Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
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Just so you guys know, LandThieves has a style (choose it on the lower left corner of any page) that filters out anything not safe for work.

I miss OU Insider... I was a poster, then a moderator than an administrator. I learned a lot about message boards from that experience.

I really like the guys that run LandThieves but it's way too out of control for my tastes. I prefer more intelligent, less sophomoric discussion and there don't seem to be any limits over there at all, which in the Internet world leads to all kinds of crazy and often hateful outbursts.


It's a very difficult call about setting tone and moderating but once you let the barn doors swing fully open, it's impossible to close them.
Pete, as a former admin over there, given your insights and experience here, you think there's any room for a more "family friendly" OU-themed board? Or is the 'net just too saturated with them, or is it just too hard for a new one to get any traction? I don't like LT, even with the "filter" it just seems every post is a race to put more...ahem...nsfw content in them, and its just not my bag. The old OUI was a *great* place, and I wish we could bring it back. I understand their reasons for doing what they did, but I never quite understood the scorched earth policy they undertook to get there - even if it was unintentional, it was certainly careless and unnecessary.

I just mused a few posts back here about whether a new OU board that was not in the LT vein would have any hopes. I know its a lot of work - and I know one guy from a long time ago that tried to start one on his own, and I don't think it really went anywhere. Any thoughts?