Answer's simple. This site's traffic would plummet. While it was probably intended to be a running-specific forum, today it's a mishmash of political and social issue discourse with the occasional run convo. The anonymity brings out the worst.
Were there no anonymity, most posters would go elsewhere.
Most of the veteran posters on this forum are middle age or so, decades from their PRs, and of course physically declining with age. To them there's virtually no incentive to seriously discuss running, because personally trying to get better is of no benefit to them.
That's a big reason this forum has devolved into mostly politics and trolling. It's more worth the while or many of these posters to care about that than trying to improve or help anyone with their running.
Traffic probably would plummet if the anonymity, the key that allows most of the trolling and shtposting, was taken away and registration was required. Once all that's left to discuss is running, few of the diehard regulars are honestly all that interested in discussing that topic. Ironic on a forum for a site called Let's Run, but here we are.
Many of the frequent posters on LRC, along with the complement of Worst Mods Ever, are aging white right wing, racist, misogynistic trolls. There's a reason many of the professional runners and decent human beings not only never post here but openly deride the place. It's a hate fest, 4Chan style, that is openly supported and nurtured by those who run the place.
Have any of you wondered how it's possible that one of the ONLY supposedly running-focused sites on the entire internet ALMOST NEVER sees active participation from legitimate coaches and runners? It's because, IMO, it is a glorified hate site. I see NO other credible forums online, outside of the obvious racist, nazi trolling sites that are as bad as LRC.
I stay away most of the time but check in here and there to troll the trolls. I routinely get banned for my trolling of trolls posts, and I'm proud as hell of that. I will cheer the day the owners of this site change their moderation practices or the site goes away. It's just an awful place loaded with awful posters.
Many of the frequent posters on LRC, along with the complement of Worst Mods Ever, are aging white right wing, racist, misogynistic trolls. There's a reason many of the professional runners and decent human beings not only never post here but openly deride the place. It's a hate fest, 4Chan style, that is openly supported and nurtured by those who run the place.
Have any of you wondered how it's possible that one of the ONLY supposedly running-focused sites on the entire internet ALMOST NEVER sees active participation from legitimate coaches and runners? It's because, IMO, it is a glorified hate site. I see NO other credible forums online, outside of the obvious racist, nazi trolling sites that are as bad as LRC.
I stay away most of the time but check in here and there to troll the trolls. I routinely get banned for my trolling of trolls posts, and I'm proud as hell of that. I will cheer the day the owners of this site change their moderation practices or the site goes away. It's just an awful place loaded with awful posters.
I see your point, and I suspect that the "right wing, racist, misogynistic trolls" as you say are likely sponsored by the site simply to prompt reactions and stimulate debate. That would make sense, esp. when you see how often they are posting.
It is so annoying, so I simply skip their posts and scroll down to read posts by registered users who I respect, and I read their posts.
I do object to certain things entirely, though, and that would be misoginy, reference to anything nefarious with underage people, homophobia, racism, antisemitism, and other forms of stereotyping. Those are unacceptable and have no place on a public messageboard.
What if all the comments you’ve ever made on LR all of a sudden disclosed your real name, available to all significant others, employers, etc… What would you do?
this type of breach would make Wikileaks and Equifax look like child’s play.
Rekrunner pretending he has an important job would be disproven.
Posting would be a little different, but not much for most people. All the major posters on dyestat knew the other major posters idenntities and it was fine.
Many of the frequent posters on LRC, along with the complement of Worst Mods Ever, are aging white right wing, racist, misogynistic trolls. There's a reason many of the professional runners and decent human beings not only never post here but openly deride the place. It's a hate fest, 4Chan style, that is openly supported and nurtured by those who run the place.
Have any of you wondered how it's possible that one of the ONLY supposedly running-focused sites on the entire internet ALMOST NEVER sees active participation from legitimate coaches and runners? It's because, IMO, it is a glorified hate site. I see NO other credible forums online, outside of the obvious racist, nazi trolling sites that are as bad as LRC.
I stay away most of the time but check in here and there to troll the trolls. I routinely get banned for my trolling of trolls posts, and I'm proud as hell of that. I will cheer the day the owners of this site change their moderation practices or the site goes away. It's just an awful place loaded with awful posters.
You're probably on here 5 or 6 hours a day, and would scream and cry if LetsRun ever closed.
Just the last couple of weeks we've seen posters celebrating a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, asking why the would be assasins of Donald Trump are such lousy shots and hoping they get it right next time.
During the Black Lives Matter protests, a young white woman was shot dead because she mumbled - 'all lives matter'. LOTS of posters here said it was justified. I even got my posts calling it out deleted by a mod.
The problem is that unchecked left-wing cancel culture has led you to believe that anybody who expresses a non-'liberal' point of view is a far-right incel and needs to be cancelled, along with the platform that doesn't delete or ban him.
The majority of posts here are left-wing. Left-wing posts get more upvotes than downvotes. But that isn't good enough for you, because you need your safe spaces and get traumatized at the realization that there are still people out there who don't agree with you.
This site is toxic, but it's not a 'right-wing problem'. A lot of the problem would go away if the Brojos did introduce registration. They have a fear that traffic would drop. That seems unlikely to me. It's only a few psychos who come here for the trolling and such, and they probably drive an even greater number away. In any case, I would assume most of their ad revenue comes from the main site, not the message board. And the people who click on the ads in the message board are those visitors who are led here by a Google search result. Registration would have no impact on this.
What if all the comments you’ve ever made on LR all of a sudden disclosed your real name, available to all significant others, employers, etc… What would you do?
this type of breach would make Wikileaks and Equifax look like child’s play.
Rekrunner pretending he has an important job would be disproven.
Did I ever say I had an important job? That seems like a relative determination anyway, difficult to prove or disprove. Which jobs are not important to someone? They must all be important enough for someone to pay someone else to do it. Even unpaid volunteer jobs are important enough for someone to do it for free.
Just the last couple of weeks we've seen posters celebrating a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, asking why the would be assasins of Donald Trump are such lousy shots and hoping they get it right next time.
During the Black Lives Matter protests, a young white woman was shot dead because she mumbled - 'all lives matter'. LOTS of posters here said it was justified. I even got my posts calling it out deleted by a mod.
The problem is that unchecked left-wing cancel culture has led you to believe that anybody who expresses a non-'liberal' point of view is a far-right incel and needs to be cancelled, along with the platform that doesn't delete or ban him.
The majority of posts here are left-wing. Left-wing posts get more upvotes than downvotes. But that isn't good enough for you, because you need your safe spaces and get traumatized at the realization that there are still people out there who don't agree with you.
This site is toxic, but it's not a 'right-wing problem'. A lot of the problem would go away if the Brojos did introduce registration. They have a fear that traffic would drop. That seems unlikely to me. It's only a few psychos who come here for the trolling and such, and they probably drive an even greater number away. In any case, I would assume most of their ad revenue comes from the main site, not the message board. And the people who click on the ads in the message board are those visitors who are led here by a Google search result. Registration would have no impact on this.
Why do you view these things with a left versus right dichotomy?
Despite a few bad apples, most of the left and the right do not want innocent people shot dead, or unjustly killed by the police. It is not a left versus right thing, but a human thing.
What is "left-wing cancel culture", but just a fabrication from the right?