Maybe not appropriating as such, just restricting access to members. I assume that more members means more advertising revenue, and that of course is the core motivation of CPF from Greta’s point of view. It also means less bandwidth on the servers, which reduces overheads. Servers and hard disks are not cheap, and wear out with time.
You’re allowed to criticize, but that doesn’t mean people have to pay attention to it. Most people think Anduril 2 is great, so they probably disagree when something negative is said about it.
I personally think the FWXX series of lights is dangerously flawed, but most people have lights that have worked for them so they don’t listen and they don’t have to. I still point it out every time the question comes up, and I haven’t and don’t expect to be moderated for it here. People not agreeing with an opinion is totally different than being completely shut down by moderation.
Like I said, I’ve been all over CPF for nine and a half years and but for using the phrase “tits up,” I’ve never had a problem and as you can see, I have a lot of posts there.
Wait a minute, aren’t you the guy that put something like BLF sucks in one of your videos and posted it here? I’ve seen you criticize a whole lot yet you’re still here. Just sayin’…
In my experience SB is very good at moderation, not over moderated, and BLF is certainly not a cesspool. Nor is BLF highly controlled with a gavel.
Unpopular opinions will be ignored by those who don’t want to hear them. No one is obligated to adopt other people’s views, but we should be fair and not turn on people for a difference of opinion.
If they are trolling or causing trouble then they need to be dealt with or moderated which is done well here.
all I know is there's a difference between the community "shutting you down" and the moderators actually shutting you down. You know the worse part is, shamelessly self promoting your own content in a place that you apparently have no respect or regard for.. that's a little.. well, weak. If ya ask me. But no one did! Hah
Some of them hated Chinese lights, describing them as crap, so I started a poll of owners which showed that a specific cheap Chinese light was much more reliable than the mods would have us believe. That didn’t go down well. That was many years ago, before Chinese lights became mainstream.
On another occasion I was banned temporarily by DM51 for suggesting that battery technology could change overnight. Having previously worked in academic research for eight years, I know how unpredictable science is. DM51 had a tantrum because I disagreed with one of his posts.
They also have a rather nasty system. They don’t tolerate anyone complaining about moderation. They say you must contact a mod if you disagree with the way they dealt with someone. They then ban you. It avoids having your disagreement publicly visible.
My view is that the moderation of CPF is unpleasant.
The last few times I visited CPF it was full of anodyne posts, people posting an image of a new light, with others posting “congrats” and such like. Fair enough, but it’s not for me.
CPF had a rule against discussing moderation issues on the main site, but there was a separate site (CPF Underground) where it was ok to discuss such issues. CPFU was not accessible to the public (i.e. you had to enroll an account and log in to read it at all), but it was reasonably well publicized to CPF members.
Luckily a lot of the positive atmosphere is because the community tends to self moderate. I don’t mean by shouting down dissenting voices but rather that most of the posters tend to stay on their best behavior because they want it to stay a positive community.
SB did a fantastic job bringing that attitude with him when he formed the board in the beginning and it’s made things easier for everyone.
