A bit ago we discussed the option of a soft merger where we would play nice with each other for a bit and see how that goes before going forward with something more permanent and dangerous.
I'd love to hear a bit about what you guys would hope to get out of it and we can move on from there if there is indeed interest on your side still.
Speaking as somewhat of an outsider: this forum has 2 advantages over the other one.
1. Better moderation.
2. Faster.
As long as those two things are maintained, I suspect most people would be happy. Regarding the moderation issue: almost every thread at the other site seems to turn into a poo slinging contest, with even the "moderators" egging it on, and often starting it.
I do worry the "faster" bit is due largely to having significantly less traffic and less data. Our site happens to run as fast when we are a similar load - the solution on my side may just be upping our hosting plan again. Between the two teams we can get over that minor hurdle though.A bit ago we discussed the option of a soft merger where we would play nice with each other for a bit and see how that goes before going forward with something more permanent and dangerous.
I'd love to hear a bit about what you guys would hope to get out of it and we can move on from there if there is indeed interest on your side still.
Speaking as somewhat of an outsider: this forum has 2 advantages over the other one.
1. Better moderation.
2. Faster.
As long as those two things are maintained, I suspect most people would be happy. Regarding the moderation issue: almost every thread at the other site seems to turn into a poo slinging contest, with even the "moderators" egging it on, and often starting it.
My only concern is that if we combine the forums there will be way too many people asking me questions. I kind of like a small forum environment, because the conversations can get a little more in depth.A valid concern.
As a wish list I would want my own Ask Tom Bishop section on the main site or on the forums (or maybe "Ask a Believer" or "Ask the Zetetic Council"), where people may submit questions and I can publish answers without feeling like I would need to be on the forums 24/7 catering to dozens of threads filled with dozens of people asking endless questions.
For the past few years, those upper forums have been left basically on their own, with each true FE believer having to deal with an unbelievable amount of trolling which as of late has even become very organized.
Thus, each FE believer must be given the moderators powers, so that a basic two week ban (for trolling) can be implemented immediately.
They weren't up sooner because Big Daddy Davis "didn't realize" they were down.
I have never had unscheduled downtime here.It happens sometimes. Parsifal does a good job at documenting it (https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?board=22.0).
You guys should merge, just my 2c, there's no issues we can't sort out.Free ice cream on Mondays or no deal.
...shit, I should have never resigned from that admin position.I wouldn't be too worried, the icecreams would probably have been "Soft" too.
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