Hi buz,
Thanks for your response.
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I suppose it could be missused as a soapbox to promote one's ideology via recognition of another's likeminded view. Hopefully that's not the case and doesn't appear to be, for the most part.
I would also hope that it would not be used to backslap the people one agrees with exclusively. Preferably, it would recognize well constructed and written posts regardless whether one agrees or not. I don't pay much attention to the POTM thread as I currently don't have the time to follow the debates so closely and evaluate who has done a particularly remarkable job in each thread or has improved their debating skills. I also don't view it as particularly important to the debate as a whole. That is why I am perplexed with mike's putting such emphasis on POTM.
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As for drawing a crowd in a thread, it's logically easier for me to draw a crowd than you since there's not many representing my minority and provocative viewpoints. It's good sensible posters like you however that are so necessary to make those threads, whether long or short, interesting and informative.
Thank you for the compliment. But I actually disagree a bit. I am actually quite irrelevant to the EvC forum in general. I enjoy it and learn from it. But there are dozens of evo's who are well informed and are top notch debaters making my contributions expendable. There are only a few creationists at this site like you who persist and debate according to the forum guidelines even if once in a while things get heated. People like you, TrueCreation and even mike the wiz (when he does not get emotional) are much more necessary. Otherwise the forum would consist of debate among fairly like-minded evos (boring..I do that at work), and only a few hit and run posts by less able creos (which is also fairly pointless). You guys sustain the debate.
Compare this to some of the sites that have completely biased administration and the difference in quality becomes readily apparent. Many are so one sided and lack even the pretense of debate such that they are worthless. Here at least you and I can debate, completely disagree, and even argue heatedly without being banned just for the fact that we disagree. This may also be what attracts the many unregistered guests.
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It takes all of us to make this board that interesting for these folks to come in and read us
I agree with you 100%
Cheers,
M
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