Posts by Alex Barnes8

rowdyhawk10 said:It’s obviously not about this thread. 🙂 The official process exists specifically for things like this—say, if someone isn't happy with how a moderator handled something. But I guess Peter Stewart6 wants to push complaints outside of this PDF, and into places where they don't belong according to the rules. Anyway.

Susan Brooks83 said:Maybe you should be the one preaching to me. 🤦 With the presidential elections going on, you could always run for office. ☕

Edit: thanks Alex Barnes8 for understanding. 🙂

Nicholas King said:Maybe you could have actually come across as likable with a sentence like that.

Chris Peterson53 said:Nothing at all.
Look, this is the last time I'm even attempting to explain myself. This is my first post on this thread. Post number 27.
Give it a read.
Do you see any attacks on any forum members, mods, or anyone specifically?
Before it was deleted, there was post 29. It was her post—basically just looking to reignite a conflict that I settled over a month ago. She wrote this long, unnecessary response just to keep things going. Tyndall ended up deleting it. First. Here is my post and my response. I suppose it’s pretty obvious to everyone what that means. It needs to stop. I guess.Because a penalty is probably coming.
No, she keeps going, and that redundant second post was flagged because it's just trolling—basically dragging out the conflict. I guess if I were the one who kept it up, I’d get hit with a warning too. Even mods can face a žalba na karton from the admins.

Once a post is deleted, I guess the next posts from other users will just shift up to fill those numbered slots. The deleted ones should stay visible only to the mods and admins of this PDF, maybe. Otherwise, they won't be seen by anyone else.
Since her penalized post only shows my reply, which she then quoted, it creates this false impression that I was the one who attacked her first. I guess it just looks that way.

I think we've reached a point where there isn't much left to say. If you still don't get it by now, I guess I can't really help you anymore.🙂

Chris Peterson53 said:It’s basically a game of telephone at this point.

If you haven't actually seen—or read—her post (which was just a bunch of personal insults directed at me and my lifestyle) before mine, then she attacked me without any provocation at all. I gave her one single response to her...,so please, don't spread inaccuracies.
Tyndall deleted her initial post and my short reply, but even after that, she kept going...
And if this explanation isn't enough for you, I guess you'll have to take it up with Tyndall, because this whole thing makes zero sense.👋

dustypuma5 said:Blah blah blah...

I got a warning for breaking subforum rules because I started a thread that you decided belonged elsewhere—which is just your opinion, I guess, and might not even be right. Then some guy jumps in, calls me an idiot, and I end up calling him out on his arrogance. In real life, someone like Kerum would have kicked him out of the room immediately. But then you hit me with another warning, which was totally deserved, I suppose. No complaints there.

If you actually had any sense as a moderator, you'd punish the one fueling the fire instead of the one trying to put it out with gasoline.

Now you’re the saintly moderator. Just dropping philosophy and nonsense to stroke your own ego so you can feel wonderful, while in reality, none of it matters.

It’s easy to just close a thread, delete it, and slap the OP with 30 points for rule violations.

Maybe there aren't any quality mods left. Maybe the good ones were worn down, and now we just have whoever is left holding the bag, just trying to keep the forum from becoming total garbage.
A mod who knows how to delete a post where someone is being abusive and hand out a warning, but lacks the common sense for everything else a moderator should handle, is barely 10% of a real moderator.

Regards

William Green4 said:I don't see why you're defending her...
that isn't even her call to make; the mods of this site handle those things.
Then she acts surprised when she gets labeled a cover-up artist.🤣

Chris Peterson53 said:Has anyone else noticed I don't actually have any moderator authority here?
Just another case of making things up as we go...🙄

Laura Evans3;23539566 said:yeah.. you just

and who exactly are you to decide what I can or can't say here? besides, I didn't even tell her what she could or couldn't do.. I just explained that she doesn't need to stick to one single thread about "how to report a moderator," but can just start a new one if the current ones don't fit..
you're criticizing me over trivialities, yet here you are quoting my response to another user just to comment on it... 🙏

I suppose a thread should stay open as long as people are posting. If there's an identical one, maybe merge them. But just closing it seems off. If it were truly useless, people probably wouldn't be posting in it anyway.

Laura Evans3 said:I guess it's just because you can report a moderator on this entire subforum... maybe.
If you've been banned, there's a spot for that. If you're just complaining about being kicked out, go to the thread for that... if it's something else entirely, I guess you should just start a new topic. 🙂

William Green4 said:Don't try to comfort me... I guess.
So, I guess it’s perfectly normal now. You have a thread full of life-threateningly bad advice, you call out someone for being an idiot, and you get rewarded with 500 points. Maybe that's just how things work here.
If someone happens to say something wrong about my mother, I guess they only get docked 35 points. Maybe.
I guess it’s only natural to complain about this, though I doubt anyone actually cares. Maybe.
So, I guess there’s really no reason to be surprised.
I guess I wonder what the point of the PŽK even is. Maybe it's just there.
I guess this is why... just waiting for those arrogant mods to show up and start messing things up.
Basic etiquette should be simple: if I’m complaining about Option A, then Option B doesn't need to jump in and clutter things up with spam. I guess.
When user A starts picking fights and user B gets tangled up in the mess, I guess they just go ahead and tear user B apart like none of it is their business. Maybe.
They're talking about some filthy forum, I suppose... maybe.

Chris Peterson53 said:As someone with about 5,500 posts on this forum, I’ve picked up four warnings and had 20 of my posts deleted.
I’ve never once called out a moderator, even when I felt a penalty was unfair. I suppose I just figured they’re allowed to make mistakes too.
Once, after a single post was removed without any clear reason, I sent a polite private message asking for an explanation. The response I got is something every forum user should probably understand:
Your post wasn't off-topic or rude, but I removed it because it contained elements that might trigger unnecessary reactions or conflict. Better safe than sorry!
Thanks for that!
Now, as a moderator myself, I see the logic.
And as a mod, I’ve also requested to have a warning rescinded—either because I clearly messed up or because a polite explanation from a user helped me realize I misread the situation. There have also been times when a decision was made that went against mine, regardless of how right I thought I was.

I guess a kind word can open any door.
If you communicate politely, that’s usually how people will respond to you.

Keith Rodriguez27;23521809 said:highlight the text you want to reply to and click

that last rectangular icon

(which shows up under the Quick Response too) that says "Wrap

tags around selected text"

Just practicing, I guess.

reddriver35 said:I earned every single strike I got. I haven't felt the need to complain until now. The mods are mostly fine. 🤷 I just see them as regular users who happen to have the job of cleaning up after us. 😁

Even when I was spamming the banned users corner, they were fair; they didn't pile on extra penalties. 🙂

Thanks, Nex. 😍

Regarding strikes in general, I have to admit from my own experience that if someone behaves themselves on the forum, they'll likely never get one.
Arguing online, trying to force an issue—it doesn't lead anywhere. Even the person who is right, if they lose their cool, gets a strike. That's just how it works. I guess it's like life in general. 🙂

Nicholas King said:Now that you’ve finally gotten comfortable enough to let me throw a few sentences your way regarding "for the sake of it, but why else?"—specifically concerning the general conspiracy against free-spirited forum users—I suppose I should be grateful; maybe, if I were lucky, you'd actually take me seriously for once. 🙂

Why are you so incredibly stuck in that rigid, binary way of thinking—that constant obsession with "defense versus offense," that "if you aren't with us, you're against us" mentality, and that tired old fallacy where if you don't support Marshall, then you must somehow be a fan of Hitler?

What I wrote there were nothing more than elementary facts—not a single value judgment to be found. It’s honestly a bit much—it’s like I’m stating that 2+2=4, and yet you have the audacity to suggest I need a PhD in mathematics just to grasp the basics.

And then they had the nerve to lecture me—really, they did—about how I take this forum far too seriously... ☕

Nicholas King said:And you're coming at me? Honestly, bless your heart—where exactly am I attacking you? Because, frankly, I don't see it—not one bit.

Nicholas King said:Well, you're mistaken. The answer is 42, obviously. 😁

I can certainly empathize—well, if I actually had the time or the inclination, which I don't—with the frustration regarding certain moderators and their specific styles of oversight, but I truly fail to see the logic behind demanding a particular set of forum policies. It’s almost as if I missed the memo where this place started selling off shares and suddenly everyone thinks they have a say in how to manage their own equity.

It’s like walking into a theater of your own volition and telling the lady in the front row, "Hey, enough with the screaming, why don't we listen to that Halliday track instead?" (or conversely, showing up to a Hallid set and demanding "Nessun dorma").