Anger month?

**Bob The Great** · March 28th, 2003, 03:33 AM

dude 30 days without TIMO would be the end of me...

I'd have to find RL people to talk to *shudder*

**chris64** · March 30th, 2003, 03:30 PM

Why not make it a 3 day penalty.

Without techimo some guys would lose it.

**NeoStarO1** · March 30th, 2003, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by chris64
Why not make it a 3 day penalty.

Without techimo some guys would lose it.

Just how without TechIMO some guys would lose it? How would they lose it?

**alondra** · March 30th, 2003, 06:22 PM

isnt this getting a bit silly, in a meaningfull thread.

**NeoStarO1** · April 1st, 2003, 01:21 PM

Originally posted by ScottW
Bottom line though: please try to keep things civil here. I've asked the moderators to be on the lookout for anyone who repeatedly loses control of themselves in the community forum. Anyone that qualifies will get a 30 day vacation from TechIMO to cool down.

I am wondering, for those who get banned due to the war threads will they get thier title as a "30 day banned" as versas the "banned" title?

Reason im asking is so people know which ones are only temporary and which ones are permament.

**Bill in SD, CA** · April 1st, 2003, 01:53 PM

I probably wouldn't come back. Talk about wearing the "Scarlet Letter!" 30 days is overkill IMO.

1st. offense: 24 hour cool down

2nd. offense: 1 week

3rd. offense: you decide.

Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Bill

**Epidemic** · April 1st, 2003, 02:25 PM

I like bills wrist slapping method.

I saw no indication of mod trying to reign in the situation and then Whapowwww!

**Mike** · April 1st, 2003, 02:34 PM

What did he say anyway?

**Epidemic** · April 1st, 2003, 02:38 PM

The big hug shahani thread has a link to it.

**Mike** · April 1st, 2003, 02:45 PM

That's why he got banned?
It appears that it is a bit ridiculous..

**Epidemic** · April 1st, 2003, 04:07 PM

Near as I can tell that is what happened.

My guess is that there may have been PM's that were not in keeping with moderators vision but I can only guess.

**Wizzard~Of~Ozz** · April 1st, 2003, 06:43 PM

Personally I'm getting annoyed with a lot of posts in the communtiy forums, in fact they are getting quite rediculous.

Epidemic who craps in threads and speaks his mind about how everyone in Iraq should burn in he77, Yet shahani get's banned for speaking his mind.

You get Chukiechan posting comments that really piss me off about SARS, Which is nothing to joke about, and it's in extremely bad taste to joke about anything to do with a potentially fatal disease, Have you ever had one? do you know what's it's like to live with the fact that you may not survive? Until you do then you have no right to post any comments regarding this and j/k does NOT make it allright.

Personally I'm really pissed at how this community has turned into a cess pool of thread crappers and arguments.

You get people that are pro-war, Avatars that say War is the only answer, that saddam should die, This that and the other, Personally I think you're all idiots, War is NOT the only answer, Never, There is always another way, War is the easiest answer, and a foolish one at that, how many people must die to get the guy outta power that the US put into power?

So can we please get rid of all these comments about Saddam is evil, War is good, War is bad, so on etc....

I'm really getting quite sick of this, It's childish, Do you honestly think that anything you say or do will make a difference? No it won't so why destroy friendships over it. Come one people, this is community, there is nothing wrong with a friendly debate, we've all had them, and often they are actually pretty good, But all we are doing here is beating eachother up.

I will no longer be posting anywhere on this site (except for Distributed Computing) until This war is over and people grow up.

**Bill in SD, CA** · April 1st, 2003, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Wizzard~Of~Ozz
Personally I'm getting annoyed with a lot of posts in the community forums, in fact they are getting quite ridiculous.

Personally I'm really pissed at how this community has turned into a cess pool of thread crappers and arguments.

So can we please get rid of all these comments about Saddam is evil, War is good, War is bad, so on etc....

Come one people, this is community, there is nothing wrong with a friendly debate, we've all had them, and often they are actually pretty good, But all we are doing here is beating each other up.

I will no longer be posting anywhere on this site (except for Distributed Computing) until This war is over and people grow up.

Communities have always had their differences and disagreements. Why should we be expected to be any different than the rest of the world? At least we here have the right

to express them. Whether it is how many little league teams we field, where the next stop sign will be, or who in our world needs to be taken out before we do is an essential part of a free community.

Whether all or any of us agrees with an opinion of another is not as important as the right to express it. From what I've seen here, it seems that the vast majority of us have the ability to let stuff roll off our sleeves and later share the latest joke.

Going to SETI? Let me know when ET contacts you!

Gotcha!!

just kidding!!

Bill

**Mike** · April 1st, 2003, 07:44 PM

Bill:
I beg to differ on several points. This is our community.. (Or is it?)
As of late with the thread closings, deletions, and bannings it would certainly appear that it's not our community any more.
Shahani has openly said the same things for several months and it appears he just suddenly get's banned. Why now? Why not last week, last month?

Six months ago we got along without seeing a flame war in almost EVERY thread. To say that the war isn't the reason why we are falling apart isn't far from the truth. Before this happened we all got along with minimum flame wars.. Now it appears that every thread is a flame war.

**Bill in SD, CA** · April 1st, 2003, 07:50 PM

I see your point Mike. I guess my problem is I don't really take anything that serious from anyone who is sincerely expressing an emotion.

Bill

**Mike** · April 1st, 2003, 07:53 PM

I can understand that. Of course sometimes it's better when people express only their emotions.

**Detritus** · April 1st, 2003, 08:02 PM

I beg to differ on several points. This is our community.. (Or is it?)

Mike, I think you hit the nail on the head here, this isn't our community. We don't pay for the webspace, therefore it really isn't our community, and it shouldn't be. As much as his comments irritated me, I don't think Shahani was banned just for that. There were probaby more things going on that we didn't see. There are reasons I have been steering clear of the war threads and I will continue to.

**Mike** · April 1st, 2003, 08:04 PM

Detritus:
It's obvious that we don't pay for the web-space and the "logistics" of the site.
Then again what good would TechIMO be without it's members?
What if we all decided to just suddenly give up on the site? Do you think that TechIMO would survive?
I highly doubt it.

If we start irritating members, and members start irritating one another guess what? The community falls apart. (Which it already has)

**Detritus** · April 1st, 2003, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by Mike
Detritus:
It's obvious that we don't pay for the web-space and the "logistics" of the site.
Then again what good would TechIMO be without it's members?
What if we all decided to just suddenly give up on the site? Do you think that TechIMO would survive?
I highly doubt it.

If we start irritating members, and members start irritating one another guess what? The community falls apart. (Which it already has)

I agree TechIMO would be nowhere without it's members, but where would the site be without mods and admin. It would be mass chaos. In my mind, ppl have been very tolerant of some of the discussions that have been going on in the community lately. Like I said, I haven't hung around there lately because of the war discussions. I like to come here to get away from the war. Mike, I respect your opinion that this place is in part ours in that it wouldn't exist without us, but there needs to be some control over what goes on. Shahani's banning on the surface seemed a little extreme, but many things probably went on that we didn't see (at least I hope).

mickwish · April 2nd, 2003, 01:09 AM

Just remember the site potentail liability issues. If any posted comments can be seen to potentially create a liability issue for the owner, then they may need to be dealt with promptly. And any particular members who won't follow direction on such issues may be banned.

This is Scott's house. We follow his rules, or are no longer welcome. That's the bottom line.

IMO, anyway.

Cheers
Mick