In few weeks you won't be laughing but desperately trying to join .org. When we started nipate.com...we bought into true rv self-regulation ingenuity and it worked for some years..eventually we had deluge of fans...around icc(email expouse) and election time of 2013..and self-regulation flew out...and in came the toilet.
Self-regulation had worked as non-official policy on rcb..i took yrs before posting there though i was an observer...you sort of knew the standard expected...and if you wrote bullcrap...you'd be assured of being ignored.
True rv being a genius noticed this...and we all bought into it. True rv named it self-moderation and self-regulation..it was study of human behavior condensed. It worked...for many yrs..even with invasions of somalis from somalinet and all the crap....nipate.com stood for certain standard..we always fought against attempt to mashandize the forum...cheapen it....we did this by ignoring the idiots, the foolish and the riff raffs...or by pulverizing them back to mashada or whichever lowly forever they came from.
Now .com for last few yrs has become a complete mess....idiots with barely IQ of room temp dominate debates..hulka..natty..njuri...maumau..name them..characters even mashada would reject...and basically if you are stupid enough to go there..you''ll end up more angry, more stupid and more disgusted than before. Then end up poisoning the environment.
The site has now became blacklisted and banned by nearly everyone including the host...Mkenya the admin has grown weary and disinterested..it become a public toilet...something you cannot do without out...though you never enjoy visiting it..
Veritas shares a vision of nipate that is vibrant and respectful. I think as long as she is flexible..that vision will become a reality.
I think my laugh may be construed to "laughing at .org" That certainly isn't the case. Am i not the one who set up the "Official suggestions thread?" I did it because i wanted .org to prosper. When you came here, you were hesitant about moderation, and you had a reason. Veritas told us that she can't even see the IP adress of a poster. today, she says the IP adress of Mwanabiashara was that of a spammer.
Be it as it may, I am personally pro-moderation. I even advocated for the same at .com; because creativity without order is confusion. But moderating on what is basically common sense. Spam, Porn, and Photos and posts by .com resident troll phenomenom, who has himself been banned more 30 than times in siomalinet.com - a sight that drinks and sleeps raw mashada-like clan politics.
You had suggested a free-flowing general forum and a number of slightly more regulated sub-forums. I believ that would have worked.
But let me ask you, looking at the decision to "demote" vooke from being a moderator because of "security," isn't it laughable? RVP? Seriously? Will veritas also demote Terminator now that he's been posting at .com and supposedly RCB? Will Omollo be "demoted" too?
You and i know that a forum is not about its extension, but its people, and its moderators. I believe that whatever ails RCB, .com, and .org, is the same - the leadership; not the people. Regardless of their level of obnoxiousness, it's always possible to ignore someone.
Anyway, I think this is veritas' site, and she'll do as she pleases. It really doesn't matter anyway. If the people of the house love it, then no one should dictate to .org how a forum should be run. I've always admired
www.wazua.co.ke. A highly moderated forum, but also full of creativity and fun. The only problem with it is the interface, and it's inability to admit new members unless they sign in with facebook.
But as you often say - to each his own.