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Flat Earth Projects / Re: Should I start a discussion-format social media account?

« on: November 24, 2017, 05:41:15 AM »

Just a thought mind, there MAY be a problem with the flat earthers appearing on Internet vids without some level of anonymity?! Whilst happy to post on here as proud flat earth believers there may be reluctance to appear "full face" on the eternal web where bosses etc can see them. Of course they may be perfectly happy to do so and berate me for suggesting otherwise but its worth offering the choice IN CASE that means the difference between them getting involved or not.

Good luck 

Thanks for the support. In the case that the user wishes to be anonymous, I think it is possible that I learn about the theory here first, and then explain it from both sides. Or, a representative can be in place of the user (of course, I wish to be anonymous as well. Not showing my face would suffice for me). Well, I'm still new to this kind of thing, so keep the potential problems incoming.

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Flat Earth Projects / Re: Should I start a discussion-format social media account?

« on: November 24, 2017, 05:36:07 AM »

I think a live discussion would make a lot of sense, but I doubt you will get much participation from the FE crowd. Just my opinion based on the non responsiveness and the negativity I have seen to other invitations. In my short time here I have seen several inquiries from students looking for FE background, interviews, debates, etc. I haven't seen any positive responses from the FE believers.

Yeah, that's why I posted the idea here first, before trying it out first. I'm hoping that taking a neutral stance will also help to draw the FE crowd in more as well.

I've seen some fairly negative responses. I've also seen an accusation that all such invitations are from a single party using multiple alternate ("alt") users. Of course I have no way to know if that is true or not. But it strikes be as an excuse to preemptively ignore such requests.

I wasn't aware of that. Lemme just put it out there, that this isn't an alt.

If you get any FE takers on your invitation, that would be great. I think a YouTube debate would be interesting, perhaps multiple videos each dedicated to a specific aspect of FE/RE viewpoints.

Thanks. 

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Flat Earth Projects / Should I start a discussion-format social media account?

« on: November 23, 2017, 05:39:01 PM »

Hi. Non-flat earther here.

You know, I've been observing the arguments that the internet has about whether the earth is flat or not. However, to my disappointment, the majority of discussions seemed to include a bunch of personal attacks (Come on, the forums has 2k members. Not many people are gonna read the discussions here). Well, to sum it up, the RE's think the Fe's are idiots, and the Fe's think Re's are fools . Both the parties are not understanding each other's perspectives, and the arguments seem to lead nowhere.

So, since most FE's believe that the earth is flat from social media, I believe that it is best to host a discussion there (preferably YouTube? I think videos convey information rather well), where I act as a third party, and weight out the different arguments and evidences, in which I believe that people watching would be less defensive, since their POV is covered as well, and can (probably) help to convince people of the truth (Note that the "truth" I'm talking about here does not necessarily mean the earth is flat, it can go either way depending on the evidences).

I don't think the FE's should have a problem with this kind of thing, since (I think) they should believe that their explanation is foolproof.

Do you think this is a good idea?

Btw, if I do start this kind of thing, I will definitely need support from FE's, since I can't wrap my head around some of your theories/explanations. Also, I'm strictly non-religious, so arguments such as "The earth is flat, since the bible says it's flat" will not be entertained.

Hey, thanks for reading.