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Kiashu on August 18, 2008 - 3:20am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Yes, I think that's why PeakOil.com created three special forums: Doomers Only, Moderates Only, and Cornucopians Only. [...] After awhile, no matter how interested you are in the topic, covering the same ground over and over again gets tedious. The special forums were supposed to offer a place to get beyond that.

I don't frequent their forums, but don't they run into the problem we have in all political affairs, that almost everyone thinks they're "middle of the road"?

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Leanan on August 18, 2008 - 6:52am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Not really. People seem pretty aware of where they are on the "Doomatron scale." And there are mods who will move or delete posts as necessary.

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Greg in MO on August 18, 2008 - 8:36am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Leanan,
I was just looking at the PeakOil.com discussion boards and see lots of interesting topics, but absolutely no seperation by Doomer-Moderate-Cornucopian. Am I really missing something? Are the terms used there different? Do you perhaps see different discussion baords when you sign up and declare yourself in one group or another? Help!

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Leanan on August 18, 2008 - 9:44am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I have admin privileges there, so I'm not sure how it works for ordinary users. But you cannot see the special forums unless you register and log in. They are invisible to guests.

Once you are registered and logged in, I think you have to sign up somehow to get into the special forums. But you don't have to pick only one. You can enroll in Doomers Only, Moderates Only, and Cornucopians Only if you wish.

There's not a lot going on right now. Like TOD, PO.com has seen traffic severely slow with the drop in oil prices. And Doomers Only is by far the most active forum.

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Rethin on August 20, 2008 - 3:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I'm a member and logged in, and I don't see these forums.

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Leanan on August 20, 2008 - 10:31am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

This is supposedly how you sign up:

Hit the "Usergroups" link to the right of the "Search" link at the top of the forum, then choose the group from the drop-down menu.

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