Seth's Story

I have a serious issue with how the admin ( 😕 ) hollowtrucker77 handles moderation.

He banned me for absolutely no reason, just because I started a thread here—which is exactly where it belonged.

Maybe he thought I was just trolling or messing around, but honestly, that wasn't the case. I have no idea what his logic was, and since he didn't bother explaining himself over at the FBI, I guess I'm looking for answers here.

Also, your moderation style is pretty bad. It really isn't. You have zero tolerance. You could have just asked why I opened the thread or something, but instead, you just handed out a ban when I hadn't even done anything wrong.

I don't think I'm the only one complaining about you, either. I suspect maybe 90% of this forum has issues with your approach, yet you just keep doing things your way. Why is that?

In my opinion, making someone an admin was a mistake, but fine, if you're going to hold the position, at least try to show some tolerance.

From the little bit I "interacted" with him, he always came across as pretty organized and honest. He’s a good guy and does his job well, but I guess this might be a bit overkill. It doesn't need to be a massive change, but as it stands above, you didn't even mention the reason for the ban or why the thread was deleted.

Give me a break—Seth is clearly the one in charge here. Honestly, who has the patience or the tolerance to deal with you people? You’re all acting like toddlers. Even he played you for a fool. If it were up to me, I’d slap you with a permanent ban right now just for the constant whining. Grow up, man, take it on the chin, and show some backbone.

Don't go sucking up to them. ☕
What exactly do you mean when you say "small children"? ☕
Yeah, I guess, but he didn't actually tell the guy how badly he messed up. In my opinion, hollowtrucker77 is one of the more organized leaders on this forum, but hey, nobody's perfect. 😉

urbanhawk17 said:Look, let’s be clear about one thing: there is absolutely zero tolerance here. None. Zero.

The most effective—and frankly, the only truly fair—way to handle moderation would be to implement heavy fines. If people actually had to open their wallets every time they behaved poorly, I suspect we’d see a very rapid shift toward common sense and decorum.👍

urbanhawk17 said:Look, I don't think I'm the only one voicing these concerns. Honestly, if you polled the entire forum, I’m fairly certain 90% of the users would have something to say about your behavior. Yet, here you are, stubbornly doubling down and refusing to pivot. I have to wonder—what exactly is the end goal here?

We’ve already touched on the percentages. If we were going by those numbers, it would mean roughly 144,000 forum members are all complaining about him at once. I haven't sat down with a calculator to be precise, but I highly doubt that's actually the case.👍

hollowtrucker77 said:code of conduct

got a link?

wiredgull25 said:Give me a break. Seth is the man. Honestly, I don't know how anyone has the patience or the tolerance to deal with you people. You're acting like a bunch of toddlers. He screwed you over, and he banned you too. I’d honestly consider hitting you with a permanent ban right now just for all this whining. Man up and take it. Show some backbone.

Where the hell am I?

hollowtrucker77 said:You start a thread about nothing and then act surprised when you get zero engagement.
So you go out and make a mess of things, only to act surprised when everything falls apart. I guess that's just how it goes.
So you start a new thread and get slapped with another strike. That one wasn't even from me, by the way.
So you’re actually surprised? I guess you expect everyone to just be on call for you, ready to jump through hoops and explain things over and over again. Maybe that's just how you see the world.
Look, you really should have learned how to behave before joining this forum, or honestly, before trying to interact with people anywhere else.
I don't have the energy, the time, or the patience for that. Honestly, my tolerance for this stuff is pretty much zero.

Understood. I'm ready to go. Just send over the text you need me to rework.

I'm not going to tell you who gave me my second strike, okay? Because it was you. Yeah, you heard me. It was you. As for the third strike, the ban itself came from someone else entirely. That’s the first lie in this whole mess.

Another thing.

Yeah, I’m still waiting for an explanation about those memes. You wiped the entire thread and my post, then had the nerve to tell me that Alex Cook and I weren't being funny. I’d like an actual explanation, but I’m guessing that isn't coming.

I think I've finally wrapped my head around the rules of conduct.

Don't you dare tell me I started a pointless thread. What logic are you even using there? It wasn't exactly "pointless" when we were all looking for this earlier, was it? 🤦 ?

I also shared my take on... 😂

So I just opened it up in the PDF reader meant for it.

Look, I think I’ve actually been banned four times on this forum now. And get this—two of those bans happened within just ten days of you. I guess.

Who's the crazy one here? 🤷

P.S. Yeah, you’re supposed to be on call when someone gets flagged, especially if you're expected to provide an explanation for it—which you didn't.

urbanhawk17, are you actually pretending to be crazy 🙂? Are you really trying to entertain the group at the offside with this 😉?
The topic was foolish, and the regret felt forced.
Leave the man alone.

Feels like Zayn is just playing dumb 🤷

shadowpilot8 said:Urbanhawk17, are you playing dumb here🙂? You're just trolling everyone with this 😉 argument, right?
The topic was pretty stupid, and the appeal was clearly intentional.
Just leave the guy alone.

I mean, how else am I supposed to appeal if not intentionally? Am I supposed to act like it was an accident?

The topic was what it was, and I thought it was perfectly fine. If some people didn't see it that way, I guess that's not my problem.

Tell me, should he have just deleted the thread? Or maybe sent me a private message saying the topic was stupid and calling it a day?

I probably would have explained my reasoning to him then.

But no, instead he hands me a ban, and then I have to file an appeal—which, yeah, is intentional.

What part of that isn't clear?

He can tell me exactly why I got banned, because honestly, there wasn't a single valid reason for it.

No, I suspect you actually drafted this thread specifically so you could run your mouth once your account gets nuked or you pick up a strike 😉
I realized that after witnessing that blatant circus over at the CIA and the FBI; it was as if you were all following some coordinated political directive 😁
Especially since, as someone with 10,000 posts, you chose to reopen an identical, closed thread. You knew perfectly well that was a one-way ticket to a ban 🙂

shadowpilot8 said:No, I think you actually started this thread just so you could keep rambling once the original gets deleted or you get flagged. 😉

That’s not it. Just look at my post history and see how many times I’ve used 😂. That should be enough. I’m thinking the number is zero. 🙂

I realized that after watching that whole circus over at the CIA and the FBI. It felt like you guys were all just following orders from some higher authority. 😁

Go read about the Premier League; maybe then you'll understand why things are going down in football. I'm not the cause. Not even by 0%. 🙂

Especially since a guy with 10,000 posts would try to reopen a closed thread. You knew that was a fast track to getting banned. 🙂

Which same thread?

p.s. Your post (no offense intended) is full of inaccuracies. And if you end up banning me because of it, then the issue isn't with the users. 🙂

I am not offended, and you shouldn't be either 🙂. It is clear you are on some sort of mission here, so I will leave 👋

😁

I'm not on some grand mission here, I'm just looking for an explanation 🙂

And there's really no reason for me to take offense 🙂

hollowtrucker77 said:
Honestly, I lack the motivation, the free time, the patience, and frankly, the basic level of tolerance required to deal with any of this.

If that's the case, why are you even bothering? 😕
It’s just banning people for no reason. It’s like saying, "Look at me, I'm such a chill guy—anyway, you're banned."
Just pure nonsense.

Melissa Gomez44 said:So why even bother doing it then? 😕
Just banning people for no reason. It's like, "Hey, I'm a cool guy, so here's a ban."
That's just nonsense.

I don't think he was speaking in general terms, though; he was probably just referring to this specific situation. 🙂

hollowtrucker77 said:
If you and your little clique want to play dumb just for the hell of it, go ahead—that’s your business—but maybe do it somewhere else where you aren't getting in everyone's way.

Somewhere else? Since when did we become an inconvenience? I thought the whole point here was to grow the user base and drive up those click counts, but apparently, we're just a nuisance now...
This new policy of yours is just brilliant, really. Top tier stuff.🙂
Big round of applause for Anderson.👍

What kind of spineless people are you guys? (not talking about Sasha, obviously)—seriously, just start a thread dedicated to trashing the admin already. I couldn't stand being around you lot—this whole thing feels like a straight-up insult to the admin.