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Originally posted by Undertoad
I get it now: you wanted to use the policy as a wedge, and the policy gave first.
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Actually, I was just thinking that it still was a policy. But I hear you saying it isn't, so that's your call. You solicited input on the change, I gave it. 'Nuff said.
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You know, I'd estimate that approximately 3000 people have been users of the Cellar and then stopped. As opposed to the 100 or so who've kept up with it. What is it that needs to be *maintained* here? Maybe it should've been different all along.
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I think three percent retention on a site like this is actually doing pretty good...considering the scope of people that now have access to it, as opposed to the days when having USENET was actually a major draw.
But if you're not happy with 3%, then the rules probably do need changing...a lot. You could have the next Plastic or MeFi. Or Salon. It sure won't be The Cellar as it has been, but maybe that's not what you want anymore.
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Find me 100 people - hell, find me 3 people who are willing to put up with each other 100% of the time.
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If "putting up with each other 100% of the time" is the target, you can have a zillion three-person communities that just love each other all the time. And again, maybe that's what you want. Personally, I think that's a space that's already filled with chat rooms (and bots and op lists), but that's just my opinon.
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But what I've been thinking about recently is how a society of imperfect humans can compromise on perfect principle and still NOT go down the toilet.
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Oh dear...is this the Long Dark Night of the Libertarian Soul? :-)