[R.]

Hi Tim,

i'll try to address some points you mentioned.

Originally Posted by Tim

It has become one of the most terrible Meat Loaf sites. Since there are so much so called fans that are here since Fire Ball is on the site. Even some older / longer fans are ruining it so much. Then the lay out sucks.

With much pain in my heart i'm looking at this site. How terrible it is. Not only people are ruining it, also the complete postwhore, discriminate and cursing thing has gone to far.

Regarding the layout issue, scroll down.

Well, then seriously - what do you expect me to do? Kick out all people that joined in 2003? Come on, you know that this would be completely ridiculous. I do know that we have some "discussions" posted here that shouldn't have happened. So what should I do with them? Censor them? Delete them? In my eyes this would be as bad as abusing the messageboard for just insulting people. However, I decided for myself that I'd rather prefer people to be mature enough for discussions, than supervising each and any of their messages. If somebody feels the need to talk his mind here (like you did), fine. But be prepared that you might get some answers you don't like. I never had the intention to set up a messageboard where all guests are looking through some pink coloured glasses and post only positive things. That would be boring and basically renders a forum useless. You're mentioning "... discrimate and cursing ...". Sounds like you are talking about the "Fight Club". May I direct your attention to my little announcement I posted there: "If you are easily offended by people getting into arguments, don't go any further. You have been warned."? I suppose you have read that.

Originally Posted by Tim

If this is how it must be.... i will not come here any more.

Bad news. You should give this another thought.

Originally Posted by Tim

I'm here cause i'm a Meat Loaf fan. I like the man, i like the music, i like the movies. They are great.

Well, that basically makes us a community here, eh? Then again, I do remember that you have had some not so positive opinions about stuff Meat recently made. With regard to your message above and with all respect, should I have deleted that? I think not.

Originally Posted by Tim

It is about not respect each other, it is about fighting on someone or his/her words.

Don't tell me that you are a virgin regarding this. That would be a lie.

Originally Posted by Tim

It is terrible. The hard thing for me is that i can not do a thing about it. And that is hard. Not even in PM's your save. I got a pm from a person that i thought was okay..... but after this pm i will never talk to her again.

Oh - somebody does not share your opinion about something and suddenly that person is not "ok" anymore? Does that imply that everything that does not correlate with your opinion is bullcrap? Well, it obviously wasn't any kind of insult, because then you would have sent me a complaint, so that I could have done something to stop that. Am i right?

Originally Posted by Tim

Also... .beneath the avatar there are some buttons that you can "add" or "ignore" someone..... I will say... this is very racistic!!!! Respect people!

Oh ... I have installed an addition to forum software. Is this an act of racism? You are accusing me of racism and yet you are talking about respecting people? You'd better get your facts straight before posting crap like this. Did you read what that addition does? Well, basically it could just solve most of your problems on the forums you have right now. I won't tell you, check your profile, read the faq, find out for yourself and then judge.

Originally Posted by Tim

About the lay-out... i keep repeating myself... it is not user friendly. I know that.... why??? I'm a teacher in the art, and designing was a huge part of my education. I graduated at designing so.....
Also here, nothing i can do about it. It is not my site, but.... i when you are changing things, and you got response from people (over 27% thinks it sucks) then you must think by yourself.... what is wrong, what can i do to improve it and make it better.

Finally. Now how come that I think that this is the main reason behind this rant? I'm not going into this very detailed, just a few remarks. "User friendly" - Define "User Friendly", please. Are you talking about "Usability" or not? A graduate in design does not necessarily make you a software engineer. 30% of all voters people think it's bad? Well, that makes about 70% that think that it's ok. Should I ignore them? And how many of the 30% have been your votes?

Ok, let's find some constructive ending here. Tim, simply saying "It sucks" is quite easy. Doing this won't get you anywhere. Regarding your layout issue I do expect some proposals from you on how to make it "less suck", otherwise nothing will happen. And you might want to give the buddylist a try.

And finally, I'm not running the mlukfc. I'm just the plumber and responsible for this website.
If you have a problem with that, feel free to post a complaint to Diane, as an example.

R.