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Aaron
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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: Group Memberships |
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At the top of every page of the forum is this link:
Usergroups
http://www.peakoil.com/gate.html?name=Forums&file=groupcp
You can now select a preferred group for your account among 3 basic choices.
Cornucopian - Subscribing to the "horn of plenty" idea that hydrocarbon depletion will have ultimately beneficial consequences.
Moderate - Subscribing to the idea that hydrocarbon depletion will have serious, but manageable consequences.
Doomer - Subscribing to the idea that hydrocarbon depletion will lead to destructive, if not cataclysmic consequences.
So jump right in and declare your affiliation.
*your dog wants membership*
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IslandCrow
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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Apart from declaring my position are there any benefits to this? Such as discussions only open to those who share my outlook on PO?
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Aaron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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| IslandCrow wrote: | | Apart from declaring my position are there any benefits to this? Such as discussions only open to those who share my outlook on PO? |
That's an interesting 2nd generation suggestion.
Opinions?
I'm open to trying that out.
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Iaato
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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Golem's gonna have a field day with this one. I can't wait.
...feeling constrained by pigeonholes. This pigeon doesn't want to go in any of the three.
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Aaron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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| Iaato wrote: | Golem's gonna have a field day with this one. I can't wait.
...feeling constrained by pigeonholes. This pigeon doesn't want to go in any of the three. |
Or not... as the case may be.
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Iaato
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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No, I'm not just being crabby. A few more categories? I don't completely fit. I'm in between somewhere. Ideally you need a branching algorithm or concept map to handle the complexity. Or at least a few more categories. It could be interesting to make some sort of PO family tree.
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Aaron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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| Iaato wrote: | | No, I'm not just being crabby. A few more categories? I don't completely fit. I'm in between somewhere. Ideally you need a branching algorithm or concept map to handle the complexity. Or at least a few more categories. It could be interesting to make some sort of PO family tree. |
Sorry... if you don't fit exactly then either make a compromise decision... or don't.
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emersonbiggins
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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Can you imagine filtering out all but the cornucopian posts? It would read like a rap sheet on Lorenzo. 
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Aaron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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What will be interesting is...
Who will post first in each new forum?
And.... begin.
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Jack
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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Alas, our membership applications to the group appear to require manual approval...which is probably a very good thing...but until we are approved, no initial posting can occur...
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threadbear
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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MD
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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davep
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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Shannymara
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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| Jack wrote: | | Alas, our membership applications to the group appear to require manual approval...which is probably a very good thing...but until we are approved, no initial posting can occur... |
Looks like either Aaron or SPG fixed it, I can see the list of people in the Doomer group now.
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Pixie
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: Group Memberships |
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This makes me feel like I do when I register my political party so I can take part in one or another of the primaries. I'd rather choose a third party or none, but I end up registering for one of the two majors so I get a primary vote.
Here the problem is that all the fun and popular people are joining the doomer group, but I'd like to identify as a moderate. But I bet ya a dollar and a half there will never be a forum open only to boring-ol' moderates. So, if I want full access, I need to be a doomer.
Ya know, I changed my mind. This isn't a two party system at all. It's a one-party system! Yer all a bunch of damn reds!
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