Forum: OT


Subject: Selective Apologies?

Penguinisto opened this issue on Nov 08, 2002 ยท 109 posts


x2000 posted Mon, 11 November 2002 at 8:31 AM

"...there is NO WAY to know exactly what is the best thing to do/say at any given moment.' Maybe not, but you can be pretty sure that calling members morons and whiners and saying "Screw 'em" just might not be it. It's not just a little venting. They keep coming up with new stupid policies to strike out at people, acting on these words. Therefore, those words become far more important than they would be otherwise. As far as the "if you don't like it, leave" bullshit I keep hearing spouted again and again, it's like this: I pretty much have. But I've been here for two years, invested a lot of time in this place, and it pisses me off to be forced out just because a few assholes go on a power trip. I may not be able to do anything about it, but I'm damn sure not going quietly. In fact, there's a big misconception here, that this is "their" site. "They" may own the hardware and the software, but they wouldn't be shit with out the members. What good is a gallery if no one posts pictures there? What good is a Free Stuff section if no one posts freebies there? What good are a gaggle of forums if no one posts there? All those pictures are ours. All of those forum posts are ours. All of that free stuff is ours. The tutorials are ours, it's our products they are selling in the Marketplace, it's OUR site! Tim could sell this place this afternoon, but what would he really be selling? An empty shell. WE own everything here of any real value, and it's time they realized that. Hell, it's time WE realized that.