Honest, unbiased thoughts from a member, i.e. current boards situation

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

http://net54baseball.com/showthread....ght=Peter+chao

Goodness gracious! How could I have forgotten Peter Chao? He was epic.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Goodness gracious! How could I have forgotten Peter Chao? He was epic.

Epic understates it. Many of his posts are classics of the genre. His observations on Virginia Tech may never be equaled.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Epic understates it. Many of his posts are classics of the genre. His observations on Virginia Tech may never be equaled.

Chao was harmless and I am pretty sure he was never banned - more like chased off the board. He never burned anybody except for the arses of some members who had a low threshold for frustration. That was the best part of it all, to sit back and watch some people explode.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Chao was harmless and I am pretty sure he was never banned - more like chased off the board. He never burned anybody except for the arses of some members who had a low threshold for frustration. That was the best part of it all, to sit back and watch some people explode.

He was surreal. I really did not believe he was a real person until Steve M. actually met up with him.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Chao was harmless and I am pretty sure he was never banned - more like chased off the board. He never burned anybody except for the arses of some members who had a low threshold for frustration. That was the best part of it all, to sit back and watch some people explode.

I think he was banned actually.

[PowderedH2O]

I am of the belief that if you get any reasonable quantity of people on a message board, there will be some disagreements. My wife is a pastor, and as such, she is active on a couple of religious boards. While there may not be any cussing, the arguments do get heated and insulting, and this is from religious leaders that are supposed to be beyond petty squabbles.

So, when I read posts here, I note that we are all people and we all have a similar interest, but otherwise we are different. Very few of us get together outside of the boards, so few of us know what each other's lives and struggles consist of. If we agreed on everything, boredom would set in. I'm ok with healthy debate. I'm not so big on namecalling, but to be honest, that is rare. Overall, the board has been a positive experience for me.

[Beastmode]

Originally Posted by PowderedH2O

I am of the belief that if you get any reasonable quantity of people on a message board, there will be some disagreements. My wife is a pastor, and as such, she is active on a couple of religious boards. While there may not be any cussing, the arguments do get heated and insulting, and this is from religious leaders that are supposed to be beyond petty squabbles.

So, when I read posts here, I note that we are all people and we all have a similar interest, but otherwise we are different. Very few of us get together outside of the boards, so few of us know what each other's lives and struggles consist of. If we agreed on everything, boredom would set in. I'm ok with healthy debate. I'm not so big on namecalling, but to be honest, that is rare. Overall, the board has been a positive experience for me.

+1. I think some have set their expectations too high. It's a forum, anyone can say just about anything, and that's what I expect to see.

Shift through all the BS and you'll find some great nuggets of information. I certainly did and have been educated for the better.

[unamuzd1]

I read a lot and don't post much. This board is one of the most useful and collegial I've visited, and I've been doing internet forums since Usenet (go look it up, kids...). There are going to be disruptions in any community, but I've not seen anything lately that made me worry about the future of Net54. The number of people in this thread with double- and triple-digit user numbers from when we ported over from the prior site says a lot about how consistent the community has been.