PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Mase on January 21, 2022, 03:10:16 PM
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https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/what-a-cluster%E2%80%A6.136217/page-2
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Skydog asked the question and I answered it. I wasn’t being argumentative. It wasn’t politics. It was company policy in hiring and completely factual.
Somebody has a problem with the TRUTH being talked about.
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The moderation at PoA is now based on explicitly subjective rules. Best avoided. But if they lock a thread that is an opportunity to invite the participants to come over to PilotSpin via private message.
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Idiot; insecure liberals who can’t imagine people holding opposing views is the real problem with the moron management at POA.
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The moderation at PoA is now based on explicitly subjective rules. Best avoided. But if they lock a thread that is an opportunity to invite the participants to come over to PilotSpin via private message.
PoA moderation was, IMHO, operating subjectively at least from 2008{*}, though posters then had an outlet in their pilotspin subforum. The subjectivity progressed over the years as their rules grew and grew and grew. In addition the successor of a moderator is chosen by other moderators, so divergence from the user base was inevitable.
{*} I say 2008 because I believe that is when I created an account on PoA after aviation author Bob Gardner (RIP) left Usenet rec.aviation.piloting newgroup that year with this announcement:
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.aviation.piloting/c/vKZQkSU3Huw/m/foUVB0wmbBoJ (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.aviation.piloting/c/vKZQkSU3Huw/m/foUVB0wmbBoJ)
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PoA moderation was, IMHO, operating subjectively at least from 2008{*}, though posters then had an outlet in their pilotspin subforum. The subjectivity progressed over the years as their rules grew and grew and grew. In addition the successor of a moderator is chosen by other moderators, so divergence from the user base was inevitable.
{*} I say 2008 because I believe that is when I created an account on PoA after aviation author Bob Gardner (RIP) left Usenet rec.aviation.piloting newgroup that year with this announcement:
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.aviation.piloting/c/vKZQkSU3Huw/m/foUVB0wmbBoJ (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.aviation.piloting/c/vKZQkSU3Huw/m/foUVB0wmbBoJ)
I guess these sort of forums do age. And with the successors being chosen by successors the drift seems inevitable.
While there is always some amount of subjectivity in enforcing even objectively defined rules, they now propose to enforce explicitly subjective rules which they base on being able to judge the states of mind of posters. I was shocked to learn of that and that is when I decided to largely stop contributing there. I don’t think anyone is particularly good at mind reading.
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I don’t think anyone is particularly good at mind reading.
Aw come on man! That's not what you think at all!
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No, I don't think it was Rush. It was around post 13 when it started to get rocky and by post 24 it took a hard turn into politics.
New word of the day - "Woketude", the quality of being a wuss.
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No, I don't think it was Rush. It was around post 13 when it started to get rocky and by post 24 it took a hard turn into politics.
New word of the day - "Woketude", the quality of being a wuss.
But mine was the only post they deleted.
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But mine was the only post they deleted.
How can you be sure? If someone posted something that hurt their feelings and was quickly deleted, you may not have seen it.
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how far down in the thread was it? The only post I saw was the second one.
Well, I guess you'll find out if you get a nasty gram from the High Emperors, Almighty Wielders of the Ban Hammer.
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how far down in the thread was it? The only post I saw was the second one.
Well, I guess you'll find out if you get a nasty gram from the High Emperors, Almighty Wielders of the Ban Hammer.
Mine was post number 49 and now the management post is 49 so mine was the only one unless there were posts after mine that they also deleted.
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In my view, solution is simple. Improve performance here on PS, refer people here from PoA, open up PS to search engines. and stop using PoA.
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If you mention this place on POA you get deleted and banned.
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If you mention this place on POA you get deleted and banned.
not always.
snowflakes will whine about pilotspin and supposedly being an echo chamber. in other words, posts dumping on piltospin are ok.
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not always.
snowflakes will whine about pilotspin and supposedly being an echo chamber. in other words, posts dumping on piltospin are ok.
When the mods silence opposing viewpoints, are they not simply turning POA into its own echo chamber?
Curious if any of those snowflakes are participants here.
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When the mods silence opposing viewpoints, are they not simply turning POA into its own echo chamber?
yup
Curious if any of those snowflakes are participants here.
I believe that some at least lurk.
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If you mention this place on POA you get deleted and banned.
Best to mention to people in private messages on PoA. While the management council members may read some private messages, they are less likely to ban you for them. This is likely an effective tactics for threads that get locked, like the one in the OP.
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The only real reason I still hang at POA is there are people I do like getting together with, in person, now and then.
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I go there because of Doc Bruce.
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I go there because of Doc Bruce.
He's on Pilot's Place which I no longer participate and haven't for a very long time. However, he's become a Far Leftists and Fauci worshipper now. Very weird.
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He's on Pilot's Place which I no longer participate and haven't for a very long time. However, he's become a Far Leftists and Fauci worshipper now. Very weird.
What's so weird? They both think they are smarter than everyone else in the room.
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What's so weird? They both think they are smarter than everyone else in the room.
True. What was I thinking? ;D