New OS4 Community Portal

[takemehomegrandma]

Well, what do you know, my account here at amiga.org seems to have survived my absence! I'm actually a little surprized about that. But I'm even more surprized that I actually remembered my password (it took some 4-5 tries though ;-))


@ redrumloa

this is essentially a new so called organized mass exodus from AWN to this new site, as what was done years ago from AO by intolerant platform nazis who can't stand simple reality.

It's the same people this time. But it seems to be somewhat of a failure though IMHO. They have been "exoding" for over a week now, and has only barely passed the 200 users mark, and most of those users keep posting at AW.net as well. Not at all like the last exodus!

If someone is actively badmouthing your site, would you give them free publicity?

Exactly.

That new site is bad intent all the way through IMO.

[takemehomegrandma]

... it has one feature that no other site has though - Sister Rita!  :-o  :-D  :lol:

[takemehomegrandma]

@ Plaz

I've missed something maybe. Which method is offensive? Someone set up some new threads and began posting announcements for others to join. Was there more to it, or just more being made of it?

Yes there was more to it. Mikey C (and the few others) had a campaign going some weeks in advance to rally negative feelings about problems that in fact never even existed. It was done through polls and regular threads. In retroperspective, it was oriented towards a certain goal and it was done with great determination. Many untrue insults towards other sites and site admins was handed out to the left and to the right in the process (and it left scars, at least one good moderator (one of the best IMHO) resigned during this). Basicly they built up a virtual bad spirit and atmosphere that would help boosting their next step; initiating an exodus to their own site, where they even tried to put up shameless marketing on the very same site they just earlier *abused*, with the purpose of detracting people away from it (they also shamelessly leeched news-contents etc from it). I am glad that it doesn't seem to work. At least it does not work as good as it did the first time the same people did this.

That new site-that-shall-not-be-mentioned is not "pro" OS4, it is *against* everything else. It's not love-driven, it's hate-driven. Its purpose is not for the good of Amiga, it's about creating community split (the community is the only thing left on this platform that has any value, and a joint community is a prerequisite for any kind of future IMHO). It's a mean of enforcing "racism" (yes I do see many similarities to real life racism in those peoples views and actions) instead of unity; keeping the pure separated from the rest. It is not in good spirit, it's pure bad intent all the way through.

If you read between the lines, you may notice that there is a handful of hateful people that wants to "punish" and "strike back". Those are the people that started this new site. I know that "Atheist" is not the most suitable source in any case, but I believe he actually manage to put these feelings in words through his posts in threads like this for instance ("muahaha who is laughing *now*, this is what happens, I bet you are sorry for not listening to us before", etc).

And I think it's ironic that AW.net has become really peaceful (with the same amount of traffic and posts), while the new site-that-shall-not-be-mentioned seems to be the war-zone they believe exist "on the outside". I mean, is there a single thread over at that site that has not been moderated? And this only at 250 users? Imagine the situation if that would double!