A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I'd like to think that we don't have a huge problem with anything right now and that this whole discussion is purely theoretical, inspired by some interesting ideas in that article.
I think it is, Jon.
But, you know? I'd rather have this kind of vaguely-touchy and unsettling discussion now, rather than in the middle of some crisis. If we're going to talk about it, do it when it's not currently loaded with emotion and affecting decisions right away.
But I'm kind of an academic and I love to talk theoretically, so perhaps I'm not representative. I know that for a lot of people these are emotional topics.
People! Content! Content! Content!
And in the service of illustrating potential lurkers, here's a nation breakdown of June visitors:
#HitsCountry
1150032Network
2123118US Commercial
357965Unresolved/Unknown
427671US Educational
516600Canada
69184Australia
75515US Government
85435United Kingdom
94028Non-Profit Organization
102996Israel
11917New Zealand (Aotearoa)
12665Netherlands
13554Germany
14308United States
15293Switzerland
16275Ireland
17133Japan
1876Spain
1970France
2049Argentina
2126Denmark
2220Russian Federation
2315US Military
2414Niue
2513Italy
2611Sweden
2710United Arab Emirates
2810Belgium
299Mexico
306Qatar
eta: this is the top 30 of 43 countries
Mmm ... porn
/newbie semi-lurker posting in Bureau
That's an impressive list.
here's a nation breakdown of June visitors:
For curiosity's sake of the tech challenged, how are those locations arrived at? IP addresses?
UAE. Qatar. It is to laugh.
Yup ... tracing back IPs to nationalities.
So far this month (and this really blows my mind) besides the US, it says:
- Canada
- Israel
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Germany
- Spain
- Austria
- Hong Kong
- New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Niue?
I just learned something.
UAE. Qatar. It is to laugh.
I was thinking that the stompies would now probably be subject to arrest if we ever actually went to one of those countries, given some of the laws about content they have over there.