[Coco] Well I think that the http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/ is being shut down. Or should be.

[Brian]

No Stephen, the forum is not being shut down. What I am tired of, 
however, is being told how a resource I am providing free of charge and 
at my own expense should be used. I do not mind constructive criticism, 
but, that's not what you provided. You tried to educate me on what you 
think is right or wrong; or the right or wrong way to do something. You 
also suggested to others that what they posted was improper, incorrect 
or not necessary - as if you were the judge and jury of all things CoCo.

As for editing of posts, we went round and round about that - no forum I 
have been a member of allows this. You thought the forum should be used 
as a Wiki type site; I offered to meet you half way and host a Wiki 
(http://www.tandycoco.com/wiki - which until now was unadvertised) that 
you could post and edit until your heart was content. I also suggested 
you post stuff at CoCoPedia in order to create the type of posts you 
were looking for since that resource was already established.

I deleted your post simply because it was not needed for the purpose of 
the thread. And your own message below (/Quote - My post suggesting the 
correct way to show a utube video appears to be gone. /) shows the 
condescension typical of your PM's to me as well as responses to others 
on the Mailing List (like your response to Joel's efforts earlier). 
Further, I know full well how to post a YouTube video to the forum - I 
created the forum and enabled the feature. Telling me that when I fix my 
post you'll edit yours was condescending and disrespectful, and I'd have 
deleted the post regardless of who your post was in response to. The 
fact is, I set that thread up (in a hurry) so Robert and I could work at 
copying posts about the 256 color method to the forum so it would be 
mirrored at another location.

Lastly, post count has exactly squat to do with my deletion of your post 
(the only one that I have deleted) - see above. When I set up the forum 
- which was due to a request by a few other CoCoists - my goal for the 
forum was that it be used in whatever way the CoCo Community saw fit to 
do so. I never had any illusions that it would replace the Mailing List. 
And if the community decides not to use it, then I'll shut it down. But 
that decision lies with them, and not solely you. My post count is 
completely immaterial to any discussion regarding the forum, it's 
content or intended usage.

If you want to discuss this further, I'm perfectly willing to take it 
off-list. As for now, since you no longer see the value of the forum, 
ostensibly because it doesn't adhere to your vision of what it should 
be, I have deactivated your account to protect the content of the forum.

Beyond the above issues I have had with you behind the scenes, I never 
saw anyone complain about your efforts where the CoCo was concerned. 
Maybe nobody else had anything constructive to offer? I seriously doubt 
there is a conspiracy against you in the community.



Brian Blake

Owner/Webmaster of the tandycoco.com <http://www.tandycoco.com> sites.




On 4/16/2013 9:26 PM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well I think that the http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/  is being shut 
> down. Or should be. We CoCoers do not wish to use it as intended and 
> in the ways it can be used.
>
> My post suggesting the correct way to show a utube video appears to be 
> gone.
>
> First I cannot edit my old posts, something I planned to do a lot, and 
> now my posts are being deleted.
>
> The world does not communicate these days only with black text on 
> white paper. Pictures, colors, different fonts and font sizes are 
> common in the real world. There is something called a mouse, even the 
> CoCo had one, but it was so useless I put it away soon.
>
> Everyone having fun taking turns shooting Fishers in a barrel? I know 
> where the shells are coming from.
>
> I spend 2.5 hours lately looking for a file and nothing is said. And 
> more time proving it was bad and looking at the good ones. (No help, 
> no comments from the person who wanted the file.)
>
> The other tasks like creating the Text Search able Index for Rainbow 
> Magazine no thanks at all. (Or help except from Luis.) Even rejected 
> by a site with all the Rainbow issues.
>
> The http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/ I have spend a huge amount of time 
> creating content for, perhaps my post count soon to overtake the forum 
> owner is to blame.
>
> I could go on, but as I have nothing to say about reloading shells, 
> you do not wish to hear the rest.
>
> Stephen H. Fischer
>
>
>
>
>
>
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