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Well well well, this is some fucked up repugnant shit...
Someone let me know when a new forum is started.
--richard
Someone let me know when a new forum is started.
--richard
SgtThump":4fe5b said:Breaking news... Bob Savage and I just verified that Mitch is reading everyone's PRIVATE MESSAGES on Rig-Talk. Here are the facts...
- The user "LP Heaven" sent me a PM yesterday asking me to disable his account. I replied saying I couldn't do that anymore and he'd have to contact Mitch. He never contacted Mitch, but his account was disabled shortly after the messages. This got the investigation rolling...
- Just this morning, I sent a PM to Bob saying that Musicians Friend was going to buy the forum and pay Bob and I to run it. I said that they were going to check my join date in my profile to verify I was here from day
one.
- Bob and I only had to wait 30 minutes or so for Mitch to spring the trap. He shut off our ability to send PMs, changed my join date, then made a post about Rig-Talk being sold to Musicians Friend in the "Off Topic" section of Rig-Talk. Him making that post was the BEST piece of evidence that he's reading PMs! LOL!
So yeah, this is how your new forum admin operates. Now see why I couldn't stand working with him? He has a "God complex" and if this doesn't prove it to his supporters, nothing will.
Just last week, he also suggested that we get rid of all the other moderators so it's only us three. WTF?
So there you have it, folks. This type of stuff happened all the time. Mitch wants to be in full control of everything, including reading PRIVATE messages, banning users, deleting posts, locking posts, etc... If you guys want to deal with that, keep using www.rig-talk.com.
The overaggressive moderation was the reason to split from HC. Now Mitch screwed it all up for RT users too. It's a shame. This is why I bailed from RT.
Chris
I guess I could say why "This sucks".Core9":9d158 said:This sucks
jasonP":1fb90 said:"Sounds like he (mitch) put you into the "troll list." That's something most people don't know about, but instead of banning people, it just makes their lives harder. It gives errors and all kinds of weird shit. Sounds like what you may be experiencing."
Fact, Mitch dicks with peoples accounts if he doesn't like what you say.
Gainfreak":37b70 said:I just feel bad because this place was definitely growing. I also feel bad for the people that donated money.It has always been on my mind to throw some cash to the developement of this place and now Im glad that I didn't. Reading peoples PM's is a low down scumbag thing to do. I have full admin right to my job and I could easily read peoples e-mail and that is something that I would never do.
I hate to say this but if this is what we are to expect. I'm gone.
SgtThump":79719 said::|::QBB:
From what I can tell, he's been reading EVERYONE's PMs. Not just mine. He apparently installed a phpBB mod that allows the admin to see all PMs.
carlygtr56":7b9ec said:
Tnjpekar":4a0de said:Same thing happened on my forum 2 years ago, place hasnt been the same since.
shame, real shame
guys, its only the internet, its NOT real life.
reading pm's is a violation of peoples privacy, but unfortunately it does get done. (but it shouldn't)
banning people sucks, but sometimes it HAS to be done, just make sure its not for your own personal reasons.
the rules should be posted and stuck to, no matter who breaks them, and then a warning system should be used.
flame wars should be avoided, personal information should never be posted, and if it is done so, the admin has the responsibility to remove it, and ban the person putting it up.
the rest is all fluff and nonesense, till we get down to business and talk gear
Bob Savage":w2z1ighc said:Really, this is just the tip of the iceberg....