6] why not charge a small fee and make it a members only site, would that help?.

My understanding is that the lockdown of General Discussion is temporary. And I fully support Ben's decision... indeed, it's something we discussed on the telephone recently. I think all of us (myself included) will benefit from a break.

I can't believe you fucking whiny pricks.

I could go on, but I can't be bothered wasting my time on any more of these worthless fools.

If the rest of the idiots ...why don't you fuck off...
This place is better without you.

What it comes down to people, is if you don't like a thread don't friggin read it. And don't bitch about it either. Quit your crying and move on. It's that simple, and it saves people a lot of headaches.

I am going on vacation for about two weeks, starting this weekend... I suggest that you accompany my son and I to Sea World and Carlsbad Caverns... much fun will be had by all.

IceNine said:

i've always wanted to go to the Carlsbad Caverns...must be beautiful. be sure to give us a report of what it's like.

have a great vacation! i leave in 6 days for south america, i'll be gone over a month.

Even some of Matt's replies to his extremely unpopular Shausler decision could be called flame warrish

What happened to "just ignore it" or "send an orgnote"?

6. The reaction to the locking of Shausler's thread was overwhelming. Now other threads had been locked before with very little or no controversy. I make restrictive decisions in my work all the time, and I have learned that when one of my decisions turns out to be extremely unpopular, it's not the time to cover my ears and look away or get all offended. I try to find out what was different about it, why it was met with such venom, and I listen with as much detachment as I can muster. I don't go around quoting Mel Brooks, saying "It's good to be king." Oooh... I know Prince.Org isn't a paying job, but that's immaterial if you care about the quality of your decisions.

kimrachell said:

Be careful and have a great trip!

I will let you know all about the vacation if the general discussion forum is up when I get back!

Matt and Ben, why don't you get rid of the "report to moderator" option and save yourselves some headaches!!

Then when you check the threads, if you don't like something, click that silly delete button and poof!

A lot of this stuff reminds me of the seemingly endless collection of television viewers who do nothing but complain about the content of television programming, yet somehow fail to ever get up off thier ass and turn the damned thing off or change the channel. I've said repeatedly that the best way to sink a thread is to LEAVE IT ALONE. When you engage the idiotic opinion(s) of the mindless wretch who wrote the thing, you lend creedence to it and soak the proverbial fire with gasoline.

When I see a TV program that offends me, I change the channel. When I see a business that offends me, I avoid doing business with them. When Rush Limbaugh offends me, I turn off the radio. So, when I see a post that's offensive or rediculous, I tend to ignore it. Why is that hard?

This website is what we make it, and whatever that turns out to be, at the end of the day, it's just a tiny little, utimately insignificant website that I happen to enjoy visiting.

Hell, You guys have managed to ignore and sink dozens of my topics and I don't recall ever saying anything rude or genuinely insensitive to anybody.

Matt and Ben, why don't you get rid of the "report to moderator" option and save yourselves some headaches!!

herbthe4 said:

Also, if the people running said television station don't like the content that is being presented on their station, or they get a lot of complaints about the content from viewers they can choose to eliminate the programs or people on those programs.

It goes both ways. I agree that this site is what we make it, even thhough I don't post very often. I haven't posted in 2 months before all this happened. But, if Ben doesn't like the direction this site is headed he has every right to try to change it. (If that is what he's doing.)

I'd love to say :

"Ben, this site is about Prince. Those ungrateful brats abuse the site and disrespect your decisions." etc., etc. etc.

BUT...

1. This site, for the time I've been lurking and posting, has NEVER been just about Prince.

2. "Nonsense" posts and flame wars have always been a staple, for as long as I can remember. Very few people here can say they have never engaged in or encouraged these types of posts.

3. Conflicting signals part 1... When Ben said Pook was funny when he came back from spamming OKP... what was that? When he replied favorably to a thread dedicated to poking his outbox... what was that? Even some of Matt's replies to his extremely unpopular Shausler decision could be called flame warrish - hey, even I, of all people, practically ignored disparaging comments made about me by replying only twice, and let me tell ya I had a lot more to say. What happened to "just ignore it" or "send an orgnote"? I guess the desire to defend oneself from personal attacks can be quite overwhelming.

3. Conflicting signals Part 2... Pook response to Ben's "Pook is funny" comment was "it's official!".. or something along the line, implying it was condoned or tolerated by Ben himself, Ben did not say "NO! Spamming OKP would be unacceptable!" Instead, on another thread, he said something like "let's hope OKP sees this for what it was... a joke." Yeah.. but isn't this also a way of saying "spamming can be just a joke"... including on the Org?

4. Conflicting signals, part 3... The OKP thing was allowed to float around for two weeks or more. I had been one of the few that said "watch out!", but from all the reactions, I concluded that I may have been a little too serious. I mean, even Ben was saying it was just a joke, so I thought I should lighten up and I did. Now I know some think "they have real jobs and can't monitor this place 24 hours a day...", but the OKP threads were absolutely starring anyone who visited the GD forum in the face, so I doubt they were hard to find and to close.

Aerogram said:

AS THE LEADER OF THEOKAYPLAYER INVASION (AFTER REALPOOK WAS KILLED IN BATTLE)THE POINTS THAT AEROGRAM EXPRESSED PISSED US OFF THE MOST.

WHEN POOK LED THE ATTACK ON OKAYPLAYER THE OWNER OF THE ORG LAUGHED AND DIDN'T HAND OUT ANY REPRIMAND.

IT WAS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO US. THE LEADERS WEREN'T PUNISHED BY BEN IN ANYWAY. HE LAUGHED.

SO WHAT WERE WE SUPPOSE TO DO? JUST TAKE IT AND NOT RETALLIATE BECAUSE YOU ARE PRINCE. ORG? WE HAVE INFULTRATED THE ORG OVER THE PAST 3 WEEKS WITH REVENGE ON OUR MIND.

TO SEE THE ORG IN ITS PRESENT STATE GIVES US A CHANCE TO LAUGH NOW. EVER HEARD OF KARMA? YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF BY NOT RESPONDING TO THE ATTACK ON OKAYPLAYER PROFESSIONALLY.
NO DELETED ACCOUNTS NO PUBLIC REPRIMAND OF ANY KIND WAS HANDED DOWN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ATTACKED US.


TO SEE THE MAIN PART OF THE ORG TOTALLY CLOSED IS JUSTICE. KARMA. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS.

HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ALL LEARNED A LESSON. I WISH THE ORG THE BEST IN THE FUTURE GODSPEED

CarrieCee said:

MUST BE DICK SUCKING TIME.I KNOW YOU GOT TO GO. BYE

DavidEye said:

I spent more time on GD than any other by far. This was simply because the others are barely active and I like Prince. It was the only active forum on the site, that's not to say I thought it was a good thing.

Why did Anxiety say he was I? I butter e butter I butter fly? I don't feel green. What an Evil Spider! Claiming he was responsible for my shenagains! I have half a mind to tell people the real truth, the truth is I don't like kiwi so keep it away!!