Hi Angel Eyes!
I could be wrong but I smelt a grade-A rat when Vashgun said:
Think about it. If the admins weren't corrupt, they never would have allowed it. It would sound so ludicris as to not even warrent a thread. But they couldn't have it lingering on the proposed new topics section for young fish to come see, no. they had to move it to the remote reaches of the discussion board so no one would find it. Only those who have commented thus far I suspect are in league with the admins. It all fits together...
Riiiiight - so EvC admins have been shown to be biased because they hid a topic, that by the originator's own admission was ludacris[sic] - by promoting it! QED!
So this is either an honest (but pretty fundamental) mistake about how boards work, or it's someone trolling. I tried to keep an open mind, but when Jar tries to put Vash right in 14, he ignores it and starts arguing about something else.
I could be wrong, and engagement might benefit someone. But if it tastes like a brick wall, I've got this horrible feeling it is one.
I think I understand your point about the silent treatment not working on bloggers - anyone who writes stuff on the net has a large potential audience they could conceivably influence. However, I think there's an exception to this rule - the silent treatment works just fine on people who write odd things; more often than not casual (non-odd) readers aren't going to take them too seriously. I hope!
Take care,