Author Topic: its quiet on the other forum! (Read 16677 times)

Waterline Man · « **on:** September 04, 2008, 11:33:25 PM »

I've just been on the other forum

you know the other one & it seems very quiet over there!There was just one other person on there with myself? Do I smell or what

ingridswing · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2008, 12:15:42 AM »

No you don't smell

But as mentioned before in other threads, people feel free here. They are allowed to do what they like.
No deleting, no editing, fooling around is allowed. So they feel home again.
And I feel the same, it's fun again. And I didn't have fun on the other forum anymore.

dustyvalentino · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2008, 11:44:42 AM »

I don't think the lack of activity on the other forum is anything to do with you Dan.

But for the avoidance of doubt, you do smell.

allen · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2008, 12:03:54 PM »

Hope here can keep always hot, hehe.

Ian Lewis · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2008, 03:46:12 PM »

The 'other' forum is just proof of what happens when something is over-moderated. There have been many great discussions here already, all of which have not got out of hand and have not needed any intervention. I hope this continues for a long time

ingridswing · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2008, 04:52:46 PM »

That's our intention Ian!!

We are grown up so we all must be able to discuss without getting personal or insulting.
Besides that, we all have to keep in mind that not everyone is native-english speaking. So when someone writes something that you think it's not nice it can have to do with the english language. If we all keep that in mind there will be no trouble at all.

And Ian, you are one of the people I didn't see in a long time and I am very happy to see you posting here so often

jbaent · « **Reply #6 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:14:31 AM »

I think that you are not being fair with "the other forum". Do you think it

Pottel · « **Reply #7 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:18:48 AM »

you got some good points there julio, especially that some of us (not all) got to know each other there.
but there are many other reasons to dislike the other forum. i myself have not experienced it, as i am not a woman, but some amongst us, to whom it happened will understand what i mean.
it is not only the constant changing, and deleting of posts.

jbaent · « **Reply #8 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:34:32 AM »

Quote from: Pottel on September 06, 2008, 01:18:48 AM

you got some good points there julio, especially that some of us (not all) got to know each other there.
but there are many other reasons to dislike the other forum. i myself have not experienced it, as i am not a woman, but some amongst us, to whom it happened will understand what i mean.
it is not only the constant changing, and deleting of posts.

That "woman" remark looks not a very nice thing, I don

Pottel · « **Reply #9 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:39:05 AM »

i asked in the thatparticular post, "should we delete the post" --> not to have negative karma from that sad post (it was good that you posted it, it was sad that somebody had to go ahead and give you negative karma in the first place) and the feedback i got was "yes, delete this thread" and that was from the users, not the mods.
anyway, it is not deleted, it is blended out, and if that is a problem for you, we can bring it back.

Pottel · « **Reply #10 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:39:24 AM »

better go and download the brussels upload now julio!!

jbaent · « **Reply #11 on:** September 06, 2008, 01:45:33 AM »

Quote from: Pottel on September 06, 2008, 01:39:05 AM

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anyway, it is not deleted, it is blended out, and if that is a problem for you, we can bring it back.

No no, it was only an example of "sometime you have to take decisions that wouldn

superval99 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 06, 2008, 10:02:07 AM »

jbaent - I will always be grateful for the friendships I made by becoming a member of MKNews Forum, I have met a lot of those members at various MK concerts and we have had great times together. This would not have happened without MKNews. I was rather dismayed very recently though, when yet another whole thread was closed by TK, effectively censoring us again!

I do, however, still post there when something is of interest to me, as I do on Markknopfler.com forum. It is rather quiet on that forum too at the moment, but I think it is early days to say whether or not it is due to the launching of this forum. I just hope all three can co-exist happily and we can visit each of them for different reasons!

dannyjun · « **Reply #13 on:** September 06, 2008, 02:16:40 PM »

Re: its quiet on the other forum!

well yes, it is, but what would you expect after tour...it is time of break now, but I believe it won

Ian Lewis · « **Reply #14 on:** September 06, 2008, 03:23:57 PM »

One of the key things for me, which I have banged on about before is the 'other' forum is just ugly!!! Is it only me that sees this? I have been around on other forums that use this engine (SMF) and it is truly great.

To be honest I haven't been on the MKNews forum for ages mainly due to (good) things that have happened in my life. Things have now settled down and when I saw the e-mail I saw it as a fresh start so to speak. I found it a little difficult with the MKNews forum to catch up. It is difficult to contribute on a forum sometimes if you are unaware of previous situations or threads that occur.

I still disagree with TK's style. I like the man don't get me wrong. But in the early days of MKChat (even before the forum) it was just the same. Personally as an adult I liked to be treated as one.

I think you are right jbaent there may arise a situation where mods will intervene, it is probably inevitable. It is how it is handled is key.