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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by Jerome23 » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:55 pm

Anyone emailing Richard Dawkins immediately has there entire posting history removed, and is "removed from history."? That fact, and that fact alone suggests to me that Richard Dawkins must be fully aware and complicit in the situation...

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by klr » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:55 pm

hackenslash wrote:OK, which smartarse signed up as Josh? Or is it actually Josh? :ask:
I think you can safely discount Option "B".
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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by HughMcB » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:57 pm

ozewiezeloose wrote:LionIRC is here, I've been told. We're still waiting for Memories, Dunsapy and Swiatlo!
Ya Lions here, I was talking to him yesterday. What a guy!

I'm hooping that Truth_Seeker and darwin2 make it over here too. I don't know if you guys ever came across them but they were epic warriors of peddling bullpoop in Debunking Creationsim.

darwin2's Space Shuttle analogy will now be remembered as one of RDF's most greatest creationist arguments ever.
Timonenfail wrote:We are all very excited about the new changes.
Quote-mine Dawkins wrote:If I ever had any doubts that RD.net needs to change, and rid itself of this particular aspect of Internet culture, they are dispelled by this episode.

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by Valden » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:00 pm

hackenslash wrote:OK, which smartarse signed up as Josh? Or is it actually Josh? :ask:
I'm wondering the same! I saw the name "Josh" and instantly thought "Oh fuck no." :D

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by ozewiezeloose » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:02 pm

HughMcB wrote:darwin2's Space Shuttle analogy will now be remembered as one of RDF's most greatest creationist arguments ever.
Don't remember that one? Can you send it to me? Or post it on the forum somewhere?

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by Pensioner » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:03 pm

I have just spent a couple of hours over on RDF reading some of the topics I posted on in 2007 when I first joined RDF. To say I’m upset is an understatement. I think the way the staff and loyal members have been treated on the forum is a disgrace.

I think I will leave it at that as if I said what I think about dawkins it would not be nice reading.
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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by hackenslash » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:03 pm

ozewiezeloose wrote:
HughMcB wrote:darwin2's Space Shuttle analogy will now be remembered as one of RDF's most greatest creationist arguments ever.
Don't remember that one? Can you send it to me? Or post it on the forum somewhere?
http://forum.richarddawkins.net/viewtop ... 6&t=108865
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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by Feck » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:03 pm

Valden wrote:
hackenslash wrote:OK, which smartarse signed up as Josh? Or is it actually Josh? :ask:
I'm wondering the same! I saw the name "Josh" and instantly thought "Oh fuck no." :D
I hope he googles his name and finds he is a Ratz now :hehe:
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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by HughMcB » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:07 pm

Stephen wrote:
HughMcB wrote:
Stephen wrote:Greetings all, I was Amethyst Deceiver over at RDF. Hadn't been there long but I was quite enjoying it. This was rather a shock.

Oh well, here I am. :td:
Good to see you again... and sign of MacGuffin?

Who's going to create multiple pointless threads now? :(
:hehe: Poor guy. He seems like a good kid, but he made more than a few references to what I imagined as his rather hermetic existence. I think he just needs to get out of the house and do some drugs, get drunk or something. He's smart for his age, definitely . . .
Thats probably why he's a hermit then, too smart for his peers who probably like to talk about how many women they have (not) :razzle: .

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I hope he comes over here though, otherwise you're going to have no one to talk about crawfish with! :biggrin:
ozewiezeloose wrote:Come on, Hack! Dunsapys don't even begin to do him justice!
Hack, is there going to be a new Josh-fucktard award?
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Simon_Gardner wrote:Nora knows about it fine and we have been discussing it via email since last night [GMT]. She’s upset.
Oh dear, I hope she's ok. :console:
Timonenfail wrote:We are all very excited about the new changes.
Quote-mine Dawkins wrote:If I ever had any doubts that RD.net needs to change, and rid itself of this particular aspect of Internet culture, they are dispelled by this episode.

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by campermon » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:07 pm

Jerome23 wrote: humans do shitty thing, and institutionalised atheism suffers from exactly the same problems as instituitonalised religion human beings cock it up :)
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MrsC reckons they're changing the site in order to gain more revenue through advertising (she knows about this sort of stuff!). After all, successful forums don't make money, they merely encourage the growth of community and stimulating debate.

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by Fallible » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:09 pm

ozewiezeloose wrote:
Simon_Gardner wrote:
Fallible wrote:I just picked up a PM from Nora on RD.net, saying that she is on Facebook. She seemed unaware of this site, so I sent her the address. Hopefully she'll be along in a bit. Pen is here, as is durro.
Nora knows about it fine and we have been discussing it via email since last night [GMT]. She’s upset.
I imagine she'd be. Poor girl. Josh should be ashamed.
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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by AshtonBlack » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:10 pm

campermon wrote:
Jerome23 wrote: humans do shitty thing, and institutionalised atheism suffers from exactly the same problems as instituitonalised religion human beings cock it up :)
j x
:clap:

MrsC reckons they're changing the site in order to gain more revenue through advertising (she knows about this sort of stuff!). After all, successful forums don't make money, they merely encourage the growth of community and stimulating debate.

:ask:
Bingo. As with everything in modern life. "Follow the money."

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by klr » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:11 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:
campermon wrote:
Jerome23 wrote: humans do shitty thing, and institutionalised atheism suffers from exactly the same problems as instituitonalised religion human beings cock it up :)
j x
:clap:

MrsC reckons they're changing the site in order to gain more revenue through advertising (she knows about this sort of stuff!). After all, successful forums don't make money, they merely encourage the growth of community and stimulating debate.

:ask:
Bingo. As with everything in modern life. "Follow the money."
Damn. Beat me to the Deep Throat reference. :doh:
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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by HughMcB » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:13 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:
HughMcB wrote:Who's going to create multiple pointless threads now? :(
It's clear you haven't been here long... :hehe:
Do we (I use we now that I'm up in this biatch) get many woo promoters here? My online life isn't worth living unless I can talk to some crackpots who think there's ghosts living in their pants.
Timonenfail wrote:We are all very excited about the new changes.
Quote-mine Dawkins wrote:If I ever had any doubts that RD.net needs to change, and rid itself of this particular aspect of Internet culture, they are dispelled by this episode.

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Re: Announcement about RDF

Post by locutus7 » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:15 pm

campermon wrote:
Jerome23 wrote: humans do shitty thing, and institutionalised atheism suffers from exactly the same problems as instituitonalised religion human beings cock it up :)
j x
:clap:

MrsC reckons they're changing the site in order to gain more revenue through advertising (she knows about this sort of stuff!). After all, successful forums don't make money, they merely encourage the growth of community and stimulating debate.

:ask:
That makes sense. Although they did not even acknowledge a large donation I made, which is unheard of for charities and such, so they don't know how to encourage future donations.
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