Fjd Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) mdeneen I, for one, miss mdeneen. He contributed much. I didn't always agree with his tone, or his opinion, but I did often enough to want to read his point of view. By the way, he was well over the 5,000 post level! I am not really familiar with this "evil twin" business ... can someone enlighten me? Without wax, Gary Let me clarify. Since I did not have the same experience as others may seem to have experienced, I was using the term “evil twin” more from the perspective of the antagonist found in various fiction genres where the evil twin is a physical copy of the protagonist, but with radically inverted moralities. Edited June 23, 2015 by Fjd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well, less than 700 post to go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 A “Heritage Member” should be someone who has contributed to these Forums over time, and contributions go beyond post counts. Certainly see where you are coming from, but the problem is that it's arbitrary. Some standard had to be set that was fair to all. Granted, some case could be made for "grandfathering" the few previous members without adequate post count but that is totally a Chad decision. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Ok let me put it this way. Chad if you will grandfather Seadog and Germerikan in and others who were there before then they can have my place. I would never hide nor incessantly bump my threads anyway. I agree, it makes some sense to open up the membership to others who have proven themselves worthy and were undone by the Mystery of the Lost Posts. But I think it should go one step further. Why not let the current 1%ers vote by secret ballet who they let into their exclusive club, sort of like skull and bones at Yale whose secret society is directly comparable to the secret Klipsch Forumites, you know, it contains senators, presidents, owners of Microsoft and Apple, the leaders of our country. Right now the club is so small it's kinda like the Sith and their Rule of Two, which had only two beings at any time, one Master, one Apprentice. Just a lowly suggestion by One Who Is Not Worthy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well, less than 700 post to go. Yeah, what Nick say's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Chad Posted June 23, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted June 23, 2015 There sure are a lot of armchair forum admins about. Not that I expected 0 backlash or misunderstanding the reasoning. Some of you have valid points. The problem I have with "grandfathering in" members of the old BS forum into the No Bullshit forum is, that perpetuates the myth of the "good ol' boys club", which I DON'T want around here. It's a slippery slope. As for post count vs time on the forum, there really isn't a way to auto-allow access to it based on join time. It's either post count or password. And the password idea is lame. BTW - good job crapping on this thread overnight, folks. Lived up to my expectations. :-) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) I submit a suggestion: you need to have 5,281 posts to get into the club. Then we could nickname it the 'mile high' club. I know I'll never get to join THAT club, but I could aspire to join THIS club, as it is completely possible. Anyone claiming to be members of both would become honorary members granted the most latitude with posts. But pictures as proof would be required . Edited June 23, 2015 by Steven1963 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 perpetuates the myth of the "good ol' boys club", which I DON'T want around here. But Chad, that's what's already happened. It's not a myth, it's reality. I still don't get it. Was this "club" requested by a current or former member? And honestly, I suppose I really don't understand it's basic purpose, even after all of this chatter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 perpetuates the myth of the "good ol' boys club", which I DON'T want around here. But Chad, that's what's already happened. It's not a myth, it's reality. I still don't get it. Was this "club" requested by a current or former member? And honestly, I suppose I really don't understand it's basic purpose, even after all of this chatter. But Jim, that's the way it was before. We had an invisible BS section where only a small part of the members were allowed. As far as I know, nobody whined. But as soon as post count became a qualifier for membership, the whining began. It makes me wonder whether we have 2 problems now: 1. Those who really wanted to be part of the new group and are whining, and 2. Those who just want to whine for any reason and could care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 perpetuates the myth of the "good ol' boys club", which I DON'T want around here. But Chad, that's what's already happened. It's not a myth, it's reality. I still don't get it. Was this "club" requested by a current or former member? And honestly, I suppose I really don't understand it's basic purpose, even after all of this chatter. You know.....a lot of fun was poked at the new "club" last night....and yea I jumped on it, and I had quite a few laughs...really..When it really boils down I don't care about the new "club" or what ever ya want to call it..... I know who my friends are...and some of them have that "5000+" and if they want to participate .....well good for them...they will PM me and tell me all.....lol lol.. The way I'm going I'll be there around 2020 ....oh yea.... MKP :-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hmmmmmm I see an awful lot of statistic pumping very low wordage posts here, there is a mad rush to make 5000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Destroyed an entire section of this forum (similar to No BS) plus destroying everyone else's posts that went along with it and elsewhere throughout the forum. Demanded it. Went to upper management about it. A lot of history is gone now. That's the short of it. It is beyond the point now that while I sparred with him a lot, agreed with him a lot, disagreed with him a lot as all of us did, what he ultimately accomplished was despicable and purely selfish. Wow! I must have not been paying attention. So entire threads were removed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Destroyed an entire section of this forum (similar to No BS) plus destroying everyone else's posts that went along with it and elsewhere throughout the forum. Demanded it. Went to upper management about it. A lot of history is gone now. That's the short of it. It is beyond the point now that while I sparred with him a lot, agreed with him a lot, disagreed with him a lot as all of us did, what he ultimately accomplished was despicable and purely selfish. Wow! I must have not been paying attention. So entire threads were removed? I missed it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 My own post count is due to the fact I am a devoted fan of PWK, the company, and the fact that I've made so many friends and shared such great times over the years. It's not just a pastime, it's a very real part of my life and I've many friends here who are anything but "virtual." We've shared life and death, sickness and health, adversity, and many crisis. This place is what you make of it. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Perdition in a handbasket happened several weeks ago. Not many were aware of it though. Raise a toast to MDeneen for what has transpired. Could no longer resist, could you? Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Raise a toast to MDeneen for what has transpired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Perdition in a handbasket happened several weeks ago. Not many were aware of it though. Raise a toast to MDeneen for what has transpired. Could no longer resist, could you? Dave It's all about the association in the search engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 As for post count vs time on the forum, there really isn't a way to auto-allow access to it based on join time. It's either post count or password. And the password idea is lame. The irony is that post count alone has proved to be a poor predictor of good behavior. The member that demonstrated such destructive and vindictive behavior, to the extent of gutting thread after thread of content (and getting an entire Forum deleted) had more than 31,000 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) This time there is a mechanism for moderation if required. It is NOT a free fire zone. In the old one, post count was, in fact, a pretty good predictor. In over a decade there I only recall Amy intervening maybe twice, and then it only required words. AAMOF, there are so few with the post count so far that you can't swing a cat in there without hitting a moderator. Don't be expecting a moderator-free zone when you get there. Dave Edited June 23, 2015 by Mallette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Chad. It's a good step. It is a no win situation for you. I get that. I just wanted you and the Mods to know I appreciate the efforts. Even though I don't think it goes far enough. You guys didn't even have to do what you did and you seem to be catching a lot of flak over it Edited June 23, 2015 by Steven1963 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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