William Stephen (Dare?) Griffin

[acme54321]

He may have deleted his own posts, who knows what really happened.

I will say that I have never come across a forum where the known site owner used mod powers to delete others posts and twist them around to make the other poster look foolish.  All while claiming to follow the "utmost rules of civility."  It was rather comical.

[thelakelander]

jlmann, there's a lot of things taking place behind-the-scenes that make third party public speculation and accusations a waste of time at this point.  They'll eventually sort themselves out.

Also, MC is like beer....it's an acquired taste. It isn't meant to be for everybody. If you don't like craft beer, there's a Bud for you out there instead of a local IPA. If beer in general isn't for you, there's wine, kool aid and other beverages out there that may cater to your liking.

Niche content is actually the focus and these blogs were established for the love of seeing communities improved, not profitability. MC is niche planning/city issue focused on things applicable to any community in the country.  MJ's front page was originally created for niche Jax oriented content. The TJ page on MC is basically a holding place for intellectual property created there.

Anyway, if profitability was main focus these blogs, we'd be better off running them as porn sites. So no one here is twisting anyone's arm to visit this site, MC or any other of the billions of blogs out there.  To each his own.

[lastdaysoffla]

I have no idea what's going on with Stephen and it's really not my business.  What I'd like to know is whether all forum posts he made have been deleted.  There's a TON of info on here that he either started or commented on that has a lot of great info.  Just wondering.  Thanks.

I agree. Stephen had created many threads of interest to me in the realm of Jacksonville history. Banning a user is one thing. Erasing him from the annals is another. I frequent another forum and users are banned all the time, many arbitrarily for annoying the mods. Never have I seen all posts removed though.

[Dapperdan]

This is so much more dramatic than the Moon River Pizza post ever was, and that was a pretty damn dramatic.

I was the originator of the Moon River post. I am glad it has gone down as one if the all time posts..lol. I still haven't been back since then.

[remc86007]

The TJ page on MC is basically a holding place for intellectual property created there.

I understand why this is being done, but is there a need to have the delay in posting this content on the front page of Metro Jacksonville? It'd be nice to be able to talk about these pieces on the forum here as soon as they are published without the need for users to create unofficial threads.

On a different note, maybe I'm the only one, but I'd be willing to pay a subscription fee (or just contribute to a Patreon) for this site if it would allow you (and the other owners) to produce more original content and it would remove ads for those who subscribe.

[thelakelander]

The TJ page on MC is basically a holding place for intellectual property created there.

I understand why this is being done, but is there a need to have the delay in posting this content on the front page of Metro Jacksonville? It'd be nice to be able to talk about these pieces on the forum here as soon as they are published without the need for users to create unofficial threads.

^Yes. The primary reason for this and most of MC's content not being shared on MJ, despite content sharing partnerships with other blogs around the country, revolves around the accusations in this thread.

[FlaBoy]

jlmann, there's a lot of things taking place behind-the-scenes that make third party public speculation and accusations a waste of time at this point.  They'll eventually sort themselves out.

Also, MC is like beer....it's an acquired taste. It isn't meant to be for everybody. If you don't like craft beer, there's a Bud for you out there instead of a local IPA. If beer in general isn't for you, there's wine, kool aid and other beverages out there that may cater to your liking.

Niche content is actually the focus and these blogs were established for the love of seeing communities improved, not profitability. MC is niche planning/city issue focused on things applicable to any community in the country.  MJ's front page was originally created for niche Jax oriented content. The TJ page on MC is basically a holding place for intellectual property created there.

Anyway, if profitability was main focus these blogs, we'd be better off running them as porn sites. So no one here is twisting anyone's arm to visit this site, MC or any other of the billions of blogs out there.  To each his own.

Second that. We live in a niche marketplace nowadays. Thanks for all you do Lake.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Just spitballin' here, but I would kinda assume that when there's a dispute over money and intellectual property (of sorts), you don't leave the latter to just sit around and continue to generate money for others.

[Midway ®]

Terabytes of drivel lost to the ages!!

But, if you are looking for something to keep you busy in the meantime, this book has 2,100,000 words, over 13,000 pages!!



Outdone 400 years ago.

[Lunican]

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2017-mar-stephen-dare-removed-from-metro-jacksonville-board

[FlaBoy]

Financial? 

[edjax]

Anybody recall that fairly unflattering story the Times Union ran about Mr Dare many years ago?  This kind of seems be following down the same road as I recall.

[Bill Hoff]

Anybody recall that fairly unflattering story the Times Union ran about Mr Dare many years ago?  This kind of seems be following down the same road as I recall.

I believe it was a Folio Weekly cover story.

It was titled "Truth or Dare?"

[Vvamp]

This is straight up libel. You guys probably shouldn't be printing this stuff just because you are panicking about the lawsuit he's filed against you.

[Lunican]

This is straight up libel. You guys probably shouldn't be printing this stuff just because you are panicking about the lawsuit he's filed against you.

You are wrong. Libel must be untrue.