announcement: what does this mean?

[MJZiggy]

Not as good as the last one. Easy to tell you have kids.

[Harlan Huckleby]

You shut the hell up you big ass wimp! You aint nuthing and would get smeared all over the pavement of the gay street you live on. Be wise and use some of your trust fund cash to buy a nice alarm system and a gun. Fag.

Madtown banned people for making personal attacks when he ran the forum.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I thought the announcement was pretty dam easy to understand

It means some of the posts lately have been seen as being disrespectful and at times could be interpreted as insults to posters and he would like that to tone down.

So this is what "relentless commenting" and "u-rah-rah posts" mean?

There is nothing clear about the announcement.

I wonder if I was the only one who read the first post in this thread and knew bad things/bickering would be in here soon.

Rather than suppress the discussion of controversial issues, why not focus your blame on the individuals who make personal attacks and do other "bad things"? I will be happy to provide you with a list of perpetrators.

[Scott Campbell]

I wonder if I was the only one who read the first post in this thread and knew bad things/bickering would be in here soon.

Nope.

That's Harlan for ya.

[Harlan Huckleby]

So I'm the devil who made you do it?

If people can't discuss controversial topics without getting personal & nasty, that's their problem.

[Scott Campbell]

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[Harlan Huckleby]

Scott Campbell,

It is very creepy of you to continually repost personal information about me from a 3-year-old post.

I doubt anybody respects you for this behavior.

I'm going to request that the Adminstrator stop your constant pestering.

I don't respond to your posts, I don't you are a decent person, you should just accept it and bug off.

[Scott Campbell]

Then Scott Campbell, a guy whose advocation is taunting other posters, suggests a vacation for Mr. Bigguns.

Harlan, don't bring my name up unless you want to engage me in a conversation. Please mention this to the Admin when you tattle on me.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Just stop taunting people. You taunted Tyrone with no provocation. I called you on it, so you turned your attention to me.

Your poking at people is unfriendly and negative.

Maybe you think it is just kidding around, sometimes it is, but you go overboard.

[Scott Campbell]

I would have had a rule in place to nip that "relentless commenting" in the bud.

I wish you'd stop taunting the Admin. It's unfriendly or sumthin.

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I think Scott is out of line bringing up that post over and over again.

[SkinBasket]

I think Scott is out of line bringing up that post over and over again.

I think you're out of line telling everyone what is and isn't out of line. And I mean that in all seriousness because I don't want to see you banned.

[Deputy Nutz]

I think Scott is out of line bringing up that post over and over again.

I think you're out of line telling everyone what is and isn't out of line. And I mean that in all seriousness because I don't want to see you banned.

you are out of line for playing with your marbles the way you do. I think you should be banned for that, luckily nobody can see you.

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I think Scott is out of line bringing up that post over and over again.

I think you're out of line telling everyone what is and isn't out of line. And I mean that in all seriousness because I don't want to see you banned.

I'm not telling anyone what to do or how to do it. Stating my opinion in a positive, supporting manner. It's unfair to HH. He doesn't have the option to delete the post, and now everyone and there mother has seen it. He has expressed several times his displeasure with it being pulled up time and time again, yet he doesn't have any option to prevent his personal information from being shared.

He cannot delete the original post. He could edit it, sure, but at this stage with it being quoted so many times he doesn't have the ability to remove it.

It's unfair of him to have this held against him and to have it being brought up again and again against his wishes.

I don't see why I would be banned. I'm a victim on these boards. I haven't broken any rules in a long time, and yet have been personally attacked while I've kept on topic. As I've pointed out to the Admin, who has not been able to deny it, if it's not me, it's Ty. If it's not Ty, it's Nutz. If it's not Nutz, I'm not sure who will be next. Who will be the next to be told by the gang to bohica while the admin continues to ignore obvious personal attacks and people fueling fires?

Banning people isn't the answer. The answer is setting some sort of rules to stop this sort of behavior before it starts.

I'm a very systematic person. If it were me running this forum, I would have a firm system in place that everyone is aware of. That way, instead of playing favorites, I'd be governed and held accountable by a published set of rules, and everyone else would be as well. That is the obvious answer and why it is not in place is incomprehensible to me.

One simple rule that should be in place that would clear things up is as follows:

If a user requests that another user does not respond or reference their posts and they continue to do (one time grace period), they should be permanently banned.

I post on a lot of forums that run very well. This one does not. Most online forums typically encompass one of two viewpoints in my opinion, either an A) "we're all in this together, so lets be nice and supportive" or a B) "This is the right way to do it, so change your ways and get on board" type of atmosphere. This forum is definitely more than B. The forums that are fun to post on and thrive long terms are the ones that have an A attitude. The kind of attacking, sarcastic nature would kill your "rep" literally and figuratively on most forums, and then also you would end up on most users ignore/block lists. Of course, we can't even get a linked image on our homepage, so I suspect it is wishful thinking to assume we can extend PHPBB and/or purchase a vBulletin subscription.

[Deputy Nutz]

I think this forum would be pretty boring if nobody commented.