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SE statistics past 5 days

by James Denison Jul 29, 2010 5:39AM PDT

104 posts made by 22 different people. There's one thread unreachable, but I gave it one post since that link was showing within the date range on front page. Average is about 21 posts per day. Our membership seems to be shrinking, or a lot of late vacations are in progress.

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What would be interesting....
by C1ay Jul 30, 2010 1:54AM PDT

is a comparison of the topics discussed and allowed when the forum was still a ZD property vs what it has become now. I'd bet there were days back then when the forum had over 200-300 posts in a day and many were very impassioned arguments that we all enjoyed partaking in. DaveK and I could not have 90% of the arguments now that we had then, we'd both be banned.

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Too bad we can't see those posts and see if
by Steven Haninger Jul 30, 2010 1:59AM PDT

the envelope was pushed later. Look at comedy that was banned years ago and you'll see it's almost on the kiddie channels today.

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RE: very impassioned arguments
by JP Bill Jul 30, 2010 4:15AM PDT

Without name calling or using derogatory terms?

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Even some of those were implied....
by C1ay Jul 30, 2010 7:31AM PDT

No one called someone else an idiot directly but they would make remarks like, "only an idiot would say that" in response to someone's post. You'll see the same rhetoric in upcoming debates during the political season because it's a regular practice in debates to paint a picture of how stupid your opponents position is on the topic of discussion. DOn't try it here though or you might get suspended or banned.

Ask some of the old timers here. DaveK and I had a number of bitter arguments over a number of topics and yet, we're still friends and still stay in touch outside of this place.

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RE: DOn't try it here though
by JP Bill Jul 30, 2010 11:49AM PDT

DOn't try it here though or you might get suspended or banned.

and if it was an election....you wouldn't get elected?


instead of making you own forum you could form your own political party...The Tea Party?

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(NT) I'm not a member of the Tea Party
by C1ay Jul 30, 2010 5:16PM PDT
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On a side note.
by MarkFlax Forum moderator Jul 30, 2010 8:36PM PDT

I noticed you mentioned you are still in contact with DaveK.

Without prying, I hope he is OK and things are working out for him. Any chance of seeing him return to the forums?

Mark

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He said he hopes to return here some day
by C1ay Jul 31, 2010 2:25AM PDT

He and his family are well.

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That's good.
by MarkFlax Forum moderator Jul 31, 2010 5:57AM PDT

Thanks C1ay.

Mark

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Posts have become predictable, so why bother to interact ?
by grimgraphix Jul 31, 2010 1:21AM PDT

I have noticed over the past year, that a lot of the "regulars" have quit posting as often... but then again James, you yourself, have pointed out on more than one occasion that SE has become little more than a trolls nest. Maybe people have grown tired of it?

An honest answer gets a judgmental response, or personal attack. The most common question asked on SE is "why are you not condemning this?"... followed by "why are you not condemning this as much as I want you to?".

Am I wrong?

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not sure I've said that
by James Denison Jul 31, 2010 2:35AM PDT

I doubt I called it a 'troll's nest', but I have pointed out better to address the issue than the person for better discourse.

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(NT) So much irony in this thread.
by EdHannigan Jul 31, 2010 3:24AM PDT
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