A64Pilot Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) Have the Mods ever considered one? Same rules would apply of course, be nice, no offensive language etc, but a forum that’s not specifically Mooney related. Some threads drift off being Mooney aircraft specific, but still hold interest, maybe move where it drifts to off topic, or maybe NASA or Space-X pulls off something really cool, not Mooney related, but interesting, Off Topic? If threads drift off course a Mod could move the part that drifts to off topic, leaving the original thread intact. Edited April 25, 2022 by A64Pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 Have the Mods ever considered one? Same rules would apply of course, be nice, no offensive language etc, but a forum that’s not specifically Mooney related. Some threads drift off being Mooney aircraft specific, but still hold interest, maybe move where it drifts to off topic, or maybe NASA or Space-X pulls off something really cool, not Mooney related, but interesting, Off Topic? If threads drift off course a Mod could move the part that drifts to off topic, leaving the original thread intact.See “Little Timmy”. He will tell you how that will fare. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 Part of me thinks it would be nice to chit chat about non-aviation stuff, but deep down I know it would evolve into a bunch of hurt feelings and bottom lips poking out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 It only took a few days to figure what keeps us together…. and what drives us apart…. Moderators are required to keep the place clean… The off topic subjects get picked up by the outside world during their search… Then they quickly get disappointed because what they said wasn’t as bad…. Or why does your member get to say things but I can’t… If you want to do the babysitting… or pay for the baby sitter… include that in your request… Not mentioned around here…. Are a set of rules and regulations… that probably need to be formalized… More costs than desired… We have a few quirky things that keep Mooney people coming in… 1) No cost to join… because not everyone can toss dough in the hat, without a test drive… 2) wacky anonymity… because some people have a public appearance to maintain…and they mat be inexperienced with social media… 3) A high concentration of Mooney centered knowledge… PP thoughts only, not a moderator… Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyMitch Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 Short answer, NO! More respectful and thoughtful answer, with which I agree with....see Anthony post above 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 We ain't got no moderators, 'cepting for the guy who puts the Safety forum together. So there ain't nobody to do these chores, less of course you're volunteering @A64Pilot? I second the motion! All in favor, Aye! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A64Pilot Posted May 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) I used to moderate Cruisers Forum, it’s not that bad actually. There was a group of us and we had our own forum where we could discuss things. It was all volunteer. I quit when this covid thing brought out the politics, you can imagine which side a bunch of sailors are usually on and it just got too much for me. I’m actually pretty much politically neutral and can’t stand extremes of either direction. Politics ruined it for me, rather than fight I just quit. Politics and religion, neither has a place on forums unless of course that’s the forum. Gun talk would also get fights going over there Before the politics it was an extremely good place to learn, which solar controllers are best, which watermaker, electronics, whatever there we’re experts in anything you could think of. That forum is huge, it and some number of similar forums are owned by one person in Brazil, apparently there is good money in larger forums Edited May 17, 2022 by A64Pilot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooniac58 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 We already had this once. The forum was shut down in less than a week. It was a moderation nightmare. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0TreeLemur Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Hang out in any decent MS thread and it will go off topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Please dear Lord, NO! We have this on a boating web site I am on and it: Developed into cliques Got very personal Got very divisive Then some people wanted the moderators to censor something or admonish someone because someone made a statement that did not comport to their "truth" (which usually was wrong). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 Please dear Lord, NO! We have this on a boating web site I am on and it: Developed into cliques Got very personal Got very divisive Then some people wanted the moderators to censor something or admonish someone because someone made a statement that did not comport to their "truth" (which usually was wrong).And then little Timmy shows up!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy0681 Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 16 hours ago, Marauder said: And then little Timmy shows up! Ah yes, the good old days. Whatever happened to ScottFromIowa anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 Ah yes, the good old days. Whatever happened to ScottFromIowa anyway?You might be looking at him…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kortopates Posted July 8, 2022 Report Share Posted July 8, 2022 Ah yes, the good old days. Whatever happened to ScottFromIowa anyway?Scott has been reborn here several times and now flys a missile. Don’t recall his current MS identity nor his post since he was asking about max FF on his Io-550-a sometime ago when the missile was new. But I am sure he’s still around here.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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