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Why is the CT Forum in Hosted?

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  • 16-02-2009 8:33am
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    Mahatma coat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭


    As the title says

    there have been a few threads in the Conspiracy Theory Forum discussing this question.

    some of the regular posters fell that it would be more appropriate that the forum be listed under Soc, or at the least Rec.

    there seems to be a vibe at the moment that because it is a hosted Forum it is not a 'Real' part of boards.


    So, Why is the CT Forum in Hosted?
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    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Mahatma coat wrote: »
    So, Why is the CT Forum in Hosted?

    Shhhhh no its not!


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    If we told you we would have to kill you.


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Isuppose you'd have to look at the history of how the forum came about to discover why it started as a Hosted Forum. As to why its still a hosted forum? Has anyone actually asked the powers-that-be if it could be moved?


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    6th
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    Here is the thread that suggested it:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=281937

    I see Cloud created the forum and said "Hosted forum added. What the hell." - there was no publicly made indication as to why this was made a hosted forum.


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    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    It was probably for plausible deniability purposes in case the men in the black helicopters came!


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    The Hosted Category is like the 'grassy knoll' of boards.

    <aside>Wouldn't it cool if there was a mod called Grassy Noel in CT?</aside>


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Dades wrote: »
    <aside>Wouldn't it cool if there was a mod called Grassy Noel in CT?</aside>

    Yes it would


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Mahatma coat wrote: »
    there seems to be a vibe at the moment that because it is a hosted Forum it is not a 'Real' part of boards.


    It isn't a 'real' part of boards if it's a hosted forum afaik. It's not a vibe but a fact.

    We would probably need to ask Cloud but did the forum start elsewhere on the interwebs before joining Boards?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    I wonder if it is anything to do with the fact that it is not really considered a bastion of intelligent, enlightened and lucid debate?

    Or is it because it is full of crackpots, crazies and the occasional wackjob?


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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    6th wrote: »
    Here is the thread that suggested it:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=281937

    I see Cloud created the forum and said "Hosted forum added. What the hell." - there was no publicly made indication as to why this was made a hosted forum.
    If you think Cloud explains his actions publically or privately when he does stuff, you havent been here long enough :)

    It was created under Hosted probably because there wasnt an obvious place for it or someone requested it with a specific idea behind it and its more our "way" to use hosted for that sort of thing.

    To be honest, I dont have any issue whatsoever about putting it under somewhere else. Soc might be best, Rec is for recreation and while I'm sure some people find it fun to make up conspiracy theories its probably more a Rec thing.

    I'll give it some thought but opinions are welcome...

    DeV.
    ps: we often incubate forums in the Hosted area before moving them into the site "proper"... its not a slight on the forum by any means. Of course, I would say that.


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    Rabies
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    I see a sh!t cover of Time Magazine :/


    Meh, if CT is active enough, it should be moved over Rec or Soc


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    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,636 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    The answer is in the question.


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    biko
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    DeVore wrote: »
    If you think Cloud explains his actions publically or privately when he does stuff, you havent been here long enough :)
    It would ruin the conspiracy :shiftyeyes:

    Could go under Soc where Politics and Economics are.


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    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Sub-forum in Creative Writing?


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    Steve
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    DeVore wrote: »
    If you think Cloud explains his actions publically or privately when he does stuff, you havent been here long enough :)
    There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what Cloud does and why he does it, he will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

    :D


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    Sub-forum in Creative Writing?
    You could stick the entire religion and spirituality section there while you're at it.


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Rb wrote: »
    You could stick the entire religion and spirituality section there while you're at it.
    Loool, just got an infraction from asiaprod over this post.

    What a fucking joke this site is becoming.


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    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    Rb wrote: »
    Loool, just got an infraction from asiaprod over this post.

    What a fucking joke this site is becoming.


    Looks like whatever the admins intended this site to become it's slipping from them. Silly smod modding.


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    Asiaprod
    Registered Users Posts: 6,737 ✭✭✭Asiaprod


    You are correct, I mad a hasty choice there, apologies.


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I assumed the infraction was for not exempting the A&A forum from the proposed move of the spirituality crowd! Harsh but fair!


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    cornbb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    Rb wrote: »
    What a fucking joke this site is becoming.

    Maybe you could ring Joe Duffy. Or maybe stop using the site?


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Ponster wrote: »
    Looks like whatever the admins intended this site to become it's slipping from them. Silly smod modding.
    Asiaprod wrote: »
    You are correct, I mad a hasty choice there, apologies.

    No problem Asiaprod, I've found you quite reasonable in the past so was a bit surprised to see such a BS infraction handed out by you.

    With that being said, there does seem to be a lot of firing from the hip lately which is unfortunate.
    Dades wrote: »
    I assumed the infraction was for not exempting the A&A forum from the proposed move of the spirituality crowd! Harsh but fair!
    :pac:
    cornbb wrote: »
    Maybe you could ring Joe Duffy. Or maybe stop using the site?

    Ah Cornbb, always quick to try and get a dig in at me and always in favour of the site. I just hope they're paying you for the seemingly near constant BJs and ego strokes :)


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    #24
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    Best to keep all the nutbars in the one place and shift it off to the side of boards.


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    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Ah RB, we all know eachother well enough at this stage ....


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    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,727 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Rb wrote: »
    With that being said, there does seem to be a lot of firing from the hip lately which is unfortunate.
    Firstly, you're right, there is a lot of firing from the hip recently. That can be explained by way of the fact that so many new mods have been added and they're just getting used to the paradigm. It's not shifting, it's just adjusting for the site's expansion and with that there's going to be a few mishaps.

    Secondly, maybe if you didn't say things that walk the line so often, you wouldn't be in firing range? I'm not suggesting you change your posting style because that's you, I'm just saying that you're the type of poster who's likely to fall afoul of a hair-trigger response where it happens.


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    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    Rb wrote: »

    With that being said, there does seem to be a lot of firing from the hip lately which is unfortunate.

    also seems to be a lot of personalisation going around as well.

    It's just a few new mods and smods trying to do the right thing by the site, and therefore, by extension, all of us. The odd little bit of slack here and there wouldn't go amiss.


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    #28
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Mahatma coat wrote: »
    there seems to be a vibe at the moment that because it is a hosted Forum it is not a 'Real' part of boards.


    So, Why is the CT Forum in Hosted?

    A guy with RH- blood who came into our ER told me that when the forum was created there was some concern over the information contained within and how it may turn the tide of Obama's future (now past) election campaign which may in turn have had a ripple effect which would uncover martian conspiracies, debunk the moon landing, release the truth about 911 and jeopardize the blood ceremony required by Obama to summon the spirit of the antichrist into him. The RH- blood is actually alien blood which allowed him to see the world for what it really is.

    So, Obama's Zionist shadow government took Cloud on a small trip in a limo after which Cloud decided to create the forum in Hosted. The Zionists then raised the level of sodium fluoride in our drinking water, which acts as a catalyst for their memory suppression drug (obtained from the martians) so that...ermm...ehhh....ahh... erm I forget, what was I saying?


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    #29
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    You were gonna give us new info about the JFK assassination - carry on...


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    #30
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Soc is probably better as conspiracies are presumably something that is not of a recreational nature, but that may impinge upon our lives and rights on a day to day, societal level. Or create a new sub forum in Region called Extraplanetary.


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    eVeNtInE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭eVeNtInE


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