Mar 2019 *
You guys (and I'm mostly referring to Box and Der) have obviously been trying to make me react by the "Ooh, those dirty fools!!" topic. Yes I have created my own board. However that I made it in an attempt to ruin TE that is not true. You can ask all the people I have sent an invitation to. And I invited also people who had left TE or became inactive or never were active in the first place. A few of them joined like Gottfrid, Smerd and sushistoner. Others like Hey Sweden, psychotronicbeatnik did not.
Of course that led to an accusation I was dividing TE even more.
That Gymno so nicely says I do not have the skills to make a place like TE that I guess true but that I'm incompetent I don't think so. I have been on a Dutch speaking movie board called MovieMeter for years and most of the time I'm running a movie related project on there (challenges, KO's, drafts). Right now I have set up a horror top list project where members sent in their top 50 horror movies. Around 50 people did send in a list. I have been a member there since the imdb boards were still running.
I joined both Zed's place and TE to remain in contact with the mostly English speaking people I got to know on the horror board. I have actually learned a lot from them over the years and consider myself pretty knowledgable about the horror genre now. O f course with a small community that is getting smaller it's hard to find mutual interests and I eventually got tired like spending hours on a review or essay with very little feedback. Box was eager to know why I didn't like Russ Meyer's movies but he never reacted. Naturally I was thinking ok fuck it, I'm not going to waste my time on that any more. I think only Troma and sfpx reacted like they mostly do when I put in such an effort.
There were conflicts sure. The conflict I had with Onyx and Troma dates back from the days from Zed's place. I have said a few times I have reconciled with them years ago just like me and Vincent reconciled. But for one or the other reason some people are still not convinced and that I should still hate them. Contrary to the accusations I'm not being pushed, brainwashed or whatever by Troma or Onyx. I have not set up that board out of pity for them. They did not demand to be mods, I made them because they were my first members. I also gave Onyx some extra rights so she could do something in terms of design. And more importanly to keep someone like Victory out. No matter what you do Victory always seems to find us, lurking forever on TE and now also on my board. Despite all the efforts he always seems to find a way in.
Also my board actually exists since August last year. I just quickly set it up in case I really got enough of TE (politics mostly put me of) but things got better for a while. While I can go into detail about why I eventually was like ok that's it I'm going to actually put this board into use, I think Vincent described it pretty well already.
I really wanted things to work out but that last conflict with Der was the drop for me. Ballz gave me one good advise avoid politics discussions and do not make family members moderators.
Of course that led to an accusation I was dividing TE even more.
That Gymno so nicely says I do not have the skills to make a place like TE that I guess true but that I'm incompetent I don't think so. I have been on a Dutch speaking movie board called MovieMeter for years and most of the time I'm running a movie related project on there (challenges, KO's, drafts). Right now I have set up a horror top list project where members sent in their top 50 horror movies. Around 50 people did send in a list. I have been a member there since the imdb boards were still running.
I joined both Zed's place and TE to remain in contact with the mostly English speaking people I got to know on the horror board. I have actually learned a lot from them over the years and consider myself pretty knowledgable about the horror genre now. O f course with a small community that is getting smaller it's hard to find mutual interests and I eventually got tired like spending hours on a review or essay with very little feedback. Box was eager to know why I didn't like Russ Meyer's movies but he never reacted. Naturally I was thinking ok fuck it, I'm not going to waste my time on that any more. I think only Troma and sfpx reacted like they mostly do when I put in such an effort.
There were conflicts sure. The conflict I had with Onyx and Troma dates back from the days from Zed's place. I have said a few times I have reconciled with them years ago just like me and Vincent reconciled. But for one or the other reason some people are still not convinced and that I should still hate them. Contrary to the accusations I'm not being pushed, brainwashed or whatever by Troma or Onyx. I have not set up that board out of pity for them. They did not demand to be mods, I made them because they were my first members. I also gave Onyx some extra rights so she could do something in terms of design. And more importanly to keep someone like Victory out. No matter what you do Victory always seems to find us, lurking forever on TE and now also on my board. Despite all the efforts he always seems to find a way in.
Also my board actually exists since August last year. I just quickly set it up in case I really got enough of TE (politics mostly put me of) but things got better for a while. While I can go into detail about why I eventually was like ok that's it I'm going to actually put this board into use, I think Vincent described it pretty well already.
Don't go do something you'll regret like offing yorself. Let Johan do what Johan's gonna go do. I don't think he did it to spite you, more like he don't care for your buddy so much. I've noticed Der, like myself, doesn't have a filter and that will sometimes put others off. Being brutally honest has its costs.
I really wanted things to work out but that last conflict with Der was the drop for me. Ballz gave me one good advise avoid politics discussions and do not make family members moderators.
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Since Der being a high-ranking mod is the main point of contention for certain people, along with his lack of a filter, definitely. It gives off the impression of favoritism. Those people are on your Der-free forum now though and as a result, for the time being, that particular issue seems to have resolved itself.
I don't have much else to say in regards to your side of the story. Some of your frustrations are reasonable, such as receiving almost no feedback to your posts. I've been there and it's discouraging. I do find it funny how you say politics on TE bothered you while one of the main causes of this site's political drama is now a mod on your forum. Hopefully you won't go on there one day to find a thread dedicated to hating a celebrity over their political opinions.