Milk Monitor on Sept 20, 2003 13:05:31 GMT -5
He is right, it IS his site and messageboard but I don't think we should have to worry about what we're posting in case the mods don't like it.
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Post by Pandarama on Sept 20, 2003 13:08:47 GMT -5
Isn't it a little premature to worry about the mods being heavy-handed and deleting our posts without a second thought?
I've not noticed anything at all being deleted yet.
Like Ain't Etienne said (and indeed Björk before him), "give it some time, give it some space". I don't doubt for a second that if a moderator is throwing their weight around, Mr Popjustice will take them to task over it. But I doubt it'll come to that anyway.*
*I'm not sucking up either, I promise.
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Post by FairyCakes on Sept 20, 2003 13:18:25 GMT -5
Well at the end of the day this is a message board. A board on which we post messages. Its not something that dictates our lives or pays us our wages. Its just a place where we can come and speak to people and have a laugh. If Mr.Popjustice thinks this board is going to shit, and it is his board after all, he should be able to do what he wants with it, weather that be adding stars or making us all go through a pop idol stylee audtion to be given accsess to post. (i think that would be quite fun!) If moderaters start being all funny with what they delete, which i doubt they will cos they have better things to do then be arsey, then just complain about it when it happens. This board is about pop and justice and is Mr.Popjustice's. Its just the same as if you starting up your own website and then people came and started changing the whole reason you started it. These are the rules and we've got to except them. I don't have a star..most people don't, but being denied accsess to one board isn't going to change my enjoyment on here. Its just somewhere to talk and have a laugh and if we start being all grumpy, then it will never be jolly again. Just enjoy it while it's still here...cos like my mummy says..'you'll miss me it when its gone.'!
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Post by Glammertime on Sept 20, 2003 13:19:35 GMT -5
I also have some rules:
Rule 1: Delete my posts, have your legs broken. Rule 2: Give me a star, have your legs broken. Rule 3: Move my posts...
You get the idea. Let the games begin.
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Post by Nick on Sept 20, 2003 13:25:04 GMT -5
Well at the end of the day this is a message board. A board on which we post messages. Its not something that dictates our lives or pays us our wages. Its just a place where we can come and speak to people and have a laugh. If Mr.Popjustice thinks this board is going to shit, and it is his board after all, he should be able to do what he wants with it, weather that be adding stars or making us all go through a pop idol stylee audtion to be given accsess to post. (i think that would be quite fun!) If moderaters start being all funny with what they delete, which i doubt they will cos they have better things to do then be arsey, then just complain about it when it happens. This board is about pop and justice and is Mr.Popjustice's. Its just the same as if you starting up your own website and then people came and started changing the whole reason you started it. These are the rules and we've got to except them. I don't have a star..most people don't, but being denied accsess to one board isn't going to change my enjoyment on here. Its just somewhere to talk and have a laugh and if we start being all grumpy, then it will never be jolly again. Just enjoy it while it's still here...cos like my mummy says..'you'll miss me it when its gone.'! Once again, this girl says the acest things. I'm in complete agreement. Except about the Pop Idol bit, which terrifies me.
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