OKCTalk...One big family!

[sweetdaisy]

Spartan, you made me laugh!

[Spartan]

Ok, Ok...there is an opening for "Family Dog" since my chow/huskie, Buster, passed away a few months ago. You can email me your applications...

You'll have to get along with the cat.

[dirtrider73068]

Because of threads like this and how it has ended up, lets bash each other, why I don't post adn won't get invlolved in okc talk anymore. I am proud to say I would like to be part of the family, I have been here for some time and have had help along the way with problems from others. I was considering after my house is bought which will be my first haveing a moveing party and inviting some okctalkers, but seeing the childish fights and BS I know who I won't invite and will send out PM's to those I wish to come by and visit and see my new first home. The way I see if you don't like it leave, don't read it, or don't post a reply. And by all means, grow up and act likee dang adults. If you don't want to be part of the family so be it.

[writerranger]

Who and what's a thread-starter?

Another way of saying, "Original Post"...

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[mranderson]

During the two plus years of OKC Talk, we have witnessed the marriage of one member (or more, possibly), been through the birth of the child of two members, grieved with each other when a member has been cruiley treated in a relationship, and have joined together when laying a member of our family (even though he was not a contributing member, but often mentioned and quoted) to rest...

If that is not family, then I do not know what family is.

[mranderson]

"I know some here consider this forum a family, others don't."

Then I respectfully request you ignore the threads that you disagree with concerning our family, and not even post on them.

[Spartan]

That's not a respectful request.

[Spartan]

A family trolls each other. A family cruelly corrects each other's spelling, a family disrespects each other's religion and moral values, a family outcasts the gay member, a family beligerantly hates their fellow members, a family member whines about people calling him ANDERSON, and I could go on... don't tell me I'm wrong.

Hopefully this thread will impact people to the point of treating each other just a little better, if not a lot better.

[sweetdaisy]

Well said, Spartan. Excellent.

[bandnerd]

Then I request, but not respectfully, that you do the same, MRanderson.

[MadMonk]

Maybe its a dysfuntional family.

[bandnerd]

The most dysfunctional of families.

If people want this to be a family, that's fine, but then we have to accept everyone as a family member, and I don't think that everyone here is willing to accept everyone in that way.

Oops, I wasn't supposed to post here. Darn.

[MadMonk]

I can see how some might consider it a family in a broad definintion of the word, but with others the word family means something a little more tight-knit than what a forum can provide. I think "community" is a better word. After all you can't pick your family...

[bandnerd]

I like the phrase "community" as well...or "forum" seeing as that is exactly what it is.

[Patrick]

I think one has to go back to roots of Oklahoma City Talk. Yes, I said Oklahoma City. This didn't used to be OKC Talk. When Todd, Keith, and I started together as the first mods, we planned on making this place a family friendly group, that we hoped would meet often together in person and accomplish great things for this city.

Instead, it's turned into a breeding grounds for trolls to come and fight.

Currently, I'm in the midst of proposing to our staff that we completely revamp OKCTalk. That we return to our roots as a forum. A forum that's dedicated to discussing Oklahoma City, and coming up with ways to improve our city. A grass-roots effort, you could call it. This site was once well respected, and was once an incubator for city projects. Many of the ideas for MAPS for Kids actually came from here. Just ask Mick Cornett. The Kerr McGee bell tower was developed after discussions here for a landmark on the Oklahoma River.

Those days at OKCTalk are slowly vanishing into oblivion, and it's our responsiblity as staff to maintain the crediblity of this site.

Therefore, I've proposed a 3 step series of events, that will basically wipe out all of the debate forums as we now know them, and return OKCTalk to a grass-roots attempt to improve Oklahoma City.

Some may not like what I have proposed, but many of those weren't here originally and don't remember what OKCTalk was all about.

[Patrick]

The most dysfunctional of families.

If people want this to be a family, that's fine, but then we have to accept everyone as a family member, and I don't think that everyone here is willing to accept everyone in that way.

Oops, I wasn't supposed to post here. Darn.

That's why I'm going to propose to Todd at our next moderator meeting this weekend, that we end all religious and political debate. We're going to return to a community-based forum, which is how we started initially.

[Spartan]

Huh? Ending debate at Okc Talk??

[bandnerd]

I guess I'll just have to find somewhere else to go, then. At least for that part. I'd hate to see it go. If people weren't so vindictive and occasionally cruel then we could have good debates in the political and religious threads. Besides, if you do away with those, people will just take it to the nosebleed.

[Spartan]

It's a bit premature to threaten to leave. And after that, the idea behind this would be to morph Okc Talk into something more "meaningful", so while you go somewhere else to have what Okc Talk doesn't want anymore of, wouldn't you stick around to become a part of a more meaningful, family-based Okc Talk?

Personally I hope that you all keep the debate as it is. It's been healthy for the site, and a lot of it has been pertaining to Oklahoma...state questions, gub, other candidates, etc, etc...

[Midtowner]

With the ignore feature, the trolls have become very manageable.

[Patrick]

I guess I'll just have to find somewhere else to go, then. At least for that part. I'd hate to see it go. If people weren't so vindictive and occasionally cruel then we could have good debates in the political and religious threads. Besides, if you do away with those, people will just take it to the nosebleed.

No, we'd do away with the Nosebleed Forum too.

[Patrick]

We may make some minor changes, but in discussions with Todd and Keith this evening, we may dump the Nosebleed Section, and strongly enforce the Terms and Conditions on the rest of the site. This is in an effort to maintain our status as a family-friendly forum.

[Midtowner]

Patrick, I applaud your choice. The nosebleed forum was good until certain individuals decided it was okay to shift from heated debate into petty personal attacks (e.g., calling someone's wife 'damaged goods'). I look forward to the TOS being enforced vigorously and correctly.

[Patrick]

Patrick, I applaud your choice. The nosebleed forum was good until certain individuals decided it was okay to shift from heated debate into petty personal attacks (e.g., calling someone's wife 'damaged goods'). I look forward to the TOS being enforced vigorously and correctly.

The Nosebleed Forum is gone for now.

[Easy180]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO..The nosebleed had some of my most informative and influential work in there