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Sirena has her own blog. Ever since she's joined here she's been attempting to peel off c99 members to join her blog. Political blogging is a blood sport behind the scenes, it's ruthless. C99 is a small blog but smaller blogs love to peel off members from the larger ones. That's just the way it is.

Folks, this Alligator Ed thing is a staged protest meant to turn folks from this site. It's all faux outrage.

I'll make this short.

Divisiveness was the cause of the big drop off in participation here after the 2016 election. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, I'm in a position to know. It seemed like some folks couldn't resist the urge to spike the ball in the end zone, wag fingers, vote shaming, I told you so, etc., etc..

I see the same thing shaping up again this election.

C99 survived the last bout of divisiveness but I don't know if it will survive this round. A large open discussion board can withstand a big reduction in participants, a smaller site not so much. Another reduction in member participation does not bode well for c99's future.

I ask you, please, before you click the publish button ask yourself is this post constructive or meant to be divisive.

Please do it for the sake of c99.

At the end of one of his recent posts on Covid-19 and the loss of OldFactory (h/t Klinger M*A*S*H*) and sense taste, he’d written:

Dr. Wen Liang, martyred by the CCP, was the first to publicly state there was a "new kind of pneumonia. Dr Wen was an ophthalmologist.

I'll be working on the site today so there may be periods of short downtime. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Update: The comment reply issue is fixed.

But, a week or so ago when the site was having major connection and slow down issues it was determined to be a problem with the Thumbs Up feature. The result of the correction was a loss of some voting data which wiped the Votes column on everyone's My Comments page from that point back. I'm sorry for that but it had to be done to bring the site back to normal.

Thanks for your patience.

C99 is experiencing technical difficulties. We'll be back to normal as soon as possible.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience.

From the FAQ: About Essay Content and Sourcing

C99 is a non-partisan site. That means that the site itself takes no official stance on any political party or candidate. Users are free to support any candidate or party across the political spectrum, from left to right. You are liable to see essays and comments here that also span that political arc. We are an open discussion board that takes pride in tolerance and a lack of censorship unless it is beyond the pale of civility. Beyond the pale of civility is a blanket term but I think we all would agree that there are some things that should be out of bounds and we would all recognize them as such if they were to pop up.

"We are an open discussion board that takes pride in tolerance and a lack of censorship unless it is beyond the pale of civility. Beyond the pale of civility is a blanket term but I think we all would agree that there are some things that should be out of bounds and we would all recognize them as such if they were to pop up."

It's easy for a toe to cross the line when tap dancing close to it.