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Re: The RD front Page

Post by AshtonBlack » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:33 pm

Calilasseia wrote:So basically, RD has allowed the site to become a sort of Internet Sybian, whose purpose is to masturbate Josh's ego?
That appears to be the case. Where are the changes that they were so exited about?

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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Alan C » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:45 pm

I don't know but they're exciting ones!
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Boyle » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:09 pm

I still don't see why Josh didn't just lift the code straight from /. That's exactly what they said they wanted the new front page to be; an article posted with responses to it and the ability to respond to a specific reply, all in tree form. I mean, fuck, the slashcode is free to use as it is and the system is proven to work.

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Re: The RD front Page

Post by colubridae » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:15 pm

not interested in RDF any more. This place is much more fun. Grateful to RDF for making me search for an alternative.
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by klr » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:16 pm

Rum wrote:I was surprised to hear a reference to RD.net on the radio today (BBC Radio 2 - the Jeremy Vine show), which I occasionally listen to as, for our Merican members, it has a number of topical phone in issues every day. Today one of the topics was the indiscriminate and random mauling of people on forums, blogs and so on on the internet and how people can sometimes tear into individuals whose opinions they don' agree with as if they are Satan's spawn. - and do it anonymously. This is a phenomenon I am sure we have all noticed.

Anyway one of the speakers in the studio referred to how 'poor Richard Dawkins' had been called terrible things by people simply because they disagreed with a change on his website.

Made me realise how 'mainstream' RD and RD.net had become...and how little she knew.
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I hate it when that happens.

But other than that, I couldn't really care less about RD.net now. :roll:
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Ayaan » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:41 am

When and if the new discussion area gets off the ground, I'll probably go see what it looks like. However, as for posting there, I seriously doubt that is going to happen.
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by kiki5711 » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:31 am

Calilasseia wrote:So basically, RD has allowed the site to become a sort of Internet Sybian, whose purpose is to masturbate Josh's ego?
:funny: :funny: :mob:

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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Feck » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:41 am

klr wrote:
Rum wrote:I was surprised to hear a reference to RD.net on the radio today (BBC Radio 2 - the Jeremy Vine show), which I occasionally listen to as, for our Merican members, it has a number of topical phone in issues every day. Today one of the topics was the indiscriminate and random mauling of people on forums, blogs and so on on the internet and how people can sometimes tear into individuals whose opinions they don' agree with as if they are Satan's spawn. - and do it anonymously. This is a phenomenon I am sure we have all noticed.

Anyway one of the speakers in the studio referred to how 'poor Richard Dawkins' had been called terrible things by people simply because they disagreed with a change on his website.

Made me realise how 'mainstream' RD and RD.net had become...and how little she knew.
:banghead:

:pissed:

I hate it when that happens.




I said it at the time when we got slagged off ..I AM NOT ANONYMOUS !

But other than that, I couldn't really care less about RD.net now. :roll:
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Post by Trolldor » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:12 pm

Sure as fuck I wouldn't be saying things, I'd be too busy trying to find out who DOX'd me.
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Pappa » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:09 am

rachelsinatra wrote:Just wanted to clarify my above comment, that I have no intention of going back except possibly to see what the mess looks like if it ever gets off the ground.
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Bella Fortuna » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:34 am

colubridae wrote:not interested in RDF any more. This place is much more fun. Grateful to RDF for making me search for an alternative.
This is really nice. 8-)

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Re: The RD front Page

Post by hackenslash » Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:15 pm

I'll probably post on the new board, but only because I'm a gobshite, and I know I'll have to look, which means I'll have to comment. I can't help myself. :biggrin:
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Pensioner » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:46 pm

The fucking bastards have banned me because I called them Bastards, some folk cannot take a joke.

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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:51 pm

Pensioner wrote:The fucking bastards have banned me because I called them Bastards, some folk cannot take a joke.

The tight arsed shits.
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Re: The RD front Page

Post by Bella Fortuna » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:53 pm

:nono: Wish I was surprised.

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