Gramsci
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Stuart is still recovering from accident. So he is there on weekends not all week.
Brixton news, rumours and general chat: Summer - Autumn 2018
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Stuart is still recovering from accident. So he is there on weekends not all week.
brixtonblade
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I thought the stall was permanent...
Ta for the info, explains why he wasn't there the other day when I went down
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hiraethified
Taken around 7pm.
OvalhouseDB
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Was the B Our Guest sign taken down over the weekend?
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hiraethified
Yep in readiness for some awful Instagrammable wannabe 'iconic' new sign. It looks better as it is now.
You do realise that every time you dump your photos onto this board, presumably because you find the subject of those photos aesthetically pleasing, you are in fact doing nothing different to what people do on Instagram?
So illustrate the interesting and relevant discussion around the removal of the B Our Guest sign without a snide, bitter, irrelevant swipe.
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hiraethified
Not sure who elected you Content Moderator, but I do believe my post:
(a) illustrated how the bridge looks better now it is painted in a single colour, as compared to the very tatty B Our Guest sign
(b) expressed a personal opinion that I prefer it to the fnaar-worthy and garish forthcoming replacement (illustration 'dumped' below)
(c) accurately commented that it is designed to be 'iconic' and thus shared on social media platforms like Instagram
Now you can tell me what you've contributed to the discussion about the bridge thus far. Oh wait....
I wholeheartedly agree with you that the bridge looks better in a single colour, rather than with the very tatty sign.
I also wholeheartedly agree with you that the innuendo-laden forthcoming replacement is somewhat garish.
What I do not agree with, and what I take issue with, is that you seem unable ever to pass judgment on anything not to your taste without some sort of low blow to any sort of activity you don't like. You are entitled to your view (implicit in your comment) that people who take photographs of "destinations" and "icons" and anything else in order to post those photos on Instagram are silly. But how about trying to express your views without veiled sniping at people?
That is my contribution to the discussion about the bridge.
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hiraethified
You can 'take issue' with me as much as you like, but the whole fucking point of the redesign is to turn the bridge into something iconic and shareable on social media. It's all about 'brand Brixton' and trying to get the message and imagery across on a global scale. And that's not 'passing judgement' - that's accurately reporting what is going on.
Why else do you think they're plastering the bridge in bright colours and - in my opinion - a cringeworthy slogan along with the word 'Brixton'?
Do tell.
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hiraethified
Seeing as you've predictably piped up, please detail how posting up a relevant and topical photo illustrating a point in response to an ongoing discussion on this thread is in any way comparable to a hashtagged random photo on the commercial social media service, Instagram. Thanks.
3Zeros
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Oh great, another new member to file under "probably a Tory; definitely a dick".
It's no surprise that the gentrification of Brixton is mirrored in the "gentrification" of the forum.
A lot of members would do well to understand the history of the U75 forums and the work of the moderators etc.
It's a good job I'm not in charge as I'd have banned a lot of cunts a long time ago.
It's no surprise that the gentrification of Brixton is mirrored in the "gentrification" of the forum.
A lot of members would do well to understand the history of the U75 forums and the work of the moderators etc.
It's a good job I'm not in charge as I'd have banned a lot of cunts a long time ago.
Banning someone for not sharing your view isn’t really in the spirit of a forum open to different sorts of people to express their views, is it?
If you want the forum to be a place for your own egos to be massaged when everyone agrees with you, fine. But if you don’t then don’t take offence when someone has a different view.
Again, I agree with you. But you miss the point.
Creating an icon (the bridge) with the objective of sharing it on social media is no different to a graffiti artist creating a work that is photographed (by e.g. you) and posted on this forum, or an architect in the 1800s creating a building that stands out and you taking a photo of that in the name of documenting history and posting that on this forum too.
It is that hypocrisy that I take issue with.
donkyboy
Crazy Cat/Fox man
anyone else notice a lot of these open and then quickly closing down stores popping up in brixton recently? not soon after they have closing down sale painted onto windows? also notice that fast food joint next to former mothercare, recently opened and now seems closed down? I can see the same thing happening to that store that has opened where mothercare was.
DietCokeGirl
Fishing in the rivers of life
The old B Our Guest sign was made by the 1oclock clubs across Lambeth - each one created a letter for the final design. I liked the spirit of that and wish something similar had been done again, rather than professional graphic design studios being invited to submit something. More public art by the community, to give the kids pride and ownership of their area, and of their atchivements and abilities, rather than art/design being by a select few. Or maybe I'm over analysing it.
In my view the majority of gammon-faced posters on the Daily Mail hark back to their perceptions of a bygone era. That is not really what gentrification is about.
But it's reassuring to know that you're not open to any sort of debate. Your view or no view. A little immature.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Most of the moderators got fed up and left, and the ones that are left won't touch the Brixton forum
Explain which bit you don't understand and I will endeavour to be clearer.
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hiraethified
No, I think you hit the nail on the head. This new design has nothing to do with community and everything to do with Lambeth's pro-Blairite, pro-entrepreneurial, nu-Brixton business model to make Brixton an "international destination."
Tourists and well-off incomers come first, community comes a distant second.
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The rest of these boards tolerate a spectrum of different views, some of which most of us will find abhorrent. Part and parcel of most message fora where debate is allowed.
If the Brixton forum is meant to be ruled by a different set of values to the rest of the U75 boards- namely a place for like-minded people of a particular ideology where dissenting opinions are not welcome, that’s absolutely fine of course. But it needs to be made clear, because to the best of my knowledge such policy has never been stated. Are different sets of values allowed to be expressed in this particular area of U75 or not?
I don’t think anyone would object if the Brixton forum was treated as a values-driven space for like-minded posters. Much like a Facebook group I guess. Everyone concerned would be happier. But if this forum is to be governed by the same FAQs as the rest of the boards, then it needs to be moderated as the rest of the boards. And calling for different opinioned posters to piss off or be banned is as unjustified as calling for right wing posters in the P&P forum to be banned. Something that nobody there, no matter how intense the arguments and aggressive the exchanges, calls for so long ask the FAQs have not been broken.
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