Philzone.org thread - No rules. No moderation.

Dang! I was gonna talk about how I got a pizza with Leslie in the rain, but I guess I can't.

https://www.headcount.org/phish-scene-white-lets-talk/

Geez, what's with the spoiler alert?!

Some click bait for the lurkers. 

http://www.kiwireport.com/29-secrets-magnum-p/?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medi...

A pussy hurricane? 

Beat that sharknado.

>>>>Judit, children and big babies can simply ignore this thread

Lol

First,  what's with the thread title?  Philzone.org no longer exists. Second, pleas tone down the drama. I feel like I'm zoning with a bunch of teenagers 

Drama is essential to an entertaining Zone.

Please increase the drama. 

This should go well. Not the Hells Angels providing security at Altamont well, but you know...

Trumpism at it's best. Gosh, I hope this era passes soon! All non-PC content welcomed, disparage your neighbor, build a wall. It's your choice, civility or drama.

Jeez, Howard your as much fun as a car accident this morning.

Looks like Howard just had his funding decreased in the latest budget proposal.

Tough break, Howard.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tZznzvguOeU

lol RARG

maybe one day someone will invent a "wingsuit" for cats ... 

Jeez, Howard your as much fun as a car accident this morning.>>>

The demise of the original PZ was worse than watching a slow motion train wreck, but it was hard to turn away from the mess. Not sure I would want to watch that in repeats. Perhaps the other board will be a better fit for some of the folks here. Gay, gay gezundt.

if you were to recast "always sunny in philadelphia" with zoners, who would play whom?

negman would play frank

im ok with this in theory. But ONLY if the teenagers, drama llamas and post counters stay in this thread only. That would work. Better yet, take it to Reddit, or start your own site if you cant play by the rules. Some here actually act like ,org was free of timeouts and bannings. Selective memory or all that ADHD in the yutes today, I cant say.

((always sunny in PHILadelphia))

No rules. No moderation.

Always cloudy in PHILomath.

Always Sunny on the Black Screen

Fuck all of you cunts 

hows that 

Kinda weak.

Do you know where I can buy some DMT TY 

<<<<<Fuck all of you cunts 

<<<<<hows that 

Sorry, I CUNT hear you. I have an ear inFUCKtion!

^^^^^^what am 10 years old

I giving myself a timeout!

Humanitarian 

Shama lama derp thread

derp

derpwin awards

Why, with all this creativity around, don't people let their ideas blossom into other alternatives to Viva if they are displeased? Be part of a solution.

Build the new site you think people are clamoring for. It worked for...oh wait.... 

Are you wearing cargo pants, Slickrock?

http://imgur.com/a/K95O4

NSFW

seriously, really not safe for work. not safe for anywhere, really. click at your own risk

Warm water bongs and cats, is where it's at.

Spelling corrections on the web, is the next best thing since cross-word puzzles.

My god. The Bliss Ninnies aren't going to like that, Daylight.

T R I G G E R  W A R N I N G

Who is Tatters? Never saw a post from him/her?

ah love.... sweet really.

tatters been here and there for years

good zoner

Really? What does he/she like?

Allow me, Bluelight. 

Tatters, do you like Tommy Emmanuel? 

Tatters, nah. It's not in the cards. We discussed this idea before launching Viva and decided it didn't work for us.

You know who we are and what the foundation of Viva is. If this isn't the site for you, folks, just walk away.
Create your own, go to an existing site, find a place that makes you happy. Go there, entertain and be entertained in the ways you're looking for.

Those of you who want to be here, please stay, enjoy, contribute, add robust content, be at ease in the community. We're glad you're here.

haha lol. Slacks, made me smile.

Maybe an acoustic version of Godzilla, or a warm glass of Ovaltine?

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strong and healthy; vigorous.
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>>>You know who we are and what the foundation of Viva is. If this isn't the site for you, folks, just walk away.
Create your own, go to an existing site, find a place that makes you happy. Go there, entertain and be entertained in the ways you're looking for.

When the original zone first went down I put forth the idea of moving to reddit, and actually created r/philzone  just for fun and to see if there was any interest.

I really appreciate what judit et. all has put together for us here, and hope my criticisms in other threads are not construed as being ungrateful, but there really is a bigger issue at hand than being able to post nasty images, insults and shitposts with impunity, and that is the dwindling membership and participation here on the zone. 

For quite some time now, starting on the old zone, membership has been closed, and membership continues to be closed. It took quite a long time just to get myself an account a month or two ago, let alone the issue of getting new members on board.

Reddit is a HUGE community that has dedicated subs for the GD, phish, jazz, etc etc and a long history of the same sort of "edge" that many people seem to value from the old zone. It is full of hundreds of people that have the same/similar interests and taste in music. A goldmine of possible new members. In the modern GD community the philzone is pretty well known, and if we had a sub with some decent content and name dropped in in the right threads and subs, we could easily bring in some new blood. 

atiex has shown some interest in turning r/philzone into a real thing. I dont see it as an "alternative" or something in opposition to viva, but as a simple, easy and free way of breathing some new life into a really beautiful old community of music lovers.

The wide open and vast structure of reddit, plus the up/down vote system would pretty much negate the serious trolls, and any hacking or whatever that happens would not be our problem, it would be dealt with by a multimillion dollar social media company that actually has the time, skill and money to prevent hacks and account stealing, while membership remains open.

We need some st mark ballad of fat donna kinda stuff over there, and some of our serious music nerds to get some good discussions going, and for the first time in a very long time, we could actually GROW the philzone community, and bring in new ideas and content, instead of allowing it to stagnate on a closed forum. Again, this would not be an alternative to viva, but an addition.

If we get new members of the philzone subreddit that current members of viva take a liking to, we could even bring new, vetted members onto viva and grow the membership here.

With the decline of phil's music in the past few years, plus the closed membership here and on the old zone, we have taken a serious hit...I used to not even be able to keep up with all the new posts, even when checking the zone multiple times a day. Now, even if I check only once a day, there are only 10-15 threads with new posts and most of those only contain a small handful of new posts.

I don't know if i can see a closed philzone staying alive for more than another few years. People will lose interest in the zone, people will lose interest in Phil, and people will be banned.

At a certain point, a forum's membership will shrink to a size where its current users will all slowly stop coming because of a lack of new posts/content. This is a much higher number than most people would think it is. Once there are only 5-10 threads with new posts per day, many people will stop checking it daily, which will result in even less new posts. People will then get out of the habit of checking the philzone, and the frequency of their visits might fall down to weekly. The less people we have, the less new content is posted, and that loops back around like a snake eating itself and causes even more members to stop visiting the zone. Its a viscious cycle that I have seen swallow many message boards, and that is the direction the zone is heading if we do not find a way to attract and bring in new members. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/philzone/

Yes, we were all made very aware of that site a while back. How's it going over there for you at reddit?

Judit has ran more quality zoners off than all the "assholes" combined.  

I thought you left already?

It's a blank chalkboard. If that's too tuff to handle and act politely. Then the web is not the problem.

Jeez Daylight write a black screen manifesto why don't you. 

thanks for the reddit link, Daylight

......but, you cant fool all the people all the time

i echo most of daylight's manifesto. its a shallow pool.

vivalaredditthephilzone.orgnet

>>>I don't know if i can see a closed philzone staying alive for more than another few years.

lol. You' re elusive Phil Zone dreams aren't what you'd hope for? I'm sorry to read that.

Some of us old diehards can be a little rough on the youngbloods. 

^^^

Just pissed my pants a bit.......

They are having a hard time adjusting. It was either dating, video games, or a Phil Zone at the time.

They feel there's time vested and this thing should be able to shoot lasers, or get them laid at least