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Monahammer · 02-11-2024, 05:36 PM

The only problem I have ever had with any of this is the problematic after effects of "insiders":

- when people shut down all other speculation because "it doesn't match up with what ____ said" yeah but who knows if that's true? Also, it's killing the fun.

- when the "insiders" make glib comments and try to shut down conversation. Dissentowner has repented for this, and I'm sorry for bringing it up again, but an example is exactly with him saying "don't bother speculating about Vancouver for lindholm" in the trade thread when people were proposing the exact trade that ended up happening a week later. If you're going to present as an insider, people are going to problematically take your word as gospel, so you have to act more responsibly imo.

- when we spend pages of thread debating about the insiders, or when people make post after post appealing to their authority or demanding an update.

Anyways, y'all do you just try not to stomp on other good parts of the boards while "having fun" or whatever.

02-11-2024, 05:36 PM	#20475
Monahammer In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Alberta Exp:	The only problem I have ever had with any of this is the problematic after effects of "insiders": - when people shut down all other speculation because "it doesn't match up with what ____ said" yeah but who knows if that's true? Also, it's killing the fun. - when the "insiders" make glib comments and try to shut down conversation. Dissentowner has repented for this, and I'm sorry for bringing it up again, but an example is exactly with him saying "don't bother speculating about Vancouver for lindholm" in the trade thread when people were proposing the exact trade that ended up happening a week later. If you're going to present as an insider, people are going to problematically take your word as gospel, so you have to act more responsibly imo. - when we spend pages of thread debating about the insiders, or when people make post after post appealing to their authority or demanding an update. Anyways, y'all do you just try not to stomp on other good parts of the boards while "having fun" or whatever. Last edited by Monahammer; 02-11-2024 at 05:38 PM.