TRANCOSO wrote: Lionhawk wrote:Oh Boy!
I couldn't have said it any better, Lionhawk.
'Oh Boy!'
I've always kept/keep in the back of my mind that this whole PA1/PA2 showdown was staged, just to see whom would follow 'the Leader(s)' - Bill & His Priesthood of Mods - & whom wouldn't.
The latter 'group' (the Rebels With a Cause, who united in 'the Mists') being far more interesting than the 'sheep', because the 'RWaC - MoA' are the people with a mind of their own.
(Devide & Conquer - and keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer.)
Now, just suppose this is the case, something odd & interesting happened: the Mists of Avalon became a non-moderated forum, where everyone posts as (s)he likes - as long as it wasn't 'arty' porn (Carol - Starninja
) - & this forum hasn't blown up itself - yet!
Meaning that TPTB's (supposed) experiment - & its predicted outcome, has taken an unexpected U-turn.
Following the line of this supposed experiment, I've noticed that there have been attempts by 'trolls' to infiltrate the MoA, in order to devide its members.
And then something very peculiar happened: because there were no moderators (Power Egos) to step in, devide, ban & conquer, the infiltrating 'troll' operation ended up without any (predicted) result.
Ergo: If no one wants to controle anybody else in a community - forum, & the members of that community have the basic civilisation to mind their own businnes & avoid clashes with those members whose opinions don't match with their own, people can actually get along quite well.
n.b. I had never visited this thread before & was amazed what I read. To be quite honest I think we all should be proud of ourselves that we've kept this experiment (forum) alive, the way we do.
For there is true knowledge here.