The WORST thing aboput the ATS rules imho is that they kill any kind of group action.
I don't remember the exact rules which do this but basically any of the folowing will get you banned:
1) soliciting money
2) soliciting group action
3) advertising a site set up to help accomplish one or both of the above
Therefore a lot of the power of a large member base, as seen here on ATS, is neutralized by the enforcement of these overbearing rules.
So we go round and round with discussions - but few ideas can ever get put into practice except by select individuals working alone.
I think this is truly a waste of our potential here - as even the Boyscouts and Girlscouts use their collective membership power to accomplish goals
in the community and the US at large.
I mean how cool would it be to set up a donation website whose goal is to collect enough money to set up a UFO or 9/11 disclosure message on a
billboard in picadilly or times square?
Even if we had to go with a slightly lower profile location u can bet their would be national and even international coverage of it (even if only to
ridicule it)
But as long as the Draconian rules are in place it will never transpire...
And sure some member could set up his own websit - but without the member base or the ability to advertise it here - it would not have half a chance
to succeed.
Its this lost potential of excellent grass roots action that makes me sad...
ATS and censorship., page 2
privacy
, I think you just summed it up. Would these new and amazing changes have come about without the vast
amount of work by Admin, members and staff? We may be looking at a blueprint to future online action. 
