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As much as i think Paul is a complete dipshit, one thing that NO ONE here has ever done here is to look at the mathematics or do a competent analysts of the traffic and user impact of banning certain personalities. It's never done with either business logic or care... but always an emotional response.
It's largely the dipshits that made this place alive. It was always a failed idea to try to make this place increasingly about business when its called "go fuck yourself" and full of people socializing and fucking off and killing time. Thats like saying you're going to turn your successful dive bar called Cockroaches and Homeless People into a successful French restaurant without an identity change and major makeover. It can't happen. This place is only GFY because of the dipshits. It was never a place for business, it was always a zoo where business was occasionally done and it will never be successful as a place for business. Just as no other industry forum has seen any real sustained success which endured over time. This one only stood a chance because it was entertaining and a great distraction.
Banning all the DarkJedi's, DirtyFranks, PaulMarkham's, PimpDogg's etc has never done anything but slow the board down to a crawl, dramatically decrease total activity, decrease advertising value, decrease the entertainment value and make it increasingly boring and lifeless.
It wasn't too many years ago that a thread would get started and could be off the main page in an hour or so, today, its the same threads on the main page for a week.... Winning?
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Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.
Rochard
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