05-05-2013, 01:48 AM
If I remember my DM history...
There was lots of uproar because of post and thread "pulling," primarily OT ones.
Splitting up the forum into sub-forums was the solution to allowing OT posting to remain, that DM came up with so many sub-forums seemed like a forum killer to me.
Mass migration ensued as the sub-forums were put into place.
As I had suspected and was confirmed to me by a DM moderator, LafeyettePete and Slash were scheming the complaint system by triggering the thread auto pull with repeated complaints from themselves and their sock puppets.
It is possible for just a couple of folks to búgger the system and Howard may be on the right track. It does seem like a new monophonic troll shows up whenever one gets banned on the "Friendly side."
OWCLarry, I enjoyed meeting you all those years ago at a SFMacWorld and appreciate any/all resources you have devoted to these forums. I'd like to see you personally drop by the "Friendly" side from time to time and call out some of the jerks yourself. Leadership from the top so to speak?
Anyhow, if MRF dissolves, I am hopeful that the "hive" will find another place to inhabit. No matter how I feel about the individual poster, I somehow find it comforting to be among the same cast of characters that have populated my online world for so long.
I will miss you all if the hive dissolves...
=wr=
There was lots of uproar because of post and thread "pulling," primarily OT ones.
Splitting up the forum into sub-forums was the solution to allowing OT posting to remain, that DM came up with so many sub-forums seemed like a forum killer to me.
Mass migration ensued as the sub-forums were put into place.
As I had suspected and was confirmed to me by a DM moderator, LafeyettePete and Slash were scheming the complaint system by triggering the thread auto pull with repeated complaints from themselves and their sock puppets.
It is possible for just a couple of folks to búgger the system and Howard may be on the right track. It does seem like a new monophonic troll shows up whenever one gets banned on the "Friendly side."
OWCLarry, I enjoyed meeting you all those years ago at a SFMacWorld and appreciate any/all resources you have devoted to these forums. I'd like to see you personally drop by the "Friendly" side from time to time and call out some of the jerks yourself. Leadership from the top so to speak?
Anyhow, if MRF dissolves, I am hopeful that the "hive" will find another place to inhabit. No matter how I feel about the individual poster, I somehow find it comforting to be among the same cast of characters that have populated my online world for so long.
I will miss you all if the hive dissolves...
=wr=