Will you stay if DPReview doesn't close?

Will you stay here if DPReview revives?

85 votes.
Voting ends May 10, 2023.
Started by AlanSh on May 5, 2023.

Stay here and enjoy the posts

32 votes, 38% of total.

Go back to DPReview and enjoy the [psts

11 votes, 13% of total.

Visit both

42 votes, 50% of total.

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AlanSh
Forum Admin 2965 posts

May 11, 2023, 2:58 p.m. May 11, 2023, 2:58 p.m.
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@Greg has written:

There's far too much drama around here.

I'm sitting back with the popcorn - good show so far. Wondering how deep he will dig 😂

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doady
Members 143 posts

May 11, 2023, 3:34 p.m. May 11, 2023, 3:34 p.m.
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@Greg has written:

There's far too much drama around here.

More comedy than drama.
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Robert1955
Members 209 posts

May 11, 2023, 3:34 p.m. May 11, 2023, 3:34 p.m.
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@TheDavinator has written:

@Alfn has written:

@bobn2 has written:

@pointnshootpro has written:

I sure will be. This is a much better place than DPR.

I think it's a matter of taste. These quotes from the DPReview Shutdown Thread #5

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I think I like this DPR better than before the announcement. Seems friendlier.

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Yep, it seems many of the "I know everything" argumentative types are playing elsewhere.
It is a nice place lately, with only we self-professed nice people left.

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There's a nice, relaxed, vibe here. I like it -- no shoving to get the best seat on the bus, no hogging the tv remote. Folk who would ask 'would you like this?' before grabbing the last slice of chocolate cake.

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Heh, I think many of the rant-'n-ravers have migrated elsewhere to avoid the moderation that (somewhat) restrained them here.

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I checked out one of the revival sites and it seems to be populated by those who wish to endlessly argue in limitless threads as there is no 149 rule. I did sign up to it early on but I don’t wish to take engage at this point in time. Can’t see it staying the course and will likely be short lived .

In the end there seem to be two communities that value different things, and the DPReview membership is maybe splitting along those lines. In relation to the last comment, I think what might be 'short lived' if DPReview continues are sites aiming to offer the same moderation and censorship experience - simply because people will go for the real thing.

They are right, you know. If DPReview DOES stay open, PLEASE don't come back. And that goes for Bill Ferris, Great Bastard, Michael Fryd, et al. It is so nice without you.

Feel free to head on back and spare us your input.

He got banned there as alfn while pretending to be a beginner, tried a few others [but was outed within a few hours], all this in the last month. And he likes being disliked. Pig [the more equal animal] not so much in clover as in mud.
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AlainCh2
Members 535 posts

May 11, 2023, 3:48 p.m. May 11, 2023, 3:48 p.m.
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A pearl found on DPR

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bobn2
Team 2240 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:14 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:14 p.m.
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@primeshooter has written:

no one has really overstepped the mark (except for maybe that time recently someone called someone else a dick)

Maybe his name was Richard.
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bobn2
Team 2240 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:17 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:17 p.m.
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@Alfn has written:

See post by bobn2 below in which he claims he has only locked only one thread so far. 😁

Well that's the truth. You have no evidence to the contrary, because it doesn't exist. It might be that some other threads have been locked, but they weren't me.
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TOShooter
Members 153 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:19 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:19 p.m.
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@bobn2 has written:

@primeshooter has written:

no one has really overstepped the mark (except for maybe that time recently someone called someone else a dick)

Maybe his name was Richard.

Came for the gear; staying for the humor.
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bobn2
Team 2240 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:22 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:22 p.m.
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@xpatUSA has written:

Bob, Alan ...

that's worth a ban, right there. No way is that a simple spelling mistake.

It's worth a ban, but he won't get one for four reasons.
1. He wants to be banned, so he can go around telling people how nasty we are.
2. In any case, bans are counter-productive - and we don't want to change a policy that seems to be working well just for one troll.
3. @GreatBustard probably isn't worried about the likes of Porky calling him names, it makes him think he's achieved something.
4. Abuse is the only thing this poor sap has left. He's vain, ignorant and has been banned (again) from his favourite forum. Have a though for what it must be like being him.

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bobn2
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May 11, 2023, 4:25 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:25 p.m.
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@Alfn has written:

Hilarious!

..that you think you're convincing anyone at all. Indeed.
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bobn2
Team 2240 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:26 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:26 p.m.
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@AlanSh has written:

Wondering how deep he will dig 😂

He's got a very big spade.
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bobn2
Team 2240 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:28 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:28 p.m.
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@davidwien has written:

I suppose that a VPN would easily get around that.

Plenty of ways around it. IPs are more or less useless for troll spotting these days.
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Robert1955
Members 209 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:29 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:29 p.m.
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@bobn2 has written:

@xpatUSA has written:

Bob, Alan ...

that's worth a ban, right there. No way is that a simple spelling mistake.

It's worth a ban, but he won't get one for four reasons.
1. He wants to be banned, so he can go around telling people how nasty we are.
2. In any case, bans are counter-productive - and we don't want to change a policy that seems to be working well just for one troll.
3. @GreatBustard probably isn't worried about the likes of Porky calling him names, it makes him think he's achieved something.
4. Abuse is the only thing this poor sap has left. He's vain, ignorant and has been banned (again) from his favourite forum. Have a though for what it must be like being him.

I think GB will be satisfied that even alfn finally got that joke

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JACS
Members 878 posts

May 11, 2023, 4:48 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:48 p.m.
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An "ignore" option, if the software allows it, would leave any troll trolling himself only.

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bobn2
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May 11, 2023, 4:57 p.m. May 11, 2023, 4:57 p.m.
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@JACS has written:

An "ignore" option, if the software allows it, would leave any troll trolling himself only.

The SW doesn't have it - but no, it doesn't do that. That's why I'm not a fan. What happens is that the rest of the world sees the troll trolling an individual and the trolled apparently not responding. Since Porky's MO is telling loads of lies to counteract the facts that others put forward all it means is that the lies go unanswered.

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May 11, 2023, 5:14 p.m. May 11, 2023, 5:14 p.m.
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@bobn2 has written:

@xpatUSA has written:

Bob, Alan ...

that's worth a ban, right there. No way is that a simple spelling mistake.

It's worth a ban, but he won't get one for four reasons.
1. He wants to be banned, so he can go around telling people how nasty we are.
2. In any case, bans are counter-productive - and we don't want to change a policy that seems to be working well just for one troll.
3. @GreatBustard probably isn't worried about the likes of Porky calling him names, it makes him think he's achieved something.
4. Abuse is the only thing this poor sap has left. He's vain, ignorant and has been banned (again) from his favourite forum. Have a though for what it must be like being him.

Got it. Thanks for the explanation!

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GreatBustard
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May 11, 2023, 9:10 p.m. May 11, 2023, 9:10 p.m.
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@Ghundred has written:

I am absolutely staggered at how small, meaningless & utterly mind numbingly boring some peoples lives must be, to invest so much time and effort in attempting to wind faceless, nameless people up over the interwebz. Have you seriously got nothing better, interesting or fulfilling to do than try to troll others? Really? That simply does my head in.

I'd rather see them here than see them in political office, which seems to be more and more popular. Hey! There's an idea! Maybe DPRevived can host government debates! That would be awesome! Surely, we could do better than CNN just did, right? : )

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AlainCh2
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May 11, 2023, 9:24 p.m. May 11, 2023, 9:24 p.m.
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@GreatBustard has written:

Hey! There's an idea! Maybe DPRevived can host government debates! That would be awesome! Surely, we could do better than CNN just did, right? : )

Oh no...

Another kilometric thread that you'll have to read to get some real fun !!

( well, may be not a bad idea - we can ask some known members to be a moderator on that thread only !! )
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bobn2
Team 2240 posts

May 11, 2023, 9:55 p.m. May 11, 2023, 9:55 p.m.
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@GreatBustard has written:

I'd rather see them here than see them in political office, which seems to be more and more popular. Hey! There's an idea! Maybe DPRevived can host government debates! That would be awesome! Surely, we could do better than CNN just did, right? : )

This guy's got the answer as to how to make this site perfect.