Hey, the long diatribe is fine-it has it's place and purpose. Afterall, that's what the internet is/has become,(besides the obvious). A place for opinion. Similar to the letters to the editor page in a paper. It's as anonymous as you make it and can be very telling of the mind of the writer.
Now with editorial control you usually don't read letters written like the ones we seem too familiar with on the forums. I don't seem to remember any first amendment challenges in papers, tho could certainly be wrong about that. So what's the hubbub when those in charge of a forum try to maintain a modicum of class by commenting on a post to the writer or eventually to jerking that post?
It is a fine line between free speech and editorial control. While it would be fine to lean to the former and rely on the writer to pen it appropriately, that don't seem to happen near often enough.
As to certain posters online persona........mama mia is that a warped topic. Too many seemingly want a freeforall forum, yet the same call for one poster's head when he or she "bothers" them with their opinion.
It all boils down to ..........
So there you go, my own diatribe. Much ado about nothing, to quote a guy that could right pretty well. My hope is the friendships that were formed because of BT will continue, whether or not the forum returns. Pity there won't be new ones if it doesn't.
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