Originally Posted by
aktchi
In some
small part, sure.
However, this thread was announced in the MR Discussions forum. But there is more behind my confidence. I know a few people who feel they were shooed out of here with "we are not a travel agency" and help one another in a group out of FT. I tried to persuade them to join this thread but that drew a big yawn; they don't feel part of the place and don't think it is worth the trouble. Some of the arguments I have put forth were lifted from their emails.
In particular, one wrote, "We didn't force anyone to answer our questions. Even if not a single person cared, which is unlikely, we could have simply helped one another. Like we are doing now. However, it would have been difficult to do so if we are being attacked, posts are being deleted and threads being closed."
That's about it. The proposed forum will be a place where like-minded people can help themselves even if nobody else does.
I see; the supposed majority who want such a forum couldn't be bothered to voice those opinions here citing feelings of disenfranchisement. When given the chance to make their opinions heard to the FT powers-that-be, they yawned. You'll have noted by now that that opinions are one thing I'm never short of and while it often wrankles some I would rather risk ruffling a few feathers than not to have shared it and look back later and wished I had.
I hadn't been closely following the whole debate within the MR Discussions forum but noted yours were several of the threads closed so can guess you have a direct interest in such a forum. I also noted what I thought was a reasoned response a Mod. passed on to you and it didn't seem to me all that dismissive, but again I didn't read every thread or know all of the background. You have a cause and are championing it and all within the FT community and its rules which will ultimately decide whether your & the OP's ideas are worthy adopting. If they are I'll still contibute where I can and share my opinions of course and hope you'll do the same regardless of the outcome.