So what do you do?

[SplshMtn99]

There are voids now.

The next time a thread pops up about evil mothers buying their kids "expensive" purses, there will be a void. Ditto lots of Christmas gifts. Ditto TVs in kids' rooms. Ditto anything following a post by JoeEpcotRocks (not that I don't like Joe, I do, but there's going to be...a vacuum after he says what he says. ) Ditto Florida threads.

Ditto. Ditto. Ditto...

There are just going to be lots of missing posts. We'll go to a thread and think, "PosterX" should be here.

It's like we'll have ghosts.

But, I am still hoping this will blow over, they'll be back and it will just be something move past.

I've been HOPING they could just come back. Really. I really hope it can be done.

 

[smartestnumber5]

I am so totally NOT sad. I am disgusted and appalled that anyone would think this makes any sense at all. Stupid and highhanded.

I agree.

I am another person who does not really have friends on the boards, so I'm not really sad exactly. I come here for a laugh, for political debates, for discussion and planning about WDW, to get some commentary on the day's news, etc.

I also sometimes skim the board-which-shall-not-be-named. Sometimes this provides more laughs, or cues me in to a ongoing discussion on the DIS which I have a strong opinion about. And sometimes I find things there which are rude and offensive. Whatever--I choose to read it and I have on occasion chosen to respond and if I don't like it I can choose to stop looking at it. And since the DIS rules don't apply there I can also go and tell people exactly why I disagree with them in adult language if I choose.

So I'm not sad or mourning friends or any of that. I'm just ticked off as a matter of principle. Who in the heck are the powers that be at the DIS to tell me (or anyone else) what I can and cannot say in places other than the DIS?

And on top of the issue of principle, it's just simply been amazingly boring on the DIS since the-event-which-will-not-be-spoken-of. So even from a completely self-interested point of view, I'm ticked that the boards are now so uninteresting (except of course for the threads that keep getting poofed).

 

[Byrd]

There are voids now.

The next time a thread pops up about evil mothers buying their kids "expensive" purses, there will be a void. Ditto lots of Christmas gifts. Ditto TVs in kids' rooms. Ditto anything following a post by JoeEpcotRocks (not that I don't like Joe, I do, but there's going to be...a vacuum after he says what he says. ) Ditto Florida threads.

Ditto. Ditto. Ditto...

There are just going to be lots of missing posts. We'll go to a thread and think, "PosterX" should be here.

It's like we'll have ghosts.

But, I am still hoping this will blow over, they'll be back and it will just be something move past.

That would be nice, but would they be big enough to remove the bannings of 83+ people with an apology. I think they deserve that since they were banned without just cause.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

They obviously don't care that people want to vent and need answers. Quite frankly, I don't think they would care if we all left. Time for me to go to bed. Maybe I'll be back, maybe I'll be banned, maybe no one cares one way or the other.

Nice knowing all of you, if I don't come back.

 

[LoraJ]

I wanted to go to bed 90 minutes ago but I find this thread so comforting. I hate that posts are getting poofed from here.

 

[Buckalew11]

There are voids now.

The next time a thread pops up about evil mothers buying their kids "expensive" purses, there will be a void. Ditto lots of Christmas gifts. Ditto TVs in kids' rooms. Ditto anything following a post by JoeEpcotRocks (not that I don't like Joe, I do, but there's going to be...a vacuum after he says what he says. ) Ditto Florida threads.

Ditto. Ditto. Ditto...

There are just going to be lots of missing posts. We'll go to a thread and think, "PosterX" should be here.

It's like we'll have ghosts.

But, I am still hoping this will blow over, they'll be back and it will just be something we all move past. Hope being the thing with feathers and all that jazz.

So true, so true.
It is strange how you know what someone would say here if they only could. I often read a thread and think of past posters knowing what'd they say and when!

The big thing is that you might not know what that person would say off the board. They could always give you a shock!

 

[solferino]

I agree.

I am another person who does not really have friends on the boards, so I'm not really sad exactly. I come here for a laugh, for political debates, for discussion and planning about WDW, to get some commentary on the day's news, etc.

I also sometimes skim the board-which-shall-not-be-named. Sometimes this provides more laughs, or cues me in to a ongoing discussion on the DIS which I have a strong opinion about. And sometimes I find things there which are rude and offensive. Whatever--I choose to read it and I have on occasion chosen to respond and if I don't like it I can choose to stop looking at it. And since the DIS rules don't apply there I can also go and tell people exactly why I disagree with them in adult language if I choose.

So I'm not sad or mourning friends or any of that. I'm just ticked off as a matter of principle. Who in the heck are the powers that be at the DIS to tell me (or anyone else) what I can and cannot say in places other than the DIS?

And on top of the issue of principle, it's just simply been amazingly boring on the DIS since the-event-which-will-not-be-spoken-of. So even from a completely self-interested point of view, I'm ticked that the boards are now so uninteresting (except of course for the threads that keep getting poofed).

 

[Liberty Belle]

That wasn't the MyCoupons great breakup, was it? I still miss people from over there. That was horrible watching people who had been online at least really close and friendly turning on each other. I really hope it doesn't get that bad here.

I was a part of that, too. I don't really want to go through that again.

 

[Froggyswife]

need_a_Disney_fix I am very sorry for your loss. Losing a parent is very hard. I can relate I have lost both my father and my older brother within a year of each other. It was a very difficult time.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

If the posts stay civil, with no attacks, they won't get poofed. But lashing out at the DIS and the webmasters and mods or other posters isn't going to do anyone any good.

I know there's a lot of hurt and confusion now. We do want to talk and explain. And we will as soon as legal counsel allows us to.

I know that many will choose not to not believe that or will use this as fodder for ridicule on that other forum, but I think that anyone who's dealt with me much will know that I tell it like it is. Love me or hate me, I'll tell you the truth.

Kathy, are you presently in a position to know if after legal is consulted and this is resolved, will any of the banned posters be allowed to be reinstated??

 

[Planogirl]

I don't think that anyone wants to believe that the DIS would lie to its members but there's a lot of victims here and most of them have nothing to do with whatever is going on behind the scenes. I don't see how it's possible to move past that.

Anyway, enough said. Good night.

 

[Carly_Roach]

....and it will just be something we all move past. Hope being the thing with feathers and all that jazz.

Agreed. I'm hoping that everything calms down this week and we can get back to posting and talking with each other just as we've always done.

Here's to hope, CB.

 

[FSUMARCHIEF]

I will say that I don't really have a dog in this particular fight - though that may be perhaps a poor choice of words. The folks who are gone are not people I really know. I am a member of the other place, though admitting this may be my YAGE (thanks for clearing that up, cause I didn't know what it meant.)

I do understand the desire to keep things family friendly here at the DIS. I am a United Methodist Minister, and though I haven't always been the best example, perhaps, in things I have posted, I can relate to the desire to keep things clean.

The people I have become close friends with through the DIS have moved on to other places. But I will say again, the reality of friendships made on the internet is, surprising to some degree, but reality nonetheless. If I were to have to leave this place by someone else's choice, I would be sad. Not because I post that much here these days, well, except for tonight, but because it is a good source of information. There's always someone who has visited the World that has some kind of late breaking development. Or people who are way smarter than me that know how to do something I don't know how to do, and I can learn from their experience. So, yeah, I would be sad if this was indeed my YAGE.

However, as I posted earlier on this thread I am grateful to those men and women who have served this country giving us the right to be FREE. I have not served in the military. But have known and served the families of those left behind for 13 years now as a pastor. Their sacrifices are real.

Want to keep things clean? That's fine. I can understand filtering out some words or pictures that someone might post. But, please hear these that do protest about the friendships that have been formed and now broken. I too have felt the 'fear' of posting in this place or the other place, though, neither are places I post much. I just lurk most of the time. Here on the Theme Park Board most of the time these days. But justice is justice no matter what the cause. And so is injustuce. And perhaps, that's all I'll say for now.

Blessings!
Mark

 

[HamTown]

I've posted more this week than I ever have before. Why? Because until this last week someone had usually already posted what I was thinking and I hate being redundant. Now that I have the chance to actually type what I'm thinking I'm finding I don't like it very much!

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

So I'm not sad or mourning friends or any of that. I'm just ticked off as a matter of principle. Who in the heck are the powers that be at the DIS to tell me (or anyone else) what I can and cannot say in places other than the DIS?

Yes. I feel like The Powers are like my second mother. Figuring out who I'm talking to and where I'm going. If they don't deem it appropriate they send me to my room without dessert for eternity. I already have one mom, I truly don't need another.

 

[solferino]

If the posts stay civil, with no attacks, they won't get poofed.

Thanks for giving us this WMK.

 

[KathyTX]

Kathy, are you presently in a position to know if after legal is consulted and this is resolved, will any of the banned posters be allowed to be reinstated??

Yes I am and yes they will.

And I can't say much more yet (I know that sounds cryptic and unsatisfying, and I'm truly sorry about that and anxious to be able to explain more fully.)

 

[disneymom3]

There are posts being deleted HERE? Right now? Like which ones/kind? It all seemed very civilized and mature. What's the deal on that?

If you look at post numbers you can see that posts are missing. I know for sure of 168 and 181. I am sure there are others.

 

[solferino]

If you look at post numbers you can see that posts are missing. I know for sure of 168 and 181. I am sure there are others.

21 and 42.

 

[DVCLiz]

If the posts stay civil, with no attacks, they won't get poofed. But lashing out at the DIS and the webmasters and mods or other posters isn't going to do anyone any good.

I know there's a lot of hurt and confusion now. We do want to talk and explain. And we will as soon as legal counsel allows us to.

I know that many will choose not to not believe that or will use this as fodder for ridicule on that other forum, but I think that anyone who's dealt with me much will know that I tell it like it is. Love me or hate me, I'll tell you the truth.

It just doesn't make sense that the Mods or WMs can't find a simple, succinct way to explain more of the situation without jeopardizing their legal situation. Honestly, this isn't something important to the ages, like the OJ trial or something...