The View from Airstrip One

Please read the group description before posting

nobody@flickr.com (D for Derivative) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:50:41 -0800

Hi all

I don't really enjoy coming across like Big Brother, but I've had to remove pictures and in one instance ban a person from this group for posting irrelevant pictures. I'm not happy about this at all. It goes against the spirit of why the group was invented, and has more in common with the principles that the group stands against.

I'd be really grateful if you could stick to the stated aims of the group, and think about pics before you post them. But if you don't, I'll just take your pics out of the group and ban you as a user. It takes me literally half a dozen clicks with the mouse, so it's no problem at all. You decide.

Thanks

Darren

Reply to Why are there pictures of tropical islands in this group?

nobody@flickr.com (D for Derivative) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:45:45 -0800

D for Derivative posted a reply:

Sorry chaps, was a bit slow picking up on this. I have removed the pictures in question (at least the ones I have found) and banned one member in particular.

I don't really like taking these measures as that sort of goes against the spirit of the group, and is in fact more in line with the things in the group description that we don't like. But there you go - if people aren't respecting what the group is for, then they'll be banned so that the spirit of the group is maintained.

Reply to Why are there pictures of tropical islands in this group?

nobody@flickr.com (SteveSnaps) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:27:37 -0800

SteveSnaps posted a reply:

Unfortunately flickr is full of group cross posters. Without moderators group pools lose their theme very quickly.

Reply to Why are there pictures of tropical islands in this group?

nobody@flickr.com (dou_ble_you) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:17:06 -0700

dou_ble_you posted a reply:

hmm... no change. this group is full of meaningless nonsense, I'm quitting it.

Reply to Why are there pictures of tropical islands in this group?

nobody@flickr.com (dou_ble_you) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:01:41 -0700

dou_ble_you posted a reply:

yes, you are absolutely right but the group's Big Brother and Party Members are on holiday in some exotic locations and have lost the sight of the airstrip. Maybe, it's them posting the greetings postcards?

Why are there pictures of tropical islands in this group?

nobody@flickr.com (Thomas_Ashley) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:12:32 -0700

Thomas_Ashley posted a new topic:

Many of them are fine photos, but to my mind are completely off topic.

The group description:

"Inspired by dystopian books and films like "1984" and "V for Vendetta", The View from Airstrip One aims to show the state of the UK today. Anything that you think shows the state of the nation after the combined ravages of Thatcherite capitalism, Blair's empty-headed New Labour and now Brown's fascist NuLab dictatorship."

Reply to Labour want your photos

nobody@flickr.com (Midori no Saru) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:27:23 -0700

Midori no Saru posted a reply:

Yes, but some of those 144 members are people who signed up to post their section 44 forms.

Reply to Labour want your photos

nobody@flickr.com (James Boddy) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:28:13 -0700

James Boddy posted a reply:

Haha, changes we see 144 members. View from Airstrip 1, 300+ members. Real democracy in action!

Reply to Statistics on the anti-terrorist phone line

nobody@flickr.com (Urbanimage) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:47:19 -0700

Urbanimage posted a reply:

The new bunch of radio adverts from the Met are pretty worrying to say the least:

www.met.police.uk/campaigns/national_counter_terrorism/in...

Statistics on the anti-terrorist phone line

nobody@flickr.com (D for Derivative) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:19:39 -0700

D for Derivative posted a new topic:

Comrade photographers,

Much parodied in this group and elsewhere on Flickr, with much justification, is the anti-terrorist hotline. The Guardian today has an interesting piece that talks about not only how damaging and divisive it is, but also how spectacularly ineffective and inefficient it is, despite the massive amounts spent on it.

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/...