Bio of a BZP Admin

See, this is why I avoid politics in my life. There's always going to be someone who disagrees with you, who has a different view on what is right or wrong. That's why I'm neutral in almost every issue. That probably won't make people on either side happy, but I just want to have fun and make friends on this site. So I propose we all do just that. This is a site on a kid's toyline anyways.

 

(Psst, feel free to remove this if I crossed any borders here)

I understand the point of view you hold, and I know that the site's roots were founded in Bionicle, but perhaps moving away from being a site about the view of "This is a Kids site" is what would expand BZP. I feel that since the site is still mainly geard towards Bionicle, it's losing a lot of it's steam and a lot of it's potential is being wasted.

 

I think if you were more open to these concepts and perhaps made the forums a bit more mature, for those of us willing to participate in logical, civil discussions about this stuff, then maybe you'd be better off.

 

I think through that, BZP can expand quite a bit. We must remember that it's been 3 years since Bionicle bit the bullet, and the site has only been getting slower since. If we don't expand to concepts other than just Lego, or seriously redefine our image in that field, we won't last more than 5-7 years at most.

 

I understand your want to keep the rules as they are, I understnad why they were put into place, but as one famous man put it: "The times they are a changin'" and I feel that some of the rules may need revision. A looking over, sprucing up.

 

Maybe even removing some, as I said above, and expanding the site's horizons, making it accessable to every age range. The young and the old, those with and without experience. I hope this message gets through, even thought I doubt you'll allow it to be posted.

 

- Jerzy

I understand the point of view you hold, and I know that the site's roots were founded in Bionicle, but perhaps moving away from being a site about the view of "This is a Kids site" is what would expand BZP. I feel that since the site is still mainly geard towards Bionicle, it's losing a lot of it's steam and a lot of it's potential is being wasted.

As one of the Administrators of BZPower, I don't want to move away from Bionicle and LEGO. I want to run a LEGO fan site, not a site where people discuss and debate politics, religion, and other social, cultural, economic, etc issues. If you or someone else wants to make such a site, you're of course more than welcome to, that's one of the awesome things about the Internet.

I think if you were more open to these concepts and perhaps made the forums a bit more mature, for those of us willing to participate in logical, civil discussions about this stuff, then maybe you'd be better off.

Except that time and again the membership as a whole has shown they cannot talk about these topics in a mature manner. There are always going to be differing viewpoints and that always seems to blow up anywhere you go on the Internet.

I think through that, BZP can expand quite a bit. We must remember that it's been 3 years since Bionicle bit the bullet, and the site has only been getting slower since. If we don't expand to concepts other than just Lego, or seriously redefine our image in that field, we won't last more than 5-7 years at most.

I don't know how long BZPower will last. Maybe you're right and five years from now it'll just be me making news reports and blog entries. I'd love to find a way to revitalize the forums, but currently we're looking to do that while still being a LEGO fansite.

I understand your want to keep the rules as they are, I understnad why they were put into place, but as one famous man put it: "The times they are a changin'" and I feel that some of the rules may need revision. A looking over, sprucing up.

I agree that some rules could probably be changed, and we're working on changing some of them. I don't think the rules regarding political and religious discussion are up for review right now though. And honestly, every time there's an issue like this where members start arguing and the staff has to get involved, it takes away from the time we have to work on improving and changing the site.

Maybe even removing some, as I said above, and expanding the site's horizons, making it accessable to every age range. The young and the old, those with and without experience. I hope this message gets through, even thought I doubt you'll allow it to be posted.

I like to think that we are accessible to every age range, and that removing some rules would restrict who feels welcome here. Young children don't want to talk about politics or religion, or if they do, they're not educated enough to make the logical choices about what they support and believe. I feel that having such discussion would alienate them and that's not something I want to do. Kids today are the AFOLs of tomorrow.