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This is a tribute to some of the managerial staff here at TPF...
I registered on another forum the other day. I had a few questions to ask on it, so I started in as soon as I registered, asking two different questions. I responded to each question twice (responding to responses), and one of them was a funny statement. And then, the next day I went to log on and it said I had been banned for trolling! I have no idea how, as I wasn't even there long enough to say anything wrong. But I couldn't ask them, cause i couldn't access my account anymore. Anyway, I'm looking through the old posts, and LITERALLY about half of the people on this forum had been banned. Some of them had 5 posts, others had 5,000. It was crazy.
It just made me realize that although I disagree with not being able to say whatever I want, the mods here are fairly hands-off in comparison to my other forum experience. I still don't understand the concept of trolling very well, but I think I could be accused of being one to some people by causing some heated arguments (I thought I was encouraging discussion). And yet, the mods here were cool, never said I was out of line, and just locked stuff as needed without banning anyone.
So thank you people for being fairly lenient. I know you could be more liberal, but in comparison to other forums, you are very open-minded. Thank you. Also I've learned not to ask controversial questions (for any reason), and to not question everything that happens, as it makes it seem as if I distrust the person's reasoning.
BTW, just in case someone thinks I'm being a butt-kisser, I have nothing to personally gain from saying this. As a matter of fact, I'm usually very skeptical of anyone who has any sort of authority (its my passive-aggressive nature), so this is very rare for me to openly compliment anyone in a managerial position.
I registered on another forum the other day. I had a few questions to ask on it, so I started in as soon as I registered, asking two different questions. I responded to each question twice (responding to responses), and one of them was a funny statement. And then, the next day I went to log on and it said I had been banned for trolling! I have no idea how, as I wasn't even there long enough to say anything wrong. But I couldn't ask them, cause i couldn't access my account anymore. Anyway, I'm looking through the old posts, and LITERALLY about half of the people on this forum had been banned. Some of them had 5 posts, others had 5,000. It was crazy.
It just made me realize that although I disagree with not being able to say whatever I want, the mods here are fairly hands-off in comparison to my other forum experience. I still don't understand the concept of trolling very well, but I think I could be accused of being one to some people by causing some heated arguments (I thought I was encouraging discussion). And yet, the mods here were cool, never said I was out of line, and just locked stuff as needed without banning anyone.
So thank you people for being fairly lenient. I know you could be more liberal, but in comparison to other forums, you are very open-minded. Thank you. Also I've learned not to ask controversial questions (for any reason), and to not question everything that happens, as it makes it seem as if I distrust the person's reasoning.
BTW, just in case someone thinks I'm being a butt-kisser, I have nothing to personally gain from saying this. As a matter of fact, I'm usually very skeptical of anyone who has any sort of authority (its my passive-aggressive nature), so this is very rare for me to openly compliment anyone in a managerial position.