In a community, people talk about MANY topics, not just one... The "OT Forum" concept didn't really work very well here, you know? The OT Forum became a place where people went to argue about stuff, and while I have no problem with people arguing about whatever they wish, it wasn't really a place where the general community went to look for or participate in conversations like, "Guess what, I got a new puppy!" or "My wife gave birth to our child last night, here's a picture!" or whatever. Actually, there was quite a bit of "Guess what, I got a new puppy!" or "My wife gave birth to our child last night, here's a picture!" there. Also jokes were traded, silly news links, all kinds of stuff. OT and VT were also good places for different types of artists to get together. Some were Poser, some were 2D, etc. IMO, the complaints are due to the TOS being inconsistently enforced, leading to the perception of favoritism. Some people get warned or banned for minor offenses, while others get away with murder. It's the perceived unfairness that's infuriating, not the TOS. Bingo! And, like it or not, in a real life environment people are going to disagree and argue about some things. The more that interaction is censored, the further from reality you're going to get.

the only problem is that some funny place has gone away, nothing more! Not even gone away, just moved to a better place. Rosity's loss...

"What some can't seem to get their heads around is the idea that many people ENJOY testing their opinions against those of their opponents." Exactly, and if an opinion isn't worth discussing, it's not worth having...

The problem with voting troublemakers out is that it's possible to use that to deny free speech to a minority group that doesn't agree with the majority clique's ideations. As a Republican who's gotten into lots of arguments with lots of Dems in the OT here and now at the new forum, I can tell you that's extremely unlikely. And I'd still rather have membership controlled by a consensus of the majority than a few mods that are too concerned about someone's feelings being hurt.

Actually, http://digital-cheryle.com/Offtopic/index.php wouldn't be a good site for anyone who doesn't want to be challenged, or might be afraid of other people's opinions.

"I hope one thing you guys learned was to be more tolerant and gentlemanly (or ladylike), respecting everyone's view regardless of their race, religion or national origins." "I delted a post by jchimim. No attacks, no matter how small." I can definately say I'm a lot more "pro-choice" than I was before all this started...

Great news Bone! Welcome back...

I know... What the 'rosity management just doesn't seem to "get" is that no matter how much we debated and poked fun at each other in the OT, we really did enjoy it sometimes even learned a bit in the process.

Attached Link: http://www.digital-cheryle.com/Offtopic/

Attached Link: http://www.digital-cheryle.com/Offtopic/

We are working on filling your request right now. And after ~33 hours, Teri is still showing up as an active member. Is Bondware that inflexible? Or is it something else? Where have I heard the company is right/consumer wrong argument before? Ah yes...Atari! :D

So you put a few of your best works here, and in the notes "If you like this work, see my gallery at (url.)" On your own site, you also won't have the file size restrictions, and you can also show off large videos, your wed design skills (if any,) define the layout...

$5 up front, plus $5 a month In the current market, you can get your own web site for less than that...

You'll also get that with strings of characters that go too long without a space, such as a very long url.

The site has too much to offer for them to stay away for very long. How many things here are exclusive to this site? A bit of merchandise maybe, but there are several competitive sites in that regard. Expertise in the forums? No monopoly on that either. Number of "active members?" Roughly half of those haven't been here in the last month, and of the ones who come often, how many actually participate in the forums and/or buy stuff? When you're looking through the forums, how many times do you see a name you haven't seen before?