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Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Fullofkittens 07/21/2003, 7:24pm PDT
Bill Dungsroman wrote:



Well, we all know what happened to OMM's "unmoderated" forums, don't we? That's a shitty example. And Kthor would prefer you didn't ignore him and the work he does for poe. He, uh, runs it, don't you know. He's just very good at it, you barely know he's there or moderating, which is the ideal for a mod.


See, as I read it, the people that "run" the site aren't moderators in the sense that he's describing. He's talking about users that eventually ascend to a higher state of forum grace because of their long history of posting. His argument (not mine) is that the forum software "needs" to have something built in so that BDR is explicitly more equal than FoK. I'm not bagging on KThor at all, he does a great job, and under his guidance, the forum gets on fine without any superusers. Besides the ones that, interestingly, pop up anyways with or without a "Magister mundi sum" dobber under their nick. Everybody here knows that in the game of War, BDR beats INC beats laudablepuss beats FoK, and why is that? This is why I think this forum would be interesting to guys like Mokie.

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Fuck Chet. Listen, nothing against him per se, but he's the absolute worst fucking example to bring up in discussions of rational site ops unless you need a bad example. Did you ever read all the posts on OMM, chronologically? I did. Comparing the days leading up to Black Thursday with any point in time prior, the differences are minor at best. Retards and regs mixing it up. The traffic in Rants decreased because of compulsive reappropriating of other forums (which Chet did not disapprove of - hence his pay-for-name bit as well as participating in NFL Blitz and others), that would be the only significant change. Chet's claim of the forums not being what he wanted was borne out of a spike in his nerve center (or his girlfriend's) that amplified his annoyance at OMMers who bitched at him in emails (a number which may only be as high as one - Vag, over that hosting bullshit). I guarantee you the shit he was getting from OMM prior to Black Thursday was significantly less than he got from say, Spanky and the Golden Age Boys (nothing against Spanky, BTW) when GA formed. We didn't kill OMM, it killed itself.

Umm, I think you're too blinded by the bitterness of your breakup with Chet to realize that you're not arguing anything against what I posted. What I was saying was that it was interesting, from a 'net sociology viewpoint, that Chet created a forum and the community organism that popped up was cohesive enough that it didn't even die when he killed it. I could really give a shit what his reasons were for shutting it down, if it had been me I wouldn't have waited as long as he did. Was he a bad op? I don't know, don't care, and it doesn't really matter in the context of this discussion, which is about the ascendance of group indentities that grow to live outside the scope of what they were initially intended to be. I didn't say "Good job for creating us, Grampa Chet!" I just said it was interesting.

FoK
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Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Entropy Stew 07/20/2003, 10:44pm PDT NEW
    Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by DrunkofKittens 07/21/2003, 12:14am PDT NEW
        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by whydirt, fag prince of jazz 07/21/2003, 12:25am PDT NEW
            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Fullofkittens 07/21/2003, 12:39am PDT NEW
            Should've read this before posting, but I had links and stuff . . . yeah. NT by Senor Barborito 07/21/2003, 2:17am PDT NEW
        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by E. L. Koba 07/21/2003, 12:49am PDT NEW
            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by laudablepuss 07/21/2003, 3:21pm PDT NEW
                Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by E. L. Koba 07/21/2003, 6:40pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by whydirt 07/21/2003, 6:48pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by E. L. Koba 07/21/2003, 7:49pm PDT NEW
        That guy was part of the original OMM community, dicklick by Senor Barborito 07/21/2003, 2:14am PDT NEW
            Re: That guy was part of the original OMM community, dicklick by Monty Cantsin 07/21/2003, 7:07pm PDT NEW
                Re: That guy was part of the original OMM community, dicklick by Hokie Mokie, the King of Jazz 07/21/2003, 8:26pm PDT NEW
                    We just found out yesterday, pretty much NT by Senor Barborito 07/21/2003, 11:11pm PDT NEW
                        Oh yeah, nice to see you NT by Senor Barborito 07/21/2003, 11:12pm PDT NEW
                    Wow, I brought both Hokie and Monty with that one.It's like I drew the Powerball by Entropy Stew 07/21/2003, 11:13pm PDT NEW
                        I wonder if they would like to join my Friendster network? HMM? NT by conflictNo 07/22/2003, 2:07am PDT NEW
        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Entropy Stew 07/21/2003, 2:31am PDT NEW
        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Bill Dungsroman 07/21/2003, 1:15pm PDT NEW
            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Fullofkittens 07/21/2003, 7:24pm PDT NEW
                Damn. I guess I'm one of the idiots that forget to preview. :( NT by Fullofkittens 07/21/2003, 7:25pm PDT NEW
                Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Bill Dungsroman 07/21/2003, 7:55pm PDT NEW
    Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by whydirt 07/21/2003, 12:17am PDT NEW
        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Lufteufel 07/21/2003, 7:03pm PDT NEW
            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Entropy Stew 07/21/2003, 7:39pm PDT NEW
                Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Lufteufel 07/21/2003, 9:00pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Hokie Mokie, the King of Jazz 07/21/2003, 10:15pm PDT NEW
            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Hokie Mokie, the King of Jazz 07/21/2003, 10:26pm PDT NEW
                Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Lufteufel 07/23/2003, 12:26am PDT NEW
                    Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Hokie Mokie, the King of Jazz 07/23/2003, 1:07pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Lufteufel 07/23/2003, 5:47pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Entropy Stew 07/23/2003, 6:32pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Fullofkittens 07/24/2003, 9:24am PDT NEW
            Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Monty Cantsin 07/22/2003, 7:07pm PDT NEW
                Re: Interesting Link: Group dynamics in online communities by Lufteufel 07/23/2003, 12:39am PDT NEW
                    Not the measurement of conjugate quantum attributes. by Chairman Mao 07/23/2003, 12:43am PDT NEW
                        Re: Not the measurement of conjugate quantum attributes. by Oscar Mayer Wilder 07/23/2003, 2:38am PDT NEW
                            UR GAY. NT by Chairman Mao 07/23/2003, 2:46am PDT NEW
                Nitpicking your example by Entropy Stew 07/23/2003, 6:40pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Nitpicking your example by Monty Cantsin 07/24/2003, 1:58am PDT NEW
                        I like cupcakes NT by Entropy Stew 07/24/2003, 2:14am PDT NEW
                        Personal Questions by Fussbett 07/24/2003, 4:25am PDT NEW
                            Re: Personal Questions by Monty Cantsin 07/24/2003, 6:09pm PDT NEW
 
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