Posts by Steven Reed

nimbleharbor10 said:Everyone here is jumping to conclusions and throwing insults without actually reading my post in its entirety; you are simply attacking your own misinterpretations of what I wrote.

My suggestion has absolutely nothing to do with Facebook, Google Circles, or any similar social media platforms. It is quite simple: instead of quoting a post just to say "I agree" or "that's it," I should be able to just click a button.

I explicitly stated that this would be an "option during viewing THAT EVERYONE CAN CHANGE FOR THEMSELVES." If you want to follow the flow of a conversation, you sort chronologically. If you want to see the "top" content, you sort by votes.
Both chronological and qualitative sorting have their respective advantages and drawbacks. The fundamental flaw in our current system is that high-quality contributions buried at the bottom of a page or in the middle of a massive discussion become completely invisible, which leads to repetitive arguments and causes threads to die out whenever a heated political flame war breaks out between opposing factions.

On this subreddit, posting nothing but a quote followed by a smiley face or a mindless "I agree" is considered pure spam—it's practically forbidden. This community is built for actual discourse, deep dives, and genuine debate... not just empty noise.
Whether you call it a finger wiggle or whatever—it’s nothing more than a cheap Facebook like; trying to frame it as actual news in a medium like this is just completely pointless.
Are you listening to Anderson??? Pure nonsense! — Get rid of that "like" button on the help forums and bring back the dropdown menu; unlike a useless "like," a dropdown actually serves a purpose and provides utility. 🙂

nimbleharbor10 said:Everyone here is jumping to conclusions and throwing insults without actually reading my post in its entirety; you are simply attacking your own misinterpretations of what I wrote.

My suggestion has absolutely nothing to do with Facebook, Google Circles, or any similar social media platforms. It is quite simple: instead of quoting a post just to say "I agree" or "that's it," I should be able to just click a button.

I explicitly stated that this would be an "option during viewing THAT EVERYONE CAN CHANGE FOR THEMSELVES." If you want to follow the flow of a conversation, you sort chronologically. If you want to see the "top" content, you sort by votes.
Both chronological and qualitative sorting have their respective advantages and drawbacks. The fundamental flaw in our current system is that high-quality contributions buried at the bottom of a page or in the middle of a massive discussion become completely invisible, which leads to repetitive arguments and causes threads to die out whenever a heated political flame war breaks out between opposing factions.

Great, but how exactly do you plan to stop a swarm of clones from upvoting their own posts? I was there—I saw it all—and I bailed from Reddit the second they opened moderator applications and the clone army started growing even faster than before. This would be an exact carbon copy of that mess.

Look, slycrane94—this is exactly why we need Facebook back. 🙂 🙂

@nimbleharbor10, how exactly do you plan on following a conversation if the reply to a question is buried five pages deep?

What’s even the point of having "high-quality" posts pinned at the top when you've got one single "patient" on this site who just keeps spawning clone accounts to upvote his own nonsense and downvote the actual substance?

I second this—let’s vote him right out of the lineup. It’s honestly hard to believe it’s only been a few years since we were actually rid of him 😢

The account number—you know, the one starting with 3xxxxxxxx

Andrew Peterson2 said:I really need to print out some proof that this transaction actually went through

So, yeah, the payment cleared—it showed me that full breakdown table with all the details. I ended up navigating away because I wanted to check something else, but now I’m trying to get back to that specific report... you know, the one with the granular stuff like account numbers, addresses for both sides, the exact amount, all that good info.

I'm digging through my transaction history trying to find that specific payment, but I can't seem to click into the actual entry itself. It just keeps dumping me back into the main list of all my transactions, if you catch my drift.

Just head over to the payments section; there should be an option for completed payments or a full transaction history 🤔 (I don't recall the exact menu name—too lazy to log into Chase right now 😍 ) and you can filter by date to see how far back you want to go. Once you click the specific one, there should be a print option right there.

It’s a free swap—no harm in it. Mine gave out on me too. Just hit up the nearest Best Buy and call it a day.

I suspect the app is version 1. It’s a complete novelty—and frankly, it gave me the exact same trouble last time.

won't 😉

This is the last thing I managed to dig up—though there were notices from both Nice and Starlight prior to this.

Found a local branch with a kiosk—sorted in a heartbeat 😉

Kevin Williams56 said:This is an American forum—it falls under the jurisdiction of the Constitution and the laws of the USA. Those laws exist specifically to protect the sovereignty and national identity of the USA; therefore, it’s perfectly standard procedure to ban those expansionist trolls and provocateurs who attack our nationhood and symbols. This logic applies here regardless of what happens elsewhere—including in Israel.

kahm, I’d suggest looking at Section 186, Subsection 1 😉
http://www.law.cornell.edu/crimes/penal-code/

edit: looks like Darkić beat me to the punch 😍

Brenda Hayes16 said:I'm not joking around.
Go ahead and keep fighting amongst yourselves. You’re clearly just trying to stop a massive wave of interested folks from this sub ever getting a vote, all so you can keep running things however you want without anyone calling you out on your nonsense. 🤷

Look, you can't call it "objective" if you aren't being objective yourself. It’s a circular argument. Besides, moderating a community isn't exactly rocket science; the job shouldn't be so demanding that one single person has to shoulder the entire load for a thousand users. 🤷
And let’s not even get started on you guys actually putting in some real work on propaganda for the moderator slots just so you'd have actual candidates to pick from—though we all know that's the last thing you want to do. 🤷 So, we’re left asking the big question: why?

Honestly, it doesn't even matter for this specific thread. I’ve seen on a few different subreddits that there were candidates who actually wanted the job—people who had the support of the majority and even went on record during the appeal process explicitly stating they wanted the position. But nope. Not a chance. That moderator didn't even blink at their statement.

So, let me get this straight: we don't even have any candidates lined up, and you guys aren't even trying to stop the whole thing from going completely south because you’re too busy protecting your own little cushy seats and pushing that propaganda around. 🤷

Do you have any idea how many clones would show up to cast their votes? Sure—I realize that increasing the user count might be exactly what Anderlon is aiming for—but honestly, I’m not even sure he’d actually enjoy it.
Reviewing and tallying all those valid versus invalid ballots... honestly, I don't know who would even volunteer for that headache—and personally, I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole, even if I were dead. 😍

Voting for or against the MOD—it’s an exercise in pure futility. Between all the hidden pitfalls and logical traps, you're basically just asking for a bigger mess.
Did Mark appoint his buddy John as a moderator? Honestly—it doesn't bother me one bit—as long as Mark and John actually do their jobs right.
The real issue arises when Mark and John start moderating poorly—basically playing favorites and picking sides among certain groups on this Reddit thread—along with all the other nonsense I’ve had the displeasure of witnessing since I joined these forums.

So, here’s my suggestion—the mods could actually ask the community who they’d recommend for a moderator position. I say "could"—it's not like it's mandatory, though some people do go about this via private message—but it would be a much better way to handle things.

If we want to actually curb this moderator overreach—and I mean really stop the arbitrary whims of the staff—one solution seems obvious: Anderlon needs to strip the admins of their power to install or remove mods whenever they feel like it based on "forum needs." This assumes, of course, that nothing can be changed without his personal blessing—which is exactly what I gathered from reading through this thread.

With three admins on board, you’d think—given that power isn't concentrated in just one person's hands—that we could actually expect the most objectively qualified candidate to come out on top. It's not exactly rocket science.
A suggestion for the admins—just because it’s easier to grab a former moderator since they already know how the tools work doesn't mean it's actually the smartest move. Chill out a little and take a risk; you might just stumble upon an excellent new mod. Look, if they turn out to be a disaster, we can always strip them of the title—but that just lands us right back at Anderlon.

Can we please just drop that idiotic rule about how a Mod 58 PDF can block a mod installation? The whole point of having home-base PDFs is to handle exactly that—otherwise, there’s zero incentive for me to ever step up and become an archive mod. 😢 🤣

It gets credited back the exact same way your card payments are structured—whether that’s in installments or a percentage. I suspect, however, that the ATM fee will just hit your next statement as one lump sum 🤔

Jacob Lee11 said:My insurance provider also demanded a letter from the Bank of America confirming the loan was paid off. Now, the bank wants to charge me a fee just to issue that document$17. It’s my first time dealing with this type of savings account.

Every major bank—from Chase to Wells Fargo—charges for a payoff confirmation letter. However, since they have an obligation to process the "unwinding" of the policy once the debt is cleared (meaning they notify the insurer that the collateral is no longer needed), you should try a different tactic. Call them tomorrow and demand they perform a policy cancellation/release rather than just asking for a simple confirmation of payment 😉.

edit: I see you mentioned the mortgage release earlier. A mortgage discharge is handled by a notary and exists solely to clear the lien from the property title. The insurance policy cancellation is a separate matter entirely and has nothing to do with the legal release of the lien

Jacob Lee11 said:Thanks. So, if I want to collect the insurance money I was paying for my mortgage, I actually have to go see a notary????

No—not quite. You need the notary to clear the lien off your property. To actually collect the insurance, you just need to bring your tax clearance certification to the bank and sign the claim forms—or the payout request if the policy has already matured.

analoglynx23 said:They aren't; I mean, everyone knows moderators are basically demi-gods living up on Olympus, but since their internet connection is a bit sluggish up there due to the altitude, they have to descend down to the mortal realm just to moderate.

And honestly, your comparison to an underdeveloped mess is spot on—I’d just add the fact that this particular underdeveloped (or, if we're using the local slang, "hyperactive") mess is a direct product of your keyboard, among other things.😉
Look, I’m not making excuses for the mods—myself included—but let's be real: what kind of moderation would actually get people to engage? Would we need to hand out green cards and lollipops to the "good kids," rewarding them every time they manage to grace the Trash with a post?

Statements like "we asked/thought/intended to, but we didn't see any government incentive or lifetime achievement award, so we didn't follow through on what we asked/thought/intended" are just ridiculous.
Should a new thread be opened to kickstart the PDF? Then go ahead and open one; last time I checked, there isn't an army of horny gargoyles hiding behind the "New Thread" icon waiting to jump you with boiled, lubricated hybrid corn stalks from gentlegull93 (just imagine that for a second—trust me, you'll be weirded out by that mental image later).

It's the same deal here; if you want to be a mod, then say it loud and clear: "The current mods suck, chop off their heads and put me in charge because I know I can do it better." And hey, if that's your vibe, you've got my full support.😉 But there's really no point in dragging this out into two massive volumes—or in forum terms, two separate threads—without ever reaching a single concrete conclusion.

I suppose I partially agree with that post—partially, at least—because while users might set the direction of a single sub-forum, we all know the mods hold the steering wheel (or, more precisely, they direct the flow of conversation). Still, this feels like total garbage to me.
You, me, and everyone else knows the drill: the endless cycle of "Me, me, me! Pick me for mod! I want power! I'll make an impact!" 🤣 It’s laughable. The admins and the existing mod team handle the appointments; some user's solo initiative to grab a title is just ridiculous—honestly, I laugh until I cry every time I see someone actually try to take this seriously 😍.
We've seen these attempts on older threads before, but I haven't seen anything like it on this one or the previous ones. 🤷
All I see is the group asking for one active mod for this section—because let's be real, this isn't exactly a bustling metropolis that needs five mods working in shifts. 😍
We just need one person who won't butcher the vibe—this crew is great, they aren't trash even when they act up—someone who will resize those massive images that stretch across the whole screen (and maybe send a quick DM to new users instead of immediately throwing a red card; I haven't even seen that happen on much larger forums when it comes to newbies). We need someone who will jump into a thread when things get too rowdy to steer people back to the topic, and who will occasionally start a new thread rather than acting like a pure janitor.
So? When are you coming back? 😍

swiftcrane96 said:Personally, I think there were at least two former mods who were basically on life support by now. 😬

those were the old guard—you’d be the first active one😍
maybe you could moderate some local subreddit or something🤔 see? See? Now that's an idea👋
I'm heading out for a bit—feeling social and ready to chat—though I doubt rustydrifter10 would appreciate anything other than a points tally😬

gentlehound9 said:And what about that permanent ban you were making such a huge, dramatic scene about just the other day? 🤣

pssssssst—we might finally see an end to this ban-happy era, and a permanent one at that. 👋 👋 😍

hollowsailor48 said:You’ve got an open spot on the moderation team coming up soon, so you all better get your act together and reach a consensus 😉

Who even are you to be lecturing anyone? Seriously.
Every single time there’s talk about moderating the garbage section, you swoop in—either to troll or launch some half-baked ad hominem attack.
Nobody is targeting you personally; people are just fed up because there aren't any active mods. You could have simply said, "Hey, I've got other commitments that the admins are aware of," and called it a day. But no—first you start throwing pots and pans, then you accuse the current crew of ruining the PDF... so I'll ask again: who do you think you are? Can you actually tell the difference between criticism and an attack?

Criticism is: there are currently no active mods on the garbage board, and we need someone to step up because I am sick to death of reading the chat on the garbage sub-forum—both from the regulars and the newbies. It's exhausting watching the old guard try to explain basic etiquette to the newcomers, while the newcomers just pick fights with them. I see all this play out in the threads because no mod is stepping in to delete posts or warn people against linking profiles of minors and such; meanwhile, the veterans are just trying to keep the thread alive since they can only issue warnings rather than actually scrubbing the filth...

An attack is: Chans is a useless moderator who doesn't understand the garbage section well enough to know which end is up. Your attempt to massacre the thread just to protect that little clique from the "skinny dipping" topic, along with the obvious trolling you allowed from that one old guy, was one of the worst moderation calls I've seen in my six years on this forum. Honestly, even Ty's standard move—letting a thread spiral into trolling just so he can lock it with a "you guys clearly don't know how to hold a conversation" line—is five times better than what you pulled that day (okay, fine, ten times better, but don't tell Ty, because he knows exactly what I think of his moderation under the PŽK back in 😉)

See the distinction? Look, I'm sorry you're dealing with health issues. I actually think you're a decent mod, but you haven't really made your mark on the garbage section (well, not at all, but let's be generous). I'm not demanding you be removed—this forum has always had names on the roster who only moderate once in a blue moon. If you love the garbage section and want to mod it, go ahead; I don't care if they keep you. However, the garbage section needs an *active* moderator—someone to clean up the nonsense and start new threads. Someone active in every sense of the word. By the way, where are Azra and Kov? If it's truly going to be such a massive catastrophe to recruit someone new for the role, maybe someone should put a shotgun to the heads of Azra, Kov, or Vajli and see who caves first 😍

Richard Perez3 said:Wait, hold up—are you actually talking about housing savings here? As far as I know (and I’m pretty sure I know my stuff), a housing fund is the only type of child's savings account where you don't need to get the green light from NASA first. 😕

Actually, the rules have changed—you need authorization for those now too. At least for the standard savings plans. If you're transferring the funds into a checking account (or maybe a Chase account) held in the child's name, you can move the full amount. But if you want that money hitting your own personal checking account, you're capped at $3333 per month—unless, of course, you can produce some sort of official waiver from the SSA.