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Subject: What reason is there to post on the mains?

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Posted by: AcedannyK 7
The mains are home to everyone whereas groups are often tailored to certain types.

Basically. Therefore lots of activity goes on in the mains compared to groups.
Larger audiences.

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Posted by: Harlow
Frankly, I think it would be great if bad members were eradicated on the mains.

lol

[Edited on 01.02.2013 4:53 AM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 4:10 AM PDT

GOAT

Though, sometimes the mains remind you of how much better private groups are, as seen in the idiocy of ^ that post.

  • 01.02.2013 4:13 AM PDT


Posted by: derka derka
Because private groups are run by egotistical people who think they're better than they actually are.
I agree with this. I'm going to go with Sapphire because I think it's a perfectly good example of this. The mods cannot take criticism of themselves outside of Sapphire. The slightest criticism and you're banned. It's hilarious. I recently posted OUTSIDE of Sapphire about how I thought Jay and Harlow were being quite arrogant and trying to seize moral high ground.

Banned.

It's funny how they try to promote a community where you can have mature discussion but in actual fact they discourage discussion of any type to fuel their overinflated egos.

  • 01.02.2013 4:52 AM PDT

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There is little reason to post on the mains, and definitely not for any kind of discussion. I've been assaulted with enough strawmen and horrible spelling to know that.

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Posted by: Harlow
Frankly, I think it would be great if bad members were eradicated on the mains.


Up until you get banned, and realize what a stupid idea it was in the first place.

  • 01.02.2013 5:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
Hey, guys, what's going on in this thread?
Someone tell Kivell that he is a lie.


Get WorkPlaced!

I am frankly finding it harder and harder everyday to post in the mains.

  • 01.02.2013 6:32 AM PDT
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What reason is there to post in private groups? To communicate with other beings, I'd think. I see private groups as a retreat - you can escape opinions you don't like, you can escape the uneducated, and sometimes the bigotry. However, you lose far more than you gain by posting in a private group.

The audience in a private group is limited, but worse still, it's filtered - the people you converse with have been selected to converse with you on a set of principles, ones you have in common. Groups tend to become circle-jerks at a point in time.

Not only can you converse with the same people on the mains as you do in the private groups, but you get to talk to many more too! You get the opportunity to educate others, and at the same time you get the opportunity to learn from others as well. Isolation isn't a good thing.

Edit: perhaps the Flood wouldn't be so "bad" if all the "good" posters didn't retreat to groups.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 6:55 AM PST]

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Posted by: Harlow
Frankly, I think it would be great if bad members were eradicated on the mains.


Up until you get banned, and realize what a stupid idea it was in the first place.


lol!

  • 01.02.2013 7:03 AM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

I've never really found any difference in quality/intelligence/etc between any private groups and the mains. Only difference is activity and some limitations on subject matter. I'll frequent the more active forums more and the less active ones less. The restrictions on subject matter don't bother me because they're better left out of the reach of, well, almost everyone I've ever seen discussing them on the internet in general.

So really, my reason for posting in the mains is because I see no discernible difference in quality, only activity. More activity creates more information requiring more attention, and less activity creates less requiring less.

  • 01.02.2013 7:47 AM PDT

Posted by: Kivell
I am frankly finding it harder and harder everyday to post in the mains.

I can agree with this... partly. I believe that in the current state of BNet, being that it is in its "dark" or quiet period due to the lack of a modern product, the forums in general are a lot less active and worthwhile.

I mean, back in '08 to like '10 the forums were still pretty enthusiastic, active and just plain fun. If you, Kivell, are looking at these forums differently, then I'd most likely disagree, respectively.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 7:53 AM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 7:52 AM PDT

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There are people in the mains that I enjoy talking to that aren't in any groups that I am also in.

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Why not? I like the rules, and it's not like there's a major flaw with the mains. I'll keep responding to the threads I want to respond to, and many others will, there's not really any reason not to reply to what you want to reply to.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 8:22 AM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 8:21 AM PDT

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Posted by: Count Blinkula
As for keeping the public out of your "circle", I think one will enjoy a community a lot more once they realize what little effect that trolls and bad discussion have on good discussion. It just might render null that desire to want to cut down on who you see every day.
But trolls and bad discussion do affect good discussion - by interrupting and derailing it, for starters.
Then surround yourself with better trolls.

  • 01.02.2013 12:48 PM PDT

Posted by: SwizZz Gambino
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Mains because variety.



  • 01.02.2013 12:49 PM PDT

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"Sometimes life gives you lemons, and then you have to say 'f**k the lemons' and bail."

If you're reading this, you need to stop stalking me. If you can't stop stalking me, you might as well go here.

Not to mention, private groups, when run with too much care, often produce the unfortunate side-effect of bringing too many like-minded people together.

They have the potential to become an echo-chamber of unpleasant, squishy jerking sounds.

There's a Bob Ross quote I'm looking for here, but I'm coming up blank.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 12:52 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 12:52 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Life is a journey, if you spend all of it with your nose in your map, you may miss some of the best parts.

I'd post in private groups more often if it was more active.

  • 01.02.2013 12:54 PM PDT

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As primo said, I also enjoy the company of someone else's opinion on a subject, even if it isn't the same as mine. The mains are good for chatting with lots of people.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 12:58 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 12:56 PM PDT

If we disagree, it's nothing personal, opinions are opinions.
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  • 01.02.2013 1:00 PM PDT

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  • 01.02.2013 2:45 PM PDT


Posted by: Primo84
Not to mention, private groups, when run with too much care, often produce the unfortunate side-effect of bringing too many like-minded people together.

They have the potential to become an echo-chamber of unpleasant, squishy jerking sounds.

There's a Bob Ross quote I'm looking for here, but I'm coming up blank.

Cabinectomys are mutilation.

  • 01.02.2013 2:57 PM PDT