In response to the title of this thread "What's going on?" it's very clear what's going on: The administrators of the board are re-establishing order over an Internet forum that a clique of 10 or 12 snide, sarcastic people have somehow come to dominate. The place is full of silly, unfunny inside jokes and rude secret code.
It's simple, really: The Dis Board is an Internet forum about Disney World. It exists for one purpose, and it's not your perceived "community," it's to make money from advertising. Period. End of story.
Rude behavior, inside jokes, snarky comments, and crude language discourage new members from posting, which cuts into the Dis Board's business model. So guess what? You people need to go. Take your little "community" over to Facebook or some other private venue and make your dumb jokes about cupcakes. Let this place be for normal people who want to talk about the subject matter and ask the occasional normal question and get a respectful, helpful answer. Or how's about this: Go start your own forum. PHPBB is free. You can have a whopping membership of 15 and can post any rude thing you want. This place, meanwhile, can get back to what it's supposed to be.
As I hung out here longer, I got a bit braver and I asked to be "let into the fold". To my surprise, they welcomed me with open arms. Imagine that! Without even a vote, I was a FIEND!!!
My point exactly. Do you not get it? Do you not realize how sad it is that you had to ask to be "let into the fold"? It's a free
Internet forum, not a country club or an exclusive socialite club. The people who run this place want dozens of people to join each and every day and just start posting. They don't want people to feel that they have to be "let into the fold" by other nobody members who paid nothing to become members themselves. If your forum has that kind of an air about it, as a forum operator, you have a serious problem. It's like a bar. You want as many people as possible to come in and buy drinks. You don't want a small band of thugs scaring people away with their high school whispering and giggling and only welcoming people in if they're "in the fold."
It turns out that anyone who loves the Fort is a fiend, and without even asking, every good hearted fiend is welcome here.
Evidently not. The administrator came on and hit the nail squarely on the head. Order needs to be restored if they want to keep the place profitable.
Fast forward to today. What I see going on here just makes me want to cry.
The underhanded actions of one malicious user and the misguided actions of a moderator who was unaware of the problems this user has caused have turned this once peaceful community into a war zone.
Really? Misguided? Really? No, the moderator understands the problems oh too well. It's just sad that she had to be put into such a position that she had to lay down the law. Grow up.
Many Fiends have left of their own accord and others have been forcibly removed.
See ya!
I doubt that this place will ever be the same.
Exactly. That's the idea: An Internet forum, not a private stomping ground. Go to Facebook for that. It's all you.
I am unsure of my future here as well. After all, without the fiends, it is just another forum...
For every one of you that leaves, there will be 1,000 that sign up.
I am thankful for the friendships that I have forged on this board and those will live on, regardless of what happens here. I hope that this message will be read and understood by the powers that be and that they will find it in their hearts to see this crazy band of Fiends for what they are. A community of souls brought together by their love of camping and their addiction to the Fort. Like Dave, I love you guys too!
I hope the administrators stick to their guns and continue to break up the disruptive, abusive clique that has unfortunately congregated in, of all places, an Internet forum dedicated to a fricking amusement park.
My name is Lil' Lisa and I am a Fort Fiend...
...and a follower of a bunch of bullies. Wake up call: High school is over. You don't have to ask permission or get approval to join a stupid Internet message board.
and can one day bear the the name of "Fiend"
