First, welcome back Elvis.
If anyone simply
insists on discussing any of this, please reply in the
Rhetoric sticky thread. But no cheering or gloating. Peace.
Peace, indeed. Can I get a HalleluJAH?!?
Thank you for the
Moderator Announcements for January 3, 2019 post / thread. I think it is very important to have a public place for folks to be able to find information on the board's punishment of users for rules infractions (with specific statements about what rules were violated). I've felt (and heard from others) for quite a long while that moderation at this forum has never been equitably distributed.
I will be the first to admit that I often do not perceive the level of trolling ascribed to certain users that is perceived by others. And so it was with the accusations against American Dream ... I think I've since read some descriptions that help me begin to see the outlines of what is alleged but ... that level of "subtle" trolling seems so innocuous to me as to warrant a significant evidential accounting - especially for such a harsh (year-long) suspension. Can the mods please explain exactly what board rules he violated? Preferably these explanations should appear in the thread/post/forum where such bans and suspensions are publicly posted so that folks don't have to hunt for them.
And alleged "proxy troll" sixlegged ... ??? Obviously wasn't off to a good start but, "proxy troll"? Evidence? What board rules were broken warranting a ban?
There are folks here who are constantly confrontational and likely closer to breaking board rules than these.
BTW - kinda interesting to note that Jerky (whom I don't always agree with and often epitomizes what I just said above - but hey, his username says it right up front) happens to be the earliest / oldest active poster here at the RI forum. Yep, by "
Date Joined" he's user number 6 (not counting Jeff and Rigorous Intuition - who never actually post here anymore). So, in effect, he is the longest-term active foundational user / poster here ... with professorpan up next (last visited a few months ago but hasn't posted since 2012) and then our other most active, longest-term founder is SLAD (seemslikeadream) whom "everyone" allegedly has a problem with ... except me. Again, that's not to say I agree 100% with everything she posts or that she couldn't use some constructive criticism in her approach here at the board ... but, glass-houses and all that.
Me, I just LOATHE confrontation. Always have, since first witnessing my parents fighting when I was a toddler, and its made me averse to such conflagrations ever since; both in meatspace and online.
Project Willow would be our next longest-term "active" user here - but, oops, she aint around anymore either (not since she left back in March of 2018 for her own reasons).
And the next last active founding RigInter from that first page of users who registered here way back in 2005 ... ? ... that would be thrulookingglass!
So many folks that used to be long-term regulars here ... so many people I really enjoyed seeing around here. Gone ... each for their own reasons. Even those whose personalities or perspectives frustrated or infuriated me ... I miss them too.
Anyway - if this forum counts for anything and wants to continue existing I suggest we somehow keep our shit together / come together and get this house in order. Clearly stated and better enforced rules - with examples of how people break them resulting in bans, suspensions, deletions (
see for instance username MASONIC PLOT) - would be a good start.
"Yer old pal" and proxy troll, ElfisMiles
Moderator Announcements for January 3, 2019post by Elvis » 04 Jan 2019 05:21
Elvis » 04 Jan 2019 05:21 wrote:Someone suggested posting moderator announcements, suspensions etc. here, so...
========== Moderator Announcements for January 3, 2019 ==========
from Elvis
1. Unfortunately, Jerky has earned another month off. The sixlegged proxy troll thing may compound the consequences.
2. "Sixlegged" is banned.
3. I don't know whether AD stopped posting on his own, or the software kicked in after the new year and activated the suspension. I'm amenable to reducing the duration and will consider it later (hopefully together with 82_28 who seems awol).
By the level of broad support expressed on the board and in PMs, I'm persuaded these actions reflect the will of this board as a whole, a small vocal minority notwithstanding. Objections are noted, though barrel-scraping psycho-social analyses are disappointing.
If anyone simply
insists on discussing any of this, please reply in the
Rhetoric sticky thread. But no cheering or gloating. Peace.