Site Focus, Direction and Purpose

[JiveTurkey]

A good point was laid out by BK a bit earlier.

While we all seem to enjoy the general chit chat, this IS a conspiracy themed site and we seem to be a bit lacking in conspiracy themed talk/discussion.

Now, don't get me wrong; I definitely want the chit chat to stay on the same path and continue to grow.

However, a lot of members who find us from some search engine or advertisement/referral will come expecting conspiracy talk and discussion. If they show up to chatter threads constantly dominating the recent subject, they are more apt to refrain from posting or not signing up at all

Perhaps we all need to start focusing on the conspiracy threads a bit more so as to further the discussion that this community was made for.

If we could get the level of conspiracy related threads even CLOSE to the amount of off topic discussion we have, we will be in great shape as far as material goes.


:)


-Home skillet

[Yo Mama]

I have rarely ever started a CT thread, I've always been off-topic.

I'll participate in threads that interest me along the CT lines, but frankly, everyone knows I'm a skeptic, most of what I have to say isn't going to do much except make people mad, and I like my little family here and don't want to go head to head with people ATM.

I remember this discussion a while back and everyone was saying they were actually rather burned out on CTs. Maybe they're over it by now ...

[mojo]

There are some good CT threads already here, perhaps somehow having a couple of those threads at the top of the index page each day.
"Thread of the day" or "CT of the week" or something along those lines that will be up front and centre when someone comes to the site instead of having to search forums.

I wouldn't mind a bit more CT discussion to be honest, i don't mind the chit chat either but it does dominate the recent posts list which is what a lot of guests would see.

[Yo Mama]

That's a GREAT solution, mojo! I don't like the idea of losing new people, but I also don't like the idea of cutting back on the O/T stuff. As it is, I've cut back on posting because of my personal situation. I don't want to lose any more.

[vckums]

How about getting the CT'ers on here to get those threads going and keeping them on topic. Mojo, Jasn, BK, Lex, BS and indee you all come to mind with the CT stuff. Get those fingers typing and people will come. I know RL comes first, Im one that does that, but take 5 minutes to get the CTer's going!



I promise to not derail anymore threads that aren't in the off topic section.

[mojo]

As far as derailing goes i dont think too many serious threads have suffered from it.
A loose forum rule that derailing stays in the off topic forums and a bit more stringent moderation from us in the serious forums should be enough to keep things on track.
What do you non staff members think?
Would it bother you if we were a bit stronger with our moderation of the serious forums/topics (by that i don't mean over the top moderation like at other sites).
Its not like we do much in the way of moderation now anyway. lol.

Come on members let us know what you want from the site and how you would like us to moderate the various forums.

mojo

[Cricket]

Speaking from myPOV I would like to see some more serious threads.

I would like sometimes, to have a non derailed conversation,

I like and know some of you lot - and having a laugh is great (I'll have to introduce you to my friend pippa sometime - mad as a box of frogs)

BUT
I also like a serious discussion.

And that's a little lacking.

[1972]

It's your site.
Do whatever you want.

This too shall pass.

[DeadSoul]

I guess the derailing in a serious thread may have to be kept to a minimum in order for people to continue a great CT discussion. It can be deflating when you try and make a point and someone comes in with absolutely nothing productive on the topic. But I don't think it will take a lot of moderation. I think people know the difference between serious and poking fun. And if it does get out of hand, then staff can deal with it accordingly.

How about points or something??????????? Maybe a little motivation?????? :lol: :lol: :lol:

J/K

[vckums]

I'm sure mojo will thank you properly :lol:

[mojo]

It's your site.
Do whatever you want.

This too shall pass.

Actually mate it's just as much your site as it is ours.
Really.

Jasn will tell you the exact same thing.
We want this site to truly be about the members.
I'd be long gone otherwise.

[JiveTurkey]

It's your site.
Do whatever you want.

This too shall pass.


You are a cock smoking whore.


does that help to eliminate your worries?

hehe

[theeindiee]

I agree with this.
Haven't seen me around much?
Sorry, but I can meet your dog and you son and your problems with all of your former lovers and haters at the Amkon reunion bash. I'm SURE they'll all be there. Okay well at least maybe... let's talk about things.

GN, are you any happier being a skeptic all the time? Or are you just in love with thinking that you are being the victim of some asshole lying to you all the time? How can you just announce "I'm a skeptic, so I'm gunna talk about how much things suck, or about how much you are wrong, how much this or that doesn't happen because the pinnacle of all human experience obviously lies in my living room or backyard or my favorite achorman, or I'm going to chitter chat about some highly trivial pop culture obsession we've all got access to anyway, and somehow be productive that way."?

Where is skepticism leading you personally? I don't care about me. Skeptics can't affect the faith one has in their wisdom of experience. One's clarity can, however, be affected by their own unwillingness to move beyond that which holds their love for the collage of pop culture they've built around their being that they call their self in place. How can you see things for what they really are by hanging onto cookie cutter drive thru montages of reality? How can you live in the now when you are living in fear of the future and facts of the past? Let's just say that you freed yourself from your said knowledge of everything you care to know.... What would happen if you let it all go, and then you saw what it actually looked like from a distance? Where would that leave you?

You've come here to be a skeptic and chat about relationship problems and funny internet videos? Or have you come here to embrace concepts that may seem foreign to you in search for your own truths, if only for the fact that it expands your awareness just enough to include possibilities, instead of consisting almost exclusively of absolutes?

Nothing in this weathered world of ours is an absolute. Conspiracy theory is not an absolute either, but it is a (somewhat rocky, so be sure to keep at least one foot stable) stepping stone towards new wisdom and higher thought... towards fresh new patterns of perception.

Accept reality for what it is... it is only a probability running its course in a sea of infinite possibility, and conspiracy theorists are here to sift through that sea that IS. I commend JiveTurkey for starting this thread. I like a you peoples... and me want to stay... but sometimes, I feel like I'm sitting in the break room at work, overhearing the inane conversations of other employees. I haven't posted nearly at all, and John Lear is probably sick of the complete abandon we've shown here, and many other potentially interesting posters! Put on your super duper interdimensional thinking caps, wake up, and lift!

I think we are supposed to be cracking open our mind here... together.


The ultimate conspiracy is in there somewhere.

[Yo Mama]

What's with the rant against me, Indy?

I have NEVER said I was here for CT.

I have always said I prefer off-topic.

So what's the problem?

I don't believe there's civilization on Mars, or that you're being haunted by extra dimensional beings, or in a god of any type. Everyone knows this. So why do I personally have to go into threads to say my piece and get people pissed off, as you obviously are at me?

I prefer off-topic. 99% of my posts at the other site were on BTS.

Suck it up.

Back to the problem at hand, which isn't just mine.

[theeindiee]

I'm not pissed at you, Gee!

You don't have to believe... but if you take the time to know I am an honest person who most of the time (out of talking about things which you don't believe...such as beings in my house) seems very down to earth and sane... then why flat out deny it? Why limit yourself?... and again, why play victim by saying I am demonizing you? Why be defensive from the universe, instead of accept that the universe is with you on this one?

If I was demonizing you or pissed at you... I would've said "Fuck you GN, and the bald headed mini me you rode in on!"

that was a joke, the last part.

[Yo Mama]

OK I see the problem here.

I'm not saying I think you're a liar, OK? I think you really do believe what you say. I just happen to also believe that there is a more rational explanation than the ones you have come up with.

It seems you assume I've always been a skeptic and had a closed mind, which couldn't be farther from the truth. There was a time in my life, when I was your age and younger, when I thought I saw and heard stuff that was unexplainable too. I've experienced sleep paralysis. I've seen shadow men. I was even an xian at one point in my life.

My skepticism stems from my former belief. I've learned better. I've learned that the mind can play really insane tricks on a person.

I stay out of the CT threads because on the one hand I get tired of having the same old arguments. And on the other, I'm an admin now and in all honesty, I'm not as comfortable discussing some of the stuff that I think is completely whacky as I was, because I don't want to face accusations that I'm power mad and all the other stuff I've seen happen at other places.

So, mystery solved, we were miscommunicating.

I do have a suggestion back on topic, however; the people who are complaining the most about there not being serious threads haven't made that many serious threads.

Rather than complain about it, or expect people who aren't interested in making those kinds of threads to do it, the people who miss those kinds of topics should feel free to start these discussions themselves.

There's nothing on this site stopping anyone from discussing much of anything.

[theeindiee]

It must be those damned kids across the street with their new cloaking devices they got a couple of top secret christmases ago.

[vckums]

u can be dickz now?

[Martian Exile]

Just reorganize the board index so that the silly stuff is at the very bottom.

I landed here on a google search for “top secret nuclear submarine base at area 51” and Amkon was at the very top of the Google page. It was one of John’s posts.

However, when I tried to see if Google would hit my post on DNA conspiracy, nothing happened. Perhaps one of you true geeks could do a workshop on how to get the search engines to “find” the serious posts so us old farts could tailor our posts to get hit.

When I get get off this godforsaken night shift, I would like to concentrate on conspiracy in the world of anthropology and religion. But my books are 300 miles away at the moment. (internet research is a joke.)

The silly stuff is a gas though.

[skunk]

What martian said.

If the thread is a more serious one, then it should be taken more seriously. I think we can all follow that.

As for the direction of the board...Geez. I really have no idea. Chat would be nice :) .

If we're not sinking the ship I think we're on the right track. So far so good.

[mojo]

When I get get off this godforsaken night shift, I would like to concentrate on conspiracy in the world of anthropology and religion. But my books are 300 miles away at the moment. (internet research is a joke.)



I cant wait for you to start some of those threads ME. I for one will be all over that whether we agree or not.
I'm working on a nice little thread that i hope might provoke some interest with the CT'ers. ;)