I'm somewhat perplexed by this 'Inmates Central' forum. On the one hand I strongly endorse the move to create a 'members only' forum at AA. Restricting this forum to registered inmates will: 1) Stop anonymous trolling, and 2) Reduce some of the ignoramus posting by newbies. I think this will improve the quality of discussion here, giving more signal and much less noise than in the General Asylum.

On the other hand, I do not understand the focus of this new forum. Maybe it will serve as a kind of town hall? Better to rake over issues here with a core set of inmates? I'm all for that, since the General Asylum has become a kind of portal for unwashed audio masses.

Apart from a core community or assembly function, what else hangs this board together? Most other boards focus on specific audio technologies, and are unique in that respect. This board, however, essentially duplicates what's on General. Read at the top right corner of Inmates Central. It reads, "This is a place for general audio topics". Likewise, the text at General reads, "General audio topics". I suppose my whine here is really about having more than 20 forums, some duplicating material on others. Anybody else swamped by the proliferation of forums at AA?

I voted for mandatory registration in the General Asylum, and so did 70% of other inmates. So why did the Bored back out of a full implementation of the vote? Methinks enforced registration in the General Asylum would have kicked up one hell of a fuss. Cowards! And I was spoiling to watch the fur fly. Hrumph. Anyways, can somebody please explain to me the specific focus of this here new forum? We are gonna be like an enlightened version of the General Asylum? That makes them left in General dimwits, right? And all these forums are sucking up hours of my time to read, unfairly depriving me of sleep.

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 I like Inmate Central & General Asylum... - AbeCollins 21:53:54 08/30/02 (0)
 Re: Free at last ... I think. - Rod M 17:01:18 08/30/02 (4)
 Time - psgary 19:16:24 08/30/02 (3)

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 I like Inmate Central & General Asylum... - AbeCollins 21:53:54 08/30/02 (0)
 Re: Free at last ... I think. - Rod M 17:01:18 08/30/02 (4)
 Time - psgary 19:16:24 08/30/02 (3)
 Well my man of "action" I find that I agree with you 100%... - Mrs. Piggy 21:53:44 08/31/02 (2)
 Unwitting egotism - psgary 12:29:16 09/01/02 (1)
 You are a gem!-nt - Mrs. Piggy 20:35:24 09/01/02 (0)
 Re: Free at last ... I think. - Don T 11:54:18 08/30/02 (0)

On required registration, we did struggle on this topic. Yes, the votes were 70% in favor, but the sample was a bit small, given that we've got over 14,000 registrations. Sure, half are probably not active or rarely visit, but it's still a small sample.

In addition, there were other members that heavily supported leaving General and adding a Members Only forum. The bored has also kicked that idea around a lot in the past. So in the end, we thought that we'd give it a try. I would hope that topics here would stay active longer and attract more thoughtful responses. We'll see.

I feel comfortable seeing familiar names and enjoy another forum to look around and post on. No action at General? Think I'll pop over to Inmates Central and see what the action is.

Should be interesting. Most of the folks here are.

Everyone knows Mrs. P is fascinating, however.