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spill it! :bouncer:

For those who think I'm joking about this, I am completely serious, and think I deserve a serious response to why we need a secret forum.

its probably a discussion about processing new members. i also remember we spent alot of time trying to politely convince Dent that his contest ideas were lame.

Because pretty much every message board out there has a hidden forum for mods, some even have one for mods and one for admins, it's because quite frankly the members don't need to know everything that goes on behind the scenes, most of the time they are just updates and shit like that, really quite boring.

none of the other message boards i post on have these forums. why are we not allowed to know about updates concerning the site?

I do agree sleeper, they said the site was for the members, but I'm sure there is every once in a while they may have something that needs discussion without us hijacking the threads. But then again, they could do that on AIM or PMs.

No you can't, because not everyone can be on at the same time.

And Sleeper, how do you know they don't have them if they're hidden?

or a good compromise would be them having their own forum, but having us be able to see the discussion.

Quote:No you can't, because not everyone can be on at the same time.

Having a secret forum would is the same thing as PMs. If not all of them are on, they'll get the PM when they get back.

Quote:And Sleeper, how do you know they don't have them if they're hidden?

i dont think the moderators on said sites care enough to do that.

i am sickened by what i am about to type, but i think i agree with He Who Must Not Be Named.
if this board is for the members by the members then a secret forum is bullshit.

man, i totally forgot we had pm's

We chose at the beging to mask the forum because it was lame to have a visible forum when only the mods can read it.

Where else do you expect us to discuss processing new members, ideas for the site, etc. There is a suggestion button which none of the members use, if we tried discussing ideas out in the open the thread would be defiled in under 2 minutes. We discuss things and issues that concern the site, that concern ideas, coding, new members, and other stuff. There is really nothing of interest there.

Plus it is not a "secret" forum, we don't have any secrets there. We just need a place where we can discuss things without first of all it being defiled and second of all so we don't have to hear arpis complaints before we actually start discussing something.

Quote:Having a secret forum would is the same thing as PMs. If not all of them are on, they'll get the PM when they get back.

A pm still isn't a viable alternative to a discussion.

Quote:i dont think the moderators on said sites care enough to do that.

You'd be suprised. Mods and Admins sometimes just need to discuss stuff amongst themselves, I know, and besides, the government doesn't let us sit in on their secret meetings now do they? We might find out about the meeting later through a press conference but we don't sit in on the actual meeting.

i was only joking in my previous post. hi gonzo!!

ok

Quote:so we don't have to hear arpis complaints before we actually start discussing something.

this is a very bad idea and the very reason alot of decisions go very wrong around here, ie: the hippies, my not being a mod, danked being a mod. see my point?

anything that is discussed back there and when it is finalized it is shared with you, don't give me that bullshit about how we hide shit. I don't think I can be any more honest with you than I have been in the past. I don't hide anything from the members. Except if it concerns shit that has nothing to do with the board and only with another member.

I guess that is fair, as long as you don't keep stuff from us.

Quote:There is really nothing of interest there.

I doubt this.

Quote:I don't hide anything from the members

then you will have no problem showing us the thread. next case please! :banana: