Ok, I'll give you a lot of what you argued above about traffic and revenue on your website. You know a lot more about this than I do.Winston wrote:You and Repatriate are blowing things out of proportion again. You remind me of that saying, "In every generation, people see the present as worse than it is, and the past as better than it was" which is true because people have been doing that for thousands of years.Rock wrote:Since assorted nut-jobs have been given free reign, I imagine that the site's value to a third party will fall fast if this style of management continues.
Almost all fresh content is generated on the forum. Winston hasn't gone anywhere new in many years so his direct experience and personal stuff is totally stale. Now that the site is becoming contaminated, its getting quite tedious and boring.
Hope Winston can at least make it to China soon. If he doesn't and if the forum continues in the current direction, HA may just slowly fade out.
I am not giving trolls free reign here. I gave Konrad a chance and warning, out of niceness and courtesy. But he blew it again. So he will be banned. Simple as that.
Why are you magnifying this problem? There is only one troll right now, Konradzsky. The others are not a problem. It's not hard to deal with one troll. Only one guy is a problem, not a group.
Repatriate went too far. Even you said you agreed with that. His trigger finger was way too loose and he was too eager to delete posts. I show compassion and give people chances. So I am nicer, but only to a certain point. It appears that Konradzsky has crossed the line again. But Repatriate was in error to ban GuitarGuy, martinmay, maker55, etc. That was not necessary, as you say.
As The Arab said, wise people don't abuse their power. They only use it when necessary. I would agree.
It is not true that all fresh content is generated in the forum. I have added many new essays and articles the past few months.
As long as there's fresh content in the forum, people will come. That's why this movement is a group movement, not just me. All the pressure should not be on me or any one person. I'm simply a guide and platform.
You are wrong about something. This forum's traffic is not dependent on my traveling to new places. Even though I haven't gone anywhere new, the forum traffic has still been increasing. That's because of a number of things, including my SEO efforts and the content generation here. Me traveling more does not bring in more traffic. More traffic comes from a combination of other factors - SEO, increased content generated by everyone, word of mouth, cross promotions, hit pieces like the ones from Jezebel, etc.
No website article about SEO says that you have to travel more to increase your site's traffic. LOL You also forget that people come to this forum not to post about me, but to post about THEMSELVES, and to ask questions, rant, share experiences, etc. They don't come to discuss me. That's another error you made.
How come sometimes you make factual errors just to play devil's advocate? I don't understand that. It's not logical. For instance, when you debated me about dressing professionally (and lost I might add), you said that the reason CNN news anchors dress professionally is because their bosses tell them to. But anyone who graduated high school knows that's not true. And even you are smart enough to know that that's not the reason, so why did you say it? Did you make a false statement deliberately? The reason is because when you are seen by the public in your job, you are supposed to dress professionally. It's basic professional etiquette. Without it, you lose respect and are taken less seriously. Duh. If you owned a company, would you let your receptionist wear jeans and t-shirts with rock band names on it, so that your clients all lose respect for you? Your boss doesn't have to tell you that, because your high school teacher was supposed to have explained that to you when you were 17 or 18. Everyone knows this. So how come you didn't?! WTF?! Yet you made a factual error just to play devil's advocate. Why? Isn't accuracy important to you? If so, why do you deliberately make false statements just to play devil's advocate. What is the logic and rationale for doing that? It's very strange.
I explained this in detail to Xiongmao in the other thread, which I PMed to you. He was totally PWNED.
But as far as winning arguments and debates goes, I think you have a vivid imagination. Probably more than half the time when you claim victory in one of these, others are laughing their asses off at you. Your judgment is very subjective when it pertains to yourself or one of your gurus of the month. It seems that sometimes your view of objective reality is quite distorted. You win because you said so the most times. Something is illogical because you said it is. Your actual back-up arguments are often lacking or flawed.
Perhaps our images of success are different. For you, its some newsreader on TV or corporate drone with a decent job title in a big firm. For me, its people who have done so well that they can say screw-you to convention and do exactly as they please. BTW, when I worked, and it was a public job, people who were very successful in my industry tended to dress very casually. Some, especially those with 'f**k you money or status' would dress like slobs sometimes. BTW, the secretaries and receptionists sometimes wore jeans too. That's a fact, not a false statement. So where's the factual error??? BTW, please don't take my statements out of context. I told you that corporate policy was just one of the potential reason some newscasters and anchors wore suits. And I threw up a couple of exceptions too. Believe it or not, some people don't trust others in suits. There are industries and even certain geographic regions where wearing a suit often works against you.
In that regard, I challenge you to point out any false statement I have made here. Just because you don't agree or believe what I write does not make it incorrect. I only play devil's advocate when I don't agree with something written which in your case, has happened a lot in the past. That's my logic and rationale for making the statements and arguments which are not false, IMO at least, and which I continue to stand-by.
As for Repatriate, I texted you that he might have gone too far in case or two but I had not read all the posts so couldn't be sure. And I reminded you that he did a lot of work for you. My suggestion was to allow banning but to defer post deletions for a second review.
Finally, regarding Konrad, you should have banned his ass as soon as he attacked Phonenix Sosa with all those ugly racist taunts which insulted many posters here, not just him. Instead, you just commented on how entertaining their feud was. Winston, where's your brain man? Where's your logic and your common sense? Those who argue that you have subjective double standard have a pretty strong case I think.
(tongue sticking out)
