Libcom Wobblies

Joseph K. "the thinking man's idiot"
Posts: 8625 Joined: 14-03-06 Location: Brighton
Submitted by Joseph K. on 4 September, 2008 - 09:38.
the admins wrote:
Since 'libcom wobblies' seems to be now just filled with the infighting, and some have asked for it to be removed, we'll be merging every post into libcommunity (one or two might be suitable for other forums, but not many), and deleting the forum by the end of the week. If people have serious comments or suggestions about this please post them here.

OliverTwister "Tied directly to Bekken and the Philly camp"
Posts: 2216 Joined: 10-10-05 Location: San Francisco, USA
4 September, 2008 - 10:20

Thank you admins

-a fan

Hieronymous
Posts: 84 Joined: 27-07-07
4 September, 2008 - 19:28

There's something completely sloppy and unprincipled for someone like Slava to call libcom a "joke," and then to continue demand that all posts be deleted by spamming the threads. This should be grounds for banning. Same with Sparrow and his ad hominem attacks where he tries to associate those with whom he disagrees with Nazis. Without any context, he simply posted people's real names until the admins thankfully removed them. Then he, like Slava, simply acted like a troll and spammed the threads.

Migrate it over to another forum, but please don't allow these provocateurs to spam and troll as their program of "sabotage." Simply encourage them to migrate over to CommonDreams.org, where they'll find greater affinity for their ideas.

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1899 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
5 September, 2008 - 13:39

Jesus I just had a look in there, what the fuck is wrong with everyone?

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
9 September, 2008 - 11:34
Steven. wrote:
Jesus I just had a look in there, what the fuck is wrong with everyone?

all the sensible ones except me and Tacks (and maybe Oliver if he's feeling nice) have scarpered and let the loonies loose.

i don't mind the forum being deleted. it was useful for a while, and thanks to the libcom overlords for letting us have it. but yeah, get rid.

Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
Posts: 3181 Joined: 06-11-03 Location: England
9 September, 2008 - 11:39

You calling me a loony angry

catch "unpractical[sic] and blinkered"
Posts: 10035 Joined: 07-02-06 Location: London
9 September, 2008 - 13:09

Done. Sorry it was a couple of days past 'the end of the week'.

Tacks "in it to win it"
Posts: 4723 Joined: 08-11-05
9 September, 2008 - 15:04
ftony wrote:
Steven. wrote:
Jesus I just had a look in there, what the fuck is wrong with everyone?

all the sensible ones except me and Tacks (and maybe Oliver if he's feeling nice) have scarpered and let the loonies loose.

...and, in our defence, we posted there cos we post here anyway (for our sins) and it pops up when you click 'tracker'. Me and ftony are both in favour of getting rid. Also, the reason it was full of disaffected, in one case stalkery-psycho, types is cos they can't post on wobforum.

I'm not too bothered about the impression it gave, cos despite the lunacy, i know it was fuck all people and many of them not wobs. The worst weren't.

Cheers mods smile

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
10 September, 2008 - 09:57
Rob Ray wrote:
You calling me a loony angry

course not Mister Ray, sir

*doffs cap*

fnbrill ""Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies." - Tacitus"
Posts: 779 Joined: 13-01-07
10 September, 2008 - 23:23

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