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Sheep is done and so am I

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by copperpot, Mar 16, 2015.

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  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    He's not referring to me. I'm not likable.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Mar 18, 2015
    #157
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  2. Lucas Wiseman

    Lucas Wiseman Well-Known Member

    Sad to see the direction things have gone...
     
    Lucas Wiseman, Mar 18, 2015
    #158
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  3. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member


    For some.
     
    93Devil, Mar 18, 2015
    #159
  4. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Man, if only things could still be run the way you ran them. It would be perfect.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Mar 18, 2015
    #160
  5. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    CB radios don't have handles.
     
    MisterCreosote, Mar 18, 2015
    #161
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  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    I'd rather not see people banned. How can I call them an asshole if they're not around? Now, if they do get banned, I don't cry. They generally bring it on themselves. Sometimes I don't even know.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Mar 18, 2015
    #162
  7. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Perhaps not but let us never forget the legend of Betty Beaver ...

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    Songbird, Mar 18, 2015
    #163
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Of course he wants to increase page views and generate revenue. At least I would.

    What she said was that he doesn't give a shit about anything except trying to milk dollars out of the place -- her view of the "long-term health of the site," versus the motivations she attributed to him in her post ("in the end it was about YOUR bottom line"). My experience has been that he is not that myopic (which would be stupid anyhow, if the goal was a buck), and I was saying so.

    He has not just instituted things that he personally didn't feel were good for the forum (whether you agree with him or not), or do things over people's objections, with the rationale that it would make him money. The things he has discussed privately really has been about trying to make the site more user friendly, clean up the tone of the place and create an atmosphere where people felt comfortable -- and it hasn't been couched around "that is how I can make the most money off this thing."
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 18, 2015
    #164
  9. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    What does that have to do with anything?
     
    Mr. Sunshine, Mar 18, 2015
    #165
  10. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Penalty box.
     
    Riptide, Mar 18, 2015
    #166
  11. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I could be stepping on a third rail here, but...no one should have the right to edit out history, and history that way freely posted by someone who wanted to say what he said.
     
    dooley_womack1, Mar 18, 2015
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  12. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    I tend to agree, dools. On the other hand, I can't say what I would do if I was in Jeff's shoes. Tough call, and ultimately none of my business.
     
    Mr. Sunshine, Mar 18, 2015
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