RE: "Create the same thread name--version 2 as a moderated thread."
There really isn't much involved in starting a new thread. Just click a few buttons, type out a subject post and it's a done deal. You don't need anyone's permission to start a new version, but you certainly have my blessings if you would like to do so. Use anything here you believe may be useful, start from scratch, or modify, edit and expound upon to your heart's content.
This is hardly the first time the topic of a moderated 9/11 board has come up, and I sincerely doubt it will be the last. At various times in the past I have explained my reasons for choosing an unmoderated format. Without going into those reasons again, I think it would be fair to say the board has been unmoderated since its inception, is listed as such, and I assume anyone choosing to participate in discussions here is aware there is a certain amount of anarchy attached to unmoderated formats.
SI has the best ignore features I've ever seen. Not only can you remove every post from your screen by individuals you prefer to ignore, you can remove all the replies to those posts, which in my experience tend to have as little meaningful content as the original. While the process is slower than outright banishment, the end result tends to be the same in the cases of the worst offenders. When the bad actors find themselves being ignored by everyone on a particular board, they eventually get lonesome and wander off on their own accord.
All of the above aside, and in spite of the fact I doubt my ignore list looks much different from yours, there is one meaningful contribution I believe all of those on that list have made to the discussion over the past several years. In over 12,000 posts, not one single person has offered a credible, fact based defense of the official story.
In the mean time, if you or anyone else believes there would be a benefit to starting a moderated version of this topic, I would certainly encourage you or them to do so. Feel free to hammer out any ideas you may have in this forum if you like and let us know what you come up with when you publish the results. |
