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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 11-Dec-01 02:37 PM
I don’t understand what you folks are griping on and on and on about. Ok, so you’ve now got to register in order to post messages in the regular kurakani. Big deal. It takes a few minutes of your time but lends authenticity to your postings. San didn’t just pull this new policy out of his arse cause he had nothing better to do. With all the recent postings that have been too personal, defaming and opportunistic in nature I don’t blame San for doing whatever he can/has to do to uphold the reputation of gbnc.org. And if that means screening and banning and/or deleting those postings/IP addresses that belong to the above categories by requiring posters to register their nicknames and email addresses, so be it. Those of you who’re serious and honest about what you post on this board will more than likely agree with me. Those of you who on the other hand, just want to create sensationalism or are out for cheap thrills, my bet is you’re the ones who’re protesting this new policy the most vocally.
I don’t agree with the analogy Ashu used (first-business-economy class or whatever the hell it was) either but that’s Ashu’s personal choice and has nothing to do with gbnc.org. I’ve seen some postings that border on accusing San (and/or gbnc.org) of playing favorites in favor of Ivy Leaguers, however I’ve never seen anything to suggest that and don’t think the accusations are warranted. I don’t think the majority of visitors/posters here appreciate the time and energy San puts into this website.
It’s about time the whiners grew up and realized that for the moment the best solution to keep trouble makers and rabble rousers out of kurakani is by being able to authenticate and verify the validity of the source through registration.
And to those of you who’re chomping at the bit to accuse me of being San’s chamcha, bring it on, I’d care less what you all thought.
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 11-Dec-01 02:39 PM
Correction: "I'd care less what you all thought of me " should read "I couldn't care less what you all thought of me".
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| _BP |
Posted
on 11-Dec-01 04:58 PM
Hey, as long as I can continue doing what I am doing, without having to screen out topics that look like they have to deal with STX students being molested (and SMS, and BKNS, etc etc), I will be happy. I don't mind San having my e-mail address.
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| anepalikt |
Posted
on 11-Dec-01 05:08 PM
dang! and i thought this site could give us all that catharic support group psycho babble necessary to make living in this harsh new world possible. oh well. i guess san can have my email too:(
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| ashu |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 02:11 AM
JDV,
I agree with your posting above, and very well said.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| le chef du nuit |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 06:44 AM
jdv
whered all that anger come from?
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| Trailokya Aryal |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 08:21 AM
i agree with both joiede voure (did i spell yoiur name right?).. and ashu dai.. i also felt the need for a new kurakani where only the registered users like me :_) can post messages, tyasaile dherai dherai dhanyaabd to san ji for fulfilling our time consuming demands every now and then. I appreciate all that hamnro sanji is doing and if it wasn't for him then, i guess i along with many others wouldn't be posting messages here.. he's prompt in replying to people..and I REALLY LIKED THIS NEW CLOSED OPEN KURAKANI THING...
now, i am ready to be labelled as chamcha dau panyau kasaudi tapke spoon fork knife cup plate bowl by anyone who doesn't agree with me..
will be posting some seious stuffs, but for now.. thanks to arnico who came up with the creativbe idea.. and to san who has once again proved that viewers creative comments /criticism is always accepted/implemented..
OK there's sankat kaal.. have to be home before it gets too late or else have to show my ID 2000 times in 20 meters.
jaya sankaat-kaal!
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| sunakhari |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 09:49 AM
FRANKLY PUT:
I don't think I would have had a problem with registering had it not been for people who thought only registered users were CREDIBLE. That word, in itself, is an oxymoron here on the web. Had I wanted to be part of a very serious writing and analyzing session, I would have gone to a class rather than wasting my time here.
Anyway, that being said, most of us who want to continue posting here have registered but that doesn't say jack shit about me - now does it?? Oh well, for those devious people who have plenty of time to dwell on other people's business will do any way!!
San, I think you are doing a wonderful job by accommodating so many people and that, in no way, makes you a chamcha.
JDV, I think I agree - those arrogant words were Ashu's and none of us should feel that any one person is the voice of GBNC.ORG.
Amen and lets move onto other interesting topics.
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| anepalikt |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 10:00 AM
Right on Sunakhari!!
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 10:31 AM
I don’t argue the fact that Ashu’s choice of words were anything other than poor and if he really feels that only registered users have credibility or that he can truly weed out what is in his opinion, the ‘undesirables’ from the self-proclaimed ‘elite’, I can only shake my head in amazement and shrug off his silly notions. BUT I also think too many people are overlooking or glazing over the more important issue here (that of being able to verify validity of postings and being able to ban abusers) and are instead just nitpicking at Ashu’s poor choice of words or his pompous attitude. (Yes, I said ‘pompous’ and I’m standing by my words!!)
But then again, I really shouldn’t be surprised - we love to pick on Ashu. I’d say its fast becoming a favorite pastime :)
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| San |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 10:32 AM
I think quite a few people are confused because of the existence of two kurakanis, and rightfully so.
I think we need to choose between 2 scenarios.
1. Have only one KURAKANI, with the ability for visitors to customize thier site experience to either see the whole open kurakani or to see the postings from registered users only. So essentially, we'll have the same functionality as right now, except that the registered users can choose to not see the unregistered posts. (Like right now under the discussions in the homepage, it say's "Show Registered Only" - if you click on that, then the homepage will only show you the registered postings if you come back later). The same thing can hold true for viewing the kurakani as well. I can change the current setup so that according to what you have customized, you either see the open kurakani or the registered kurakani.
2. Having a totally separate Forum - Let's call it "NEW FORUM", which means that ALL the OLD postings will not remain in the "NEW FORUM" it will have to be started from ZERO postings. It will essentially be the following link:
http://www.gbnc.org/FORUM/CFM/openforum.cfm?forum=50
In this forum, posting and replying will be only available upon logging in.
Please think about the options and share your views with me. If I was to decide on my own, I woud select the first option since it does not take away anything from the popular kurakani. It would give the right balance to the genre of postings in Kurakani with postings reaching out to both ends of the spectrum.
In any case, I would like to hear your opinions....
Regards
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| sunakhari |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 10:41 AM
JDV
Dare I correct you?
heh! what the heck!
I don't like picking on anybody on this forum - lest I be picked on myself! And when someone posts something so blatant as what Ashu did - I would have stand on me two feet and say something lest I deem myself a coward! And I wasn't picking on ASHU - I was merely dislodging myself from such a quote en quote "pompous" statement, by disagreeing with him.
And on the subject of banning abusers, San could also ban users from ID#s (which he did). Registering takes it a step further - as we will all find out sooner or later.
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| San |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 10:47 AM
It would give the right balance to the genre of postings in Kurakani with postings reaching out to both ends of the spectrum.
Just wanted to clarify the above statement in case it is understood differently. By both ends of the spectrum, I mean serious discussions and not-so-serious-and-sometimes-absurd kind of spectrum.
Regarding registering, I feel that people are more ACCOUNTABLE than their non registered counterparts. Credibility is debatable whether one is registered or not. Accountability certainly a little more when you're registered.
San
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 10:56 AM
Sunakhari - I hope you didn't take my words as a personal attack - and if you did, I didn't mean it to sound that way. When I referred to 'picking' on Ashu, I wasn't talking about you specifically. I've seen numerous postings where we've all at sometime or the other picked on Ashu for his grandoise ways. And yes, if someone picked on me and I thought it was uncalled for, you're damned right I'd do exactly the same and give it right back at him!
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 11:08 AM
San, I’d hate to lose all the previous postings as some of them are pretty interesting and worth wading through all the muck to get to. So I’d have to opt for the first scenario.
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| Orion |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 11:58 AM
I like the idea of having to login before posting - although I doubt it will stop discusion board vandals like the Reverend Bista and Mr Rana from posting to this forum.
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| ack bolus |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 04:32 PM
suck my big black bolus joie de virgin. and swallow what comes out of it babe.
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 04:55 PM
oh please no, I'm so scared of your pencil-sized weiner.
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| ack bolus |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 05:05 PM
i undertand that my bolus wouldnt satisfy you joie. you know why? cos your phallus has become too big for my or any man's bolus after being overdone by all bostonian guys. he he. no wonder, relative to your drum, mine is a pencil babe. damn, i am smart.
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| le chef du nuit |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 05:13 PM
what was that about?
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 05:14 PM
who knows and franky, who cares? he obviously didn't agree with what I had to say. don't you just love the maturity level of some of the people this website attracts?
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| le chef du nuit |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 05:17 PM
i actually asked that question for you.. didnt see that other post since i started under the "registered" part
it dosent show up there
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| _BP |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 06:22 PM
I think you can see who this registration process is meant for. Please see above messages in Open Kurakani. The rest of you who use normal civil language, your protests I am sure are just because you like to be cantankerous...am I correct? Democracy will not fall because you register to post some messages here.
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| cyberpal |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 06:46 PM
_BP you may not see this as you've filtered the posting only to those who register but I fail to see your point that you keep harping about. Do you actually know how easy it is to get an email account in yahoo or hotmail or you name it.
How do you know the very proponent of registered user aren't using other alias to post etc.
Or are you just comfortable to see the ususal name in this dicsussion borad which are probably just under 10.
why don't you just open an egroup account with these handful of people so that you won't be bothered by other immature low lifes!
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| _BP |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 07:11 PM
Cyberpal, it is a least a little more difficult? I don't know, do you have any suggestions? Or do you not mind people insulting you on the web? Maybe you can handle it. Some people can't. Now you can have both kinds of people on the web.
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| cyberpal |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 07:38 PM
Actually you might have a point there. But that will also discourage one timers who might be intereseted to drop by once in a while. In all honesty that holds a great charm for me in this discussion board. It gets a little tiring to hear from only from those whose only other life seems to be GBNC board (I'm not implying you, i haven't see you writing a thesis on bunjee jumping in Neapl :)).
It also adds more chores on San to act as cyber patrol.
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 12-Dec-01 08:30 PM
I think statistically registered users are less likely to post messages withfoul language or the type of content as seen in the above by 'ack bolus'. No, I haven't done the math and can't tell you what the confidence statement is! But just a quick scan of all the various threads and postings is enough to support my statement. I don't know whether it's an unconscious moral standard or the issue of accountability that causes this but whatever it is, it seems to be working. Bottom line - I'm all for registering your name/pseudonym.
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| joie de furker |
Posted
on 13-Dec-01 08:49 PM
i am damn mature. but i still say that joie de vivre sucks black dicks.
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| cyberpal |
Posted
on 13-Dec-01 09:02 PM
San
here's a candidate whose IP address needs to be blocked
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 13-Dec-01 10:14 PM
I rest my case.
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