MEME

[cgipson1]

Recently I got banned for posting meme. Here is what I think.

If you think that posting memes is the reason you were given a temporary ban....then it may not be long until you get another one.

Are you implying that the new rule is: Post a meme... get banned?

 

[Jaemie]

Recently I got banned for posting meme. Here is what I think.

If you think that posting memes is the reason you were given a temporary ban....then it may not be long until you get another one.

If you are going to discuss this publicly with Schwetty in an open thread, then I feel I have the right to comment.

I've looked through the thread in which Schwetty was given a temporary ban, and I see only lighthearted posts and then two posts with photos. He challenged a mod in a fairly friendly and playful way, but that hardly seems ban-worthy. Besides the memes, I just don't see anything that merits a suspension. If there is something else he did which warranted a temporary ban, I'd like to know what it is. I think we all would like to know, not just out of curiosity, but so we can avoid making the same mistake.

 

[cgipson1]

This is NOT a meme... it is a picture of my cat.. with text added! I own the cat, I took the photo, with a camera and lens that I own! I have never given anyone else full copyright to this image, I own it totally!

So is this ok to post? Just trying to find out the NEW old rules!!





(P.S. I do give all TPF members permission to copy this and use it as is, with no modifications! (for non-profit use only!)

 

[o hey tyler]

This is NOT a meme... it is a picture of my cat.. with text added! I own the cat, I took the photo, with a camera and lens that I own! I have never given anyone else full copyright to this image, I own it totally!

So is this ok to post? Just trying to find out the NEW old rules!!

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=14893"/>



(P.S. I do give all TPF members permission to copy this and use it as is, with no modifications! (for non-profit use only!)

I am selling this for money.

 

[cgipson1]

This is NOT a meme... it is a picture of my cat.. with text added! I own the cat, I took the photo, with a camera and lens that I own! I have never given anyone else full copyright to this image, I own it totally!

So is this ok to post? Just trying to find out the NEW old rules!!

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachments/photo-themes/14893-meme-memes-so-funny-.jpg"/>



(P.S. I do give all TPF members permission to copy this and use it as is, with no modifications! (for non-profit use only!)

I am selling this for money.

Better not.. I will cry

! And then I will sic my cat on you!

 

[Big Mike]

Recently I got banned for posting meme. Here is what I think.

If you think that posting memes is the reason you were given a temporary ban....then it may not be long until you get another one.

If you are going to discuss this publicly with Schwetty in an open thread, then I feel I have the right to comment.

I've looked through the thread in which Schwetty was given a temporary ban, and I see only lighthearted posts and then two posts with photos. He challenged a mod in a fairly friendly and playful way, but that hardly seems ban-worthy. Besides the memes, I just don't see anything that merits a suspension. If there is something else he did which warranted a temporary ban, I'd like to know what it is. I think we all would like to know, not just out of curiosity, but so we can avoid making the same mistake.

* Should you disagree with a staff member's decision regarding one of your posts, please contact that staffer, or the site owner, privately. Publicly challenging a staff member may result in banning, regardless of who is deemed right. For example: a moderator closes your thread. Opening a new thread on the same topic or to insult or challenge the moderator may lead to your being banned.

FYI, I'm only doing this in pubic, to help clear up any misconceptions about why it happened in the first place.

 

[unpopular]

(P.S. I do give all TPF members permission to copy this and use it as is, with no modifications! (for non-profit use only!)

So many violations...

 

[cgipson1]

naughty naughty! (damn bunch of outlaws we have here.. they should all be hung!)

 

[Buckster]

If you think that posting memes is the reason you were given a temporary ban....then it may not be long until you get another one.

If you are going to discuss this publicly with Schwetty in an open thread, then I feel I have the right to comment.

I've looked through the thread in which Schwetty was given a temporary ban, and I see only lighthearted posts and then two posts with photos. He challenged a mod in a fairly friendly and playful way, but that hardly seems ban-worthy. Besides the memes, I just don't see anything that merits a suspension. If there is something else he did which warranted a temporary ban, I'd like to know what it is. I think we all would like to know, not just out of curiosity, but so we can avoid making the same mistake.

* Should you disagree with a staff member's decision regarding one of your posts, please contact that staffer, or the site owner, privately. Publicly challenging a staff member may result in banning, regardless of who is deemed right. For example: a moderator closes your thread. Opening a new thread on the same topic or to insult or challenge the moderator may lead to your being banned.

FYI, I'm only doing this in pubic, to help clear up any misconceptions about why it happened in the first place.

And it's already been explained as such, so you shouldn't even have to.

Hey, fellow forum members/rules lawyers: When a mod or admin on a forum says "stop", you stop. It's that simple.

You don't do it again and say, "gee, I guess this one is against the rules too, eh?" If you want to challenge a rule or their authority, you PM them or another mod or admin about the situation. You don't offer yourself up as a drama-queen wanna-be martyr with a public challenge, unless you want to actually be sacrificed and are prepared for it.

It doesn't really get any simpler than that.

The public whine-fest and faux-confusion and concern over what's allowed and what's not regarding this issue is getting downright childish.

 

[Jaemie]

* Should you disagree with a staff member's decision regarding one of your posts, please contact that staffer, or the site owner, privately. Publicly challenging a staff member may result in banning, regardless of who is deemed right. For example: a moderator closes your thread. Opening a new thread on the same topic or to insult or challenge the moderator may lead to your being banned.

FYI, I'm only doing this in pubic, to help clear up any misconceptions about why it happened in the first place.

Thank you for helping to clarify things. It's clear to me, now.

 

[JAC526]

If you are going to discuss this publicly with Schwetty in an open thread, then I feel I have the right to comment.

I've looked through the thread in which Schwetty was given a temporary ban, and I see only lighthearted posts and then two posts with photos. He challenged a mod in a fairly friendly and playful way, but that hardly seems ban-worthy. Besides the memes, I just don't see anything that merits a suspension. If there is something else he did which warranted a temporary ban, I'd like to know what it is. I think we all would like to know, not just out of curiosity, but so we can avoid making the same mistake.

* Should you disagree with a staff member's decision regarding one of your posts, please contact that staffer, or the site owner, privately. Publicly challenging a staff member may result in banning, regardless of who is deemed right. For example: a moderator closes your thread. Opening a new thread on the same topic or to insult or challenge the moderator may lead to your being banned.

FYI, I'm only doing this in pubic, to help clear up any misconceptions about why it happened in the first place.

And it's already been explained as such, so you shouldn't even have to.

Hey, fellow forum members/rules lawyers: When a mod or admin on a forum says "stop", you stop. It's that simple.

You don't do it again and say, "gee, I guess this one is against the rules too, eh?" If you want to challenge a rule or their authority, you PM them or another mod or admin about the situation. You don't offer yourself up as a drama-queen wanna-be martyr with a public challenge, unless you want to actually be sacrificed and are prepared for it.

It doesn't really get any simpler than that.

The public whine-fest and faux-confusion and concern over what's allowed and what's not regarding this issue is getting downright childish.

Its childish b/c the rule is childish. People in general do not accept rules easily when it is obvious to the majority of the population that it is a stupid rule.

 

[Jaemie]

And it's already been explained as such, so you shouldn't even have to.

Hey, fellow forum members/rules lawyers: When a mod or admin on a forum says "stop", you stop. It's that simple.

You don't do it again and say, "gee, I guess this one is against the rules too, eh?" If you want to challenge a rule or their authority, you PM them or another mod or admin about the situation. You don't offer yourself up as a drama-queen wanna-be martyr with a public challenge, unless you want to actually be sacrificed and are prepared for it.

It doesn't really get any simpler than that.

The public whine-fest and faux-confusion and concern over what's allowed and what's not regarding this issue is getting downright childish.

Perhaps so. But some of us are denser than others and need things spelled out, sometimes. The matter really wasn't clear to me.

 

[Robin Usagani]

Mike,

There was no back-story. I was on a vacation before I got banned so I have not posted for a while. I think I got banned for challenging Keith. I just thought he overreacted modifying my thread post of Titanic movie scene into a link. Why was it a problem? I wouldn't have challenged him if he hadn't modified my thread. Everything was good. I was joking around with Tyler and other people. My joke was funny... then he replaced the snapshot from the movie with a LINK (totally ruined the joke). There was no argument on the thread and everything was peaceful. None of other moderators would have done this except KMH. He should have spent his time in the HDR forum and give some people temporary ban there. Seriously... please.. if I do get banned again. Make it PERMANENT.

There was no misconceptions... what you saw on Tyler's thread is what happened. NO PRIVATE PMs, NO OTHER ARGUMENT FROM OTHER THREAD!

If you think that posting memes is the reason you were given a temporary ban....then it may not be long until you get another one.

If you are going to discuss this publicly with Schwetty in an open thread, then I feel I have the right to comment.

I've looked through the thread in which Schwetty was given a temporary ban, and I see only lighthearted posts and then two posts with photos. He challenged a mod in a fairly friendly and playful way, but that hardly seems ban-worthy. Besides the memes, I just don't see anything that merits a suspension. If there is something else he did which warranted a temporary ban, I'd like to know what it is. I think we all would like to know, not just out of curiosity, but so we can avoid making the same mistake.

* Should you disagree with a staff member's decision regarding one of your posts, please contact that staffer, or the site owner, privately. Publicly challenging a staff member may result in banning, regardless of who is deemed right. For example: a moderator closes your thread. Opening a new thread on the same topic or to insult or challenge the moderator may lead to your being banned.

FYI, I'm only doing this in pubic, to help clear up any misconceptions about why it happened in the first place.

 

[Jaemie]

He should have spent his time in the HDR forum and give some people temporary ban there

Yes, if ever there was discipline-worthy crap being slung it was happening there. Geez...

 

[Buckster]

FYI, I'm only doing this in pubic, to help clear up any misconceptions about why it happened in the first place.

And it's already been explained as such, so you shouldn't even have to.

Hey, fellow forum members/rules lawyers: When a mod or admin on a forum says "stop", you stop. It's that simple.

You don't do it again and say, "gee, I guess this one is against the rules too, eh?" If you want to challenge a rule or their authority, you PM them or another mod or admin about the situation. You don't offer yourself up as a drama-queen wanna-be martyr with a public challenge, unless you want to actually be sacrificed and are prepared for it.

It doesn't really get any simpler than that.

The public whine-fest and faux-confusion and concern over what's allowed and what's not regarding this issue is getting downright childish.

Its childish b/c the rule is childish. People in general do not accept rules easily when it is obvious to the majority of the population that it is a stupid rule.

Doesn't matter one bit. You're in a private forum, so you play by their rules. If you don't like their rules, you're free to leave for a forum where the rules agree with you. If you can't find one, you're free to start your own.

It's the same for EVERY forum on the internet, in case this is your first forum experience.

When we're in YOUR house, we'll play by YOUR rules. If we don't like it, we're free to leave. That's how it works.