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Originally posted by TrueAmerican
...maybe the mods and admins should go through every single story on ATSNN and delete every single one that does not offer a conspiracy angle on the subject reported.
And your insulting statement that ATSNN is being used as a propaganda tool to promote the mainstream media inflamed me so much I did 3 podcasts about it. They weren't pretty, and I'm just not crazy about being banned.
Originally posted by soficrow
TA - I don't get your beef. What happened to America that just asking a question is inflammatory - and triggers vitriol? Never mind offering a different perspective?
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
OK.
...all we can do is wait and see if there is any additional input that will help further both our understandings of what ATSNN exactly should be, or should I say...IS.
*me rests*
Originally posted by loam
Admittedly, I have no dog in this fight.
Originally posted by soficrowYou rest?!? Now that we finally sorted through the garbage so we can talk productively, YOU'RE GONNA QUIT?! ...You're Kidding, right?
Thank you for making the effort to find out what I really meant. Makes a difference.
BTW - I really like your meditation podcast thread (and your music too).
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
I think with the decision to open ATSNN up to member voting, as opposed to, say, redirecting the existing (at that time) reporting staff to reinforce the conspiracy angle in ATSNN stories (if that's what they wanted), they knew exactly what they were doing, considered the ramifications, and went with the voting system. ....
But keep in mind, with that very decision to open it up to member voting, they are saying "let the members decide what they want to see up there." And so you see the results, now some months later.
BTW - I really like your meditation podcast thread (and your music too).
You do? Oh. lol. ok. (blushes) Then why didn't ya say so? *smack* No really, thanks.
Originally posted by Valhall
I don't particularly understand what it is you're griping about, soficrow?
Originally posted by Valhall
I did see above. I saw all above. I still don't understand the motivation behind the civil discussion initiative, unless it's based solely on that things aren't going the way you want them to.
I'm giving you the opportunity to correct this perception.
I've got news sites bookmarked. I don't need ATSNN for news. I need ATSNN to focus my attention, highlight news that the mainstream doesn't hit. I need ATSNN to help me look at things in a different, NOT the mainstream way.
Originally posted by Umbrax
My guess is that this thread was inspired SkepticOverlord's Skeptic Overview 07.
None of us are new here. Why is this becoming a personal discussion?
Originally posted by Umbrax
My guess is that this thread was inspired SkepticOverlord's Skeptic Overview 07.
None of us are new here. Why is this becoming a personal discussion?
Originally posted by Seekerof
I think the point that soficrow is trying to relay is that ATS is a conspiracy-related site and that perhaps because ATSNN is a direct brainchild of ATS, that instead of ATSNN simply being or becoming another place to simply post up mainstream and non-mainstream news, that it be posted up and slanted [for the lack of a better word] to an ATS conspiracy perspective, etc.
Basically, that ATSNN is simply another vehicle for placing or seeding mainstream news, without the ATS unique perspective or slant added or emphasized, etc. Understandably, this perspective or slant is given in replys made to the news topic as posted.
My reason for thinking that this is what soficrow may be hinting or getting at is this mention from her initial post:
I've got news sites bookmarked. I don't need ATSNN for news. I need ATSNN to focus my attention, highlight news that the mainstream doesn't hit. I need ATSNN to help me look at things in a different, NOT the mainstream way.
If I am wrong in my interpretation, I offer my apologies in advance, soficrow.
seekerof
originally posted by soficrow
So, FredT: What on earth do you think my agenda is? And where's the hypocrisy?
Originally posted by Springer
PLEASE tell me you were being a "smarty pants" here. I couldn't take the insult to my and worse yet, our Member's intelligence.
ALSO... there is NO "editorial policy" at ATSNN, it's MEMBER DRIVEN... So, your whole argument here turns right back where you reallystarted it, with your fellow members...