06-20-2009, 02:44 PM
He hasn't been heard from in months. Spammers and religious nutjobs have taken over his forum. The handwriting is and has been on the wall for quite a while. DD is close to done.
Long gone are the high flying glory days of Uncle Janko and Rich "Bomber" Douglas making 10 posts a day, Jack "The Ripper" Tracey actually posting legitimate posts, George Gollin making national news as a mill buster, the iconic John Bear weighing in with something insightful to say or an anecdote, and new members joining weekly. These morons had completely bought into Gus' bullshit and it was only a matter of time before Gus assumed his rightful place as heir to John Bear as the world's foremost expert on distance education. Gus had managed to portray those with a more open view of distance education as millists and frauds, their forum (Jamesville) was hacked and the archives were deleted. The Miliatry Forums were shut down and Sainz' critics had been silenced.
It was all so close to becoming a reality, what happened? Once DD falls it will be interesting as we dissect it and begin to assign blame and note turning points. Suffice it to say, the hubris and arrogance of Gus Sainz really set the tone for the forum from Day 1. The question remains, as DD comes to an end, will Gus return for a curtain call, one last hurrah where he'll address the minions and reassure them that they have been right all along ("RA or No Way") and that we, the barbarians, didn't prove anything?
Long gone are the high flying glory days of Uncle Janko and Rich "Bomber" Douglas making 10 posts a day, Jack "The Ripper" Tracey actually posting legitimate posts, George Gollin making national news as a mill buster, the iconic John Bear weighing in with something insightful to say or an anecdote, and new members joining weekly. These morons had completely bought into Gus' bullshit and it was only a matter of time before Gus assumed his rightful place as heir to John Bear as the world's foremost expert on distance education. Gus had managed to portray those with a more open view of distance education as millists and frauds, their forum (Jamesville) was hacked and the archives were deleted. The Miliatry Forums were shut down and Sainz' critics had been silenced.
It was all so close to becoming a reality, what happened? Once DD falls it will be interesting as we dissect it and begin to assign blame and note turning points. Suffice it to say, the hubris and arrogance of Gus Sainz really set the tone for the forum from Day 1. The question remains, as DD comes to an end, will Gus return for a curtain call, one last hurrah where he'll address the minions and reassure them that they have been right all along ("RA or No Way") and that we, the barbarians, didn't prove anything?
