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Is WP categorizable?

Yes, I have categories in mind already.	34%	[ 12 ]
No, the people here are unusually similar or unusually different.	6%	[ 2 ]
I consider categories to be illegitimate to impose on people.	3%	[ 1 ]
No, categories by their nature are arbitrary/fallible, and thus are meaningless.	14%	[ 5 ]
Maybe and/or I don't know	17%	[ 6 ]
I want to see the results	26%	[ 9 ]

Total votes : 35

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18 Feb 2009, 8:02 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

I think there's too much favoritism on here.

I wasn't expecting this response either. I was just hoping for categories of the sort PostPerson, greenblue, iamnotaparakeet put forward.

After all, as I responded to Orwell:

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Would PPR be best divided into the people that Orwell notices, and the ones he does not? Or shall we have individual categories? If a category is purely individual, then is it really a category?

I am an opponent to the individualism in labeling I suppose, but I suppose it is a valid interpretation. This thread is now wp's, not mine.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:02 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

I think there's too much favoritism on here.

I agree but I guess you could categorize this into 2 groups of people: Popularity and Contribution.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:17 pm

Here is my categorization for PPR:

*Pro-science reductionists, usually are atheists and strong empiricists
*Christians, will bring the Christian religion up in conversation, I define this group as usually bringing up religion more, and not necessarily being as mystical as others
*Philosophers, thoughtful but can be unpredictable in their stances
*Mystics, usually known for their position on the supernatural
*Left-wingers, this group is aligned to the left, they usually side philosophically with the pro-science group(if I remember correctly), but their major issue is that they identify more strongly with a left-wing view on politics.
*Anti-government folks, these are the conspiracy theorists and strong libertarians, they can be indifferent on metaphysics, or fall into other categories, but they are known for arguing against the government
*Bystanders, not known for strong opinions, but known for throwing in their opinions at times
*Assorted, people whose category I cannot come up with, or groups I have mistakenly omitted.

Any comments on this?

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18 Feb 2009, 8:43 pm

Examples plz. And it needs to fit the flame warrior roster better.

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18 Feb 2009, 8:48 pm

Tim Tex wrote:

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There is too much favoritism here.

Jeez, I hope I didn't make anyone feel left out. :roll:

In order to categorize people, you have to be familiar with them. It's not a popularity contest, but there are some people who I see more of here than others. I have my own way of describing (categorizing) them.

There are many theists here, but I don't think they can all be lumped in together. The atheists here vary too much from one another as well. I can cagtegorize them more easily by how their personality shows through their posts.

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18 Feb 2009, 9:03 pm

twoshots wrote:

Examples plz. And it needs to fit the flame warrior roster better.

Trying to avoid examples, you can categorize yourself. Also, the flame warriors tends to be insulting, while I just want to describe groups of people that we see on WP. If I thought that flame warriors were perfect, I would just post the link.

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18 Feb 2009, 9:12 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

I think there's too much favoritism on here.

You can come out on the stoop and smoke with me. Just do not ask me what I am reading, or I might be one of the ones who creeps you out.

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18 Feb 2009, 9:27 pm

re: favouritism.

The inner circle of PPR are generally the most active posters in any category here so they acknowledge each other's social existence here. I don't post a lot becuase I'm not an evangelist or an apologist, so I don't really appear on people's social radar, or only as a distant blip! I don't recall seeing Timtex around PPR much either, so the usual social structure circles of inner and outer apply.

In other words I agree, but it's a social phenomenon.

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18 Feb 2009, 9:29 pm

I was talking about WP in general.

I do go on PPR now and then, though.

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18 Feb 2009, 10:10 pm

You know, the PPR area should make a sticky for the question "do you believe in god?" it seems to be a popular question asked here. I don't really post in here. There isn't much variety in here. Just seems the same questions are asked in different ways, over and over.

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18 Feb 2009, 10:15 pm

Dokken wrote:

I don't really post in here. There isn't much variety in here. Just seems the same questions are asked in different ways, over and over.

I think the same thing about the other forums actually. Like, mostly just the same or similar things popping up over and over again, but that's life, right?

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18 Feb 2009, 10:19 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

I think there's too much favoritism on here.

PPR can seem a bit cliquish, but it's not as though we exclude new contributors. I remember when Dent first showed up here, he was new to PPR but we didn't do anything to specifically exclude him from discussion. Now he's a well-established regular, seemingly as much a part of the PPR gang as the rest of us. As a relatively small number of people interact on a regular basis, they'll tend to build up a rapport of sorts. That doesn't mean we're not open to new people coming around- the only people we ever really exclude are racists and conspiracy nuts.

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18 Feb 2009, 10:19 pm

PPR does get redundant at times but for the most part it is the most interesting. The other forums have too many cry babies on them.

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18 Feb 2009, 10:27 pm

Magnus wrote:

Some people are harder to categorize than others.

Claire333 is the innocent bystander.

There are the bad boys. These people mock others and can be a bit intimidating.

Those who fall under the bad boy list are:

AG is the funny intellectual who makes obscure references
twoshots the mathematician
Sand the Atheist
Der Gegner the satirist
haliphron the yeller

Then there are the rational intellectuals:
Greenblue the Theist
Orwell the historian

The nice philosophers:
Anna Banana
ToadofSteel

The delusionals (Mystics):
Myself
Averick the taoist
Bunny-in-the-moon
alba

Then there is Fnord the skeptic and slowmutant the Christian

That's it off the top of my head for now...

These are mostly good. Though I thought greenblue was atheist? I would put AG more under the category of "absurdly stubborn and well-educated guy who argues just for the sake of arguing." But he has lately been going for more comedic effect in a variety of polls.

Do I really make that many historical references? Maybe my history major is taking up too much of my time.

And I'm sure Fnord will pop in to tell you that I and slowmutant also belong under the "delusionals" category.

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18 Feb 2009, 10:39 pm

I thought GreenBlue was a Theist. At least his posts seem to be open to it.
Orwell, you are a pretty moderate Theist so that is why you weren't lumped into the delusionist group.

slowmutant's Christian side outweighs all else so that is why I put him in his own category.
I think the delusionists lean more toward spiritual speculation rather than focus on religious references.

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18 Feb 2009, 10:52 pm

Magnus wrote:

I thought GreenBlue was a Theist. At least his posts seem to be open to it.

Greenblue, care to settle the controversy?

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