StaceyG opened this issue on Apr 21, 2005 ยท 97 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 22 April 2005 at 12:24 PM
Nahhh......I don't really agree with what's been done here. But I believe that I understand why it has come about.
To be fair, this policy will help to keep things quiet -- or at least muted. It'll have that effect.
Is that a good thing? I'd say both yes and no. For some purposes, yes; and for other purposes, no.
On the one hand, it is a good thing to stop people from getting into useless virtual knife-fights with each other.
But on the other hand -- disallowing all things OT? I don't totally buy into that.
It's a way of plugging up the good along with the bad. It does solve certain problems by shutting and locking the door. But unfortunately, while this action keeps the wolves out: it also prevents your friends from fully coming in and talking/sharing with you.
Some people, I suppose, like it that way. So now anyone who pipes up in the stillness of the library will be shushed........
.........but one has to admit that the environment of a quiet library has advantages over the environment of downtown back alleys after midnight.
So I won't be complaining too much.
I will continue to do my business here -- check out books, read, study, and share information.
(And spend as much money as ever).
The DAZ forums seem to have successfully achieved a balance between keeping the peace and playing host to.....uh......."free-wheeling" coffee clatches at the same time. And they seem to do it without any unsightly blood spilled on the floor in the process. Just an occasional spilled latte.
Not bad.....not bad.
Renderosity is still a great place. I'll be hanging around.