Results of Poll as of today (19 April 2023):
Did not know it existed.
Not interested in discussing these topics here.
The tone of the discussions is too combative.
Not sufficient moderation by admin
Other (please explain below)
Results of Poll as of today (19 April 2023):
I noticed that the "definition of Christian" thread has over 100k views (begun in 2016)
The Second Amendment thread: 171k views!!
The "I Can't Believe this Election" (2020) thread: 117k views
Maybe those exchanges should be Pay-per-View ...
added for perspective: the "What's Your Latest Pen Acquisition?" thread has 1.49 million views.... That's what we're here for, amiright?
Last edited by TSherbs; April 19th, 2023 at 12:46 PM.
"Can humanity be improved without religion" has 541 views.
"Gender and the Law" got a little over 2500 views.
Merry Christmas got 319 views.
"We shouldn't spend our time here" got 619 views.
“He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
That's funny!! Moderation is not something I've ever been known for!!!
My favorite employee evaluation contained the revealing sentence: "Bill does not easily compromise." That's when I worked in the Washington lobbying world, and such a pronouncement was a veiled condemnation.
I was commenting on TSherbs's observation that some of those threads have huge numbers of views, and suggesting it was due to the hot-button nature of their subject matter.
I would prefer it went way because it has nothing to do with the subject of this forum -- fountain pens and related stuff such as ink and paper -- and because a significant amount of venom leaks into the general forum from that place, chasing people away. More than one penpal has told me that they've either stopped visiting FPG entirely or have begun visiting it much less frequently because it's become, in their opinion, such a toxic environment.
Last edited by calamus; April 19th, 2023 at 05:26 PM.
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@calamus
Don't you think that active moderation would manage this sufficiently? Even without an off_topic forum, humans will periodically express their animus and grudges. Even over fountain pens (and brands, and marketing, and sales forum behaviors, etc, etc.)
Brilliant Bill (April 19th, 2023)
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