# A wee bit hypocritical there, Ed **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946 "2008-09-04T06:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 123
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946/123 "2008-09-04T19:40:50Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > [ He was originally going to set it up on a separate site, but the site wasn’t ready on time (imagine that!) so he set it up here temporarily in an effort to drive some traffic our way. Kindly direct me to where he indicated that the forum was intended to be temporary. And that is not the same as saying he might [parphrase]“pull the plug if things didn’t work out.”[/paraphrase] I think this bit sums it up: > [@So, Is anyone going to tell us about/explain this new forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-anyone-going-to-tell-us-about-explain-this-new-forum/461941/29): > > Bottom line is I get to do it because I’m the site administrator, but this isn’t just an exercise in ego gratification - it may do the SDMB some good. Doen’t deny that it is ego gratification, just claims that isn’t the SOLE reason. 😛 Gotta appreciate the honesty, but that doesn’t make it any less distasteful in my mind. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wee-bit-hypocritical-there-ed/461946)._