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Yes. A true leader would not discourage participation from out-of-state members.
Believe it or not, Independent Man, the out-of-state posters here all have some kind of connection to RI. Maybe they live near the border. Maybe they have friends and/or family here. Maybe they lived here in the past. Maybe they're thinking about moving here. It's really none of your business, and you don't get to decide who can or can't post here.
There was nothing deceptive. Of course I'm aware of the recent thread, but I was under the impression that Holly assigned that role to you. I simply made a mistake and believed the two terms meant the same thing.
If you knew about the recent thread where mass native used the word implicitly, I don't know how you could think a post about a statue 2 years ago was relevant. My last comment on it.
Yes. A true leader would not discourage participation from out-of-state members.
Believe it or not, Independent Man, the out-of-state posters here all have some kind of connection to RI. Maybe they live near the border. Maybe they have friends and/or family here. Maybe they lived here in the past. Maybe they're thinking about moving here. It's really none of your business, and you don't get to decide who can or can't post here.
There's a difference between deciding who can post her - none of us have that power nor have we claimed it - and believing that readers should be aware that a poster's experience with RI may not include living here. Or living here a long time ago. It's a matter of transparency, and weighing the advice given.
Yes. A true leader would not discourage participation from out-of-state members.
Believe it or not, Independent Man, the out-of-state posters here all have some kind of connection to RI. Maybe they live near the border. Maybe they have friends and/or family here. Maybe they lived here in the past. Maybe they're thinking about moving here. It's really none of your business, and you don't get to decide who can or can't post here.
Of course not. Never said that. Even as the "de facto leader" (an absurdity) I'm still helpless to control deceptive content. Is there anything wrong with knowing from whence the few posters left, come? And, since there are only a half dozen or so posters left here, all the more important. Thankfully, this is something you can't control.
If you knew about the recent thread where mass native used the word implicitly, I don't know how you could think a post about a statue 2 years ago was relevant. My last comment on it.
It's totally relevant because that 2019 post was what my recent thread was addressing, other than I committed the heinous crime of being off in the wordage. And not only have people remembered, but it's also clear that this "leader" has let that ambiguous title get to his head over the years (attempting to bully/control who posts and who doesn't, etc.).
There was nothing deceptive. Of course I'm aware of the recent thread, but I was under the impression that Holly assigned that role to you. I simply made a mistake and believed the two terms meant the same thing.
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If you knew about the recent thread where mass native used the word implicitly, I don't know how you could think a post about a statue 2 years ago was relevant. My last comment on it.
Again, I mistakenly believed that "figurehead" and "de facto leader" meant the same thing.
When Independent Man claimed that massnative coined the term recently, I attempted to correct him by pointing out that it was actually Holly a while back.
There's a difference between deciding who can post her - none of us have that power nor have we claimed it - and believing that readers should be aware that a poster's experience with RI may not include living here. Or living here a long time ago. It's a matter of transparency, and weighing the advice given.
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Of course not. Never said that. Even as the "de facto leader" (an absurdity) I'm still helpless to control deceptive content. Is there anything wrong with knowing from whence the few posters left, come? And, since there are only a half dozen or so posters left here, all the more important. Thankfully, this is something you can't control.
In this anonymous forum, if a poster wants to share personal information like that then more power to em. But that is totally on them, otherwise it's none of anybody's business whatsoever. If you feel that inaccurate or outdated information is posted, then you are free to challenge that with countering info.. The endless campaign to discredit certain posters out of their perceived current location, looks desperate and weak. Again, its the last thing we should expect from a leader and I can see why a newcomer might be deterred from posting here.
There's a difference between deciding who can post her - none of us have that power nor have we claimed it - and believing that readers should be aware that a poster's experience with RI may not include living here. Or living here a long time ago. It's a matter of transparency, and weighing the advice given.
Yesterday an in-state poster advised someone to check out "the mature downtown areas" of East Providence and Warwick. Had I not been quick to respond, I guarantee you that one of our knowledgeable out-of-state posters would have pointed out that those cities don't even have a downtown.
Some of our regular out-of-state posters know RI far better than most of our in-state posters, and anyone who knows RI can easily see that.
Was it an evil out of stater who blathered that Providence police don't prevent crime? Because all the crooks are already in prison. Or that they should be abolished entirely? By an entity without guns.To be named later. Or that the Boogaloo Boy burned down the police station---to frame BLM? Free advice folks? Take the help anywhere you can get it.
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