JackBootedThug":jbl7lmz8 said:
i've banned a few troublemakers and deleted some threads as well as another mod. learn to use your ignore button if you have issues with another member. if it's serious to you-shoot us a message. I have a life and am only on here once or twice a day for a minute or two. as always, if you don't like this board, please feel free to move on. just do everybody a favor and don't post some dramatic "I'm taking my ball and going home thread...." it will be deleted and your profile will to.
While I appreciate you chiming in get some feedback, the reality is that there is no solution for the decline social skill since the wide spread adoption of social media taking over as the primary source of social interaction vs face to face communication. Yes I did post an "I'm taking my ball and going home thread...." and thank you for not deleting my profile. Not saying I'm I'm coming back, but the reality is that I have been he since the beginning in 2006 during the mass exodus from HC and I know alot of people here that I have been interacting with on a regular basis. And since I don't frequent other forums to any significant degree, I didn't feel appropriate to just vanish without notification.
Since you've been here from the beginning and likely cam from HC as well, this place has never been "uptight" like TGP not do I think people want it to. Disagreements are going to happen and are sometimes healthy to flush out someones true character. That being said, I think you can even have a heated debate without it getting personal. And to keep calling out an individuals actions, isn't the same as getting personal since it's about the actions or behavior not the individual. That being said, when in the slightest bit of opposing ideology immediately yield personal attacks, cussing, name calling, etc, repeated by the same person it really does get old, like a bad relationship or a bad family member that's difficult to get away from.
Now, specific to my case, yes I can certainly use the "ignore' button, although I have never seen an ignore button. I assume it's the ad to foe? Yeah. I wish they made these in real life
I don't think anyone is blaming the mods as much as simply asking for intervention, which I dont think is all that common. The only person I had ever had an issue with on any forum is not a singular issue between 2 people. And quite honestly to search his previous post and try and digest how it got to the point it did would consume more time that you'd want to invest. The few times I have interacted with a moderator regarding the individual would appear sometime that people follow him around to stir the pot. And to a point yes, but that individual has had an absurd amount of pissing contests in which immediately go nuclear and the same tired name calling insulting word salad arguments when they continually get called out on their victimization rants and embellishing stories. So, what happens is that you get alot of people that just ignore it and some that don't. But I guarantee that even the people that don't participate in it are tired of it. So, yes I am sorry I don't ignore bullying and belittling of anyone in any social context.
Anyway I stepped back in to check on some pending PM's and conversation and figures since you are soliciting input I would give my two cents, because honestly I do like this place, but recently it's gotten unbearable.
Thanks,
Scott