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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
I always felt that the most interesting part of forum communities are the conversations...
To what are you speaking? Yes, they're doing what they think will be most profitable for some criteria of profit. Do you think anyone was disputing that?
I'm saying that this particular change they're making is lame. They used to welcome having their beliefs critiqued and challenged and now they're saying they don't. The origins theology was probably the most educational forum in that whole site and they want to change that. I can only imagine what it's going to be like, now...
It's like they're against education. I'm not saying this isn't what the market wants, I'm saying that market is pathetic...
Do you have a point anymore? I'm trying very hard to see what you're getting at but you don't seem to be saying it. I can summarize your last paragraph as "the beauty of all this is that you can do what you want and so can they." Is that really the beautiful part? Are you sure there wasn't something more specific you were trying to say?
Incidentally, I could have sworn we've had a conversation about Pascal's wager but I can't find that thread so I'll just remind you that's it's rather flawed reasoning... |
If you don't like something you get to feel free to no longer participate. No matter how lame you find it. In fact, with the democratization of the internet you are even free to start your own forum at little to zero cost to pick up the slack of market that they aren't willing to service any longer.
In summary, you find their christian forum to have taken a lame turn. Great! Rock up and start your own forum and fill the void that they have now left.
What? You can't convince others to go to your new and improved forum? You don't have the participants who will provide the conversation, discussion, and debate? So it's an even lamer forum with format but no meat within it.
Short of lumping you into the market you've now labeled pathetic, because my point is to not flame you or put you down in any manner, but you are part of their market in some capacity. You get to decide if you wish to continue to participate with them, or not. It's really that simple.
Yet, you want to voice the opinion that it's LAME. Great! Now what. People here are saying that a different opnion than yours. Did you want people to also decry it and call it lame? Or did you want discussion and differences of opinion?
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