IMPD officers arrested.

[jsharmon7]

I have been getting schooled on this all day from some of the older members.
I came in Dec 2011. Really paid no attention to the politics of dancing.
Looks like a lot of crazy stuff back then.

But that was then. This is now. If it is not obvious the site is different then what else we can do here.

Wait, I’m an older INGO’er than you??

 

[churchmouse]

Apart from the members, it was also moderated differently back then. Seemed like there was a "good old boys" vibe going on with some of the members and staff. Definitely not that way anymore.

All but a couple of the staff from those days have moved on. A couple are still here but they are not active much these days.

That's what I am told was the deal. Pretty iron handed. You could say my post up thread is about the same thing but trust me it is not. I will stand firm on what we are doing in the forum.

 

[churchmouse]

Wait, I’m an older INGO’er than you??

You are.....

 

[KG1]

IMO it's pointless to comment in this thread for obvious reasons. Nothing good can come of it. Might as well just shut it down and forbid the topic altogether.

 

[Dutchisaurus]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

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[churchmouse]

There will be updates as things transpire. I would like to keep everything in one spot so I am not chasing my tail.

But you suggestion is so noted and under advisement.

 

[littletommy]

I had forgotten all about the old members who went to other sites. It’s just the Internet.

This exactly! I was around for all the drama, but for the life of me, I don’t remember what any of it was about. I’ve had things other than the drama of the WWW to deal with since then.

 

[jsharmon7]

This exactly! I was around for all the drama, but for the life of me, I don’t remember what any of it was about. I’ve had things other than the drama of the WWW to deal with since then.

Back in the Pami/Scutter/Lars days. I’m under no delusions that I could leave the site forever and nobody would care. Some people get caught up I guess. We haven’t had a good “I’m leaving this stupid place” thread in a while!

 

[Sigblitz]

If I was around guns that nobody would miss, it'd be hard not to steal one here and there.

I could count money for Warren Buffett. It's not my money.

 

[Dutchisaurus]

I could count money for Warren Buffett. It's not my money.

Some people have integrity and others do not. There seems to be a lot more me me me these days.

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[red_zr24x4]

Not to start anything, but.
What I remember from the old days was there was a couple of cliques headed up by different mods. If you said anything against the clique / mod then you were bullied. Then when you stood up for yourself it was a dogpile led by the mod staff until you were banned.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Back in the Pami/Scutter/Lars days. I’m under no delusions that I could leave the site forever and nobody would care. Some people get caught up I guess. We haven’t had a good “I’m leaving this stupid place” thread in a while!

I mostly stopped posting for a while (read, 2-3 years) as life got busy, and the partisan politics of this site versus that site just got to making it not very much fun anymore to be on any of the gun forums. I prefer to keep the majority of what I post to be useful and informative, and try to stay out of the drama that some people are all too ready to bathe in (and I am NOT calling any particular person or side out here, plenty to go around). I was around from the early days as well, and knew full well that if I left, within a week few would remember and fewer would care. That's just the way of things, it doesn't bother me as the few real life friends I made here are people I still keep in contact with. I've been doing this since the USENET days and learned all about flamewars and baiting and trolling and the like back then. Kids these days keep thinking they are reinventing the wheel...

 

[churchmouse]

Not to start anything, but.
What I remember from the old days was there was a couple of cliques headed up by different mods. If you said anything against the clique / mod then you were bullied. Then when you stood up for yourself it was a dogpile led by the mod staff until you were banned.

This is the info I have had shared with me today. Eye opening. Some of that was still going on when I was tricked into being a Mod. True story.

To my knowledge that is no longer happening.

 

[bwframe]

I forget which old member it was that said, if he was a mod there would be 50 members, maybe...

 

[Expat]

I forget which old member it was that said, if he was a mod there would be 50 members, maybe...

I always heard there were only 50 members, the rest are their shill accounts

 

[red_zr24x4]

This is the info I have had shared with me today. Eye opening. Some of that was still going on when I was tricked into being a Mod. True story.

To my knowledge that is no longer happening.

I have not seen any of it. All the mod staff we have now are pretty fair.. except that BT guy, You'd think someone who drove a fuel truck would give his forum buddies some gas

 

[red_zr24x4]

I always heard there were only 50 members, the rest are their shill accounts

OK CM, go back to the Mouse account, I wanna talk about your unicorns

 

[db1959]

I always heard there were only 50 members, the rest are their shill accounts

Sunshine isn't a shill. He may be a grouchy bastard at times.

BTW, I miss Uncle Shadow and Gary.

 

[Rookie]

Apart from the members, it was also moderated differently back then. Seemed like there was a "good old boys" vibe going on with some of the members and staff. Definitely not that way anymore.

It still happens but not as often.

 

[Expat]

And Bigum and BloodEclipse and CarmeHP