A most brilliant plan

Hi,

I must say that even though sometimes I think I've seen it all, every
now and again something happens that makes me think “he, here’s
something novel and it’s brilliant” and I must say that this time
Battlefront’s Steve Grammont managed to surprise me like that

Over the years the Battlefront forum has become a fanboy-heavy place,
with “negative” posters getting banned or subdued by an avalanche of
personal attacks from the fanboy-squad. It has gotten so bad that an
“only post here if you’re happy” thread appeared which made Mr.
Grammont whelp this brilliant idea :

“We've never banned someone because of their opinions, only their
method of expressing them.
And even then it's a handful of people over many years. Most customers
have been very, very happy to see the majority of those kicked out of
here. The new Forum for Normandy will expand upon that concept and
allow the Forum more direct input on who should get the boot for
refusing to behave themselves.”

http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=1154867&postcount=6

In a brilliant move, he has managed to outmaneuver all those pesky
people complaining about Battlefront ridiculing or banning anyone
critical of them, because now they can say “he, it wasn’t us – it’s
the forum members who decided your presence wasn’t wanted anymore”.

Pontius Pilate : eat that !

This, of course, ties in perfectly with his realization that “an
artificially positive Forum has far, far more value than one that has
completely "gone to the dogs".” – and I’m quoting the guy verbatim
here from the same post.

Well, I wish them all the best of luck getting decent feedback on
their future games from the fanboy-squad in his "artificially positive
Forum" – everyone knows how unbiased and critical these guys are …
Sheesh, one almost begins to suspect the main currency they’re paying
their groceries with is “blind adoration” instead of dollars.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

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> http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=1154867&postcount=6
>
> In a brilliant move, he has managed to outmaneuver all those pesky
> people complaining about Battlefront ridiculing or banning anyone
> critical of them, because now they can say "he, it wasn’t us – it's
> the forum members who decided your presence wasn't wanted anymore".

"Nothing to do with me. It's the law. The law of England."
- Basil Fawlty

As a practical matter, it's little different than what most forums do;
install the most obsequious superfanboys as "moderators" and let them do
the banning / disappearing. Grammont has just taken the quite logical
next step and made *every* fanboy a moderator; the iron laws of forums
will ensure that fanboys will outnumber complainers in virtually all
cases.

And, of course, if the complainers ever get to 50%+1 status, he has but
to post an, "OK, guys, this just isn't working out" and go back to
business as usual.



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