mr_ale wrote:
Dante wrote:
Let me clearer:
That sort of thing isn't allowed, but we don't have time to read the forums constantly to look for it. If it strikes you enough to mention it, feel free to flag it. If you respond in the same way, I'll ban you the same way I'll ban anyone else who does it directed at another forum member. If you go back and try to use it as justification, once you've brought it to my attention, I'll ban you and the person who did it originally.
Feel free to go back and read the main rule: "Don't be a jerk."
Who said I was considering responding in the same way? I love your multiple hypothetical-mr-ale-behaviors and the way you use them to threaten banning me not once but twice.
Frankly, I don't think I'm long for this forum, and won't much care when I step across whatever invisible line you seem to be itching to lay across my path. Is it a banning offense to opine that I don't think much of the moderator? How about if I suggest he try following his own rule?
Oh, and you seem to be implying there, that if I go ahead now and point out that other person's post, he's as good as banned. Considering the person in question, it would tickle me no end if that happened. But it's not my job, and I'm not half the asshole he is, so you're on your own, there.
Let me be absolutely clear.
I received multiple requests to revive my bulletin board forum upon the news of the demise of Buzztime's.
Based upon my previous experience where I had no problems whatsoever, I enlisted Dante and Tim to help my bring the board up to current functionality, as a service to the Buzztime community. Previously, folks were polite and the board was self policing and I had no worries.
There are no moderators; I previously was joking when I said Tim had the banhammer. I found it amusing to state that. As Dante said, we neither have the time nor the inclination for that, nor will I recruit volunteers to serve in that function.
This is a volunteer site; we make no money and want none.
If we have to make efforts to police the site, or warn people, or ban people, it will no longer be worth having this forum.
In the past, there were quite a few compliments on the congeniality and atmosphere on our forum. I commented that a BBS quality was merely the result of the quality of the membership.
That will be the case with the new scaratings as well.
I've already spent more time on these kind of noproductive issues than I want. I hope our members would like the board to continue and use it thoughtfully, including whatever post you are referring to that I don't have the time to search out and read and evaluate.
Scar / Scott