Funny, I went to satwaves this morning and continue to be amazed at what anyone sees in that site.
To start, Dominic/Brandon/CRFCEO wrote a fairly ignorant piece on the performance royalty bill which is likely to be blocked in Congress now (which I wont get in to for obvious reasons... but lets just say that he conveniently left out pertinent facts... and have very different opinions on the whole matter).
Meanwhile, in response to Brandon, another poster (not me) commented in what I thought was an intelligent response to the other side of the story -- and what was Brandon's response later in the thread? An overt threat to the guy! Seriously??? He literally responded by commenting on where the guy was writing from, asking him how the weather is there... and going out of his way to demonstrate that he had power over everyone else -- in what I believe was done in an overtly threatening manner. That if Brandon doesn't agree with you -- he'll post your IP address and where you're from.
Really? And Brandon dares question censorship issues with this site? Does he not realize the damage of making posts like that can have -- and the chilling effects it has on debate, dialogue and discourse? That is the NUMBER ONE reason I will never particpate on his site... and that is the abuse of power that Brandon has demonstrated that he has no problem wielding. The first time he wouldn't agree with me on something -- out will come the, "I know your IP address and where you post from" crap...
I just don't get how some of you go to that site... knowing full well who Dominic/Brandon/CRFCEO really is, what he has done in the past and what he is capable of doing... especially with running his own site. You'd be surprised at how much a webmaster can learn and know about board particpants, by having their IP address and registration info.
I know... I've webmastered my own board before. But like those on this site -- I've never made threats nor abused that power like this guy has. That is disingenuous and a no-no for a website owner.
Okay, I'm off my high-horse and sorry for changing the subject. I just saw that this morning and thought, "what a punk"....
I had to get it off my chest.
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