Posted by SLS on July 18, 2013, at 3:21:16
In reply to Re: anxiety about Babble and me, posted by Dr. Bob on July 17, 2013, at 3:06:18
> 3. It occurs to me that you and Lou may have something in common: anxiety about Babble. Lou seemed worried about abuse of power, and you seem worried about everyone leaving. There might be anxiety about me, too. Am I going to abuse my power? Am I going to leave?
Your power is limited. You have the power to reduce posting activity rapidly and to shut the board down entirely. What you don't seem to have the power to do is to increase posting activity with the same rapidity with which you can decrease it. It takes years to build up a following. It takes only a few days to chase everyone away. Once enough people leave, there is nothing to return to should someone contemplate posting here again. People looking for education and support are likely to find it elsewhere, as Psycho-Babble now has only Lou Pilder and discussions about Lou Pilder to offer.
I'll let you work out the calculus, but there appears to be a threshold of posting below which Psycho-Babble can no longer sustain itself. If this were a business venture, you will have co-engineered its bankruptcy.
It burns my *ss that Lou Pilder has won.
Thank you.
This place has become a true travesty. Even I'm smiling.
Nice experiment.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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