Curiosity Killed the Cat

[Suckrates]

28 minutes ago, Tartegogo said:

He must be getting a kick out of banning people. My temporary ban was just silly. And now he wants my money? Nope.

 

You must be one of the SMART ones tarte ?  

[marcanthony]

It's been YEARS since I looked at that site (and certainly never donated money).  The trigger for me was when there was some kind of "incident" (I think it was a squabble between posters on one topic), and the owner decided to shut down the forum for a few weeks as a time out.  I actually wrote to him and complained about that move, making the point that the content was all created by the participants, for use by the participants, and that it seemed very heavy handed to operate with disregard for the suppliers of the actual value.  In a nutshell, this is the biggest problem I've always had about his attitude and the culture created there.  He owns the platform, but the participants create all the content and arguably therefore all of the value (reviews, forum posts, etc).  His reply was dismissive and rude, and the site remained shut down, and that was the end of it for me.  I didn't need to be abused twice.

Of course when I first stopped going there, I missed it a little.  But the internet is such a wonderful and entertaining place... it you're not finding fulfillment somewhere, you're not looking hard enough. 

It's like smoking or drinking or any other vice.  If you want to quit, the only real way to do it successfully is just to quit.  If you're periodically stepping your toe back in the water, it won't be long before you have to jump in the pool.  And without a doubt, regardless of our addictions, the one thing that is pretty universal, is that if you have an addiction, you'll pay for it.

That last paragraph was a rambling and long winded way to say that I quit looking at that site many many years ago and the result of it is that:

1). I no longer miss it

2). I no longer even think about the owner

3). I don't care if people give money to him or not, whether he's rich or poor, or whether he's legitimately worried about some law or not

Life is good! 

(PS:  I understand why Oz has to continue to look there since it's a business competitor.... keep your friends close and your enemies closer)

[Guest Hoover42]

Separating the forum from the main site would be fine with me!

The forum is the primary reason I visit, so I would just bookmark the new location and carry on as usual.