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Originally Posted by Xavier
What is the demographic that owners of TOTV would like to concentrate on? Is it the people who might be looking for contractors, services and advice? Are they the people that found this little piece of paradise and are anxious to get started on a life that has fewer of life's miseries than they sometimes found in their pre-retirement years? What would draw advertisers to use TOTV to reach potential customers. I seriously don't think that a serious business person is looking for the negative side of everything to improve his lot in business. I find it very hard to believe that TOTV hasn't grown in a more positive spreadsheet kind of way since they took action to sweeten the environment of the forums.
I honestly believe that testing has been going on for the past few months. It's pretty easy to pick out. All one has to do is look for the 6 to 10 posters in Political and look back to see if they haven't been pushing the borders a bit. I think the theory may be that if they keep the push on a bit that the Administrators will just let a few slip by every now and then and eventually not pay much attention at all.
I do believe that there can be serious discussion about non-political topics of interest to everyone without getting into the biases, bigotry, hate mongering that often followed before the Political Forum was a membership only area. You could profile the posters! That was meant to be humor. I think.
Xavier
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If I were you, I would avoid trying to cubbyhole people. Most people who post on this blog are pretty well-rounded with opinions in many areas, and expertise on topics that other posters might have less knowledge of.
Some people cannot seem to hear an opinion that differs from their own, in a rebuttal, without feeling they've been marginalized and disrespected. It would be very tiring to constantly try to qualify a statement so as to attempt not to offend the easily offended.
A serious discussion about any topic that attracts diverse ideas is bound to be a little contentious, at times, by definition. The trick is to get what you can out of the conversation without calling the person who has the differing opinion a "bigot" or a "hate-monger" or any other unfair epithet because of a disagreement on that issue and thereby turning the discussion into a personal conflict.