It's just like spam and popups. It's annoying but you learn to skip it. Now I'm just waiting for a FireFox extension that can block it :laugh:
Originally posted by: Centinel
Wow...my little thread is all grown up!
Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Assuming this is true, this is a unique (and bannable) trait to me?No Al I am pretty sure it is becasue you like to stir sh1t.
I'm sorry, what little theory was that? Did you think I was referring to you?How many times in the past 6 months have you PMed a mod?
I have once PMed a mod to get a letter capitolized in my name and once when a mod PMed me to tell me my ass was vacationed. (there goes your little theory)
Let's see, to answer your question, I've asked for a few devolved threads to be locked, I asked for GeneralGrevious to be banned (racist posts), I asked for you to be unbanned, because the thread you posted was mis-interpreted, and I've brought to the mods attention several posts where discussion of assassination of the president was discussed. In general, it's a bad idea to tolerate activities that would result in your server being subpoenad.
Again, to this point I've never PM'ed a mod complaining about any specific members activity other than the aforementioned assassination threads, and the GeneralGrevious posts (am I allowed to narc on racists?). I'm pretty sure most of the bans have come because one specific liberal member likes to whine to his mod buddies everytime someone gets on his case. I'm 99% sure mine was related to that. If you are curious, go search out my lasts posts, see where the gap came.You know you all can't dominate EVERYTHING. nor get your way always, go with the flow argue but don't go PMing mods everytime someone gets out of line in your eyes.
Nothing is being twisted for my agenda. Unless you consider my agenda is to ask the moderators to apply a fair standard.The mods know WTF is going on. Twisting this for your agenda isn't going to do anything but constantly agitate them until they get sick of it and we will not have a P&N anymore.
Nobody makes me super mad. I just roll my eyes and move along...as I said, I've even defended your right to spew your garbage. But there's a vendetta going on right now by a select few.If someone makes you super mad PM them. jeez. Take matters into your own hands.
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
I wouldn't go that far. It's more of a "conservative with an underdog complex" kinda thing. It's like the 5 guys at your local college who form a conservative club so they can whine about how "oppressed" they are.Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
And it's so nice that alchemize has taken such a liking to me.
Ah...nice to have stalkers.
They made computers back then?Originally posted by: conjur
Would be interesting if he added in some of my "comments" from my rabid Bush-*loving* days.
Originally posted by: alchemize
You can have political discussion in this forum as long as you follow these unwritten rules:Originally posted by: Steeplerot
welcome to the cesspool called p&n. *waves*
Choose your battles, don't feed the endless trolls, and don't take it all too seriously is my view of it all.
(And the search button is your friend.)
Have you tried http://www.freerepublic.com? They love rush limbaugh stereotypical phrases such as feminazis and other assorted hate speech spewing types such as yourself. (or you could just buddy up to rip and the other bush bootlickers they have plenty to contribute along these lines.)
1) Don't personally attack liberal posters, specifically or as a group. You will be banned.
2) Don't ever ever call out a liberal poster in a different thread. You will be banned.
3) Don't ever call any liberal poster you don't agree with a T**LL. You will be banned.
4) Don't disagree with the extremely liberal moderators that post here. They will find a reason to vacation/ban you. If you figure out who they are, don't mention them by name. They will ban you.
5) Do not cause threads to go off-topic in a non-liberal direction. This will result in a ban.
6) If for some rare reason you are a liberal and get perm-banned (it's only happened once in the history of ATP&N AFAIK), just evade the ban. They'll let you back in.
I'm sure I missed a few, but those are good rules to live by to allow you some intelligent political discussion. Just don't expect to see any different viewpoints.
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The fact that you are still here disproves your premise.
AnandTech Moderator
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
And it's so nice that alchemize has taken such a liking to me.
Ah...nice to have stalkers.
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
And it's so nice that alchemize has taken such a liking to me.
Ah...nice to have stalkers.
Are you proud of all your statements? Interesting you've never received a vacation for a single one of them.
Originally posted by: alchemize
I beg to differ. Would you like me to PM you some examples of how wrong you are? I know specifically of 5 conservative posters vacationed (one perm-banned) for the most meaningless reasons within the past 30 days. How many liberal posters have been vacationed for ANY reason in the past 6 months??Originally posted by: tss4
Wow this thread went bad fast. Just to make a few quick points. To say that conservative posters are banned or held to a different standard is ludicrous. Conservatives and Liberals a like here are just as hateful to each other. The only difference is there are more liberals on this forum than conservatives. So the conservatives find themselves playing defense more. But its not because they are somehow more respectful in their debate, because they're not. Now having said that, I would have to agree centinel, Steeplerot makes an occasional good point but most of the time he/she is a nut case.
For example, I was most recently given a vacation for, and I paraphrase:
"calling everybody I don't agree with a troll" and "causing threads to go off topic". I'll gladly PM you the specifics so as not to get yet another ban.
Translation? I dared to challenge prolific (liberal) posters statements.
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
And it's so nice that alchemize has taken such a liking to me.
Ah...nice to have stalkers.
Are you proud of all your statements? Interesting you've never received a vacation for a single one of them.
Originally posted by: AnandTech Moderator
Originally posted by: alchemize
I beg to differ. Would you like me to PM you some examples of how wrong you are? I know specifically of 5 conservative posters vacationed (one perm-banned) for the most meaningless reasons within the past 30 days. How many liberal posters have been vacationed for ANY reason in the past 6 months??Originally posted by: tss4
Wow this thread went bad fast. Just to make a few quick points. To say that conservative posters are banned or held to a different standard is ludicrous. Conservatives and Liberals a like here are just as hateful to each other. The only difference is there are more liberals on this forum than conservatives. So the conservatives find themselves playing defense more. But its not because they are somehow more respectful in their debate, because they're not. Now having said that, I would have to agree centinel, Steeplerot makes an occasional good point but most of the time he/she is a nut case.
For example, I was most recently given a vacation for, and I paraphrase:
"calling everybody I don't agree with a troll" and "causing threads to go off topic". I'll gladly PM you the specifics so as not to get yet another ban.
Translation? I dared to challenge prolific (liberal) posters statements.
I am a Mod who considers P&N a pit. I was asked to review the evidence surrounding your accusation above. Here it is: Your most recent vacation was for exposing Mod identities in FI. Since you were explicitly told that was the reason, both by pm and e-mail, your statement above is 100% misleading and untrue. The previous person who pulled such a stunt (a poster who has never posted in P&N), got six months off. You were given two weeks off, and were even told that you got off lightly. If I had been the Mod who discovered your stunt, you would have been gone from here for far, far longer. And yet, here you are, whining and misspeaking about us in public.
Here is the bottom line, mister. You, and everyone else, are to cease complaining in these forums about our moderation. You are to cease claiming we are biased. If you have a complaint, pm us with it and make sure you are polite about it. Stick to the facts of the situation and don't attack us. If it is a legitimate complaint, we will respond and take action. We have the full and complete backing of Anand Lal Shimpi for every aspect of the job we have done up until this point. That will not change. So, if you are truly that unhappy with our moderation, you are free to go elsewhere.
Originally posted by: Klixxer
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: DealMonkey
What list are you referring to?Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Post here enough and you'll end up on someones list!
And it's so nice that alchemize has taken such a liking to me.
Ah...nice to have stalkers.
Are you proud of all your statements? Interesting you've never received a vacation for a single one of them.
Oh FFS quit whining.
I was given a vacation, many other "on the other side" have been given vacations, if you go too far after a warning, actions will be taken...
Your whining about this crap isn't going anywhere.
And WTF is this stupid thead stickified?
Originally posted by: tallest1
*walks into thread*
*looks around*
*slowly backs away from thread*
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: AnandTech Moderator
Originally posted by: alchemize
I beg to differ. Would you like me to PM you some examples of how wrong you are? I know specifically of 5 conservative posters vacationed (one perm-banned) for the most meaningless reasons within the past 30 days. How many liberal posters have been vacationed for ANY reason in the past 6 months??Originally posted by: tss4
Wow this thread went bad fast. Just to make a few quick points. To say that conservative posters are banned or held to a different standard is ludicrous. Conservatives and Liberals a like here are just as hateful to each other. The only difference is there are more liberals on this forum than conservatives. So the conservatives find themselves playing defense more. But its not because they are somehow more respectful in their debate, because they're not. Now having said that, I would have to agree centinel, Steeplerot makes an occasional good point but most of the time he/she is a nut case.
For example, I was most recently given a vacation for, and I paraphrase:
"calling everybody I don't agree with a troll" and "causing threads to go off topic". I'll gladly PM you the specifics so as not to get yet another ban.
Translation? I dared to challenge prolific (liberal) posters statements.
I am a Mod who considers P&N a pit. I was asked to review the evidence surrounding your accusation above. Here it is: Your most recent vacation was for exposing Mod identities in FI. Since you were explicitly told that was the reason, both by pm and e-mail, your statement above is 100% misleading and untrue. The previous person who pulled such a stunt (a poster who has never posted in P&N), got six months off. You were given two weeks off, and were even told that you got off lightly. If I had been the Mod who discovered your stunt, you would have been gone from here for far, far longer. And yet, here you are, whining and misspeaking about us in public.
Here is the bottom line, mister. You, and everyone else, are to cease complaining in these forums about our moderation. You are to cease claiming we are biased. If you have a complaint, pm us with it and make sure you are polite about it. Stick to the facts of the situation and don't attack us. If it is a legitimate complaint, we will respond and take action. We have the full and complete backing of Anand Lal Shimpi for every aspect of the job we have done up until this point. That will not change. So, if you are truly that unhappy with our moderation, you are free to go elsewhere.
1. There is a misunderstanding here. I was not referring to that ban. I take full responsibility for that (Forum Issues) ban. You are correct, that was my most recent ban. I had no intention of misleading, but I can see where it would be interpreted as my "most recent" (even though I said I was recently)
2. I was referring to the ban previous to FI ban. I suggest you review THAT ban and review and edit your statement. There was no misleading or untruth. I have the emails to prove it and will gladly provide them. The date was 11/15/04.
3. Fair enough. I'll PM all examples from hereon out. There isn't much point in this, when one or more moderators are active posters in this forum who actively and vigorously take sides.
This is the last I will say on this subject except through PM's. I would prefer you adjust your statement, since you are basically accusing me of being a liar because of your misunderstanding about which vacation I was referring to.
I suspect a perm-ban is coming eventually since I've spoken my piece on this. Which is fine. Cause you are correct, this forum is a pit
PS Klixxer, FYI I was not warned.
1. There is a misunderstanding here. I was not referring to that ban. I take full responsibility for that (Forum Issues) ban. You are correct, that was my most recent ban. I had no intention of misleading, but I can see where it would be interpreted as my "most recent" (even though I said I was recently)
2. I was referring to the ban previous to FI ban. I suggest you review THAT ban and review and edit your statement. There was no misleading or untruth.
There isn't much point in this, when one or more moderators are active posters in this forum who actively and vigorously take sides.