The front porch
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dmccarty
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You keep this up and you will have 50 posts. :laughing:
Tis not the company line since I am not the company. It is what it is and I have been around long enough to have seen these same questions pop up so I figured I would help answer YOUR question.
More than a few people left TBN years ago when the rules were tightened up. Quite a few of the people who left had high posts counts on TBN and had been on this site from the start. They started their own TBN like site and I signed up to see what was happening over there years ago. The new site stunk. The people who I had thought highly of were saying things that were just flat out rude. I was really disappointed in them.
Later,
Dan
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jefwyn
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Thanks for responding.
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jefwyn
Silver Member
What would you suggest. Please I need the advice of an "gold" member.
This is a business. Membership is free, much like Google is free, but there is still revenue. The moderators aren't stupid, they know that by having unruly threads will deter people from their site. Less members, less potential advertising, and less profit.
Personally, if you just want a 'front porch' go join some other site, because this is a tractor forum with a subtopic of general discussions, not the other way around, and I prefer it stay that way.
aczlan
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Ayep, at first the Front Porch was 500 posts to get in, now its 50 posts. From the conversatiosn back when the Front Porch was created, the 50 post requirement is mainly to: 1. Keep those who would join, troll, cause trouble, then disappear out 2. Give people an incentive to get 50 posts (get them "hooked") and help them become a member of the community .
The "Friendly Politics" forum (as far as I know) only requires Front Porch access and a request to Muhammad to be given permission to enter. That (again going off of the conversations when it was opened up) was to allow the vocal group who emphatically did not want to see political posts on TBN to not have to see them.
Aaron Z
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jefwyn
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I don't necessarily want or not want a front porch, but this site has one. Again, if you know going into the front porch what the content might be, then why the restrictions. If I said on here you can't buy a gun for a day waiting period, guys would go nuts and rightly so. Why are so many not willing question this policy.
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jefwyn
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Look, I am done. It is what it is. I don't like it, but obviously I am the only one that thinks it is silly. I do love this site so I will have to live with it.(it does not sit well with me, but it is not the first thing that hasn't or the last). To those that tried to help, Thank You.
Because we aren't spending any money to be here, we are spending money for the gun. This is a business, and needs to be run as one. There are a lot of posts that get taken down and removed (including my own) because they need to keep a reputable name. Allowing any sort of posting will increase the work load for the moderators. If you really want to talk about politics and so forth, join a different forum. This is a tractor forum.
Bird
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Men and women died so you could say what you want when you want? Do you think that means they can come into your house and say what they want when they want or even in your front yard or on your front porch? Of do you think you should have the ability to decide what is said and done on your property? A website is private property and the owner has the right to establish the rules. If you think something should be changed, you can sent a PM (private message) to Muhammad who owns TBN. It would then be entirely up to him as to whether he makes the change.
EXACTLY! You hit the nail on the head, and of course that includes you.:laughing: You don't have to look at anything you don't want to.
