Checked out ATD this morning to find nothing.........but a statement....... I quote....... "This Forumis now closed in the interest of all Argyle fans.............we believe we should all move on.........too much heartache for all concerned" No sign at present of any comment from PASOTI...........I can only see trouble ahead if Pasotimods do continue dictating terms of posting for those with comments that don't fall in with the party line.
Greenjock has commented about this on......."Fan of the Year" thread...... at 8.18am............ Will it affect us as a website.....although reasonable friendly will we be expected to close.........or will we gain posters ?
An hour or so after ATD close........and no comment from anyone at PASOTI (at this time 8.44am).....are the pasotimods stopping posters ?
Sorry Plymborn, I had started posting on the other thread and didn't see you had started this. Well the message on ATD has now changed and it doesn't say it's closed down anymore, but there are no posts and I can't see any way to post anything: http://argyletalkdemocratic.forumotion.co.uk/ There is a thread on Pasoti in the Terraces section, but nothing too much being said as yet. There is a comment from a Pasoti mod saying they welcome debate, which is as quite unbelievable, as they absolutley do not. The mods are a tight knit bunch who all stick up for each other and help keep the masses in line. I know that some of them actually own Pasoti and so they would not ever hear anything against Ian Newell and he has now decided to "openly" become a moderator again, not that anyone thinks for one minute that he ever stopped moderating on there. http://www.pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=63970 They are encouraging former ATD posters to come back to Pasoti, and the first person to comment with any negativity towards Pasoti, GibGreen, has already received a smarmy reply.
Yes Greenjock I notice that the ATD comment that I copied out has now been removed. I honestly cannot see how all ATD posters would meekly go over to the PASOTI regime..........and in hindsight I think that ATD will reopen in some form. If PASOTIMODS own the site......they surely will not change their stance on how they interact with posters.........we'll wait and see.
Appears to be,just posted another thread ok and have been getting responses to one I posted last night-curious.
There appear to have been attempts at hacking ATD user accounts...... Is this relevant? Yet another forum? http://argyletalkdemocratic.forumotion.co.uk/t1149-wwwargyletalknet
Some form of explanation on ATD closing down and re-opening on.........ATD.....Blocks 17 & 18 and the away end site........Welcome Back Thread......cerbera 10.15am post.
The silence on PASOTI....... about ATD's problems today.........is deafening.......interesting....that might say a lot ?
I haven't got a clue what went on particularly and there isn't that much about anything on ATD either to be definitive about it. I am slightly fed up with the war of words and deeds going on between the sites. I can see why ATD was set up. PASOTI has become the happy clappy forum for the blindly led and ATD has become the site for the disaffected who have been driven elsewhere for daring to question anything at all. That means the difference between the two are like north and south poles apart. When people get slated on PASOTI for saying anything other than the party line they appear a little later on ATD. ATD has grown out of this by the look of it. In contrast though if you post positive on ATD it does seem to attract the accusation that you are a happy clapper and are led by the nose by the establishment. Polar opposites. There is more than enough room for both sites and why they insist on being at war with each other rather than just "being" independantly I just don't know. There is an opinion in life that power is everything but that absolute power corrupts. The later may be the problem with some of the people involved in this. The power of the perceived victory has gone to some people's heads and they are now thinking they are more important than the club they helped to save. Feted by the masses this is made worse and only goes to reinforce their belief they are more important than they are. The President should and must stand away from this and be, well, "the President". The fact he still appears to be involved somewhere in the background is testament to my stated belief he is not fit for purpose in that roll. I do find that grown ups behaving in this manner is poor and there are people on both sides who should be slightly ashamed of themselves.