Thanks Webmasters

yeah.

who needed zippy anyway :laugh:

i honestly have no idea why people think it is ANONYMOUS posts that are the problem.

it's abusive posts.

ah well. i guess i'm just too stupid to understand.

took me about 6 months for the registration to take, was magic when one day i turned the puter on and i was, dont know why or how or why i was locked out.;) olddave was never able to register :ermm: so he will be missed even more. registering here has always been problematic since the last format change

well. i had heard an option to the "deputy" thing. a simple feature similar to reporting an offensive post, but one that happened more quickly.

the ultimate issue is eyes-on-the-forum.

wpb and wmk and a semi-secret 'other' have mod powers.

if they could be informed more quickly about an offending post, and take it down, that would answer the problem.

in fact, that would deputize everyone. shoot a notice or feed or something to the webmasters. because they aren't here at 1am on a saturday.

i don't know. seems like they threw out the baby with the bathwater.

scroo it.

by the way, was that you the other night? hahaha

that's my point, it was the abusers that got the entire thing removed.

tail wagging the dog.

(by the way, if you want to email me, feel free to do so outside the forum "email user" interface. you have my "real" email address i'm sure. i would have no problem talking to you offline, but i don't think you will be comfortable with my condition. which is that you use your real name and email. it can't be one-sided)

Am I to understand that Zippy has been band??? Miles

not when he's sitting on a bench outside the courtroom and trying to log in on a blackberry.

anonymous posts were never the problem. there were as many abusive posts that evening from registered members. therefore, i guess banning registered posting is also a good idea?

no, it isn't.

Zippylip is a registered user. He has NOT been banned. He should be able to login, view, and post to the forum just fine from his Blackberry.

How do I know this?... Because I am replying to this post...from MY Blackberry.

Q.E.D.

Thanks, I'am totaly chilled out now. Ronnie.

not ALL anonymous posts were the issue. but all anonymous posts were banned. that is my sole point.

the easiest way to remove the percentage of abusive posts is to ban all anonymous posts. that relieves you or any other moderator from having to remove individual posts. but it has a downside

the situation that existed this weekend was no different from what has happened scores of times before. we have always had some anonymous people who were ALSO abusive.

because a subset of posters were abusive, all are punished. as i said before, if the same logic were applied to registered users, then registered users would also be banned. obviously that is a stupid conclusion. but it illustrates my point.

i have tried to explain it a million different ways. i am convinced i'm an idiot, because i am unable to get the point across. i apologize.

'abusive+anonymous' does not equal 'anonymous'

sorry chubby. had no idea how much i had been pissing you and everyone else off with trying to suggest something that might help this place. better to just hit the small problem with a massive hammer. typical forum way, isn't it?

when someone repeats back what i said as though they missed the point, i stupidly think they missed the point. silly me. so it kinda makes me think i was unclear.

i suppose i should have understood it as passive aggression, and realized they didn't have the fortitude to tell me "yeah, we got it, now shut up".

at least you finally had the balls to say it.

wish you might have said it earlier.

you make a good point, perhaps i explain too much.
new leaf turned, thanks for the prodding.