Hate posts are NOT tolerated.
Our Moderators are directed to delete without comment ALL hate posts.
(As I'm about to do with last night's latest batch of nonsense, unless some enterprising Mod beats me to it.)
I personally forward repeated hate posts to our branch FBI office, along with the technical details collected about these posters.
Tesla, magnet energy and other related "fantasy energy schemes" are more difficult to moderate. This includes captured alien technology, government conspiracy theories, and other "fringe" topics.
It's tempting to create a new forum titled "I didn't bother to read previous threads covering these topics".
These topics are a recurring theme, and I simply don't read them.
While these posts are of very limited utility, we hesitate to remove them even though they are most often the result of Trolling (See related posts about Trolls if you are not familiar with this practice).
As this website mainstreams, we can fully expect more of the same... I guarantee it.
Keep in mind how you felt after learning about peak aspects of depletion theory. I found lifeaftertheoilcrash first, like many here, and was disturbed by the "logic" of Matt's arguments. This prompted a "peakoil feeding frenzy" on my part, as I'm sure it has for many here.
So by the time they arrive here, three pots of coffee later, bleary eyed and shell-shocked by the serious science material you found on POT, (Peak Oil Theory), it's hardly surprising that many "grasp for straws", including any semi-plausible new or suppressed energy technology.
I appeal to our regular members for patience with these newcomers, despite the frustration of being "lured" into yet another panic-induced thread.
We are currently implementing an "Encyclopedia" section where you can direct posters for detailed information on these topics.
I also remind everyone, that there is a substantial & growing body of threads with very valuable information, which greatly outweigh these "less productive threads".
I have personally read almost every post on this forum. That might seem near to impossible, but if you look into our thread history, it will be obvious that this claim is accurate, and I am currently the #1 poster (in volume) on this site.
I invite all our members to join me on PeakSpeak, along with our Moderators, and see for yourself. It's one thing to make these statements behind the protective shield of a text forum, and quite another to engage in "real-time" voice discussions. BTW - Modems work just fine with this VoiceIP technology.
Thanks again to everyone for contributing here...
* - A special thanks to BackStop for his/her responses to my arguments in the Brute Force Seismology thread, as well as our other posters who engage in thoughtful disagreement with me, as well as our Moderators. We are committed to hosting a forum where arguments stand or fall based on their own merits.