Re: Modest Proposal


Bantari <bant...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From the observation of the response generated by Robert's
very much on-topic posts about BGA adopting AGA rules on
both forums (here and on GD) it seems to me to be clear that
people prefere moderation... the posts generated 29
responses there vs. 2 here, as of now.


Yes, many of the GoDiscussions.Com people clearly prefer
moderation. Indeed, their trend is to have everybody become
moderated in a New World Odor. Furthermore, the robots will
be doing all that moderating because the robots are "most" fair:

http://www.wvwnews.net/images/teaser/sheeple.jpg

"Are We Giving The Robots That Run Our Society Too Much Power?"
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_are_we_giving_the

Atmospheres heavy with recruitment seek general coercion
and manipulation of their forum participants. Even lurkers were
not free to come and go as they please. Recruitment coupled
with moderation is the very -essence- of toilet training, so that
typists can aspire to "best in show" as they obediently wag their
cute little troll fodders for Sir Lancelot's master mentoration thrust.
Having a moderator also means that we don't need to blame other
people for our own lack of ability to foster a positive contribution.

It is constantly necessary to recreate new forums so that
simple google search on archives won't be accomplishing more
of that similarly mindless repetitive madness. Things must again
be retyped, retyped again, and again retyped, & otherwise one
cannot keep one's name-exposure prominent for cybermedia
scenery. Without name-exposure one dies in the cyberspace.

Topics that develop more "hits" via page visitations are also
more marketable, key toward the goals of membership increase
which swell the ranks of faithful followers. Intoning those sacred
mantras of special URLs will eventually lead one along a garden
path of enlightenness, fashionably -bordered- with yellow bricks.
Friendly strokes are casually exchanged, sometimes three pats
on the back for a couple of light rubs, then deep tissue massage
combined with feather brushing, oooohs & aaaahs plus smileys.

Periodically one must visit the alternative forae to explain why
the grass is so much greener on the other side of the fence and
that big ducks -waddle- ever so much more evanescently when
they prance and prattle with skillful aplomb. This border-crossing
behavior has been studied at length by three social scientists and
two anthropologists with degrees in ethnomusicology and botany,
amplified by use of poetry within footnotes, counterpoint for the
endnotes, and supplemented by several thousand bibliographical
references with cross-indexing, pagination, title and frontispiece.

Let's be definitive on this point: AGA Rules did not originate
from Washington, D.C. There's another possibility of "pass stone"
with each resumption of play. I did not find any mention of that at
GoDiscussions.Com, perhaps due to its "moderated forum" nature.
Or, are "pass stones" required for -each- pass after resumption of
play? When "everybody" agrees to cooperate there is just another
universe of parallel "everybodies" who disagrees. Dr. Straw says:

"Nothing wrong with using the same rules which have
been in place for 2000 years, give or take 1000 years."

So "time" is a validator, for some, excepting those rebels who view
"time" as an inertia against which a revolution must needs struggle.

One "advantage" of GoDiscussions.Com is a penchance for dwelling
upon inessential, even idiotic, Go Questions such as stacking stones.
Fortunately, none other than that impressive mathematical prowess
of Bill Spight leapt to their rescue: -( the late date of April 2007 )-

"Stacking is there: 'attempting to play on an occupied intersection'."


--------- into those jaws of battle sploodged bantari:

"...based on your strong personal conviction that scientific
approach is somehow inherently better than traditional approach,
and if we only made sufficient effort, we'd be rolling in puppies."
http://www.godiscussions.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5947&page=12

No definitions of terms were given, particularly that of "puppies."
At the least 'bantari' has managed more than 1,000 posts to that
weblog, keeping his -inane- chatter away from the critical crowd.
Apparently an absense of critique is required to sustain presence.
This is no crucible, quite obviously, which might hone sharpness.
Not a very efficient means by which to scroll through discussions.
Chiefly a forum where people seek to talk without resolving issues,
which indicates -failure- to exercise -proper- moderation on posts.


"I leave it to the rules gurus." - bantari

Implying that anything "bantari" has to offer may be immediately
crumpled, shredded, ripped, burned, & tossed into a circular file.



"Bantari" <bantari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
By the way - as of now the count is 113 on GD vs. 2 here.
And its quite an interesting discussion, if I say so myself.
Nol all posts are of the "I agree" type, at least until now.


The -count- mattered to him, not content or quality of posts.



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"Bantari" <bantari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But there *is* a problem with rgg.
Or people would not be moving off to GD.


Then may I suggest that you move off to GD and stay there?
After all, it seems to be more of a "click & suck" data-merge.
We could apply the process of moderating r.g.g. as well, to
confine all references about the GD to GoDiscussions.Com .
Conversely, to keep things "fair and balanced" make certain
that you discuss r.g.g. on GoDiscussions.Com, IF YOU CAN.

I seek a forum where headers are quickly displayed, where
I can scan and select in bits and pieces, where people or things
uninteresting to me may be easily ignored, where I may "scan"
(and delete, if necessary), where archive search quickly brings
back informative articles to avoid the retyping of everything on
every day, and where one might encounter some reality of raw
emotional expression so that people don't need to wear masks
of false pretense which -indulge- in distractions of fake niceties.
I wonder where such forums might be found, why there needs
to occur a projective babbling that accuses others of babbling.



- regards
- jb

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