Why does The Flat Earth Society acronym become "google"?

I said I wouldn't, and I won't; I said this when I discussed bringing this idea forward amongst our team.

I came to the conclusion based off the chatter I see around this forum as well as what I see in our moderators section and from the discussions last time. As I've said, folks have also approached me about it specifically.

I think the reunification would have a positive effect for everyone involved.  I'm not sure if anyone's noticed, but the forums here have had a couple technical hiccups over the years.  The tfes.org admins will be able to handle those technical problems much better than I can.  If the tfes.org forums now are any indication, things will run much faster and we'll deal with less down-time.  Plus they're more active on the forums than I generally am.  The reunification also brings a bunch of other very active users back into the unified Society.  It also brings Thork back, I guess, but we'll try to cope.

Apart from the tfes.org/theflatearthsociety.org forums merger, we're also hoping to make the homepage much more active.  I've done a decent job of adding to the library and image gallery over the past year or so, but I'd love to have other people contributing to the front page as well.  I'm seeing this as an opportunity to be more inclusive all around.

Wilmore and I have been talking with the tfes.org guys and I think everyone's pretty happy to end this rift and start focusing on improving the Society, working on new FES-related projects and spreading the word about Flat Earth Theory.

If there is anyone here who has not yet spoken up and would like to see the fora merged, now would be the time to make it known.

Mr. Davis, tear down this wall!

I am for a merger. There are great minds on both sites. However if not everyone is welcome in the merger (such as Intikam) then no support from me. Give members a clean slate and fresh start. Obviously the angry noob trolls that don't contribute can stay away (and they probably don't care anyway) But no one contributes to the society here more than Intikam. The idea to merge seems like that allows bygones to be bygones. If you merge with the insistence that 'x' member becomes permabanned then what is has changed?

The particular forum is very relaxed and liberal. The mods are open to criticism. A very brief time on the other forum and it felt a bit stiff. No flexibility, no humour, warnings dished out in a condescending manner like everyone except the mods were bratty undisciplined school punks. I think if we merge you guys would have to be a little more relaxed.

I am for a merger. There are great minds on both sites. However if not everyone is welcome in the merger (such as Intikam) then no support from me. Give members a clean slate and fresh start. Obviously the angry noob trolls that don't contribute can stay away (and they probably don't care anyway) But no one contributes to the society here more than Intikam. The idea to merge seems like that allows bygones to be bygones. If you merge with the insistence that 'x' member becomes permabanned then what is has changed?

THIS ALL BEING SAID

The particular forum is very relaxed and liberal. The mods are open to criticism. A very brief time on the other forum and it felt a bit stiff. No flexibility, no humour, warnings dished out in a condescending manner like everyone except the mods were bratty undisciplined school punks. I think if we merge you guys would have to be a little more relaxed.

Does their site need us?  Does our site need them?  That is the questions that need to be answered.

I don't think anyone was talking about kicking people.  I don't even know where you got that.

Quote from: Boots on October 22, 2017, 02:12:26 PM

It's good you brought up Intikam, Shifter. That definitely needs to be included in the negotiations. If a merger occurs, what happens to Intikam?

That point is non-negotiable from our side, and for me personally. He remains permabanned.

How about we approach it incrementally  The ban on tfes.org is lifted. It was probably a bad idea to start with.

How about we approach it incrementally  The ban on tfes.org is lifted. It was probably a bad idea to start with.

I think all active and contributing members who aren't just angry troll noobs should be given a clean slate and a chance to contribute to a unified forum. If they stuff it up after that, it's on their own head then.

Then, lift Legba's unwarranted 100 day ban.

Reduce it to a 10 day ban.

The RE trolls have never received even a one day ban.


But no one contributes to the society here more than Intikam.

https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=30499.0

I think all active and contributing members who aren't just angry troll noobs should be given a clean slate and a chance to contribute to a unified forum. If they stuff it up after that, it's on their own head then.

Quote from: sandokhan on October 24, 2017, 11:08:05 PM

I think all active and contributing members who aren't just angry troll noobs should be given a clean slate and a chance to contribute to a unified forum. If they stuff it up after that, it's on their own head then.

Then, lift Legba's unwarranted 100 day ban.

Reduce it to a 10 day ban.

The RE trolls have never received even a one day ban.


But no one contributes to the society here more than Intikam.

https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=30499.0

Don't look at me. I didn't ban Papa and I cant bring him back. I would if I could


Are you trying to compete with Intikam about who contributes more to the flat Earth? I think you both do a fine job but Intikam takes the prize for being more readable and coherent

Quote from: Shifter on October 24, 2017, 09:06:57 PM

I think all active and contributing members who aren't just angry troll noobs should be given a clean slate and a chance to contribute to a unified forum. If they stuff it up after that, it's on their own head then.

There are very few things that will actually get you banned or otherwise restricted on our site (normally a warning does the job - people learn to take shitposting to the designated shitposting boards and everyone is happy).

Explicit doxxing and threatening to hand over one's personal details to a terrorist group is one of them. Flagrant sexual harassment (which led to a demodding once) and covering the forum with spam are the two other notable examples.

I can do nothing but assure you that if you were aware of the context of Intikam's situation, it would not seem controversial in the slightest. He started as nothing more than an angry noob, and over time he moved from just accusing everyone of being CIA/John Davis to being downright abusive. We have given him plenty of chances, and every time he came back with something worse than before. He also broke the doxxing rule on this site, and honestly I'm unclear why he faced no repercussions. "We like him, therefore he should be above the rules" just doesn't click with me.

When 12 noobs jump him, yes, he does occasionally say things inappropriately.  So do I, and I suspect so would anyone.