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Post by Colchar on Jul 3, 2021 18:56:00 GMT
You know if your political views are the basis for friendship--thisworld is in more trouble I don't think it is the basis for friendships, just that politics have become so polarized that those with differing positions are vilified and have come to be seen as not only the enemy but as unworthy of being acknowledged. It is self-righteous attitudes like those that cause friendships to end.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jul 3, 2021 19:29:56 GMT
You know if your political views are the basis for friendship--thisworld is in more trouble I don't think it is the basis for friendships, just that politics have become so polarized that those with differing positions are vilified and have come to be seen as not only the enemy but as unworthy of being acknowledged. It is self-righteous attitudes like those that cause friendships to end. I couldn't have said it better. I am very resistant to people attempting to convert me to their viewpoint. I simply won't engage or I will walk away. I have many other important things to concern myself with to be bothered with scrapping with someone publicly.
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Post by zontar on Jul 3, 2021 23:15:35 GMT
You know if your political views are the basis for friendship--thisworld is in more trouble I don't think it is the basis for friendships, just that politics have become so polarized that those with differing positions are vilified and have come to be seen as not only the enemy but as unworthy of being acknowledged. It is self-righteous attitudes like those that cause friendships to end. I don't mind friendly debate--and even trying to convict me of there views--btu don't write me off if I disagree--I'm not writing you off. (Although I once had a friend who could only talk about one topic-and could only entertain thoughts about why he was correct. he would listen to other arguments. Eventually I had to stop talking with him, because it was always like a lecture, and an insult to those who disagreed. i don't hate the guy, but needed a break. And I have another friend people think is strongly opinionated (And he can be) but he never got like that. And we can always talk about other stuff.
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Post by Bill h on Jul 4, 2021 18:26:36 GMT
I’m not concerned about the politics talk because of the way the board is set up. Of course, most of us have seen that topic go south on other forums but we have some pretty smart cats here, that said, I’ve parked a bucket of water right next to that board. Talking politics is like talking into the wind for me so I probably won’t post there much.
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Post by Colchar on Jul 4, 2021 19:04:12 GMT
I’m not concerned about the politics talk because of the way the board is set up. Of course, most of us have seen that topic go south on other forums but we have some pretty smart cats here, that said, I’ve parked a bucket of water right next to that board. Talking politics is like talking into the wind for me so I probably won’t post there much. You guys don't even need to worry about the political section. I started it, so I'll take responsibility for moderating it. Plus, it helps that I already know most of the characters who might post in there.
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Post by pat6969 on Jul 5, 2021 5:15:30 GMT
Sweet! Looking forward to the carnage!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2021 14:55:10 GMT
I tried to send a message requesting to be removed from this section, but it's being kicked back saying that the member doesn't exist.
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Post by johnreardon on Jul 5, 2021 16:02:29 GMT
I tried to send a message requesting to be removed from this section, but it's being kicked back saying that the member doesn't exist. Surely this is just the announcement about the section, which is elsewhere. I think you have to ask to be admitted
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Post by Die Bullen on Jul 5, 2021 16:16:39 GMT
I tried to send a message requesting to be removed from this section, but it's being kicked back saying that the member doesn't exist. Pm Colchar
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Post by keto on Jul 5, 2021 17:18:15 GMT
I can post in political, but don't see it as a listed forum. Someone sent me a link in PM, and it works, and I have permission to post, so for now that's the link I use for the overall forum. Am I doing it right?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2021 18:00:21 GMT
I tried to send a message requesting to be removed from this section, but it's being kicked back saying that the member doesn't exist. Pm Colchar I've tried to PM Colchar, but the message won't send, saying "This member does not exist". I posted this in this thread hoping he would see it because I've had no success in contacting him. I guess, if nothing else works, I can shut off all of my email notifications from the forum, but I'd prefer to keep notifications from the regular forum, and just eliminate the spam email about the political forum.
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Post by Bill h on Jul 5, 2021 18:14:11 GMT
I can post in political, but don't see it as a listed forum. Someone sent me a link in PM, and it works, and I have permission to post, so for now that's the link I use for the overall forum. Am I doing it right? It’s by design that you can’t see it on the forum, the link is the only way in to that board. Welcome to the forum!!!!
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Post by Colchar on Jul 5, 2021 20:28:38 GMT
I tried to send a message requesting to be removed from this section, but it's being kicked back saying that the member doesn't exist. Did you try to send it to me? And it isn't really an issue of being removed from the political section. We didn't create a group or anything, I just hid that section so that nobody could see it and I provide the URL to anyone who is interested. I'll see if you can be excluded from it, but I think the only real solution is to delete the URL I gave you and to just avoid the place.
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Post by Colchar on Jul 5, 2021 20:30:22 GMT
I can post in political, but don't see it as a listed forum. Someone sent me a link in PM, and it works, and I have permission to post, so for now that's the link I use for the overall forum. Am I doing it right? I have the main forum and the political section bookmarked. If I go to the main forum even I cannot see that the political section exists. We wanted it hidden, so it is hidden even from the site admin!
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Post by Colchar on Jul 5, 2021 20:33:17 GMT
I've tried to PM Colchar, but the message won't send, saying "This member does not exist". I posted this in this thread hoping he would see it because I've had no success in contacting him. I guess, if nothing else works, I can shut off all of my email notifications from the forum, but I'd prefer to keep notifications from the regular forum, and just eliminate the spam email about the political forum. OK, seeing this now. Not sure why it says I don't exist. I do Maybe you have to message 'admin'? That is actually how I log in, so maybe that is it. As for the email about the political forum, I didn't realize that people received emails about activity here. I don't receive any notifications. Maybe I knew those existed at one point, but I have long since forgotten. Maybe you can turn those notifications off in the email settings? Otherwise I'll have to poke around to familiarize myself with them and then see if I can exclude you.
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Post by Colchar on Jul 5, 2021 20:54:50 GMT
I've tried to PM Colchar, but the message won't send, saying "This member does not exist". I posted this in this thread hoping he would see it because I've had no success in contacting him. I guess, if nothing else works, I can shut off all of my email notifications from the forum, but I'd prefer to keep notifications from the regular forum, and just eliminate the spam email about the political forum. OK, I have had a look around but am not sure if what you are asking for can be done the way the forum is currently set up. Check here and see if this is of any help: www.proboards.com/user-guide/notificationsI doubt that will work though. When I tried to follow the instructions above, even I couldn't see the political forum in the notifications area or on the list when trying to ad it. If the political section was visible and there was an invite/password system then there might, maybe, be a way to do what you are asking but that would require completely changing how it is set up (for everybody), and even then there wouldn't be any guarantee. I even tried to ban you from that section, but it seems that we can only ban from the forum and not from specific sections of the forum. The only alternative I can think of is to check the email headers or notifications to see if there is anything which differentiates emails about posts in the political section from others. If there is, then you can set up an email filter to send those directly to your trash folder. If there isn't a distinguishing feature in the headers or notifications then I have no idea what you can do. Since I don't receive email notifications from the forum I had completely forgotten that that feature existed, so it wasn't taken into account when creating the new political section.
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Post by infant on Jul 5, 2021 22:37:09 GMT
I’m not sure that I understand the problem here. I don’t receive any email notifications except if someone actually tries to contact me personally. When I open up the site, there will be a red balloon on the Profile tab in the top ribbon if anyone has liked or quoted one of my posts. If I want to see any new posts, I go to the bottom of the home page and select “recent posts”. It’s simple and I’m not bothered by emails.
I am not seeing anything in the political section as I’m not subscribed to it. I would recommend that Ken turns off the email notifications and just check directly on the forum a couple of times a day. I get enough important emails, I don’t need 20-25 notifications from each of the forums that I participate in.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2021 22:49:34 GMT
I'll just turn off all email notifications
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Post by Die Bullen on Jul 5, 2021 23:14:39 GMT
I'll just turn off all email notifications Seems like the easiest thing to do...
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Post by highdeaf on Jul 6, 2021 6:16:09 GMT
I tried to send a message requesting to be removed from this section, but it's being kicked back saying that the member doesn't exist.Careful, John Bobbit got a message like that once. Sleep with one eye opened.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2021 14:40:12 GMT
Hello All,
I thought maybe I should let the mods know that one can access the political section without approval, or so it appears to me. I haven`t asked for access, but I notice Larry posted something in that section that was linked on the main page. When I clicked on the link, I got access to the thread Larry posted in, and access to all the threads in that section, yet I cannot see a heading for the political section on the main page.
Like I said, I care not, but maybe it`s a concern for you guys in moderation.
Peace.
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Post by Bill h on Jul 16, 2021 22:17:09 GMT
Hello All, I thought maybe I should let the mods know that one can access the political section without approval, or so it appears to me. I haven`t asked for access, but I notice Larry posted something in that section that was linked on the main page. When I clicked on the link, I got access to the thread Larry posted in, and access to all the threads in that section, yet I cannot see a heading for the political section on the main page. Like I said, I care not, but maybe it`s a concern for you guys in moderation. Peace. The political section was set-up with a link as the only access, I’ll take a look, thanks.
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Post by Colchar on Jul 17, 2021 16:16:41 GMT
Hello All, I thought maybe I should let the mods know that one can access the political section without approval, or so it appears to me. I haven`t asked for access, but I notice Larry posted something in that section that was linked on the main page. When I clicked on the link, I got access to the thread Larry posted in, and access to all the threads in that section, yet I cannot see a heading for the political section on the main page. Like I said, I care not, but maybe it`s a concern for you guys in moderation. Peace. It isn't locked off, just hidden.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 19:00:10 GMT
Hello All, I thought maybe I should let the mods know that one can access the political section without approval, or so it appears to me. I haven`t asked for access, but I notice Larry posted something in that section that was linked on the main page. When I clicked on the link, I got access to the thread Larry posted in, and access to all the threads in that section, yet I cannot see a heading for the political section on the main page. Like I said, I care not, but maybe it`s a concern for you guys in moderation. Peace. It isn't locked off, just hidden. Okay... I thought it might be prudent to mention indirect access in case the cancel culture crowd shows up. I hate it when that happens...They remind me of the mean girls and hall monitors from grade school.
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Post by Colchar on Jul 18, 2021 4:27:44 GMT
It isn't locked off, just hidden. Okay... I thought it might be prudent to mention indirect access in case the cancel culture crowd shows up. I hate it when that happens...They remind me of the mean girls and hall monitors from grade school. True, but since I'm the admin and I started the political section I took on responsibility for moderating it (about time I did something around here!). How far do you think that crowd would get reporting stuff if I am the one making the moderation decisions? They might as well be farting in the wind.
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Post by zontar on Jul 18, 2021 5:34:23 GMT
Okay... I thought it might be prudent to mention indirect access in case the cancel culture crowd shows up. I hate it when that happens...They remind me of the mean girls and hall monitors from grade school. True, but since I'm the admin and I started the political section I took on responsibility for moderating it (about time I did something around here!). How far do you think that crowd would get reporting stuff if I am the one making the moderation decisions? They might as well be farting in the wind. Downwind or up?
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Post by Die Bullen on Jul 18, 2021 13:58:50 GMT
Okay... I thought it might be prudent to mention indirect access in case the cancel culture crowd shows up. I hate it when that happens...They remind me of the mean girls and hall monitors from grade school. True, but since I'm the admin and I started the political section I took on responsibility for moderating it (about time I did something around here!). How far do you think that crowd would get reporting stuff if I am the one making the moderation decisions? They might as well be farting in the wind. Truth is that if you have cancel culture people invading the forum they'd be up against an entire bloc of people and they're be ripped to shreds. Although let's remember the whole reason the world is as it is now is because people are talking the stance that you can say what you like as long as they agree with it. So if someone showed up and wanted to make a positive contribution and rational discourse it isn't a bad thing. If they get out of hand I'm sure Colchar knows what to do with them...
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Post by Colchar on Jul 18, 2021 18:06:33 GMT
True, but since I'm the admin and I started the political section I took on responsibility for moderating it (about time I did something around here!). How far do you think that crowd would get reporting stuff if I am the one making the moderation decisions? They might as well be farting in the wind. Truth is that if you have cancel culture people invading the forum they'd be up against an entire bloc of people and they're be ripped to shreds. Over at GC they are running the show. Petty little complaints about anything remotely political which doesn't mesh with their political positions and off they go reportingt he posts. And then the mods go along with them.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jul 18, 2021 20:56:43 GMT
Truth is that if you have cancel culture people invading the forum they'd be up against an entire bloc of people and they're be ripped to shreds. Over at GC they are running the show. Petty little complaints about anything remotely political which doesn't mesh with their political positions and off they go reportingt he posts. And then the mods go along with them. I think the risk of that happening here is very low- they have no reason to come here because they ARE running the show over there.
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Post by zontar on Jul 19, 2021 7:37:15 GMT
Truth is that if you have cancel culture people invading the forum they'd be up against an entire bloc of people and they're be ripped to shreds. Over at GC they are running the show. Petty little complaints about anything remotely political which doesn't mesh with their political positions and off they go reportingt he posts. And then the mods go along with them. That was creeping into the regular forum before Scott added the political forum, but I guess even with explanation, that wasn't good enough...
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