What if new members couldn't immediately reply on BBS?

[anon61221983]

@GilbertWham

Do I need to have a beard?

Do you… what kind of question is THAT!?! OF COURSE!!! Unless you’re a woman, then a nice moustache will do…

[GilbertWham]

Only if I can pair it with Frida’s hat.

[anon61221983]

But it’s oh so much fun to completely undermine western society with subversive ideas like gender equality, white privilege, and ideas about the economy that include that fact that people make it… The faux-feminism only gets you so far, you know.

[GilbertWham]

Only if you spell it milquetoast so as to appear European, and therefore even more effete.

[GilbertWham]

@TrollsOpinion

What if there were a legion of trollies such as myself out there with aged accounts? What if we have spent weeks setting up throwaways and agreeing with your insipid cultural marxist opinions to curry favor?

See, now I’m worried; have I simply struck at the Righteous Hydra? Am I talking to a foot-bone attached to a leg-bone und so weiter, or just a sock? Did you see my actual, ‘about the subject post’ earlier ITT? I think not allowing new posters to reply is a very bad idea, I’m merely winding up a self-confessed trolley. It’s late, and I’ve got booze and the day off tomorrow, see? I’ma stop now anyway, in case a Marxist Dragon bites my ass, because it’s hardly enervating debate on the matter in hand, is it?
(this was always supposed to be a reply to @kwwk, I am clearly not good at internet tonight)

[anon68952647]

But neither set nor match.

[anon61221983]

Done! Enjoy!!!

[anon61221983]

Also, European automatically equals more marxist… Using words like that, he’s in with little to no effort.

[OtherMichael]

I tried being a Cultural Marxist, but after a while ingenious on-topic references to “Love Happy” are wasted on the proles. It seems the Three Stooges are are opiate of the masses. Or even, G-d forbid, Africa Screams.

[kwwk]

I am not so much replying to you as I am replying to your retort against TrollsOpinion. I’m not a sock; I’ve seen BB backsliding into shit for a while now, but it doesn’t really matter anyway, I have no real interest at seeing this internet tabloid succeed.

[anon68952647]

@TrollsOpinion

I agree with this statement as a general principle. But Happy Mutants LLC, the corporation that operates BoingBoing.net, has the option to disconnect its servers from the public internet whenever it wishes. Up until this moment they don’t seem to be interested in exercising this option.

You first!

[anon68952647]

@kwwk

Have your tightly controlled echo chamber; it’s your First Amendment prerogative. Don’t, however, be surprised if it is trolled to kingdom come and back.

Make you a deal, don’t be surprised by the lack of awe when all you can do is tear down, and I won’t be surprised you can’t control yourself.

Sqare Deal?

[anon61221983]

@OtherMichael

It seems the Three Stooges are are opiate of the masses.

That needs to be a shirt, I think!

[bwv812]

@OtherMichael

BoingBoing may be a private corporation, but it operates via the public internet only so far as your reading it is concerned. It is privately hosted and privately paid for via private dollars. Which in no way entitles your speech to be hosted on their servers.

This makes perfect legal sense, except that BB itself likes to think that lots of private internet companies (including ISPs and media platforms like youTube) should, by virtue of their role in public discourse/participation, be morally or socially required to operate in ways they legally are not.

[Jardine]

@funruly

I’m intrigued by this Cultural Marxist thing, but apparently I’ve already been designated as Tragically Hip.

How to switch affiliation?

Why would you want to? The Tragically Hip are so awesome that two of their five members are named Gord. How many other bands can claim to be 40% Gord?

Fireworks by The Tragically Hip - with fireworks

[anon67050589]

@gwwar

2 is more preferable than 1, though it will make discussions a bit awkward as upstream comments will suddenly appear once it’s approved.

Yes. This would be a deal-breaker, in my mind.

[anon67050589]

Then funruly would be tragically Borg.

[EcholocateChoco]

Some great arguments from everyone. I’ve come around to agreeing that neither is good. The current rules re posting links etc. appear to prevent the majority of spammers, and (as demonstrated in this thread!) trolls tend to get engaged constructively in a way that actually moves the conversation forward rather than successfully derailing.

[TrollsOpinion]

Dont have a server… disconnect from TOR daily.

Thanks.

[anon68952647]

Don’t thank me, I didn’t do anything for you!