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Thank you for your response, and the offer to review the TOU. At the extreme risk of seeming both combative and pedantic, could you please share your thoughts on the ownership and control of written content created by those who post on aB?

Speaking only for myself, I'm as serious as a heart attack. Indeed. Thank you for owning up to your error. Let's have an open and clear discussion about how willing you are to correct it to the ultimate betterment of the community's dialog and long-term health. Thank you. Understood. I...

Thanks Ernie... I think the solution here is active communication, and a resulting dialog. If my dissident compatriots and I are incorrect in our understanding of the issues we’ve been asking about for over two months, please engage with us. Address our concerns, even if you’re unsympathetic...

@SkyriseCities - what about the written content? The current TOU (posted above in this thread) suggest otherwise. At no point have you been responsive to a direct question about this very simple issue. Also, there is a legal distinction between "control" and "ownership." How does your business...

I'd be very interested to know when these terms were put up, before the upgrade, or as part of it. Agree. This is no fucking bueno. Throw this nonsense in the fire, or I'm out. And I'm pretty sure I won't be alone.

Thanks for your update, data. I'm pleased to know that you're involved in the promised site improvements. That said, I read posts almost every day, but I won't be posting anything of substance until Ed actively communicates his proposed terms of service and content ownership guidelines, and I...

^ Agreed!

As I've clearly stated in other threads, I believe that private profit and public good are not incompatible concepts. It's also true that "profit" and "good" are subject to measurement by many different yardsticks in different hands. As I continue to read and hear preposterous statements by...

^ I think the $500K figure is utter nonsense. I like Tom O’Brien a lot. He’s listened to the community, and modified HYM’s plans to accommodate abutters on Waldemar Avenue. But he’s in this to make a profit for his investors. The mayor and city council have roles to play in this drama. We’ll...

And I was for quite a lot of this, our age of anxiety. I'm not sure I can agree with this... For over a year, a lot of posts during briv's absence bordered on character assassination. I won't defend briv's indecision to either play an active role as admin or fully hand things over to trusted...

Thank you for your thoughts, everyone. And commuter guy, I really appreciate your even-handed fleshing-out of my content ownership concerns by pointing to existing platforms like Flickr. And to better clarify my awkward metaphor in yesterday afternoon's post, the site might be "the...

That's because they're not intended to be questions. Instead, I've presented clear areas of concern to be discussed among the forum membership. I hope Edward chooses to actively participate in this discussion. I hope you do as well.

^^ Here's your Cliff Notes: (W)e need to know what we’re “giving up” to continue to post on aB. We need to know clearly, decisively, and in black & white. (T)he ownership on the content that I’ve created has either remained in my control, or the ownership has been clearly defined before I sat...

I’ll begin by saying that I’m glad to see the optimism among many regular posters, enthusiasm about growth in membership, new forum features, and more active curation of the site. But there are other layers to all of this that are not being addressed to my satisfaction. Justin7 did such a fine...

Intent aside, I'm not sure your initial post addresses the basic concept of Justin7's statement, or the collection of concerns behind it. I agree that in both the real in virtual worlds, there's always room for improvement. I'll use a local, real world example to put things in context: In...

Regarding the lightening facade gradient:

I too have some questions about what's transpired here, and how it will affect the efficacy of discourse going forward on ArchBoston. It's taking me some time to frame my thoughts, but rest assured, I've quite a bit more to say, and to ask, and will do both at the time I think is most...

^ The roof of this particular home is a sad compromise. The original plan was for a thin-shell concrete structure engineered by Félix Candela. It would have been a glorious residential analog to Saarinen’s TWA Terminal. The scale and vision of this home are sensational, but there’s a much better...

This thread's been quiet for a while, and I suppose I can take the blame for that. Though Lautner's home for Bob & Delores Hope may never be perfect, this LA Times piece suggests that its new owner is pulling it closer to its creators' intentions. Well done, Helena!

I take no pleasure in reading posts like this because they're emblematic of two different but interrelated obstacles to valuable discourse on aB: Hearing new voices and ideas to broaden a conversation; Fostering a culture that can welcome new voices (i.e.writers, academics, filmmakers...