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Jun 18, 2004 20:14:25 GMT 1
Post by brian on Jun 18, 2004 20:14:25 GMT 1
I have just said farewell to the above site, although you may never read my farewell message as I was quite dissparaging about the way it is run. I had a ,shall we say livley? disscusion with someone about patriotism and sacrifice for your family,friends & country. Unfortunatley I am not known for my tact, I tend to call a spade a spade. This upset the Politically Correct on there and a number of my postings were erased before they got an airing. I don't like this form of "big Brother" censorship. I would agree if I was particulary offensive but I just stated facts. If I am likley to upset anyone here about speaking my mind please let me know. I will never knowingly personally insult anyone The Gods know I am FAR from perfect meself .
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Jun 19, 2004 13:05:25 GMT 1
Post by admin on Jun 19, 2004 13:05:25 GMT 1
Hi Wolfkin I know you're not alone in your views about the site. However, the site does have some good points, and the Witchfests are a good opportunity to meet up with old friends. I think it can be a good starting point for new people before getting thrown into the big bad scary world of non-fluffiness bb Rhiannon
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Jun 22, 2004 22:55:21 GMT 1
Post by ursus on Jun 22, 2004 22:55:21 GMT 1
The C o A have been accused of being more to do with Dollers than "Sense" and of course the odd bought of false hero worship! And of course you have to tow the line!
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Jul 7, 2004 14:10:20 GMT 1
Post by Xochiquetzal on Jul 7, 2004 14:10:20 GMT 1
Come and see my site, and you'll see similar dissatisfaction. Our advert was repeatedly deleted, not to mention some of our members' topics, etc. When we asked the reason for such behaviour, we were ignored and were further accused of promoting Witch Wars (til that date, I had no idea such things existed!).
I do agree indeed, that if it wasn't for CoA our site would not have come to fruition. And yet, recently, hasn't there been an overload in bannings?
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ursidae
Spends too much time here
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Jul 8, 2004 11:09:56 GMT 1
Post by ursidae on Jul 8, 2004 11:09:56 GMT 1
Our advert was repeatedly deleted, not to mention some of our members' topics, etc. When we asked the reason for such behaviour, we were ignored and were further accused of promoting Witch Wars. CoA won't allow posts that directly refer to any other pagan organisation by name, or provides enough information to identify them by inferrence. I found this out after a long debate with a couple of moderators there after they deleted some of my posts that talked about PEBBLE. Unfortunately a couple of their mods are a little heavy handed and don't always explain this leading them to accuse people of attempting to start "witch wars" when they question why some posts have been modified or deleted. There are things about CoA I really can't stand - the above policy is one of them. Overall though I believe they do more good than harm.
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sacredspirit
Newbie
Im the blokie on the right!(wife on the left!!)
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Aug 2, 2004 16:10:11 GMT 1
Post by sacredspirit on Aug 2, 2004 16:10:11 GMT 1
I, in the past, have also had my gripes with CoA but dont you get that with any large organisation? Where ever you find a large group of diverse people you will get diverse reactions and opinions.
I ran a very busy board for just over a year and then happily handed it over to another group, he time, pressure and just the plain onld rubbish you have to put up with on a day to day basis becomes unbearable, we had 400 members and me and a team of 10 found it hard, can you imagine running a site with 15000+ people?
As Rhi said, the witchfest is a great event, one of a kind,a nd im greatfull to CoA for giving me that oppertunity to meet many people, i have met many poeple who are now close friends and this was due to one organisations hard work and determination to get a huge event such as the fest off the ground, i know poeple will always gripe obout large organisations but surely we should be thankful to for all the good things they have done......?
Drew )O(
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