This place controls just like google does.
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I don't pay to be here. I don't own the site. I'm free to leave and never come back. I see myself as a guest and a member. And my membership hinges on two things: TBN allowing me to be here and my desire to be here.
I have been a member of a number of paid sites that allowed off topic political discussion. It usually worked well because of the narrowed scope of membership due to the subscription model and the political discussions were generally civil but still required moderation. Even then it got tiring and predictable. That's been a while though and I'm not sure Americans are capable of civil political discourse anymore.
Sometimes I'm not sure we're capable of civil discourse at all, political or otherwise. And how can there be when we all have "our own truth"?
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Post 42 is a great comment and very true.
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I just can't...... <sigh>
Maybe 'customers' was an incorrect, but accurate, word to use.
CBS, NBC, ABC as well as many more TV Networks don't charge for you to turn the TV screen on and watch them.
But let their 'viewership' go down to zero and see how long they stay in business.
Why do you think that is??
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Absolutely.
"Each" of us contribute to the "whole" which is TBN.
The owner/administrator of a website would miss us much more than we would miss them.
So they walk a fine line balanced between control and profit. Tough job for them.
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exactly. This site and most others are profit oriented. Not sure how 'tough' it is. All Christi has to do is install unpaid moderators to handle the day to day 'grunt' work.
All the job of a moderator gives is the sense of power over the community. Nothing else. No financial benefits at all.
The ONLY paid position is the forum owner. Everything else is pro bono.
The only sites that aren't are Paid to participate sites and most of those are veryu structured.
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I love this forum. It's just a few of its members that I'm not too crazy about
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Love my wife, love my dog, not so much the cats but I don't love this forum and never have. This forum is just that, an information portal and nothing more. People use the word love way too loosely today, just like the word hate. I don't hate anyone, never have. I may dislike them but 'hate' isn't in my vocabulary as a descriptive noun.
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Why? This site would be kind of boring if just about tractors.
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Vast Majority Of Americans Say Ban Russian Oil, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 8 In 10 Support U.S. Military Response If Putin Attacks A NATO Country | Quinnipiac University Poll
"Americans are ready to put a chokehold on Russia's key financial lifeblood, oil, no matter what the consequences are at the pump," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
poll.qu.edu
Scroll down to the "What Would Americans Do?" part.
