Possible Updates to Bare It!

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Well I'd naturally assumed that and assumed that everyone else knew what was going on as well. But let's face it the ones that moan the most are the ones that are heard, and while this movement may be "getting 'us' out of the way" as it were it won't do us any harm as we won't have 'them' breathing down our necks as well.

Frankly, I'd be quite happy to be able to avoid all the nudism threads which don't interest me all that much, particularly as a lot of them wear shoes anyway so really they're just flashers and not nudists.

 

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Yeah, great. Three months of schnudists moaning about barefooters abusing their rights to freedom of speech.

 

I don't know why, but for some reason I have a feeling this is directed at me personally. You've made it abundantly clear a few times now that you don't want me as a mod. I get it. And I get it.

Just because I don't have nudist in my title or have posted less than half as frequently as you in these forums doesn't necessarily make me a newbie. What it doesn't show is how frequently one visits a forum without posting, in which case, I'm here on almost a daily basis. But if it's a discussion that doesn't interest me, or if it's one where someone said what I would normally say, then I don't tend to respond. That and I don't usually look into the barefoot threads too often.

And it's not that I want to be a mod so badly. I would like to be the mod and think I'd do a good job at it, but if it's not in the cards, then I'm not going to be crushed about it. I've even made suggestions for other people who could do a good job in here. Really, it's no big deal either way.

As for your lack of trust and wanting to get to know others, have you checked through posts in other threads in other forums? Or is the only way to know someone here through the Bare It! forum? Don't be so quick to distrust people here. If ya wanna get to know them, look through their posts. Send them a PM. It's not that hard, dude.

I am a nudist/naturist
I am a bisexual
I am a caregiver
I am a musician
I am a cook
I am a delivery driver
I am Irish
I am a world traveller
I am a lover of nature
I am a thrill seeker (i.e. bungy jumping)
I am a protester (even got tear gassed at WTO)
I am a brother
I am a pot smoker
I am agnostic (formerly Christian, but now not sure what to believe)
I am a hipforum member and supporter for several years now.

If you don't know who I am or haven't seen me around, then you must not go to too many forums. I'm everywhere. I also have a life outside of my computer so I'm not going to post two dozen posts per day. But I always make sure to check the forums and my PM's a couple of times throughout the day almost every day.

 

I think we can all sort this stuff out without resorting to fighting with each other or name calling. I mean were all civilized nudists/barefooters here.

 

I'm not. I'm civilised!

 

I'm not trying to namecall or anything. I just feel like I'm being personally attacked. The first time I heard about the possibility of a mod was by xaos through a PM addressed to a few of us here. He wouldn't suggest the opportunity to anyone if he didn't think that person could be an asset to the forums. He has the forums best interest at heart.

Then I'm nominated by one of the forumers. Granted, she's a friend, but I think she has the forums best interest at heart. And then someone whom I feel is better for the barefoot job gave me a kudos as well. That with feeling confident to do the job well, I figure, "why not?"

Now it kinda feels like I'm being singled out in a moderator conspiracy or something. Is this what everyone will have to endure if they are nominated for a moderator position? Just doesn't seem very hippy to me.

I'm not going to pursue the mod position anymore in this forum unless you folks and/or the other mods think I should. Fair enough, shaggie?

 

NudistMike07- Way to keep the peace, dude. Have you considered being a mod here?

 

Shaggie, and others, whether or not a nudist wears "foot protection" of any kind, or they don't, doesn't matter because lets just face it--Nudists and barefooters are not the same thing, and it is quite obvious that nudists and barefooters both agree on having separate forums for each topic.

Your constant bickering and nit-picking about every little detail and technicality is just prolonging the thread and not helping the issue at hand, which is to find moderators. The decision to separate the topics has already been done.

 

FIRST:
I opened this thread with the hopes that the regular readers of this forum would want to nominate some of their co-posters to help keep things moving in the right direction for this forum. As all regulars will know, i am NOT a regular poster in this forum, and don't presume to know who would be the best choice, thus the public discussion. What I did do was browse a few threads and encourage a short list of posters that had posted positive, helpful, or thaught-provoking posts in this forum in the past get involved in this thread. Most of those people I had never really talked to before on the forums. I am commited to making the forums a great place for all who visit, and do not play favorites to anyone. This method of nominations has worked successfully in at least two other forums that needed a moderator. Moderators are not here to 'do favors' for anyone, mis-use of moderator powers (e.g. vandalizing posts, targeting people who's views difer from yours for deletion, etc) is the quickest was to get banned around here, fortuantly not a topic that comes up often.

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Regarding splitting off a Barefooting forum: I am not a nudist or a dedicated barefooter myself, and didn't consider that anyone would be offended by the idea of grouping posts about barefooting together. This forum is about Baring things, specifically baring only feet sounded to me like a sub-culture of barers. The idea was posted up in the Suggestions forum, and it seemed to make sense to me. This forum is nothing without posters that want to be here, and contribute; driving someone off is my lsat intention.

THIRD:
In order to gather lots of community data time and discussion is being put in to this topic, rash descicions can end up cauing a lot of trouble.

 

Just to get things back in the right direction.

What if someone turned up in the music forum complaining about all the threads about music that isn't very good. Would you humour them too and have a sub-section for plastic pop, rnb, gangsta rap and the complete works of Antonio Vivaldi, just to get them out of the way or just tell them to live with it?

 

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Yes it has! Don't you read Xaosflux's posts? He thinks it's a good idea and is looking for nominations for moderators. I'd say the decision is made. We just need the mods.

 

First of all, NO ONE "COMPLAINED" about the threads. It was a "SUGGESTION" in the Suggestions forum.

Second, your analogy of the "Music" forum is off, because it's all music in that forum, but barefooting is not nude, so they ARE different.

You are also NOT getting anything "back on the right track", you are reverting it back to a discussion that is not what this thread is about. This thread is ONLY to nominate moderators.

 

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I don't see where he says it is open for debate. I just saw that he asked for moderator nominees.

As for which should be a sub-forum, I'd say that barefooters should be the sub-forum and nudism be in the main forum, since nudism is ultimately "Baring It".

Barefooting is just going around with no shoes or socks on. Barefooting is something that most people bare often anyway.

I also want to point out, that being a part of a "sub-forum" is not a bad thing. Look at the Real Kinky forum, which is a sub-forum, it does very well.

 

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