Subj : Re: Testing the waters
To : MRO
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun Dec 04 2022 03:48 pm
-=> MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
MR> Re: Testing the waters
MR> By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Dec 02 2022 06:01 pm
>
> I was one of the ones that suggested that FSX did not need a Political echo
> because people like that would post there just to start stuff and, since
> that network has rules of conduct, it would be a moderation nightmare.
>
MR> if you're a good moderator, it wouldn't be a nightmare.
MR> banning politics and religion talk is cowardly, but it's his network
MR> and he can do what he wants.
MR> I'm a live and let live kind of guy, even if I don't like something it
MR> has a right to be there and not be destroyed just because I don't like
MR> what they do and how they do it.
MR> years ago i helped this one guy(one of many) setup his ftn network,
MR> using help another long term sysop gave me. I gave him a lot of ideas
MR> and help. i ran a site with services and he essentially copied me by
MR> using some of the same scripts i did and he edited the code to make it
MR> seem like it was his.
MR> He stopped being my friend and acted like he didn't even know me. I
MR> let god sort it out and in the end he is gone and I am still here. i
MR> did yank my services but that's because It was a lot of work sometimes
MR> and some things that i offered were dated.
MR> so people can go play in avon's sandbox. maybe that's what they want.
MR> he's protecting them from the bad things like politics and religion!
He wants a particular tone, which I understand. If someone wants that kind of
control they shouldn't create a Net and invite everyone to partake. He has his
own BBS, and there is he is free to make up all manner of rules and
restrictions.
fsxNet is upfront about the no politics or religion though, which is far more
honourable than pretending you're about open discussion then selectively
censoring and banning to suit an agenda, like big Social Media. So yeah, it
does make fsxNet a little banal (though it is busy), but this rule is of little
consequence in the end.
