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Old April 11th 05, 10:19 PM
OtisWinslow
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It would be nice to know who the two pilots, to whom the OP referred,
are, and specifically what they posted on AvWeb that precipitated the
legal action, as well as their specific comments that resulted in AOPA
closing their message board. I'd say they wield a mighty "sword"
indeed.


Both shall remain nameless.

Only one of the AOPA posters was involved in AvWeb's trouble. That
poster was one of those sued by the aviation attorney for his attacks
on said attorney. The other AOPA poster no longer flies and has a general
contempt for anyone who does. He was tossed from another board.

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.


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Old April 12th 05, 12:16 AM
Darrel Toepfer
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OtisWinslow wrote:

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.


Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...
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Old April 12th 05, 12:31 AM
Larry Dighera
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:19:42 GMT, "OtisWinslow"
wrote in
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Both shall remain nameless.


Why?

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Old April 12th 05, 02:31 AM
Greg Esres
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It was - until they moved it to a web forum. I don't know what it is
people like about web forums, but coming from offline newsreaders I
just can't get the hang of them other than to do a quick look up of a
support problem.


The web forum has improved membership tremendously, but there still is
not much training discussion going on. The $15 per year probably
discourages student pilot sign ups. Sure, it's not much, but why
should they pay anything when you can get it for free elsewhere?

These newsgroups have a far greater participation than any web forum,
and, like you, I prefer offline reading.
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Old April 12th 05, 04:27 AM
Jay Honeck
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They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.


Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...


That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.
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Old April 12th 05, 05:36 AM
Morgans
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"Jay Honeck" wrote

That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.


Right. The correct (or popular) stance gets support, and the offending
weenie usually goes off running, with his tail between his legs. (or worse,
ignored, and laughed at) g
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Jim in NC


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Old April 12th 05, 10:42 AM
Bob Noel
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In article ,
Greg Esres wrote:

The web forum has improved membership tremendously, but there still is
not much training discussion going on. The $15 per year probably
discourages student pilot sign ups. Sure, it's not much, but why
should they pay anything when you can get it for free elsewhere?


huh? There is(was?) a web forum that charged $15/year? geez, talk
about stupid.

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Old April 12th 05, 11:37 AM
Cub Driver
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:46:15 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:

At least you got email back -- they haven't responded to the last two I sent.


I hit Reply to the AOPA email newsletter that arrives once a week
(whenever). It had a paragraph about how brilliant the site was, so I
responded with my log-in story.

Evidently a human being is behind the email newsletter.


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Old April 12th 05, 04:33 PM
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"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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OtisWinslow wrote:

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.


Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...


Hmmm...I've noticed the opposite.


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Old April 12th 05, 04:38 PM
Matt Barrow
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:feH6e.7058$Bb3.3481@attbi_s22...
They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.


Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...


That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.


As well, I can recall off the top of my head a couple of commercial BB's
that were shut down because of left wing crybaby/trolls that flooded the
boards causing the companies to have to shut them down. Two were "leisure"
related and two pertained to construction that were flooded by
EarthFirsters.



 




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