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Daoust · 01-29-2007, 01:07 PM

Having spent considerable time there over the past 20 hours, I have to say I'm unsure what will become of C:A. It's turning into a bit of a madhouse. Maybe all forums start that way. Maybe TFP did, I don't know. Maybe, CA will evolve into a quality forum like the TFP over time, without the presence of a policing body as quality control. But I don't think it will, at this point, because there's too many inmates running the asylum. Can order come from chaos? It remains to be seen.

Here's an X-Files type theory I have about Concept:Anarchy. It's a cleverly devised plan conjured up from the mods of the TFP. Hear me out. Perhaps the Mods got together, had a bit of a pow-wow. They come to the conclusion that they aren't feeling the love from the TFP members. They get an idea; create a forum without rules, without leadership, and watch what happens. Initially there is a sense of freedom. The peons write whatever they're thinking. They swear, they insult, they post pictures of men with sheep in compromising positions. The posters initially enjoy this newfound freedom. Then, slowly, all hell begins to break loose. No order, no rules, no justice. No banning of idiots. The forum suffers. The posts dwindle, or turn into trivial fodder. Slowly but surely, all the members of the new forum (who originally came from TFP looking for all the things they thought they wanted from the TFP but couldn't get) return to their first love, the TFP. They come back to the structure, the rules, the order. Where ignorant or unintelligent posts are quickly shut down. Where ignoramuses are quickly banned. And with a sigh, and a momentary twinge of guilt, they come back into the TFP. Only this time, as they return, they realize something maybe they didn't know before. It's good to have structure. They don't mind the rules because they mean structure. In the end, most sensible forum lovers will take structure and intelligent content over chaos and meaningless banter any day.

That's what the mods or Halx was thinking, wasn't it???? I'm on to you. Just call me Fox Mulder.

01-29-2007, 01:07 PM	#32 (permalink)
Daoust "I'm sorry. What was the question?" Location: Paradise Regained	Having spent considerable time there over the past 20 hours, I have to say I'm unsure what will become of C:A. It's turning into a bit of a madhouse. Maybe all forums start that way. Maybe TFP did, I don't know. Maybe, CA will evolve into a quality forum like the TFP over time, without the presence of a policing body as quality control. But I don't think it will, at this point, because there's too many inmates running the asylum. Can order come from chaos? It remains to be seen. Here's an X-Files type theory I have about Concept:Anarchy. It's a cleverly devised plan conjured up from the mods of the TFP. Hear me out. Perhaps the Mods got together, had a bit of a pow-wow. They come to the conclusion that they aren't feeling the love from the TFP members. They get an idea; create a forum without rules, without leadership, and watch what happens. Initially there is a sense of freedom. The peons write whatever they're thinking. They swear, they insult, they post pictures of men with sheep in compromising positions. The posters initially enjoy this newfound freedom. Then, slowly, all hell begins to break loose. No order, no rules, no justice. No banning of idiots. The forum suffers. The posts dwindle, or turn into trivial fodder. Slowly but surely, all the members of the new forum (who originally came from TFP looking for all the things they thought they wanted from the TFP but couldn't get) return to their first love, the TFP. They come back to the structure, the rules, the order. Where ignorant or unintelligent posts are quickly shut down. Where ignoramuses are quickly banned. And with a sigh, and a momentary twinge of guilt, they come back into the TFP. Only this time, as they return, they realize something maybe they didn't know before. It's good to have structure. They don't mind the rules because they mean structure. In the end, most sensible forum lovers will take structure and intelligent content over chaos and meaningless banter any day. That's what the mods or Halx was thinking, wasn't it???? I'm on to you. Just call me Fox Mulder. __________________ I have faith in a few things - divinity and grace But even when I'm on my knees I know the devil preys Last edited by Daoust; 01-29-2007 at 01:12 PM..