StaceyG opened this issue on Apr 21, 2005 ยท 97 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 22 April 2005 at 3:18 PM
but more with the idea that Rendo might simply want less people logging on for no other reason than talking trash in the forums.
A few years ago, the local mall in my town started cracking down on the groups of roving teenagers that were spending a lot of time hanging around the hallways and the entrances of the mall........
The kids weren't buying anything. They were just hanging out. And they were driving off the little old ladies with money -- merely by being there. The mall was losing business because of them.
So, the mall started telling the teens to "move along".
Needless to say, this resulted in some problems. But the mall security people did it anyway.
And it worked. There were no more gangs of 50 shouting kids hanging around the main entrance to the mall........scaring off others.
Sure, sending the kids on their way cost the mall a few T-Shirt sales here and there.....but the people with real money now felt more comfortable doing business there.
If I were a business owner, then I'd understand the reason.