Is there any real reason Eyes on the World is a private forum rather than an archive?

[The Man]

I'll agree that some threads in it devolved into something "bad," but just because a few of them are, you don't want members viewing any of them for nostalgia's sake? Furthermore, hiding one's past just because one regards it as a mistake seems to indicate a rather sizable lack of self-confidence to me. If nothing else, the forum could be left in public view as an example of what to avoid in serious debates.

[Del Murder]

Which threads were you looking for, just out of curiosity?

[Leeza]

It wasn't a mistake. It was started after 9-11 and it had it's purpose, which was supposed to be temporary, I believe. Then it slowly started to turn into a battleground.

That forum is equivalent to a train wreck where everyone will ge gawking to see blood. Best to leave it in garbage.

[The Man]

Which threads were you looking for, just out of curiosity?

Any threads The Captain, I'm my own MILF, myself, and a few other members posted in, really. I find it interesting to read old posts and see how members' viewpoints change over time.

what I'd really like to get my hands on is one of Bleys's backups from before the forums were pruned, because I'm missing all the old debate threads I saved due to a hard drive crash. Of course I know that's not likely to happen ever... although if I were given the access, I probably would be sad enough to reinsert all the old lost posts into EoFF's current database :P

It wasn't a mistake. It was started after 9-11 and it had it's purpose, which was supposed to be temporary, I believe.

That forum didn't exist when I joined EoFF, and that was about six months after 9-11. But I do remember hearing that it was supposed to be temporary.

Then it slowly started to turn into a battleground.

That forum is equivalent to a train wreck where everyone will ge gawking to see blood. Best to leave it in garbage.

Political threads commonly turn into battlegrounds even now that EotW has been deleted, as well. By that logic, shouldn't any argument that devolves enough to need closing be put away? Leaving the threads is commonly accepted practice because it gives members an example of what kind of posting to avoid. I fail to see why this should be any different, even if it is an entire forum.

[Yamaneko]

Wesley sometimes asks me to look for posts in there.

[The Man]

you have Bleys's old backup? insane. have you ever talked about reinserting it into the current database?

I suppose offering various internets favours won't net myself a copy, otherwise I'd offer them.

[Yamaneko]

what

[The Man]

oh, you meant Eyes on the World, not Bleys's backup. This is what sleep deprivation does to Aaron, apparently. xD

[Raistlin]

Wesley sometimes asks me to look for posts in there.

I think I asked you for ONE thread. I don't even remember which thread it was.

[Agent Proto]

Leeza has her history messed up. Eyes on The World started because we were tired of seeing threads based on world events in EoEO. And this was perhaps during the first year of the Iraq War. It was either that or something else I'm forgetting about. But I know it wasn't immediately after 9/11

[The Man]

The Iraq war sounds right. Leeza wouldn't be the first person to confuse Iraq with 9/11

[Del Murder]

All she said was that it was started after 9-11, which it was, so she was not incorrect at all.

[The Man]

It implied that 9/11 was the cause of the forum's existence though, which was an incorrect implication

[Yamaneko]

Leeza is never wrong.

[Leeza]

As far as I know (which isn't much as far as World Events go), the war in Iraq was a result of 9-11 so it's one and the same for me.