alley
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Jeff Lynn
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NMU
Sept 18, 2007 16:38:22 GMT -5
Post by alley on Sept 18, 2007 16:38:22 GMT -5
Why did you leave NMU? You didn't have to do that.
Oh well, anyways .. cool forum I like proboaards ... I have a few on some other sites of mine.
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NMU
Sept 18, 2007 23:48:53 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Sept 18, 2007 23:48:53 GMT -5
Thanks alley for the message and the concern.
It was the whole disemvoweled thing. I saw no reason why Krauh would do that to me. I didn't break any of the site rules and even if I did, I was never warned that I was breaking any. I was actually in the middle of giving Krauh some cool images I made for his site that took me a couple hours to put together. Then as soon as I clicked "post" I looked up and I was disemvoweled. Quite irritating and totally uncalled for.
Someone said it was for the my comic strips that talked about child molesting. They were posted in the "uncensored board" where I was told I could post them, and I hadn't done one on the subject of child molesting in well over two weeks when I was disemvoweled. Besides, I was never warned against breaking any site rule with the strips anyway.
Others said it was for bringing up masterbation, which I hadn't even done since the SMF forum was built.
It was mentioned that it was due to using "Lufice." Although I recognize why forums have rules against multiple user names, because they are petty ways to deceive people and walk under the radar with other rules, "Lufice" was well advertised that he was me, it basically said so right on his mini profile.
By process of elimination you have to reason that I was being punished because I was unpopular. Or because a certain webmaster just makes up rules according to his mood on a certain day. This isn't the first time Krauh has had a baby fit and started deleting things and going apeshit on everyone. I don't have a problem with Krauh, but I don't want to invest my time into a site that has a webmaster who is so emotionally immature and throws fits like that. Every couple months he seems to fly off the handle and make a bunch of crazy decisions without telling any of his users anything in advance. I know it's his site and all, but I don't anticipate much success for any website where the webmaster doesn't value his users and is dishonest with them.
I also don't wish to use the forum again if I can't use Lufice. And if the multiple ID rule can't be bent, then my lack of participation cannot be bent. Lufice was the way I managed the personal remarks.
Regardless, leaving NMU has gotten me finally off my butt with my own web project.
Click on the little icon that says "NMF" below the menu buttons and you'll see what I've been up to the past couple days. The project is far from being completed, probably won't be done for another month at least. Only two of the pages have even been started on. Most of the links are invalid, and it still doesn't look anything like what it will eventually look like. I haven't bothered even putting Meta tags in yet. Still, I anticipate great success with it. I got a great URL, in my opinion. Besides, my obsessive tendencies should be enough to put it over by themselves.
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alley
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Jeff Lynn
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NMU
Sept 20, 2007 10:43:33 GMT -5
Post by alley on Sept 20, 2007 10:43:33 GMT -5
well we went back to the old forum on the main site again. Your account is still active I believe if you ever want to drop by.
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NMU
Sept 20, 2007 12:09:24 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Sept 20, 2007 12:09:24 GMT -5
I know, I've visited a few times. Maybe if the activity picks up again on it's own I'll stop by. I don't want to join if I'm still the only reason people post. If everyone is only posting because of me, it makes perfect sense for me to start my own site.
I have no idea why he switched back to the old forum. It's really looks outdated with the design.
I just hope to be part of a thriving local internet community. Whether NMU can accomplish this or if NMF can accomplish this, it matters not to me. But I'm launching NMF in about three weeks because it doesn't look like NMU is going to accomplish it based on the pattern of the way things are run there. I just don't feel that Krauh gets the formula for a successful site. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.
Any controversy with NMF is going to be cashed in upon, big time. Controversy breeds conversation.
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NMU
Sept 26, 2007 21:09:38 GMT -5
Post by Marvin the Misfit on Sept 26, 2007 21:09:38 GMT -5
Looks like we're catching the tail end of a soap opera here. What's NMU?
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NMU
Sept 28, 2007 12:24:49 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Sept 28, 2007 12:24:49 GMT -5
Northern Michigan Update. I guess you could consider it my "competition." I've been a member of the website for awhile though and if I thought it was any competition I wouldn't have started this website. It's run by a religious fanatic and there's really nothing fun to do.
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NMU
Oct 3, 2007 16:13:00 GMT -5
Post by Marvin the Misfit on Oct 3, 2007 16:13:00 GMT -5
I checked it out. Really didn't impress me much. Looked kind of outdated.
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NMU
Oct 7, 2007 0:13:53 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Oct 7, 2007 0:13:53 GMT -5
It isn't too bad. But I left because I just couldn't talk fairly there about anything. There are a couple trolls there that just ruin all the discussions.
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NMU
Oct 9, 2007 16:13:33 GMT -5
Post by Marvin the Misfit on Oct 9, 2007 16:13:33 GMT -5
What is your policy on "trolling?" It can get kind of annoying but sometimes it's funny.
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NMU
Oct 19, 2007 10:56:11 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Oct 19, 2007 10:56:11 GMT -5
If people interrupt the topics to make personal remarks about each other, I delete the remarks and tell them to take it to fight club. People can say whatever they want in fight club.
If someone wants to have a multiple ID, they have to place the name for that ID in parenthesis. For instance their name would have to say, "(Hitler)" instead of "Hitler." Just so people know that ID is a second personality or character in the forum. They don't have to tell everyone who they are playing but everyone has to know the character is a second username.
I only ban people if they physically threaten someone else or reveal information about an identifyable person that is not priviledged information. I have a zero tolerance policy about these two things, but they're the only things I'll ban anyone for.
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Moose
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NMU
Oct 29, 2007 17:46:34 GMT -5
Post by Moose on Oct 29, 2007 17:46:34 GMT -5
NMU is just that uptight, boy if you mention one thing that they don't like they are all over you.
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NMU
Oct 29, 2007 19:44:39 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Oct 29, 2007 19:44:39 GMT -5
Sadly, some people in this world are so accustomed to everyone agreeing with them that they believe people don't have a right to disagree with them. It's called being socially spoiled.
All of my problems with NMU resulted from me posting opinions people didn't like and then making people look stupid who tried to debate against me. Then they all started acting like little kids and calling me names. It's pathetic but it's the way people are often.
Trust me, that is not something I will tolerate in this website. Here people will discuss issues, not get into personality wars. Anyone who tries to detract from the subject of a discussion by making personal remarks gets their post deleted here.
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NMU
Nov 1, 2007 9:50:37 GMT -5
Post by Marvin the Misfit on Nov 1, 2007 9:50:37 GMT -5
Good policy I've been in a few forums before and I just hate it when someone can't deal with what you're telling them so they start acting like children.
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NMU
Nov 4, 2007 2:03:26 GMT -5
Post by Benji Duncan on Nov 4, 2007 2:03:26 GMT -5
I know what I'm doing as an administrator. I've administrated two very successful forums before and I know what it takes.
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NMU
Nov 14, 2007 8:20:59 GMT -5
Post by Gene on Nov 14, 2007 8:20:59 GMT -5
Call me a veteran of NMU as well. I just lurk there now, and act in a spam capacity to bring attention to my music and other local music events.
It fell from favor for me mostly because of inconsistancies in admin policy, I'd agree there. The trollers got WAY too long a leash, in my opinion, and it ruined the thing. Tough decisions had to be made, and they weren't getting made. Usually, in most forums, flagrant personal attacks, racist and sexist remarks and vulgar profanity get you bounced right now. There were a few instances when I was dead certain a couple trollers most definitely crossed the line, then I just waited for them to be dismissed. It didn't happen. To my knowlege, it may have STILL not happened. That was the first sign to me that it may not be my style of thing to hang out in.
The line of topics brought up by participants seemed very intentionally controversial, almost baiting. The vibe was very negative and preachy, and "discussions" seemed an it's-all-about-me, one-way affair. Either that or lots of chat-room-style one-liner posts that really didn't say much of anything.
Reality entertainment is all the rage right now, where confrontationally "shaking it up" and getting in your face passes for great entertainment; I get that and everything. If this is a calculated direction on NMU's part, it might be a fashionably marketable one to take right now. But personally, I'm definitely not with the majority, here, and sensationalist stuff kinda bores me, to be honest. I'd rather learn something. It occurred to me that NMU isn't much interested in the kind of stuff I find worth spending much time on. It's clear it was just not a good fit, so I had to get scarce, for both our sakes. Nothin' personal or angry or anything, it's just not my kind of thing nor was it really trying to be FOR me, so I "changed the channel"...
I didn't part on bad terms and I still think there's hope for it. It may be different now, and I pop in to lurk every now and then to see if it's still the same-ol'. I may make a come-back there; Ya never know...
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