It's been over a year since I stopped using language learning forums on the internet. I was banned from one, and it was the right time for it to happen, as it had become my main method of procrastination.
But recently I got invited to join a new forum polydog.org. It seemed like the right time to get back into the community proper, so I signed up. If I'm honest with myself, my posts have slowly got less and less interesting as there's nothing to challenge my views if I don't get involved in discussions, so how are my views going to develop and change.
So it's time to talk. Lots.
Your hyperlink doesn't work, mate. I think it should be: http://polydog.org
ReplyDeleteAll the best
Fixed. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteI hope polydog takes off because HTLAL is pretty much on its knees from the two longish periods, about a uear or so apart, where the site was down. So much less active now. Sadly I think one more outage will finish it off. A wonderful site killed by technical issues.
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It was always hampered by size and age anyway -- the moderation issues arose because it was too big for one person to handle, and moderation is anything but an exact science. It eventually gets to the point that no-one knows what they're allowed to say or what's going to happen next.
ReplyDeleteStumbled across your blog recently, really enjoying it (and getting back into language learning).
ReplyDeleteI was banned (twice!) from HTLAL several years ago and the Admin never gave me any reason as to why, he merely claimed I should know why. I think he's just passive-aggressive.
I was banned because I was a grumpy sod who was always getting into fights. The actual post that got me banned was actually misinterpreted, but I can't really blame anyone for that, because I can't say I would have interpreted it differently in their position.
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