Email EAA Feed Back and tell them of any concerns you may have. <feedback@eaa.org> I Ain't going to Change untill you complain.
Email EAA Feed Back and tell them of any concerns you may have. <feedback@eaa.org> I Ain't going to Change untill you complain.
Last edited by RV8505; 08-30-2012 at 04:28 PM.
For the love of God no thank you. We don't need the over-moderation and unexplained deleting of posts that is rampant there (unless you're the site owner's buddies of course). Having a post deleted because one disagrees with another, or thinks something is a bad idea and explains why, etc, that's not what's needed here.
Ryan Winslow
EAA 525529
Stinson 108-1 "Big Red", RV-7 under construction
It seems to me that the few posts that have been locked, are the topics which many people get involved in. And almost always politics get drug into the situation. It's a shame, but perhaps its just a reflection on the difference (good or bad) of EAA posters versus other places.
KSCessnaDriver
ATP MEL, Commercial Lighter Than Air-Airship, SEL, CFI/CFII
Private SES
Amen to that! Over moderation is going to be the death of VAF if they are not careful, and we don't need that to happen here. Over moderation has already spurred one start-up RV-centered unmoderated forum. I support this effort but it needn't have come to this.
Bill- you are a crazy, you post too much, you are wrong more often than not, and I love arguing with you. Frankly, people like you are what make this forum worth participating in. You too Steve
The old saying applies here- "I strongly disagree with what you are saying, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
Moderate the crazies, and some of the sane types won't find much reason to stick around. Don't fall into this temptation.
Oh, and RV8505- until you decide to post your own name, understand that you have very little credibility here.
Jeff Point
RV-6 and RLU-1 built & flying
Tech Counselor, Flight Advisor & President, EAA Chapter 18
Milwaukee, WI
"It All Started Here!"
[QUOTE=Jeff Point;22131]Amen to that! Over moderation is going to be the death of VAF if they are not careful, and we don't need that to happen here. Over moderation has already spurred one start-up RV-centered unmoderated forum. I support this effort but it needn't have come to this.
I read it it is not much of anything I would want to participate in, The traiffc is real slow. As for Doug's web site, maybe it was better for the sake of the board to cut loose of that contrary 5% that creates 100% of the problems.
Last edited by RV8505; 08-30-2012 at 09:12 PM.
I largely agree with your first point. I haven't noted instances of your second point, but I do observe them in other forums, so I'm sure it happens here.
I think the civility would improve tremendously if people posted under their real names. It is much easier to be a jerk or a troll if you remain anonymous. I participate in several forums where people are required to post under their real names. For whatever reason, the tone of those forums is more conducive to constructive discussion and debate.
Jeff, if that was a compliment of sorts, thanks.
I'm not really crazy. Sometimes I post just straight aviation stuff, and seriously , like the post under warbirds about the Reno report.
Sometimes I am writing with what I hope is humor, trying to bring a laugh into the world that needs it badly, especially this website which can be pretty flat and dry.
Sometimes I am using sarcasm to reply to someone, I am trying to make a point but adding some humor also or trying to. This was the case on the topic about cell phones and ipads on planes where the other side just seems so silly to me.
I guess I flatter myself as having some writing ability. Have you ever heard of TEXAS MONTHLY? It is a large successful magazine. In college I wrote a little in the paper and the man who was starting T M called me about writing for his new start up magazine. I foolishly was too busy playing to take it seriously, probably was a bit too young then.
As for using my real name, I agree that someone who hides behind an alias should be taken with a large dose of Epson Salt. I was naive about websites when I started and it never occurred to me not to use my name. If you write for a mag or a letter to the editor in a paper, you must use your name.
Last edited by Bill Greenwood; 08-30-2012 at 10:10 PM.
RV8505,Please let us know how your interface with the"powers that be" goes.
Thank you Jeff. There are a lot of folks here whom I disagree with vehemently on many issues but their presence is what makes having discussions here worthwhile.Bill- you are a crazy, you post too much, you are wrong more often than not, and I love arguing with you. Frankly, people like you are what make this forum worth participating in. You too Steve
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