Quote from: Mick Ryan on August 21, 2006, 09:46:32 pmWhat did I do long after that? Offered to send you a load of boulddering videos to help fund this site....gratis, at no charge.Did you? I honestly don't remember that. And if you did, what does that mean? That really you're just a luuurvely, giving guy? Even after evil bubba banned you? Awww!
What did I do long after that? Offered to send you a load of boulddering videos to help fund this site....gratis, at no charge.
i'll jog your memory: mick was being a cunt.
If you are chatting about a mate that's present, and someone new comes over and the first thing they say is something insulting then generally they're going to get a fairly sour reception. Which is what has happened.
Let me jog your memory......I can if you wish post your reply.
Well he didn't do that though, he banned them from posting, maybe indefinitely. He barred them from the pub, to use your analogy.
If Bubba ever moderated a larger forum then he'd soon learn that over-the-top reactions like that create far more problems than they solve.
In this smaller group it may help maintain the select band of hand-picked and like-minded posters, which is probably his intention
but UKB will never develop the breadth and diversity of opinion that UKC has simply because it has too few contributors.
However it will probably also not attract the spam, the crap posts and the agro since it is easier to moderate and keep a check on.
I was particularly disappointed that my request for bouldering information a couple of months ago received a stone wall response - that is something that would never happen on UKC.
Ultimately though the "my forum's better than yours" claims are pretty pointless.
it is not a technique I could get away with on UKC.
I still remember with pride the day my own gold-embossed invitation to join was hand delivered by Bubba's personal flunkies
I have a good idea of how I want this place to be and I enforce that how I will.
Quote from: Alan James, Rockfax on August 22, 2006, 12:38:52 pm but UKB will never develop the breadth and diversity of opinion that UKC has simply because it has too few contributors.I think what you mean is that it will never develop to the size of ukc.
Quote from: Alan James, Rockfax on August 22, 2006, 12:38:52 pmI was particularly disappointed that my request for bouldering information a couple of months ago received a stone wall response - that is something that would never happen on UKC.Wasn't that because the general feeling was that people here wanted to support another guidebook project?
Quote from: Alan James, Rockfax on August 22, 2006, 12:38:52 pmit is not a technique I could get away with on UKC. Why, what would happen?
popularity of comment there is about UKClimbing.com at UKB and at that IP blog thingy...off they are actually there reading everyday
referring to an earlier comment you made a comment about us treating guest posters as second class citizens: presumably this was reference to my frequent moans about anonymous posters.
Fine. But if you run a bigger forum you have to allow lots of stuff that you don't necessarily want. By doing that you get lots more stuff that you wouldn't necessarily expect.
No, I meant breadth and diversity of opinions.
I see. So everyone is welcome except those working on unapproved guidebook projects.
I'm just aghast at the amount and the popularity of comment there is about UKClimbing.com at UKB...
I was out with the big mister of Lakeland bouldering....
IP Blog - The online equivalent of 'The Soup' - They read all the crap so that you don't have to.
Quote from: Mick Ryan on August 22, 2006, 11:55:17 pmI'm just aghast at the amount and the popularity of comment there is about UKClimbing.com at UKB...It's only one thread here Mick, please try to contain your aghastness.Quote from: Mick Ryan on August 22, 2006, 11:55:17 pmI was out with the big mister of Lakeland bouldering....Which one, Jonathan Lagoe or Andy Hyslop?
Damn right it's quick Bubba......either you are on drugs or you are fuckin knackered. Your amnesia is very convenient.Of course it is your perogative....for goodness sake man you even admit to banning people before they even post.This is your private club......and that's fine.Usenet is fucking shite....well yes it is now.....most weren't even hooked up to the internet when it was in its heyday....the precursor to sites like this and UKChttp://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.climbing/browse_frm/thread/59c51b8e693aee56/8b7c69f61c0729f6?tvc=1&q=Lynn+Hill+and+Midnight+Lightning#8b7c69f61c0729f6Great fun.Come on Bubba get a fuckin spine for god's sake....either that or ban me because I'm stirring or taking the piss.Pathetic dude and most people know it.Peace broMick
Apart from being the least negative person you will ever have the pleasure of meeting, and make no mistake we will meet, I'll jog yours.
This guy:http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=51351