Once again, yet another topic descends into the usual anti-vax, conspiracy argument.

As we keep saying; plenty of other sites for that.

At this stage, it's looking likely that General Discussion will go the same was as Heavy Weather and get removed, or perhaps any member who doesn't have majority of posts talking about water sports will need to find another outlet.

Some people are actually creating logins via VPN purely to post in general discussion. Please - for those with axes to grind about vaccines, politics, religion, etc, perhaps consider holding a physical sign up at an intersection, you'll get more of an audience than by posting to the same 15 people in this forum.

There are lots of other sites out there, if you want to post about the above, please use them ... we can do without the content & the administration of arguments, and abusive emails that we're part of the Third Reich. We're over it.

We're a waterports site, for good times.
We're a waterports site, for good times.
We're a waterports site, for good times.
We're a waterports site, for good times.
We're a waterports site, for good times.
We're a waterports site, for good times.
We're a waterports site, for good times.

This is the last time: We're a water sports site. An escape from covid, war, politics, etc .. watersport is something we do for fun.

Anybody who comes here purely to post in General Discussion about vaccines, conspiracies etc will be banned.

Oh, by the way:

We're a waterports site, for good times.

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Seabreeze said..
This is the last time: We're a water sports site. An escape from covid, war, politics, etc .. watersport is something we do for fun.

Any chance we can add cryptocurrency to the banned list? After all, it's pretty much a meld of religion and politics.

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Seabreeze said..
This is the last time: We're a water sports site. An escape from covid, war, politics, etc .. watersport is something we do for fun.

Any chance we can add cryptocurrency to the banned list? After all, it's pretty much a meld of religion and politics.

What about sharks? Can we talk about or rather keep quiet? I couldn't see a single comment on Sydney tragedy. Recent floods converted our Broadwater into brown muddy hot pond.
Things like dark wetsuit have been blamed, that confuse you with seal. Can we make Bunnings like bright yellow and flourescent orange wetsuits?

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Seabreeze said..
This is the last time: We're a water sports site. An escape from covid, war, politics, etc .. watersport is something we do for fun.

Any chance we can add cryptocurrency to the banned list? After all, it's pretty much a meld of religion and politics.

No it's not it's just a computer program. 0s and 1s. There's no name calling on the crypto forum any differences of opinion are quickly resolved by googling how the 0s and 1s of that particular sub-routine are arranged. Besides, you could make a heap of money and be able to buy all the latest watersport toys.

Laurie Threatens Nuclear War!

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evlPanda said..
Laurie Threatens Nuclear War!

All wars can and should be avoided in advance!
Laurie just do attempt to do just that.

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evlPanda said..
Laurie Threatens Nuclear War!

I heard that now the borders are opening up he is hitting the road to the east where it rains.

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FormulaNova said..

evlPanda said..
Laurie Threatens Nuclear War!

I heard that now the borders are opening up he is hitting the road to the east where it rains.

Wrong. Roads on East side are flooded and closed! More people died in last few days in QLD in submerged cars then eaten by sharks in decade. Just tried to get to my farm and can not. Should we talk about moto cars boats? Should I invent something quickly or there are already there cars that could swim?

Ban the funny picture / jokes then I am outta here

Entropy threatens any & all systems. If the field of high disruption can be identified and its resultant chaos limited by intervention, the outstanding majority may survive a while longer with some predictable order. If there is no intervention or solution to the increasing entropy, buckle up for the inevitable.

It is all the lizard people fault

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TonyAbbott said..
It is all the lizard people fault

So sayeth a former master lizard.

The end of Shooting the Breeze!
What will we FN do to fill our daze?

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Mr Milk said..
The end of Shooting the Breeze!
What will we FN do to fill our daze?

I have reached 13k posts, so I can now retire.

Adios!

Maybe we could have a forum section that is exclusively for these discussions, to keep them out of shooting the breeze? it could be limited to people who had a certain number of posts already to prevent spam and circumventing account suspensions.

it would just need a catchy name.

and maybe also some way of expressing your thoughts on a post other than a green thumb? Like maybe the opposite of a green thumb, whatever that would be.

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Maybe we could have a forum section that is exclusively for these discussions, to keep them out of shooting the breeze? it could be limited to people who had a certain number of posts already to prevent spam and circumventing account suspensions.

it would just need a catchy name.

and maybe also some way of expressing your thoughts on a post other than a green thumb? Like maybe the opposite of a green thumb, whatever that would be.

It would end in tears.

You meam, It DID end in tears

Just shut down all the general discussion, except for the funny images, no one can add a new topic, just add a pic and if reply with a comment they get banned for life as its a sin to the lords of Seabreeze and Huey himself
Those that want "general discussion" can post their anti.....everything conspiracies on twitter and youtube chat where those types get their education from and breed .

PUSH THAT BIG RED DELETE GENERAL DISCUSSION BUTTON.......YOU HAVE NATO BACKING YOU

About time

OK I was one who fell for the crap in that thread and responded to the CT rubbish haha.... still, sorry.

But as I've said before, take it further ...... Seabreeze is very very under-moderated compared to other fora. The best ones I've frequented (different hobby) have near enough same rules, but the mods are (seemingly) more active with reading and if a new member seems to just be a d!ck they're canned.

Give us a .sig (it shows up the fakes sometimes, and enables new folks to ask the right people a question)
If members have the stated aim of talking crap, and continually take shots at another discipline / sport they would literally last 5mins in some other fora.... = ban hammer.
If people continually have a crack at other members without provocation = ban hammer.
Red thumbs was great - some people dished out hundreds to another person, shows they're a c0ck = ban hammer
Only ever posting on one topic (like 10x threads started and 6 are about how bad a kite brand is, or about the latest CT) = ban hammer.


The old farts will remember Brucie and how he completely destroyed a newsgroup and a forum or two, just trolling. This is a bunch of aussies in the same hobby / cohort / near enough same socioeconomic class. What have we got to be nasty to one another about?

(Full disclosure - I've been banned for a dirty pic. People complained, did my time, learned)

Darn it, I didn't get to be falsely accused of causing another thread lock

Aah this is starting to look like a honey pot. if you responded to this thread, you're out!

Yeah last honey pot got me BAD

general discussion is coming to an end all over this country, why should seabreeze be any different

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general discussion is coming to an end all over this country, why should seabreeze be any different

I might build a new kitesurfing discussion website that will allow free speech.
I have kitesurfingsunshinecoast.com.au that I originally got because I was considering setting up a downwinding pick up and drop off bus service.
You can also download Telegram and delete Facebook.
If you are censored on seabreeze move somewhere else.
By the way I will never click one of you adds again ??

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snoidberg said..
I might build a new kitesurfing discussion website that will allow free speech.
I have kitesurfingsunshinecoast.com.au that I originally got because I was considering setting up a downwinding pick up and drop off bus service.
You can also download Telegram and delete Facebook.
If you are censored on seabreeze move somewhere else.
By the way I will never click one of you adds again ??

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The whole point of Seabreeze is Watersports. Head over to a car forum and start new topics every week about knitting or child care .. it's just not appropriate. If you want to talk kitesurfing, in the kitesurfing section, you're more than welcome.

The challenge right here, right now, is that there are a bunch of people constantly pushing their agenda (this forum is where 90% of their posts are), and Seabreeze is just not that serious. We're about the good part of life - Watersports - surfing, kiting, windsurfing. And these people are forever reporting each other for abuse. It builds hatred, and we're having to manage it all. We're over it.

We ask them to stop, we get hate mail, fake accounts. It's ridiculous.

We're a Watersports site. If you want to talk kitesurfing, go to the kitesurfing forum and talk kitesurfing. Same with foiling, sup, whatever. You're more than welcome.

It's pretty simple. There are thousands of other places to push your vaccine viewpoints. Seabreeze just ain't one of them. Head down the pub, tell your co-workers, strangers in the street, your spouse, Facebook, twitter .. just not here.

Fun Fact: We delete spammers of bitcoin, drugs, and scams every other day. Nobody has ever complained of the removal of that stuff. No outcry of "censorship", "freedom of speech". And yet we remove them for the same reason: the content is not appropriate to these forums.

Spot on.

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snoidberg said..
I might build a new kitesurfing discussion website that will allow free speech.
I have kitesurfingsunshinecoast.com.au that I originally got because I was considering setting up a downwinding pick up and drop off bus service.
You can also download Telegram and delete Facebook.
If you are censored on seabreeze move somewhere else.
By the way I will never click one of you adds again ??

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The whole point of Seabreeze is Watersports. Head over to a car forum and start new topics every week about knitting or child care .. it's just not appropriate. If you want to talk kitesurfing, in the kitesurfing section, you're more than welcome.

The challenge right here, right now, is that there are a bunch of people constantly pushing their agenda (this forum is where 90% of their posts are), and Seabreeze is just not that serious. We're about the good part of life - Watersports - surfing, kiting, windsurfing. And these people are forever reporting each other for abuse. It builds hatred, and we're having to manage it all. We're over it.

We ask them to stop, we get hate mail, fake accounts. It's ridiculous.

We're a Watersports site. If you want to talk kitesurfing, go to the kitesurfing forum and talk kitesurfing. Same with foiling, sup, whatever. You're more than welcome.

It's pretty simple. There are thousands of other places to push your vaccine viewpoints. Seabreeze just ain't one of them. Head down the pub, tell your co-workers, strangers in the street, your spouse, Facebook, twitter .. just not here.

Fun Fact: We delete spammers of bitcoin, drugs, and scams every other day. Nobody has ever complained of the removal of that stuff. No outcry of "censorship", "freedom of speech". And yet we remove them for the same reason: the content is not appropriate to these forums.

Thanks for the reply,
Fair enough if you delete other political stuff bitcoin spam ect, I don't see that because you are working hard cleaning it out. Seabreeze have a lot of interesting, smart and health conscious outdoorzie people that can be a good read.
If some day tho, we do end up living with a social credit system make sure you tell your grandchildren what side of history you were on.
I will still click your ads then, but only on days with green arrows.

Ban the serial sooky-la-las that over use the reporting button. Problem solvered.

Laurie
If you got the weather right for a change
Everyone would be on the water not sat behind
Their devices talking shurdt ??

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cauncy said..
Laurie
If you got the weather right for a change
Everyone would be on the water not sat behind
Their devices talking shurdt ??

It's not Laurie fault it's global warming !

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TonyAbbott said..
It is all the lizard people fault

what did I do?