03-10-2014, 12:03 AM
I'm active on several forums and help run another. On the one I help manage we run a tight ship. We have young folks all the way up to the seniors. Partly because of the age range there is a fair amount of language we don't permit. Many topics are off limits simply because people have proven they can not act like mature adults while discussing them.
We also demand that folks play nice and be courteous. Many folks (but not that many) simply can't stand the lack of drama so we suggest they find a site more to their liking. We know what we like and seek like minded people. We also realize that we're not for everyone and don't pretend to be. However; the site has been very successful so we can only assume we're doing something right. We don't all get along all the time and the management team gets into some heated debates on how to handle certain things but we seem to muddle along anyway. The Art of Shutupedness is practiced (and lord we need the practice) many times; it appears to be a lost skill on the Internet.
The Internet is a big place. If a site does not do it for you then you need to find one that does or start your own. No one can force you to stay.
We also demand that folks play nice and be courteous. Many folks (but not that many) simply can't stand the lack of drama so we suggest they find a site more to their liking. We know what we like and seek like minded people. We also realize that we're not for everyone and don't pretend to be. However; the site has been very successful so we can only assume we're doing something right. We don't all get along all the time and the management team gets into some heated debates on how to handle certain things but we seem to muddle along anyway. The Art of Shutupedness is practiced (and lord we need the practice) many times; it appears to be a lost skill on the Internet.
The Internet is a big place. If a site does not do it for you then you need to find one that does or start your own. No one can force you to stay.