What the hell is going on!?

CarneVaca · #1 08-25-2004, 08:14 AM

There seems to be too much of a heavy hand handling things here right now. I keep seeing threads disappear, now I see a moderator put up a thread with a sticky and preventing people from responding. This is inappropriate and unacceptable. Who is running this forum, John Asscroft!?

First, there are too man freakin' stickies up right now and it's out of hand. Why are we being forced to scroll down to at least the sixth or seventh thread to engage in a discussion? Get rid of the stickies. Now! They are annoying, especially when the same freakin' message shows up on every god-dang board. Get rid of them. Or find a place for them exclusively. The last I checked there is a "Ledge Boards" area in this forum and that's where these things belong.

That stuff is bad enough. Now I'm beginning to see a rather insipid practice of disappearing threads. What the hell is going on here?

And why is a sticky thread being started and people being prevented from responding? So next time I need to make a statement but don't want to be bothered with questions about it, can I just put up a sticky and lock the thread immediately? THIS IS A MICKEY-MOUSE WAY TO RUN THINGS, and that kind of practice BELONGS ON MICK'S BOARD, not here.

Lastly, why is Villavic's thread on FM videos locked? Who the hell is locking all these threads?

I want answers!!

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #2 08-25-2004, 08:24 AM

What's the magic word?

And I must admit I did wonder about Villavic's locked thread

Pip

CarneVaca · #3 08-25-2004, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

What's the magic word?

And I must admit I did wonder about Villavic's locked thread

Pip

Yes, this is an outrage! I thought this forum was above that kind of thing.

strandinthewind · #4 08-25-2004, 10:45 AM

I support the deleting of the thread in the Chit Chat forum as it violated the rules regarding drug usage, etc.

I also support the locking of the thread that was continuing an argument on Burnish.net - I think that argument had no place here and I think it violated the FAQ's although I could be wrong.

I know nothing about the FM Video thread - so I cannot comment on that.

All in all, I think once a moderator tells someone to watch it, they need to do that or PM that moderator and tell them what is going on etc.

Anyway, my $0.02.

gldstwmn · #5 08-25-2004, 11:11 AM

Could it be because Villavic's thread was a dupe? There already is a thread about Favorite mac videos.

CarneVaca · #6 08-25-2004, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I support the deleting of the thread in the Chit Chat forum as it violated the rules regarding drug usage, etc.

You mean to tell me that a poster saying he/she was posting while under the influence of drugs is supposed to be some kind of violation? That seems like a stretch to me.

Hell, we should never mention Stevie's, Lindsey's Christine's, Mick's and John's abuse of various substances then. Seems like an arbitrary decision was made, and it was a bad one.

Smells of censorship to me.

ontheEdgeof17 · #7 08-25-2004, 11:50 AM

The reason his thread was locked was because he accidently made two. No big controversy there.

dissention · #9 08-25-2004, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Oh you just like to argue. Are we trying to protect innocent minds? I would argue (if I could be bothered, however I can't so I'll just state this) that an account of nearly choking to death on ones own drug induced vomit is not much of an endorsement and in fact does the opposite of encouraging drug use. And since it was specific to illegal substances I don't see much justification. So if someone starts eating themself to death is that taboo too? It's not illegal, but it's not particularly healthy. Or can we mention drugs as long as we follow this mention with a condemnation of them?

I see the government men in black suits coming for me. I say take me, or would have if I wasn't being gagged. Anywho I'm just typing for the sake of typing. As has been documented, when it comes to internet sites I appear to have an overwhelming sense of apathy. Continue.

My 1 cent. Like the regular two but I lost one in the car on the way over.

I could care less if the thread was deleted or not because I had no use for it, but it takes a stretch of the imagination to think that the folks who support this board with their money would want to waste it on the crap that was in that thread. Download AIM.

My 3 cents.

MikeVielhaber · #10 08-25-2004, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarneVaca

There seems to be too much of a heavy hand handling things here right now. I keep seeing threads disappear, now I see a moderator put up a thread with a sticky and preventing people from responding. This is inappropriate and unacceptable. Who is running this forum, John Asscroft!?

First, there are too man freakin' stickies up right now and it's out of hand. Why are we being forced to scroll down to at least the sixth or seventh thread to engage in a discussion? Get rid of the stickies. Now! They are annoying, especially when the same freakin' message shows up on every god-dang board. Get rid of them. Or find a place for them exclusively. The last I checked there is a "Ledge Boards" area in this forum and that's where these things belong.

That stuff is bad enough. Now I'm beginning to see a rather insipid practice of disappearing threads. What the hell is going on here?

And why is a sticky thread being started and people being prevented from responding? So next time I need to make a statement but don't want to be bothered with questions about it, can I just put up a sticky and lock the thread immediately? THIS IS A MICKEY-MOUSE WAY TO RUN THINGS, and that kind of practice BELONGS ON MICK'S BOARD, not here.

Lastly, why is Villavic's thread on FM videos locked? Who the hell is locking all these threads?

I want answers!!

breathe in.....breathe out....now chill out

GODDESS6 · #11 08-25-2004, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

breathe in.....breathe out....now chill out

no ****, all i have to say to this is:

SERENITY NOW!!!~

BLESSED BE~
JILL

Janet · #12 08-26-2004, 11:38 AM

I just want to say there is nothing wrong in talking about drugs when you are speaking of PAST drug use. Or mentioning various drugs.

But taking them, talking about their effects and showing pics of you on them and showing pics OF the dugs and pill bottles...that's not cool. THAT is irresponsible.

That's all I have to say.

Moderating is no bigger than what everyone does.If someone sends us a message, they are moderating too.

We are just responsible to take the next time. But really, we are all moderators, watching out for everyone's best interest.