This site will be moving to Intense Debate

If it does not work we will remove it

Very busy at the moment so will have to be brief. This site will be moving to Intense Debate sometime later today.

I have read all your comments on this site and our forum and read your personal emails and good points were made for both sides of the argument and seen from our poll that the support for Intense Debate is very high.

In the end however, I was guided by the experience and recommendations of John of Gwent who I have worked with for many years in the IT business. JoG was once one of my Team Leaders and headed the Systems Testing Team, strange how all those he recruited for his small army seemed to be attractive young ladies but he did assure me they were the best people for the job.

JOG has tested out Intense Debate on his own site and says Go for it. You can read his take on it there.

Our site The Home of the Green Arrow and Friends as already had a very good increase in hit rate from the use of Digg which I should have been faster in embracing.

Using Digg means that the excellent articles written by our writers will have a much longer life than those that that have not been Dug/Digged and will reach a much wider audience, which at the end of the day is the sole purpose of this site.

Having been looking at the benefits of using Intense Debate, I can see huge advantageous that will increase the readership of our blog and hopefully spin off into extra members on our sister site, Home of The Green Arrow forum.

I have been assured that we will lose none of our old comments and they can still be replied to in the old way.

New anonymous comments will not require an Intense Debate Account.

Hopefully after awhile, I should be able to remove moderation except for first time posters.

Being conservative in Nature, I tend to like things to remain the same, especially in my private life but this is different. We must keep the edge over our enemies by using new technology to defeat them. Intense Debate is one way of doing this.

Please guys - it is a done deal so let us not waste time in debating on the site. If we are going to have a moan, can we do it on the forum.

I shall be looking to recruit "moderators" in order to handle the expected increase in comments.

Thank you

Green Arrow

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Intense Debate - A poll

Yes or No. Your shout. Maybe:)

Special report from BNP webmaster Simon Bennnett: I am taking the unusual step of writing this article to convey the importance of using the two main social networking features on our website.

Many of our regular users are still not using the Intense Debate commenting system or “Digging” the news articles. These features (and many more besides) have been introduced to the British National Party website for a very good reason.

Whilst I understand not everyone is super IT literate, you do not need to be an Internet “Guru” in order to use these tools. A little patience, effort and about five minutes of your time is all that is required.

To give you an idea as to how important this effort can be, consider this: we can increase the number of people who read our news items four-fold if you follow this advice and make use of the abovementioned two tools. That would equate to an additional 80,000 people reading our news items each and every day.

If anyone else can suggest another way to (effectively) deliver 80,000 leaflets in less than two minutes each and every day, then I am all ears. If you are passionate about our cause, our politics and our beliefs, you should not ignore what I am saying. We have the tools, we have the manpower, we have the truth. Do you have the will?

Now, these are just two of the many tools and social networking features available on this website that can be used to devastating effect on our opposition. They are next to useless if you do not use them. Underneath each and every news item is a share button that allows you all to print or save the page as a PDF or Word document. You can also submit the page to many other social networking websites or just email it directly to a friend.

I have also recently installed an entire Facebook Style - Social Networking System on this website that allows you to communicate directly with other members and users in your area, or anywhere in the world for that matter. You can create public or private groups, networks and even communicate with live chat or video-calling with other members. For this website to remain ahead of the pack, we have to constantly evolve and make the most of new technology as and when it becomes available. That said, it is down to you to use it, otherwise it will fail.

It is my intention to switch off commenting to anyone who is not registered with Intense Debate in the very near future. I suggest you make the effort to register now and save some stress and trouble when that time comes.

Unfortunately I cannot offer support or help with individual cases of users who cannot understand the systems. The people who developed those systems have websites with clear instructions, help forums, pages and direct support email addresses. Please look there for help - there is plenty available. The information below has been taken directly from the websites of the developers in question. I hope it will help you understand the importance of these systems being implemented on our website. I have also created a very easy to follow step-by-step guide on how to register with Intense Debate. You can find that guide by clicking here.

You need to read it carefully, as many people seem to be overlooking the fact that all the details asked for are optional apart from a user-name and email address. You user-name has to be unique and if already taken - make up another. Once registered, you can change the “Display Name” to anything you like.

So then guys, there you have it. I will shortly be putting a poll on the right side of this site asking for your votes. Yes or No.

Up front. At the end of the day the decision will be a unilateral one taken by myself after reading any comments I receive on the subject.

By now though you should all have registered with Digg and doing your bit to promote the articles on this and other patriotic sites.

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