10-10-2014, 09:46
When I first joined the old 606, the Wednesday Forum had over a hundred regular posters and the Prediction League run by Smudge in those days had over sixty participants,
The BBC had rules. No-one used the banned word & we didn't have lucky tits but we had far more traffic & far more different posters. When we moved to New606, the numbers dropped a bit but we had more freedom.
In truth, what probably happened was that we did what we did for our amusement. We became a group of about thirty guys (all the women left) who probably got a bit self indulgent. The post from Angela yesterday said that she found some of the images posted as being offensive. I will be honest, I hadn't given that a thought but really, they are to pretty much offensive to every woman but we were more concerned with keeping our new found status quo that we didn't care what others thought.
I have tried to invite new members who post daily on the Wednesday Facebook Forum on Facebook and several have told me that they won't post on this group because of the language used. This includes members of my own family.
It is fun to live in the past in days when the men worked down the pit and women had their dinner on the table for them when they got home. Like the pits, those days have gone and so have the days when men can be selfish & ignore the views of 50% of the population. Every season the percentage of women watching Wednesday goes up yet every woman has left this Forum and none seem to want to join.
Whilst our threads are the busiest on the Forum, we no longer have the numbers that we had five years ago.
As I said before, I can see both sides of the argument here. We have got into a way of behaving that we deem to be acceptable but in reality I never use the C word and very rarely use the F word. I can live without using them and probably will be better for not using them.
The lucky tits and magic arses are fun but again, I can live without them. If we are honest, things like this have probably made the group more insular and made outsiders less welcome. Often comments are made about how many guests are on the site but never join. Maybe it is because of our behaviour that outsiders feel that they are not welcome.
New606 will never work. Owlstalk is full of rubbish. I post on the Wednesday Forum on Facebook which is good but I enjoy this group as well. If it falls apart then, hey life goes on but it will be a shame because we kind of have got to know each other over many years. Sometimes we dig our heels in & fight the changing world when really we should ask why we are fighting. Fighting for principles only causes grief and divisions.
I think that everyone should give the regulations a chance & see where we can go. We might be pleasantly surprised. We may get new members, new dynamics & more fun.
The BBC had rules. No-one used the banned word & we didn't have lucky tits but we had far more traffic & far more different posters. When we moved to New606, the numbers dropped a bit but we had more freedom.
In truth, what probably happened was that we did what we did for our amusement. We became a group of about thirty guys (all the women left) who probably got a bit self indulgent. The post from Angela yesterday said that she found some of the images posted as being offensive. I will be honest, I hadn't given that a thought but really, they are to pretty much offensive to every woman but we were more concerned with keeping our new found status quo that we didn't care what others thought.
I have tried to invite new members who post daily on the Wednesday Facebook Forum on Facebook and several have told me that they won't post on this group because of the language used. This includes members of my own family.
It is fun to live in the past in days when the men worked down the pit and women had their dinner on the table for them when they got home. Like the pits, those days have gone and so have the days when men can be selfish & ignore the views of 50% of the population. Every season the percentage of women watching Wednesday goes up yet every woman has left this Forum and none seem to want to join.
Whilst our threads are the busiest on the Forum, we no longer have the numbers that we had five years ago.
As I said before, I can see both sides of the argument here. We have got into a way of behaving that we deem to be acceptable but in reality I never use the C word and very rarely use the F word. I can live without using them and probably will be better for not using them.
The lucky tits and magic arses are fun but again, I can live without them. If we are honest, things like this have probably made the group more insular and made outsiders less welcome. Often comments are made about how many guests are on the site but never join. Maybe it is because of our behaviour that outsiders feel that they are not welcome.
New606 will never work. Owlstalk is full of rubbish. I post on the Wednesday Forum on Facebook which is good but I enjoy this group as well. If it falls apart then, hey life goes on but it will be a shame because we kind of have got to know each other over many years. Sometimes we dig our heels in & fight the changing world when really we should ask why we are fighting. Fighting for principles only causes grief and divisions.
I think that everyone should give the regulations a chance & see where we can go. We might be pleasantly surprised. We may get new members, new dynamics & more fun.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.