Darwintheorgangrinder said:

As long as you're not being negative about every little thing Prince says/does/sings about these days, I'd put you in my corner.

It gets a little sickening to me when people start getting off on bashing Prince. I'm not saying you have to love (or even like) EVERYTHING about the guy, but on the other side of the coin, don't come on to a FAN site and write every one of your posts about how Prince is a "has-been," an "evil asshole," etc. The need to find a new place to bitch in.

In short, there is too much negativity here, and not nearly enough positivity. If you want to rip Prince a new sphincter, do it on another board. It's fine if you have a different opinion than I do, but there is a fine line between constructive criticism and downright HATE. I don't care if Prince is "in the public eye," it still doesn't excuse the crass B.S. some of you spew on here.

Vendetta1 said:

I've been here just as long as you have, and yes, it HAS changed. That's the problem.

The thing is, all opinions are welcome on this board. Prince had message boards that were overall positive that he himself had taken down. The alternative is that the more positive people have to put up with the not so positive ones. That is not going to change. I have said time and again that people who are more positive should focus on that instead of continuing to shine light on those you all consider to be negative. If it's trolling, some of you make the trolls very happy by getting riled up by that stuff. Some of you bring yourselves down to the levels of those people and become just as negative by making nasty comments about these people. Just as some of you wish that some would leave and go elsewhere, that is also an option for you. I've been here ten years and the atmosphere has not changed and I suspect it never will.

Vendetta1 said:

It's gone from criticism and opinions given with some semblance of respect, to just outright ugly HATE spoken with no indication of human decency whatsoever. Prince isn't the messiah, but he doesn't deserve to be completely on, either.

Darwintheorgangrinder said:

As long as you're not being negative about every little thing Prince says/does/sings about these days, I'd put you in my corner.

It gets a little sickening to me when people start getting off on bashing Prince. I'm not saying you have to love (or even like) EVERYTHING about the guy, but on the other side of the coin, don't come on to a FAN site and write every one of your posts about how Prince is a "has-been," an "evil asshole," etc. The need to find a new place to bitch in.

In short, there is too much negativity here, and not nearly enough positivity. If you want to rip Prince a new sphincter, do it on another board. It's fine if you have a different opinion than I do, but there is a fine line between constructive criticism and downright HATE. I don't care if Prince is "in the public eye," it still doesn't excuse the crass B.S. some of you spew on here.

Vendetta1 said:

It's gone from criticism and opinions given with some semblance of respect, to just outright ugly HATE spoken with no indication of human decency whatsoever. Prince isn't the messiah, but he doesn't deserve to be completely on, either.

Vendetta1 said:

You could be right, and I could be wrong. Maybe there was just as much negativity back in the day, and I just found it easier to overlook. I don't think that's the case, but let's just agree to disagree.

There are A LOT more than 4 Grumpy McPurplepantses on this site, and I don't appreciate them constantly attacking someone I have tremendous respect for. Yes, I know Prince doesn't know me from a hole in the ground. Yes, I know I don't know the "real" Prince outside of his public persona. Does that mean I can't be upset at the way the Grumpies bash him?

The h-word maybe is a lazy term. But calling them something gentler like "the disenchanted" would be even more stupid, not to mention pretentious. And I know I'm gonna get blasted for this, but mzkqueen03 is RIGHT: the [h-word]s won't stop until you're as miserable as they are. Skipping over posts is easier said than done, and I'd rather not get into the pitfalls of reporting posts.

Perhaps there should just be a "Hide This Post" and/or a "Hide All Posts by This User" option right next to the "Reply w/ Quote" and "orgNote" links under each post?

The fact that this has been suggested several times in the 6 years I've been a member indicates that it's doubtful it's gonna happen...so be it.

I don't have much patience with extremes in either direction or with clowns posting the same nonsense over and over just to be seen. I keep saying it and I'll say it again. The ONLY effective way to deal with problem threads, bait or trolls is to IGNORE it or REPORT it.

Every response to a fool pushes the thread to the top of the forum and every response to a troll feeds their addition to attention.

It's that simple.

I do believe there should be an ignore button like on NPGMC.

The fact that this has been suggested several times in the 6 years I've been a member indicates that it's doubtful it's gonna happen...so be it.

I don't have much patience with extremes in either direction or with clowns posting the same nonsense over and over just to be seen. I keep saying it and I'll say it again. The ONLY effective way to deal with problem threads, bait or trolls is to IGNORE it or REPORT it.

Every response to a fool pushes the thread to the top of the forum and every response to a troll feeds their addiction to attention.

It's that simple.

Nikademus said:

Honestly, yes. I feel that a person being an open target for hostility simply by virtue of being a celebrity is WRONG.

As much as I dislike certain celebs, I don't constantly berate them on a message board, and I certainly wouldn't think of dumping all over them on boards meant for their FANS. That is just idiotic and pointless; what does/would it accomplish, besides making me "feel better" about myself for putting someone down?

GetAwayFromMe said:

Free speech is fine and dandy...hateful, self-aggrandizing B.S. is not.

I have no idea why there is an assumption that people who diss Prince are miserable people. Do those who then diss those people, miserable, too?

Outside of the people I know here in real life, I don't give people from this place a second thought. This place and its experience is what I make it. If I want it to be positive, then that is what it will be for me. I am an adult. I can make the choice to let the things said here roll off my back without harping on them over and over again here.

I have never understood the attacks on Prince himself by some people here but I would never be so arrogant as to make a judgment on those people because of what they say on the internet.

babynoz said:

Agreed.

I also tend to choose to view threads from the forum view in order of date first posted. In that way, I see threads when they start and, if I choose to make a contribution because I am interested in the topic, I can still choose to look at later contributions through the recent My Org view.

If the thread is one in which I have no interest, I don't respond and I will likely never look at it again, as it will sink in the Forum view rapidly as new threads are added.

I simply run the risk of missing an interesting post turning up in a thread after I have first read it. Generally speaking, I can still see which threads are attracting a lot of attention from the Forum view and visit again if I wish.

If I think the thread breaks a rule, I'll report it and usually refer to the rule broken (unless it's very obvious), and the Mods deal with it.

The Prince discussion forum has always existed for discussion about Prince from the people with views from across the spectrum, and some of the views will inevitably be ones with which others will disagree - people are exchanging subjective opinions (albeit some people wrongly consider on occasions that their opinion is a proven fact).

Offensive, vulgar, obscene, threatening, abusive, excessively profane, insulting, racist, homophobic, hateful, useless off-topic, or inflammatory posts are all accommodated within the existing rules, which everyone has agreed to abide by.

As has been explained already, if someone considers a post has infringed a rule, they can choose to report it to a moderator, mentioning the rule that has been broken. The moderator then reaches a decision. If someone disagrees with the decision, there is even a right of appeal to the owner of the site.

People have co-existed succesfully for a long time in this forum without need for any unnecessary division.

Vendetta1 said:

Indeed ...

langebleu said:

You ever been asked to be a Mod here ?

Mach said:

He should be. Lange has been one of the most level-headed people on these boards.