Quote (OrionGG @ Jan 5 2013 01:53pm)

reposting this with a poll.

how does the "board" view suggestions for new sub forums lol

reason i ask is in PaRD there is talk of conspiracy theories. a lot of the time it is a matter of opinion and not being objective in order to consider it relevant to the PaRD guidelines. or even as a legitimate idea for that matter. but when people, myself being one, try to even discuss it the subject at hand is completely flamed and reared off course from the original discussion. here is just an example of the mindset some members have towards users like myself.
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=65876422&f=119 (i was just as guilty in this, as i instigated the thread, but it is hard to just ignore and report like the mods say when i can never get a point across.)

there are a few members i was surprised to find who have pmed me saying essentially to not waste my time talking about it in here due to the fact that people are close minded when it comes to considering those ideals. why should we have to keep those opinions to ourselves when everyone else has there own little slice of paradise.  i can understand if you think it would be a waste of time or whatever. hell id even pose as acting sheriff, reporting spammers and flamers left and right. it just sucks not being able to talk about anything on PaRD because of the opinions i share. whether it be talk of ufos, flouride in the water or if oprah is a reptillian queen hatching her spawn all over the planet, it shouldnt be an issue for a member to share their own opinion as long as it is relevant. and there should be a safe place for the ideas we discuss, obviously there would need to be guidelines im not looking for a place to +1. considering there are sub forums for games with like 11 players i dont see how this wouldnt serve a purpose for rooting out spam and unwanted tension between members. and overall just adding a bit more diversity to this already diverse site.

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oprah is a reptillian queen hatching her spawn all over the planet

Quote (OrionGG @ Jan 6 2013 12:23am)

if there is a christian fellowship, then i dont see why there cant be this. both are plausible.

Quote (Cannabist @ Jan 5 2013 11:59pm)

Honestly I think it's silly to even include a poll for something like this. Who cares who doesn't want this? The idea of this sub-forum is for like minded individuals to share information regarding topics that they're collectively interested in, hence the only thing that matters is who is interested in this. Those who are voting no to this should realize that they're essentially keeping people and ideas around the forum areas where they aren't wanted. Thanks for showing how intelligent you are 

Quote (stigeneric @ Feb 18 2013 10:53pm)

From the little experience i have, that subforum isn't as close-minded as you might think. Conspiracy theories will still be heavily scrutinized, even in their own subforum and will most likely pull the same frequenters of PARD. Making a new home for this material would do nothing but disperse an already small userbase. I would be personally interested in partaking in conspiracy theory related discussion, although I'm normally a skeptic.

I think your desire for this to happen is because you take scrutiny and criticism personally. Making a new thread to bash people who disagree with you is incredibly immature. I believe that intelligent discussion about anything even vaguely related to the forum title is greatly appreciated, where:  is not.

Voted no.

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wanted to reiterate some points


There is a Christian Fellowship subforum because the religious conversation in there is geared more toward the discussion of Christianity and not religious debate. He made it a separate entity because of that, and there was a userbase for it.
Why isn't there an Islamic Fellowship? Is it because the site admin is an anti Muslim, pro Christian bigot? No, it's because the amount of Muslim users who would justify that forum's creation is a tiny fraction of this communities population.



You're neglecting some really important aspects. Ideally having as many diverse subforums as possible would be great, but if you don't have enough people to generate content then it's pointless and can detract from the existing subforums.
The fact that most, if not all conspiracy discussion can actually fit into PARD's guidelines compounds how silly of a suggestion this is.