Recently there has been some concern from certain forum members regarding desertrunner, who has greatly stepped up his posting activity in the past month.
First off, I want to explain who he is. desertrunner is someone I've known for 10 years from outside of poker. He's been a good and loyal friend, and I appreciate that a lot. He's not a poker player, but has learned somewhat about the poker world by listening to PFA Radio. Until the past month, his posts were sporadic, and he wasn't really noticed here. He's greatly stepped up activity, and some people are now annoyed by him.
Now, you need to understand that PFA is a unique place in its tone and interactions, so often outsiders have trouble initially fitting in here. Some eventually learn and adjust, others just leave, and a few others just plod along and bashed every time they say something. I've had a lot of radio listeners text me over time saying that they want to post on the forum, but they're afraid they will get ripped apart -- and these aren't people who are particularly political or controversial.
Back to desertrunner: I can understand some of the objection to his recent activity here. He creates a lot of new threads, some of which are unnecessary (or should be in existing threads). He posts a lot of far-right political content, some of which are memes or screenshots which have been debunked or are clearly fake. Recently he's also taken to fighting back against people bashing him, which has further agitated everything.
On the other hand, a lot of the threads he's started have spawned legitimate discussion and debate about the topics he brought up. Go look for yourself. It's not like FPS_Russia who repeatedly posted trash which nobody would read. Even some of the threads which were initially derided eventually spawned into some interesting discussions.
I'm going to talk to him regarding when to create new threads, how many to create per day, and the type of stuff he should and shouldn't post here. He will respect my requests, because we are friends, and he's not looking to troll or disrupt here.
At the same time, some of the attitudes I've seen here from "certain people", regarding this forum, have really frustrated me. Some honestly seem to believe that I should have no right to remove people who are here specifically to harass me on my own forum, or that I'm a sensitive heavy-handed asshole if I do remove them. Some have shown they have absolutely no respect for the time and effort I put into this place. Some have shown that they absolutely don't believe I have a right to want to enjoy my own website. I have taken note of who these people are, and I honestly don't give a shit if they leave or stay. I don't expect any thanks for running this place, but if you really think it's objectionable that I remove people who exist here solely to troll me, you're a fucking prick and I don't really want you on my forum. So I won't bother respecting your opinion if you're one of those people.
For the rest of you, thank you very much for all your contributions here (seriously), and I really appreciate your time in effort here, as well.
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