I don't understand why people can't just not go to threads they don't like or are not interested it. I do it all the time.
Wild guess ....This is DR related forum.
The same reason I wouldn t create a thread about Bachata on Home Improvement Forum
I don't understand why people can't just not go to threads they don't like or are not interested it. I do it all the time.
Good idea but after working in BPO industry 20+ years Iimho, it would be easier to get an IT person who actually knows how to Limit access , as before .
I do believe free assistance was even offered..
Alienating a large group like this is not a good business model ..
on of the reasons , IMHO, Many will now rejoin as sock puppets and wreak complete havoc in the regular section..
People need a place to vent .. Every large Forum Board has such a place..
Best of luck to everyone ... enjoy.
DR Woke1I reckon you're one of the Alfabet group, that's okay.
Reckon we have to get used to the new censorship the world will be experiencing soon and it starts with DR1.
Wild guess ....This is DR related forum.
The same reason I wouldn t create a thread about Bachata on Home Improvement Forum
Why would an American join a DR Forum to discuss US Politics when there are thousands of forums out there for this.?
Perhaps you don't remember all the venom the Susua crowd used to vent on here before there was a US politics thread. EARLY EIGHTIES HAD SOME PRETTY TOXIC PEOPLE , AND THEY WERE RARELY CENSORED EITHER. Nobody died.Go find someplace else to vent, there are plenty of options for you. This forum started,and was very succesful as a DR forum, not a US Political Forum. Maybe it can return to such without the venom.............
Good idea but after working in BPO industry 20+ years I
can tell you with today's technology IP's are very easy to get around.
I also remember before the Off Topic came around all the advertisers on this forum. They disappeared quickly when they saw more posts on the US than the DR.Perhaps you don't remember all the venom the Susua crowd used to vent on here before there was a US politics thread. EARLY EIGHTIES HAD SOME PRETTY TOXIC PEOPLE , AND THEY WERE RARELY CENSORED EITHER. Nobody died.
I also remember before the Off Topic came around all the advertisers on this forum. They disappeared quickly when they saw more posts on the US than the DR.
now maybe Gorgon can come out of hiding.
Um , because they LIVE in the DR, and there is no need to be on a bunch of OTHER forum boards ... if this is truly your " Home"..
a " Community" , where people used to even have MEET and Greets . thanksgiving Dinners , Xmas Holiday get togethers .
um what do you think they also talk about at those Get Togethers ? What the best Exchange rate is ? where the best Pica Pollo stand is ?
Is the concept of " Home Base " so foreign to you..
and yes, I have a Degree in Marketing. and Social Media is all about understanding WHO your Demographics are. and then do everything in your Power to KEEP them.
but ,.Facebook is MORE than happy to steal these people , for their PRIVATE Groups .. so its not a problem
in fact a couple of people have already SIPHONED off Members to their Private Facebook groups ..
very efficiently I might add .
They USED DR1... and now dont even post any more ... not because of OT, but because they got what they came for .
i should be charging some of you for this .
Unless those advertisers had over 500 posts, they couldn’t even see OT.I also remember before the Off Topic came around all the advertisers on this forum. They disappeared quickly when they saw more posts on the US than the DR.
You make some valid points but I am thinking it’s also to some extent a business decision if the off topic section ended up having more traffic than the DR forum.For those who have been around long enough to know.........Off Topic was created by Robert to isolate the numerous non-DR posts that bled into so many of the other DR1 forums by expats who lived in the DR and those who had family/friends there. Then he specifically created the US politics thread. You were free to not read or post there and it left the other forums with only a smattering of political or off topic posts.
And for the most part it did the job as intended.
Those that did not want to view off topic could just avoid it..............but like gawking at a car accident.......some could not resist.........and then would post...........and then complain, for whatever reason.
It served a purpose to contain the inevitable. Now the non DR1 posts will likely revert back and be regularly injected into other forums............and the moderators jobs made more difficult trying to monitor all the possibilities.............
Good luck with that decision.
Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
Again, your futile attempt at mind reading has failed......but never mind...... I stopped responding to your drivel a long time ago.You may not know this, ( which would explain your Ironic Anger dislike , at my prev post about " community and Home base"
and Just so this is PUBLIC... WE , a Group of us actually PETITIONED for GORGON to NOT be Banned ..
but we were told NO.. he is gone ... he is not hiding , he was banned .
No one who contributed as much as he did, should be banned .. no matter how much we disagreed with him on politics ..
I supported not banning him, and if anyone had more disagreements with the old grouch I 'd like to know who they were.You may not know this, ( which would explain your Ironic Anger dislike , at my prev post about " community and Home base"
and Just so this is PUBLIC... WE , a Group of us actually PETITIONED for GORGON to NOT be Banned ..
but we were told NO.. he is gone ... he is not hiding , he was banned .
No one who contributed as much as he did, should be banned .. no matter how much we disagreed with him on politics ..
I reckon you're one of the Alfabet group, that's okay.
Reckon we have to get used to the new censorship the world will be experiencing soon and it starts with DR1.