A new type of forum

Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:32 pm

Someone I met at another forum has decided to start a forum of his own and run it as a democracy. The administrators will be voted on at the end of each month, and the ruling administrators will then be able to change things on the forum. Here is a link to the page explaining the concept and the voting, and I was just wondering what other people here think of this idea. I personally think that any general discussion that takes place at the forum will take a back seat to the power struggles. (I also think it would be cool if three or more of us from here were to go over there and form The Anythingforums Coalition and take over. Just kidding.

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http://com1.runboard.com/bpowertothepeople.fmainchat.t1

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:59 pm

Haha that is pretty cool actually.

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andthebeast13 · Post by **andthebeast13** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:31 am

Red Squirrel wrote: Haha that is pretty cool actually.

that is kinda cool... it wouldn't take very many of us to take it over either, its deserted
we could have fun

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:26 pm

I actually joined the forum that I linked in the first post. They only had one coalition started and the elections are happening right now, so I joined and started my own coalition. I just need one more member on my coalition for it to be eligible to be voted in as the administration for next month. So Red, I know you have enough forums already, but if you could handle one more, I could use someone who actually knows how to perform the adminstration functions. Reaper and Clueless, you are invited as well, because I think the two of you would agree with my coalition platform. I don't know enough about the other regular posters to know if they would vote with me or against me, so I'd better be careful with my invitations.

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:22 pm

I had another member join my coalition last month at Power to the People. The election for May was tied, and the owner of the site decided to declare my coalition the winner since his coalition was in power last month. So now I am an administrator there, and I don't have the faintest idea how to change anything at a Runboards forum. I really need to get rid of that red lettering in all the posts.

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Roger Waters · Post by **Roger Waters** » Fri May 05, 2006 3:43 pm

too much work i like being just a member and not a administrator
plus a facist government is better

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Fri May 05, 2006 3:51 pm

i can just picture him screwing everything up on that forum until nothing even works anymore lol

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Roger Waters · Post by **Roger Waters** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:11 am

Are you talking about me or bookworm?

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Mon May 08, 2006 4:18 pm

the worm

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ycontrol · Post by **ycontrol** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:28 pm

That is really really cool. I like the philosophy. I recently started a forum considering an idea like that. Not quite as advanced and organized but I'm glad you posted this because I now know exactly what direction I'm gonna steer my new board in.

DEMOCRATIC FORUMS!

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:34 pm

woo! ill join!

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ycontrol · Post by **ycontrol** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:18 pm

Ok so I have my new board up and going with this great new democratic forum idea that starwind started. Starwind said that they want to try and have other forums adopt the idea so to have a huge coalition of these forums out there...so I will be the first one to start a forum in that honor and if it works for me I think I may convert my main forum as well.

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:51 pm

i joined, yay

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ycontrol · Post by **ycontrol** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:58 pm

Awesome!

I'm gonna get some topics going to create activity so we can get the coalitions going.

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Roger Waters · Post by **Roger Waters** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:32 pm

You should make it a dictatorship where you can have ultimite power!

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ycontrol · Post by **ycontrol** » Wed May 10, 2006 3:18 pm

Well that's the way most forums are now.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed May 10, 2006 5:25 pm

Or you can make it an american democracy... oh wait, that *IS* dictatorship.

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Roger Waters · Post by **Roger Waters** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:21 am

so you were once ruled by french people.

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:01 pm

just wait another few years, my friend zack is going to become president! and me and my friend abby are gonna be his body gaurds. we've got it all planned out

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Roger Waters · Post by **Roger Waters** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:55 am

will you take a bullet for him?

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Clueless · Post by **Clueless** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:44 pm

of course i would. i love zack! we still have to tell him about the plan tho. i dont think he knows hes gonna be president yet lol

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000 · Post by **000** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:13 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Or you can make it an american democracy... oh wait, that *IS* dictatorship.

The United States of America is actually a Republic....Jackass!

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:30 pm

0 wrote:
Red Squirrel wrote: Or you can make it an american democracy... oh wait, that *IS* dictatorship.

The United States of America is actually a Republic....Jackass!

Actually, it's a Constitutional Republic.

Whatever that is.

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000 · Post by **000** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:48 am

Bookworm wrote: Whatever that is.

OK, whatever. But a Republic it is.

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