What's wrong with our forum moderator staff?

[GJSNeptune]

Too bad a lot of people around here aren't of drinking age, or at least wouldn't be in the States. Is it sixteen in most European countries, or does it vary?

[btarunr]

That's what TPU Chat was in place for, a "social drink for the community". It was a good system, Dan learned about Indians drinking cow-urine there....(implies it was very laid-back).

Doesn't W1z live in the same town where Porsche's plant is?

[Solaris17]

Originally Posted by btarunr

That's what TPU Chat was in place for, a "social drink for the community". It was a good system, Dan learned about Indians drinking cow-urine there....(implies it was very laid-back).

Doesn't W1z live in the same town where Porsche's plant is?

yes

[DanTheBanjoman]

Originally Posted by btarunr

Doesn't W1z live in the same town where Porsche's plant is?

Last time I checked his village had no industry at all.

Originally Posted by Mussels

if he wants to meet up for a drink, that'd mean he's somewhat not a geek - he can at least go outside at night

Ehm, I was imagining his offer like going to the park and drinking juiceboxes together. Linking up our gameboys.



On a sidenote, this topic is going the wrong way again, please continue this in gn.

[Gam'ster]

Originally Posted by WhiteLotus

Really?
I mean one example:

Candle and I, lets be honest we don't really get on that well, and we do have very different views on a range of things, but just now help was offered by Candle to me, and i VERY much appreciate it, so thank you Candle_86
It's things like that, that makes this community so great. Yea it's a Tech site/forum and I whole heartedly admit that i know squat about computers and technology (D9s, 280 = a me) but the people here are good people when it comes down to it.

Bang on the money m8. Were all from different country's to theres obviously going to be some stones thrown at glass houses, but yes on a internet forum things can be taken the wrong way and then tempers fray and get the better of us, Just got to rise above it, this is what i do if something pisses me off i take a break then post, as by that time i've calmed down and can respond in a mature manner, experience taught me that. And yeah candle_86 is a good member always willing to help as are many others .
Members make the forum not just the guys who run it .

[ChromeDome]

i don't think anything is wrong with your forums. i just got here and i see nothing but a good place to post and a place to share with others about our common interests. i tried another tech forum before this one but i like it here much better

mods being out of line, etc? thats par for the course at any free forum. no one pays to be here and no one is paid to do service for the site. mods are mods, users are users. i don't have to know this forum well enough to know most forums of this kind are all alike in that sense.

its a bummer to get banned, yes. and when a mod is an idiot it makes you wonder "wtf." but its the internet, right? and this site is a lot of fun so f**k 'em if they can't take a joke

but anyway i'm a newb here and just want to say as a newb i see and have no problems here. i like your site.

rock on lol

[cdawall]

Originally Posted by Polaris573

If you're that upset about it then use the report post button. Anytime someone says something like that they're playing with fire, but there are only a handful of moderators to catch them. To think we can catch every little thing and that nothing happened because we're playing favorites is horribly naive.

Never mind. I see you did report the posts. However, my statement still stands. You reported the posts two hours ago I've been working on my car and studying for an Organic chemistry test. You might want to consider that the rest of the staff was busy too and haven't had time to deal with it before you start accusing us of playing favorites and picking on you.

umm i understand that other than the fact that i had mine reported and dealt within 2 minutes of posting it

i'm not saying that you were picking on me i'm saying that some of the posters in this forum blatantly post BS to every single little thing that says xxx is better than xxx

if they have a problem with a thread don't read it. its pretty god damn simple if whomever doesn't like xxx company so GTFO of xxx's threads its not very hard....

its common sense IMO and when i get flagged for standing up for someone who can't post here anymore, but others can stand there and do absolutely nothing but turn a thread into a fucking bunch of fanboi nonsense then this really isn't the forum for me. so until this shit changes i'm out

[Polaris573]

Originally Posted by cdawall

umm i understand that other than the fact that i had mine reported and dealt within 2 minutes of posting it

i'm not saying that you were picking on me i'm saying that some of the posters in this forum blatantly post BS to every single little thing that says xxx is better than xxx

if they have a problem with a thread don't read it. its pretty god damn simple if whomever doesn't like xxx company so GTFO of xxx's threads its not very hard....

its common sense IMO and when i get flagged for standing up for someone who can't post here anymore, but others can stand there and do absolutely nothing but turn a thread into a fucking bunch of fanboi nonsense then this really isn't the forum for me. so until this shit changes i'm out

Use your head. It's absolutely impossible to treat every situation equally and for every situation to get dealt with in the exact same amount of time. You say you don't think you're being picked on but then you complain you were dealt with in two minutes. Which is it? To think you are being picked on because you were reprimanded in two minutes as opposed two hours like calvary is absolutely ludicrous. I don't even know who in the world you "stood up for" so quit being paranoid, unless you're getting a kick out of creating drama.

If you break the rules, you're playing with fire. It may take two minutes for a moderator to get to you or it may take two weeks. The time between the two has almost nothing to do with whether you're "liked or not". The only reason I even know who you are cdawall is because you've been here at least as long as I have and you've been a good active member. For the others that think the staff has all of your names memorized, can remember every little thing you've ever done and stalk you to catch every little mistake you make is pretty arrogant. We don't have time for that or even the desire. We have classes to take, jobs to do, and real friends to actually do things with just like you. The time it takes us to respond is 100% random.

Who gets "punished" and how long it takes has more to do with when you post, how busy the staff is, where you post, and whether one of your fellow members reports you. I won't lie though, there are a few members we keep track of. However, they're all banned. The only reason we keep track of them is because they like to come back periodically and stir up trouble.

If you can't understand that, then you're right. This isn't the forum for you, and I'm more than happy to help you leave if that's what you want.

[cdawall]

Originally Posted by Polaris573

Use your head. It's absolutely impossible to treat every situation equally and for every situation to get dealt with in the exact same amount of time. You say you don't think you're being picked on but then you complain you were dealt with in two minutes. Which is it? To think you are being picked on because you were reprimanded in two minutes as opposed two hours like calvary is absolutely ludicrous. I don't even know who in the world you "stood up for" so quit being paranoid, unless you're getting a kick out of creating drama.

If you break the rules, you're playing with fire. It may take two minutes for a moderator to get to you or it may take two weeks. The time between the two has almost nothing to do with whether you're "liked or not". The only reason I even know who you are cdawall is because you've been here at least as long as I have and you've been a good active member. For the others that think the staff has all of your names memorized, can remember every little thing you've ever done and stalk you to catch every little mistake you make is pretty arrogant. We don't have time for that or even the desire. We have classes to take, jobs to do, and real friends to actually do things with just like you. The time it takes us to respond is 100% random.

Who gets "punished" and how long it takes has more to do with when you post, how busy the staff is, where you post, and whether one of your fellow members reports you. I won't lie though, there are a few members we keep track of. However, they're all banned. The only reason we keep track of them is because they like to come back periodically and stir up trouble.

If you can't understand that, then you're right. This isn't the forum for you, and I'm more than happy to help you leave if that's what you want.

yea i guess your right pol.....sorry for stirring up trouble

[btarunr]

Originally Posted by cdawall

umm i understand that other than the fact that i had mine reported and dealt within 2 minutes of posting it

i'm not saying that you were picking on me i'm saying that some of the posters in this forum blatantly post BS to every single little thing that says xxx is better than xxx

if they have a problem with a thread don't read it. its pretty god damn simple if whomever doesn't like xxx company so GTFO of xxx's threads its not very hard....

its common sense IMO and when i get flagged for standing up for someone who can't post here anymore, but others can stand there and do absolutely nothing but turn a thread into a fucking bunch of fanboi nonsense then this really isn't the forum for me. so until this shit changes i'm out

Ooo you need to see fanboy-wars elsewhere, of how intense they get. This forum is relatively better in controlling fanboy-wars, not that the moderators carry a whole deck of red cards, but that 'wars' are more or less neutralised by members themselves. Things don't often cross the line. Watch how this thread cooled down, not by a moderator's intervention.

Things are pretty Libra here. In most places they outright ban you when they learn you're opposed to 'general ideologies', or not falling slave to 'mass hysteria'. Trashentech is an example. When I tried to post something that was against 'popular belief', I was flamed, and 'threatened a ban'. Yes, it's that thread where Dan and Thermo's e-effigies were burnt. I was like FO, I'll delete my account myself.

[erocker]

I would like TPU to use the slogan "Fanboi Free since whatever date" for the forums. Seriously.

[cdawall]

hey just out of curiosity why was my other avatar deleted?

[GJSNeptune]

Originally Posted by erocker

I would like TPU to use the slogan "Fanboi Free since whatever date" for the forums. Seriously.

Since a date? Perhaps "whatever hour" is more realistic.

[rick22]

One thing i don't like about the forums....to many kids who think they run the place..

[DaMulta]

Originally Posted by GJSNeptune

Can we forbid Christine from signing her posts? How pretentious does she need to be? We know who she is by now.

Hell, over at HardForum, signing your posts can get you banned or warned. It's what the signature space is for.

And that is another reason to not like the [h]

honestly I don't understand why some people have problems here at TPU. As long as you use your head a little, you can have fun and never be banned.

[intel igent]

Originally Posted by DaMulta

And that is another reason to not like the [h]

honestly I don't understand why some people have problems here at TPU. As long as you use your head a little, you can have fun and never be banned.

and if ya gave some you'd never have to worry

[GJSNeptune]

The [H] is a great place full of great moderators and knowledgeable members.

[imperialreign]

why, oh why, was this thread resurrected before we had gotten around to dumping the soil back over it?

I mean, I've gone back and read the last 4 pages, and TBH - I don't see a point; truly.



as to topics derailing - the mods let us get away with it a little more in GN than elsewhere; if the topic was in Graphics Cards of GH, usually there's a mod reminding us to get back on track within a few posts.

As to a thread derailing that, IMHO, really didn't need to be here in the first place (no offense or resentment towards P_G for that thread, I hold {h} responsible); I don't see much wrong with it. The whole thread to begin with was meant to draw attention to the fact that P_G was banned from {h} because he broke a rule . . . a rule that {h} didn't see fit enough to make plainly visible to registering users. We have laws here in the US in regards to legal contracts that run along the lines that rules and conditions must be stated prior to a party agreeing to them. Businesses can change those rules and conditions if they reserver their right to, but any changes and they must inform the agreeing party to the changes; if you don't like the changes, you terminate the account as soon as possible and be on your merry way. If a rule or condition is not visible at the time of "agreeing" to said contract, it usually wouldn't hold up in court if that individual breaks said rule, and can provide evidence that the rule was not there at signing, nor was he ever informed of a change.

Asides, it was underhanded, and pretentious of {h}, IMO - a mod/admin should've PMed P_G and informed him of the rule, and only given him a temporary ban for it; not a permanent. Furthermore, asking P_G to make that post here at TPU to try and show that they were justified in their actions (which, I figure that's why they wanted him to make that post), and to ensure that we users here don't immediately assume the ban was unjustified; only fuels the fire by drawing more attention to the issue, which means we have more users that are apt to see it and draw conclusions.

I still stand by my reasoning; it was a fail on {h}, and only served to further taint the image of their message board in my eyes . . . and that's what they were trying to prevent.


But, did we really need to drag this thread back up because of that GN thread? Seriously . . . and all this griping over people not getting along with other users . . . my opinion here, I don't have a single problem with any posting style of any users here (except for the only one I have ignored), and most users off-hand comments have never struck me as flamebait, or trolling. Trolling is obvious when it happens, and most users guilty of trolling don't limit themselves to single sentence comments aimed nowhere in particular . . . there's usually a quote, and then a few sentences targeting one specific user, sometimes a few.

IMHO - everyone griping this time around just needs to grow some thicker skin.

[W1zzard]

Originally Posted by btarunr

That's what TPU Chat was in place for, a "social drink for the community". It was a good system, Dan learned about Indians drinking cow-urine there....(implies it was very laid-back).

Doesn't W1z live in the same town where Porsche's plant is?

yep, i used to live 2.15 km away from porsche's plant. my high school was called porsche. now i'm living further away, like 10 km

[GJSNeptune]

Oh I get it. Using {h} is like using M$, huh? Oh, the maturity is abounding!

[calvary1980]

wow lots of comments about me. I sign my name because it's a formality, sincerity it's just a habit I picked up during my BBS days. you know? dialing up with Telix

- Christine

[UnkAsn93]

GJSNeptune, your sarcasm is just immature. You need to grow up, sir!

[imperialreign]

Originally Posted by GJSNeptune

Oh I get it. Using {h} is like using M$, huh? Oh, the maturity is abounding!

no, I've only gone to using {h} due to the fact that I've lost a lot of respect for them in regards to the incident involving P_G.

They handled it the wrong way; much like many other forums would've.





and, just to be blunt - that post you just made is excatly the same as the posts you were complaining about from other users a page or two back.

That's quite hypocritical, IMO, and absolutely pointless.

[Wile E]

GJS, no offense man, but if you think [H] is run better than TPU, why not just stay over there? Many of us don't feel that way, so leave us alone about it. We get it, you like [H]. That doesn't mean we have to. Quit crapping the thread my man.

[UnkAsn93]

Yep, I'm on Wile E's side about just staying over at the [H].

Please, for TPU's sake, stop referencing [H]'s rules here... and stop being like "well, over at [H]......"

This is the TPU forums, not the [H] Forum!