h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Despite the bloody 'disclaimer' about not posting statements to the contrary of agreeing in the 'agreement' (Say that one twelve times) to get in here, I do NOT agree to the terms, and only checked the box because MY CONTENT was being held hostage until it was checked. I'm here to gather my stuff and go home.

*sigh*.....I feel your pain, Nonnie. Doesn't seem like it's going to be the same round here. I've removed damn near all of my content as well.

Kuma

*sigh* *nods in understanding* Have you seen my pages (the ones that aren't 'pending moderation' that is?

I can only imagine
The whole bunch of us at the atelier are in a firm state of denial
No external links in conversations, no html, no java, no embeding of pictures/sound/video/flash/shockwave. Woe

Someone watching every word we say... Turning the place into a playground suitable for 5-year-olds (and less)... No links that might indicate there's a world outside BBC... The fact that now supposedly only the BBC can give permission for anyone to copy my work. BULLS**T censor that, b***h, it's MY work and _I_ retain _FULL_ control. The paper I signed said nothing about half of what the new one does. I don't share my copyright on my poetry with ANYone, and according to the new rules they can make a killing off of it and claim it's theirs. No.. I want it off.. even the stuff in the forums.

And they say it's not a British AOL.. The trouble with AOL isn't that it costs money (IE 'commercial') but that it's so overbearing in its domination of its users. This isn't h2g2 anymore... it's British okay-so-it-isn't-commercial AOL.

well, doesn't that just make my day? That is the eight conversation, today, that remains incomplete because of a moderator. Thanks, guys!

Apparently they frown on disparaging remarks about themselves, as well. I can't remember exactly what I wrote, but if it's the post I think it was, it wasn't pretty. Tough nookies.

*sigh* The gist is that h2g2 is no longer h2g2 but a 2-year-old and under playground area. That one probably won't be back.

When you can't say what's on your mind, what good is a conversation forum. I guess I'll have to go back to Usenet.. until the big monsters completely eat that up, too.. and they sure are trying.

The big businesses and governments get very afraid when the -people- of the world can communicate the truth.

Nods sagely.

I think part of the problem is that by law the BBC is restricted to what it can present before 9pm and, of course, online it is always before 9pm somewhere in the world (as Bruce pointed out elsewhere)

My guess (hope) is that when the head BBC online honchos see h2g2 in action (wen the site goes live) some of the more onerous (childish) restrictions will be quietly dropped.

I expect that there will be a lot of researchers who will cut and run the moment they come face to face with all these restrictions. I'm going to stick around a while and see if things change. Once the site is officially up I going to be doing a s*** load of complaining.

Give us a break guys. At the moment you were invited in to help us test the site and get things going again. Of course we're interested in your views too. But at the moment, the moderators are learning, which is why the site isn't live at the moment and which is why posts keep disappearing, they are quite rightly referring them over to me for advice, and I'm reviewing them all and advising the moderation team so that when we *do* go live, they'll know how to work seamlessly.

The basis rules of h2g2 haven't changed a great deal. We've had to make a few adaptations, like no pics for the time being, but these things can change, we can't move physically, technically and implement everything we want to overnight you know.

The 'basic' rules haven't changed a bit at all, but those few new rules sure pack a whallop. That is all I can say without taking a fix

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