Sounds good, but maybe as a new board.

(12-19-2017 04:16 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Is a college degree necessary to get an invite?

IMHO, that has nothing to do with the reason why a detail oriented board is desired. Current board is primarily concerned with topics from the news cycle. The new board is about policy discussion.

Do it.

(12-19-2017 04:12 PM)shere khan Wrote:  I reckon I'll stay with the dumb folks

I reckon I wont have a choice...

(12-19-2017 05:33 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(12-19-2017 04:12 PM)shere khan Wrote:  I reckon I'll stay with the dumb folks

I reckon I wont have a choice...

Lol. I was trying to join before classification

(12-19-2017 03:02 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I've been mulling over some tweaks here. The WWE board is now more or less the smack board for filth to be dumped into. And that's fine and works well. The main Spin Room board (this one) has kinda morphed into a Drudge-ish current news NOW board. Even when you try to start threads of higher caliber discourse they get buried by the sheer volume of newsy posts. And there's nothing wrong with that, but I still think there's an unsatisfied market for more intellectually rigorous threads. I'm considering creating an invite-only-to-post but publicly-viewable board that is VERY tightly moderated but VERY intellectually rigorous as a subforum.

Thoughts? Feedback in general?

I'm all for it...........just so long as I'm one of the kids in the "invite crowd":cheers:

(12-19-2017 07:52 PM)Crebman Wrote:  

(12-19-2017 03:02 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I've been mulling over some tweaks here. The WWE board is now more or less the smack board for filth to be dumped into. And that's fine and works well. The main Spin Room board (this one) has kinda morphed into a Drudge-ish current news NOW board. Even when you try to start threads of higher caliber discourse they get buried by the sheer volume of newsy posts. And there's nothing wrong with that, but I still think there's an unsatisfied market for more intellectually rigorous threads. I'm considering creating an invite-only-to-post but publicly-viewable board that is VERY tightly moderated but VERY intellectually rigorous as a subforum.
Thoughts? Feedback in general?

I'm all for it...........just so long as I'm one of the kids in the "invite crowd":cheers:

Same here. I do think we would want people with different viewpoints, or else it would get boring. And that requires people who can disagree without being disagreeable for your format to work.

Can't say I'd be active on a "members only post" board, but I'm probably not your target audience.

Since I'm nearly 100% positive you'll be invite the rabble-rousers and the......well I can't say the posters name or his crime, who do nothing but incite those they disagree with politically. I can't take any "policy discussion" board seriously with people like Fit, the Toms, mach et. al involved. Now I'm not your target demographic, as I pretty much put the lefties, and some lefties disguised as righties, on blast. I can have a meaningful discussion if I feel the other person is sincere. Since 99% of the lefties on the board aren't sincere in the slightest, I don't expect to be invited.

I'm completely on board. I just hope I don't get left out. I like waxing politic with y'all.

it makes me feel like I'm in time out again.....

lol....

I've told you guys I play the game any way you want.....

and sometimes reading more is best method....

why not go for it to see how it plays out???.....no harm, no foul....

disclaimer: if I'm allowed thru the door, don't force me to give up my dot, dot, dots....I'm firm on that one

I like the idea someone proposed of not making it invite only, but using a swift and heavy ban hammer with much less warning. I don't post here nearly as much as other posters, but I enjoy reading through all the threads and would likely enjoy the same in a more intellectual, thought-provoking board. If it's invite-only you're preventing others from benefiting from your intellectual prowess and thought sharing.

I can play any game by any rules. I’m a product of the environment.

It's a good idea, but not if you keep the exact same moderators you have for this forum. IMHO, you need more diversity of philosophies if you're going to moderate it even more than this forum.

If you are worried about who will "moderate" the new board, then the new board probably isnt for you.

(12-20-2017 02:01 AM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  I like the idea someone proposed of not making it invite only, but using a swift and heavy ban hammer with much less warning. I don't post here nearly as much as other posters, but I enjoy reading through all the threads and would likely enjoy the same in a more intellectual, thought-provoking board. If it's invite-only you're preventing others from benefiting from your intellectual prowess and thought sharing.

I agree. If it's by invitation only, you risk making the new forum nothing but an echo chamber where everyone can simply agree and pat each other on the back. No learning can take place in an environment like that.

It has been made so.