Reopen Trollheim as a space for unhinged ranters to pollute the electrons
08-15-23, 01:24 PM
#1
Been Around Awhile
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,974
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Liked 1,536 Times
in
1,045 Posts
Reopen Trollheim as a space for unhinged ranters to pollute the electrons
Seems that P&R has recently become the home for unhinged ranting with no apparent moderation. Wasn't that the purpose of Trollheim?
An alternative is to rename P&R as Trollheim or Alternate Reality/Q-Central.
An alternative is to rename P&R as Trollheim or Alternate Reality/Q-Central.
Likes For I-Like-To-Bike:
08-17-23, 07:09 AM
#2
Expired Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 11,547
Mentioned: 37 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3674 Post(s)
Liked 5,437 Times
in
2,763 Posts
I just scroll past P&R. The other side is obviously deranged. 
08-17-23, 07:29 AM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Middle Earth (aka IA)
Posts: 20,435
Bikes: A bunch of old bikes and a few new ones
Mentioned: 178 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5888 Post(s)
Liked 3,471 Times
in
2,079 Posts
No need to reopen Trollheim for unhinged ranters; all you need to is to listen to contemporary American politics.
08-17-23, 12:24 PM
#4
Friendship is Magic
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 22,984
Bikes: old ones
Mentioned: 304 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26425 Post(s)
Liked 10,381 Times
in
7,209 Posts
.
...IIRC (and I might not, it's been a while since TH was closed), the whole reason it existed was to have some place where the potty mouth rants and genuinely deranged threads/posters couild be isolated, when needed, so the content doesn't show up on various public search engines. I know teh P+R is restricted to invitation only, but the contents do show up on search, even on the bikeforums.net search engine.
All of this might well have changed in the interim. I don't keep up with the technology here. But the original reason for Trollheim was to keep the most embarrassing and possibly controversial stuff isolated in a separate place. And you didn't have to ban people, you could just lock them in there for a while to vent.
Anyway, good luck with it, moderation team. Sooner or later if you run an internet platform, you need to come to terms with conspiracy theories, and whether you choose to provide a soapbox for them (however tiny the soapbox.)
...IIRC (and I might not, it's been a while since TH was closed), the whole reason it existed was to have some place where the potty mouth rants and genuinely deranged threads/posters couild be isolated, when needed, so the content doesn't show up on various public search engines. I know teh P+R is restricted to invitation only, but the contents do show up on search, even on the bikeforums.net search engine.
All of this might well have changed in the interim. I don't keep up with the technology here. But the original reason for Trollheim was to keep the most embarrassing and possibly controversial stuff isolated in a separate place. And you didn't have to ban people, you could just lock them in there for a while to vent.
Anyway, good luck with it, moderation team. Sooner or later if you run an internet platform, you need to come to terms with conspiracy theories, and whether you choose to provide a soapbox for them (however tiny the soapbox.)
__________________
08-17-23, 03:01 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 5,374
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2483 Post(s)
Liked 2,955 Times
in
1,678 Posts
The only other forums I visit (one for guitar, the other for bass) simply ban all discussions of politics and religion. People who try to do end runs or dog whistles get temporary and then permanent bans.
Not that I wouldn't miss some of the P&R content here. And I'd hate to see the ranters sent to Coventry (i.e., Trollheim), if only because after the posts from the well-informed smart guys here make me feel dumb, I can always read a ranter's post and feel smart again.
Not that I wouldn't miss some of the P&R content here. And I'd hate to see the ranters sent to Coventry (i.e., Trollheim), if only because after the posts from the well-informed smart guys here make me feel dumb, I can always read a ranter's post and feel smart again.
08-18-23, 05:33 AM
#6
Artificial Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cyberspace
Posts: 7,158
Bikes: Retrospec Judd, Dahon Boardwalk, Specialized Langster
Mentioned: 31 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6766 Post(s)
Liked 5,479 Times
in
3,223 Posts
Trollheim was totally under-rated and could be highly entertaining. I will support it's re-opening as long as it is kept exclusive. I wouldn't want any normal posters in there.
__________________
Likes For ahsposo:
08-18-23, 08:29 PM
#7
Friendship is Magic
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 22,984
Bikes: old ones
Mentioned: 304 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 26425 Post(s)
Liked 10,381 Times
in
7,209 Posts
08-21-23, 11:52 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Elevation 666m Edmonton Canada
Posts: 2,483
Bikes: 2013 Custom SA5w / Rohloff Tourster
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1237 Post(s)
Liked 321 Times
in
248 Posts
You still think that anything or ANYONE is NOT UNHINGED anymore after 4 years of Con19, WAR, billionaires telling you HOW to live your lives, GloBULL Warming and internet censorship that's just getting started?? LOL hahaha
Last edited by GamblerGORD53; 08-24-23 at 03:32 PM.
