Missed opportunity to speak of TITLES

[morrison]

Good words CDN.
Woofwoof, woof, woof.
In Siberian Husky, that means;

I agree that there is not a democracy in the running of a forum. I put forth that it is something loosely like a hat shop or shoe store or better yet a kilt talk center where the association of one consumer with another is purely free and willful. When the ambience is more welcoming and comfortable the managed premise may be perceived as an area available to more visitations and stimulating intercourse. When the ambience seems to be chilled, the perception could turn dour as in "Hmm, this is not as comfortable as I prefer. I think I'll not get a new hat here." Or maybe, "I'll just window shop then go get a fair pair of shoes at the general retailer down the way instead of this specialty shop."

The store may succeed or fail based on its atmosphere instead of prices.
This forum rose in popularity, IMO, because of the attitude of the owner, management objective, conscientious moderation by the staff in their sensitive judgments, growing resurgency in popularity of kilts, the user friendliness aspect of the software which is makes being here easy to do and the less than welcoming sites else where. (There are more evidences than these, so please add them in if you will?) Other sites have shown less civility at times and another site is simply "Too Stodgy," obtuse in its acceptance of more secular viewpoints.

Moreso, here at XMTS we've found reasoning, polite agreement/disagreement in more than a few controversial issues, scholarly banter, banal jocularity and simply a common ground wherein many of us have found some forming of a camaraderie in the crucible of sites on the web and others falling to treachery in their own misguided managing objectives.

FREEDOM
The free will of mine to return again and over again is the democracy of liberty. This principle is the fulcrum upon which any site balances and finds its success or failure. Other sites may enjoy greater freedom they think. But they don't. Rather, in their anarchy is a system working its way to utter chaos and collapse. Another site purports to show itself as loving freedom. Freedom from what, the opinions of those different from the ownership and management?

We here at XMTS do indeed enjoy a more true freedom. We do abide in the fair structures of the established rules. The civility it engenders along with the fairness of the moderation of the site is an attraction availing itself to me providing me an opportunity to choose to return again and over again. I'm am ALWAYS welcomed and treated respectfully. Those other sites permit flaming and/or don't permit relevant but opposing views-opinions.

Management at whatever site may attempt to move the fulcrum in order to keep the balance of success swinging in favor of success. But when there is one point of good balancing opposite many points of non good, the fulcrum, just like the kid's teeter-totter will no longer be adjustable. Someone at one end or the other will destroy the precious balance and the teeter-totter will be blamed for any resultant injury and will as a consequence be removed under pressure of unpopular avoidance or a better teeter-totter is put up somewhere else. In either case the real reason for the failure is because the fulcrum had been undergoing a continuing change toward balance point until it could not accommodate another change.

The stodgy, obtuse in opinion managed site might get the refugees while the unruly, more disparate and less well moderated site gets the others of the remaining refugees with no better choice yet available.

In that sense we are a democracy unto ourselves individually and cooperatively for the success or failure of the business or website.

It is our right to protest, complain, or show discomfort. We have agreed to it by our adherence to the established rules of conduct. Our grumblings are presented in a civil and still decidedly forceful manner.
We grew this forum because there was that reasoning and sensitivity within the ownership, moderators and general membership that pressed forth the cognizant consensus of right for the betterment of our on line community.

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Where's the firehydrant?

[Mael Coluim]

Well said, Morrison. Post your poll.

[ccga3359]

Well said, Morrison. Post your poll.

I agree with CDNSushi point as much as I hate to admit it. There is a certain amount of ownership I personally feel as a contributor over the years. I am not the forum owner, Steve is. At the end of the day it is his decisions alone. If he allows himself to be swayed by a majority would be great, but we do have to respect the fact that we may not agree it`s not our decision. Would a poll help change his mind?

Perhaps we should post a poll about whether we should post a poll or not.

[Mael Coluim]

Perhaps we should post a poll about whether we should post a poll or not.

[McClef]

I think we should post a poll on whether we should post a poll on whether we should post a poll or not...

[ccga3359]

I think we should post a poll on whether we should post a poll on whether we should post a poll or not...

Now that's the British way!

[sfb]

Now that's the British way!

Aye - then we'd refer it to Europe to see if the decision was all right with them.