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I've worked on jobs were they wouldn't let me in the door without a whistle. "You want your shit fixed or not?" Not if you think you're coming in looking like that! And so there are forums where you stick rigidly to the topic in hand, no time for banter or levity, and they're drier than the Mojave Desert
Again, who is threatened by a few topics in the non-motorbike bit of the forum going off the rails? Generally the bike areas are about bike stuff and generally when ppl go "you know why you're having trouble getting fairings for your super sport? Brexit!" they're sent packing.
Actually I think I see: the whole problem with this forum is that it doesn't have a system as such and relies more on the individual actors to work, like a reflection of the world. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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I do have a sort of fascination with this forum as well.
I genuinely don't understand why people should feel drawn or compelled to certain others. It's first-stage civilisation, at best. Members of a tribe think a guy's old, so he must be wise, to have faced all those mammoths and sabre toothed tigers, yet still be alive. This is sort of reinforced if they can help you with an old bike. However, it isn't justified. Whenever I've met such people in real life, I've found them to be closed minded. They think they already know everything about everything. They listen to the same music as when they were 17. In some cases still live with their dad, in their dad's house. I have never met one, EVER, who understood the challenges of the modern world. They are basically the products of a social welfare system and a society with excellent, modern healthcare which is also relatively safe. So yes, the forum is interesting. |
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I've got to admit when I've been wrong. I used to have the same idealism as most of you lot. I used to think, rules are more like guidelines, humanity can be trusted to regulate itself, etc. However, this is the result. The forum is being squeezed out. Heavily moderated social media is the norm, and people flock to it because they want it. As of late, the role of AI in moderation has been increasing. I think the likes of Zuckerberg want to wash their hands of all moderation, because it's caused them legal problems and it costs a lot to enforce different rules in different jurisdictions. But if you had a box where everyone could do as they pleased, you basically have Fight Club, and it all degenerates to barbarism. Because of the countercultural push back against authoritarianism in the last century, we are sort of conditioned to distrust organisational systems. However, can this (e.g. the sort of thing that happens BCF) scale in the same way as Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, etc.? I'd say no. People don't like it. Another complicating factor is that social science experiment where they showed that people show no remorse or guilt when applying electric shocks to each other for giving wrong answers to problems or questions. Even when they're deadly... So we're basically still apes, the human era is drawing to a close, people are voting with their feet and voluntarily heading towards something new. |
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Speaking of degenerates, Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson is a name that immediately springs to mind.
I think he's gonna survive this one. The next one, he won't. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 92 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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