WTF? -

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:13 AM

I consider TR as community space.

Is this a correct determination?

ravenok · 10-26-2010, 01:14 AM

what does "community space" mean to you?

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:15 AM

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TR appears to be a site especially for atheists and "freethinkers"; there is a good amount of religious people who fee quite at home here too.

TR: We encourage thought, you will not be protected from other's thoughts.

Is that about right?...

SkepticTank · 10-26-2010, 01:16 AM

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there is a good amount of religious people who fee quite at home here too.

We just keep the CF retards around for our entertainment.

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:16 AM

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what does "community space" mean to you?

Free roam for members of the community within the constrains that the community applies.

ravenok · 10-26-2010, 01:24 AM

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what does "community space" mean to you?

Free roam for members of the community within the constrains that the community applies.

I'm not sure how a message board could be anything else unless it maintains different classes of users with different levels of access.

TR doesn't do that.

TR is a space provided for a community, though. There's a veritable web of atheist, freethinking, secular activism, and religious forums. Many, if not most TR members also participate on some of the related message boards. Some of us left one site or another either voluntarily or involuntarily. TR was started with the intention of helping make a home for any members of the larger, dispersed community who were looking for alternate or additional homes.

To me, one of the principles that guides TR's growth as a community is that if someone thinks they belong here, they should be able to post here. It's not something we can 100% guarantee, of course because sometimes people do stuff online that defy the imagination.

But, suspensions are extremely rare, and "permanent" bans have a habit of being rescinded.

Imaginary Mark · 10-26-2010, 01:29 AM

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If you are new, or not so new, and you have a question about TR, its rules, its denizens, its quaint customs, etc., ask here and someone will try to give you an answer - maybe even an entertaining and informative one.

how do i make new friends at TR?

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:31 AM

I wouldn't advertise that permanent bans don't take, outside of that, You have relayed the correct ideas imo, we just need a concise form for the ideas.

Bilirubin · 10-26-2010, 01:34 AM

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Insults are allowed on TR except in the friendly forum areas. Those insults or flames in the friendly areas will just cause the post to be moved most likely to the compost heap forum.(which is the correct place to continue that line of conversation)

(fixed)

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The movement of posts and/or threads is not a punishment.

Is too. We must recognize that the many people do see that a movement of their creation is a punishment are retarded.

Altering people's posts when quoting them is not an attempt to be dishonest or ascribe those views to them. It is funny, and can be used creatively to make points.

ravenok · 10-26-2010, 01:37 AM

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If you are new, or not so new, and you have a question about TR, its rules, its denizens, its quaint customs, etc., ask here and someone will try to give you an answer - maybe even an entertaining and informative one.

how do i make new friends at TR?

I've never figured out specifically how it happens. It just happens somewhere in the exchange of words and ideas.

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:42 AM

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Altering people's posts when quoting them is not an attempt to be dishonest or ascribe those views to them. It is funny, and can be used creatively to make points.

I ascribed nothing in my changes.

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:43 AM

Which is the indigent smilie?

ravenok · 10-26-2010, 01:47 AM

or maybe

Jerome · 10-26-2010, 01:49 AM

Imaginary Mark · 10-26-2010, 01:50 AM

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If you are new, or not so new, and you have a question about TR, its rules, its denizens, its quaint customs, etc., ask here and someone will try to give you an answer - maybe even an entertaining and informative one.

how do i make new friends at TR?

I've never figured out specifically how it happens. It just happens somewhere in the exchange of words and ideas.

i'm gonna go ask lpetrich now and compare your answers

~~Bartholomew Roberts~~ · 10-26-2010, 02:37 AM

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Come on, Raven, you know perfectly well what I'm on about.

Oh, that reminds me, as Raven has said, there is no such thing as a Private Message at TR. Be careful who you send PMs to!

Even you don't want private messages to be confidential.

Requiem · 10-26-2010, 03:54 AM

If Tr were a dessert, what would it be?

Requiem · 10-26-2010, 03:56 AM

if Tr was a desert, would there be a clear-thinking oasis?

ravenok · 10-26-2010, 06:54 PM

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If Tr were a dessert, what would it be?

Sour Cherry Cobbler

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if Tr was a desert, would there be a clear-thinking oasis?

Why would there be a need? The sandstorms would scour away muddy thinking.

Pavlov's Dog · 10-26-2010, 07:13 PM

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what does "community space" mean to you?

Free roam for members of the community within the constrains that the community applies.

I'm not sure how a message board could be anything else unless it maintains different classes of users with different levels of access.

TR doesn't do that.

Well, this is not exactly true. There are areas that only a certain class of members can access.

ravenok · 10-26-2010, 07:24 PM

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Free roam for members of the community within the constrains that the community applies.

I'm not sure how a message board could be anything else unless it maintains different classes of users with different levels of access.

TR doesn't do that.

Well, this is not exactly true. There are areas that only a certain class of members can access.

You are correct. there are forums that not all members have access to.

- Post reports: accessible to the reporter and to mods and admins

- The Floor is Yours: Can be read by anyone; posts restricted to the OPer and to mods and admins

- Appeals: When this forum is active (which isn't often), it can be read by anyone, and posts are restricted to the appellant, appeals committee, mods, and admins. In practice one admin will directly participate in an appeal

- Staff Forum: can be read by anyone; posts are restricted to mods and admins

- Mod Workshop: A forum for practicing with the mod buttons and occasionally starting OPs for serial/continuing threads

- Sysadmin Forum: Accessible to sysadmins only. Used for documenting hacks and modifications.

There are some old forums that have been archived, too. Including the old private staff forum

F X · 10-26-2010, 08:40 PM

Some pigs are more equal than others

Mike · 10-26-2010, 09:01 PM

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What are some of the quaint customs? Just a few, to give me an idea.

when someone tells you to kill urself, it means they like you

Ahh. No wonder I get that so much.

F X · 10-26-2010, 09:06 PM

I wish somebody had told me that!

F X · 10-26-2010, 09:07 PM

I almost offed myself after the first time somebody said that.

10-26-2010, 01:13 AM	#1151886 / #26
Jerome Life is but a bowl of cherries : Sep 2009 : Pleasant Living : 38,755	I consider TR as community space. Is this a correct determination? __________________ . . It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. -Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

10-26-2010, 01:14 AM	#1151887 / #27
ravenok trigger warning Into the West : Mar 2008 : Norton's Empire : 81,531	what does "community space" mean to you? __________________ It's all good fun until somebody loses an eye.

10-26-2010, 01:31 AM	#1151899 / #33
Jerome Life is but a bowl of cherries : Sep 2009 : Pleasant Living : 38,755	I wouldn't advertise that permanent bans don't take, outside of that, You have relayed the correct ideas imo, we just need a concise form for the ideas. __________________ . . It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. -Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

10-26-2010, 01:43 AM	#1151915 / #37
Jerome Life is but a bowl of cherries : Sep 2009 : Pleasant Living : 38,755	Which is the indigent smilie? __________________ . . It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. -Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

10-26-2010, 01:47 AM	#1151918 / #38
ravenok trigger warning Into the West : Mar 2008 : Norton's Empire : 81,531	or maybe __________________ It's all good fun until somebody loses an eye.

10-26-2010, 01:49 AM	#1151921 / #39
Jerome Life is but a bowl of cherries : Sep 2009 : Pleasant Living : 38,755	__________________ . . It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. -Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in Physics, 1965

10-26-2010, 03:54 AM	#1152060 / #42
Requiem Dubstyle. : Mar 2009 : i forget : 23,616	If Tr were a dessert, what would it be?

10-26-2010, 03:56 AM	#1152062 / #43
Requiem Dubstyle. : Mar 2009 : i forget : 23,616	if Tr was a desert, would there be a clear-thinking oasis?

10-26-2010, 08:40 PM	#1153028 / #47
F X Too hot to handle : May 2009 : In the real world : 11,190	Some pigs are more equal than others __________________ This page archived March 26 2022 by F X

10-26-2010, 09:06 PM	#1153068 / #49
F X Too hot to handle : May 2009 : In the real world : 11,190	I wish somebody had told me that! __________________ This page archived March 26 2022 by F X

10-26-2010, 09:07 PM	#1153069 / #50
F X Too hot to handle : May 2009 : In the real world : 11,190	I almost offed myself after the first time somebody said that. __________________ This page archived March 26 2022 by F X

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