SeniorForums, anybody here a member?

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John Wick

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Just curious to see if anybody hangs out over there? My handle is "outlander" in that forum, but just recently guests are restricted from viewing individual threads:(

Shortly before joining here I started a thread asking about this forum, and in a very short time it was deleted.

Is there hostility or an ongoing feud between these forums that I don't know about?

Is trying to participate and contribute on similar forums discouraged or viewed as bad behavior?
 
Both forums have people that belong to both, or people who were in one forum and then moved to the other. I think most of the older members there at least know about this forum. SOC originally started in 2015, and went for around 10 years, and then crashed due to the server problems and the server people not doing their job.
Ken was able to re-start the forum again, using new servers and a new forum with the same name, since he owns the forum name; but we lost the 10 year history .

Because this forum has a lot of conservatives, and SF has mainly liberals, those people usually only come here to argue politics, which they are no longer allowed to do on SF.
Here, we try our best to listen to all viewpoints, and give our opinions without attacking other people personally.

There is not actually hostility between the forums, just some of the members there do not like this forum since it is mainly conservatives. They are welcome here as long as they don’t start attacking people, and just want to join in conversations.
Some people here left SF because they were banned for expressing their opinions, and either found this forum, or were invited here when we saw they were about to be banned on SF and would need another forum home.
 
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I have an account there but have not used it since I found this place. I think the iron-fisted mod (owner?) over there is Matrix. I didn't like it. I had to walk on eggshells. It has an angry vibe. I think you pointed out that they have a lot more members so there's more activity there, JW. But it seems that the conflict/anger there is everywhere, whereas here everyone can engage in friendly discourse, with the conflict being limited to political threads (which can be avoided.) And every forum I've been on except that one is fine with members talking about other forums they participate in. It's childish.
 
John Wick said:
Is there hostility or an ongoing feud between these forums that I don't know about?
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Having run several forums over the years, I can say that it's not considered good form to discuss other forums that target the same audiences. Some forum administrators are competing, and even those who aren't competing in the traditional sense don't like seeing people pointed to another forum. For my part, I'd just like us to do our thing here without comparisons with other forums. Other than one long-defunct senior forum that I was once a member of, I didn't look at any of the other senior forums for ideas. Given that we're seniors, there are sure to be enough commonalities as it is. I'd rather not have any other forums badmouthed here, because that simply exacerbates ill will and doesn't do anyone any good. As long as we're not all trying to do the same things in the same way, there's room for other senior forums.

Sometimes, I'll be warned by someone or another that a new member has been banned from another senior forum, and, while I don't mind if people tell me these things, I don't really need to know it since any new members will be judged according to what they do here, not by what they might have done elsewhere. Even if they're banned from here, they can generally come back if they ask.

I am somewhat sensitive to the concept that this is a conservative forum because I don't consider that to be the case. I'm not registered with any political party, and I consider myself a liberal but not a progressive. However, I couldn't care less how other members vote, and I would hate to think that someone would believe they have to agree with me or anyone else here to be a welcome member of the forum. Why would I want to carry on a conversation with a bunch of people who agree with me on everything? Even if I strongly disagree with you on something under discussion in the forum, that wouldn't mean you're not welcome here. I know that some people do that, but I've never understood the idea that two people who disagree cannot have an enjoyable conversation.

In my old age, I have become considerably less political than I once was, anyhow.
 
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Nope, not a member anymore and haven't been for years. I found that forum like a soup with way too many ingredients. Also rules that apply to only those of opposing opinions. Too many long time member cliques that can't smell their own :poop:. Too many needy folks and posters of copy and paste. Too much mindless spamming of feel good photos or meme. Intelligent discussion was a rarity and usually deleted or frozen because of some absurd definition of politics.
 
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I am somewhat sensitive to the concept that this is a conservative forum because I don't consider that to be the case. I'm not registered with any political party, and I consider myself a liberal but not a progressive. However, I couldn't care less how other members vote, and I would hate to think that someone would believe they have to agree with me or anyone else here to be a welcome member of the forum. Why would I want to carry on a conversation with a bunch of people who agree with me on everything?
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I consider myself an independent politically and agree that conversation with different viewpoints is more interesting. However in recent times, liberal-minded individuals are much too obnoxious, overbearing and hateful, choosing "orange man bad" rhetoric over civil discussion. I enjoy having a respite from all the liberal hate which seems to saturate society and social media.

That said, I am still a member of Senior Forums and have a few friends there that I check on from time to time. It seems that we each have our own comfort level and prefer to congregate where we feel more acceptance. For me, that is SOC.2.
 
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However in recent times, liberal-minded individuals are much too obnoxious, overbearing and hateful, choosing "orange man bad" rhetoric over civil discussion. I enjoy having a respite from all the liberal hate which seems to saturate society and social media.
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That's because they are actually progressives or socialists, and not liberals, although the term "liberal" is often applied to them.
 
Ken Anderson said:
Having run several forums over the years, I can say that it's not considered good form to discuss other forums that target the same audiences. Some forum administrators are competing, and even those who aren't competing in the traditional sense don't like seeing people pointed to another forum. For my part, I'd just like us to do our thing here without comparisons with other forums. Other than one long-defunct senior forum that I was once a member of, I didn't look at any of the other senior forums for ideas. Given that we're seniors, there are sure to be enough commonalities as it is. I'd rather not have any other forums badmouthed here, because that simply exacerbates ill will and doesn't do anyone any good. As long as we're not all trying to do the same things in the same way, there's room for other senior forums.

Sometimes, I'll be warned by someone or another that a new member has been banned from another senior forum, and, while I don't mind if people tell me these things, I don't really need to know it since any new members will be judged according to what they do here, not by what they might have done elsewhere. Even if they're banned from here, they can generally come back if they ask.

I am somewhat sensitive to the concept that this is a conservative forum because I don't consider that to be the case. I'm not registered with any political party, and I consider myself a liberal but not a progressive. However, I couldn't care less how other members vote, and I would hate to think that someone would believe they have to agree with me or anyone else here to be a welcome member of the forum. Why would I want to carry on a conversation with a bunch of people who agree with me on everything? Even if I strongly disagree with you on something under discussion in the forum, that wouldn't mean you're not welcome here. I know that some people do that, but I've never understood the idea that two people who disagree cannot have an enjoyable conversation.

In my old age, I have become considerably less political than I once was, anyhow.
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I agree on some of this, like the political club is just not for me, although I do somewhat agree with some conservative types.
I still fell like the curser George Carlon, " It A Club, and you ain't in it" minus the cusssing.
Not that I'm right about anything, jusy my opinion.
 
If I may say (imo) all forums seem to go through all sorts of phases.
Also, changes in memberships, personalities, agendas, goals and that's
not even just a few. I've been a member over the years of online Senior
forums that had 'horrible" moderation and admin. For myself, I still chose
to find my Nitch and therefore able to at least enjoy some parts of each
forum, and which I still do actually. Does not necessarily mean that I think
every forum I visit is well ran, and equally can mean that I don't think every
forum I visit is poorly ran. Well anyway, that's my post for today :)
 
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