Originally posted by mackingu+Nov 6 2003, 08:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mackingu @ Nov 6 2003, 08:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Skie@Nov 6 2003, 11:57 PM
mackingu,
If you have a problem with the admins or how this board is run, then either post in the feedback forum, or send a PM to either Branden or I. You don't have ads on your site. That's great. Good for you. I don't have ads on my personal site. GMI has ads for a reason, and that's to offset the cost of the expenses.Â
As for news, GMI staff members post news articles in the news forums. Any regular member is allowed to post whatever interesting articles they find in the lounge, not the news forums. Just because someone posts a link in the lounge, doesn't mean it's the most up to date or most accurate. They have nothing to do with GMI or the staff except they want to post here. Not everyone wants to goto GM's media site, and that's their choice.Â
As far as rules, we have rules on this site for a reason. You agreed to these rules when you signed up. If you don't like them or don't agree to these rules, I'll be more then happy to delete your account for you. Whether or not you like the rules or rules in general, you agreed to them, and you've already broken at least 2. If you have a problem with how this site or how it's run, then why continue comeing here? We never said there was freedom of speech here. Certain things are not allowed, and for a good reason.Â
I suggest you stop attacking other members as well as the staff here. Be happy I didn't lock your account as I was tempted to do. I think you're a nice guy, so don't make me realize I was wrong in thinking that. Next outburst and you may not be posting here for awhile.
As I said, if you wish to discuss something, then PM Branden or I.
BK
skie,
hi. BTW, who are you? i'm guessing you're a mod or an admin? anyway, who've i attacked? maybe, indirectly, you have, or another member, mistaken something i've said for an attack on someone, but really now, i haven't. on the otherhand, i've been attacked by 96zeefourme. did i make any comment to him [before his posting here]? nope. has he posted here recently? nope. do i know or have any previous experience with him? nope. but he felt the need to come out of the woodwork and attack me. but why aren't you talking to him about what he's done, and instead are talking to me? sure, this is your site or whatever, and you may do what you please, but why are you playing favourites?
on to the admins. now, i didn't say that i have a problem with them, now did i? sure, i think the way everyone is "oppressed" here sucks, and that limiting members to certain things [like i said before, limits within reason should be in place] is total BS, but i never said that i have a problem with the admins/mods themselves. i think stuff like this is funny in a macabre kind of way, but alas, it makes things a little less fun. am i saying that you guys should get rid of the swear/cussing censorship? no. but it would be fun. swearing is a great way to elicit one's emotions, espcially on the internet which is so devoid of feelings. HAHAHA. i crack myself up.
now, on to the rules part. if i've offended anyone, i can offer nothing but an apology and some words of advice - grow some thick skin. i really can't believe anyone gets offended on the 'net, especially on a BBS/forum. i guess that's just me though. now, if you wanted to delete my account, i don't see why you didn't. hell, i would have deleted my account if i were you. but don't think deleting my account means you have the last word. it doesn't change how anyone feels and is more like a bandaid solution to something - sure, a bandaid is nice to have to makes everything feel better, but it doesn't really help anything. someone will always be there to replace me. i'm sure there have been more than enough morons to come through here, only to get banned, and i'm pretty sure i'm not going to be the last moron either.
now, like you've mentioned, i have a problem - not so much with this site, but more with the way the site is run [for instance, the restrictions implied on everyone's part that i mentioned above]. because i have a problem does not necessarily mean that i should stop coming here [unless i was asked not to, or banned]. that's one of those argumentative fallacies, although i forget the name. but i digress. i can't believe i'm saying this for the umpteenth time, but i come here to read. when i read something i feel i can make a comment worth making, i make it. i can't help it if what i say offends someone. i can't know what will, or will not, offend each and every person who reads this site.
i do agree that i'm a nice guy. just ask sykboy.
p.s. which rules did i break? [/b][/quote]
If you look at the left side of my posts, you'll see that I'm an admin.
holy crap, i just noticed that the link provided isn't from GM itself. don't tell that you people, the supposed resource for GM inside information, are too lazy to go to media.gm.com to read the press releases each day, and actually rely on this site for news.
Here, you attack the site in general and the staff, even though the starter of this thread is just a regular member.
as for the lounge and its "Almost Anything Goes" atmosphere, that is far, far from the truth. its more akin, in my opninion, to a lie. i'm sure its great in for this particular forum - but i feel that limiting and imposing rules on the posters here makes for some rather dry and boring posts. moreover, it's a little despotic of the admins here, and is close minded in that regard.
Here, you're specifically attacking the admins.
There are several smaller incidences as well. As far as the language filters, when in a professional setting, there is no reason to swear or use such language. If you do, you look childish and immature. To do so outside a professional just makes look childish. Regardless of whether or not someone sees this site as professional or not, it strives to be. There's no reason to have such stuff. Just like there's no reason to have porn here. If you want that stuff, there are plenty of sites out there for that. We don't need to add one more.
If you're gonna write someone's name, at least spell it right so I can look up the right posts.
As far as I see it, what he says doesn't come close to what you've been saying. I'm not playing favorites as I don't know either of you, nor do I really remember either of you posting before.
Yes this is the internet, however, there are those that look for nothing else but to cause problems. Are you one of those? It's people like this that ruin communities (online or off). Allowing things to get out of hand is counter productive to what this site is about. Sure, some people get bent out of shape at things that get said, but you can't control who visits and posts, or do I care to. We're running a site that appeals to a large number of people. We're not here to take everyone in. That's impossible. There will be some that think we're too strict and others that think we're too leniant (however you spell that). Yet most will find that things are just right.
Yes there will be one trouble maker after another. There's nothing you can do about it. But letting them cause trouble will destroy this site and most people will leave. That's why the rules are in place. One reason is so that mods and admins don't go making up rules as they see fit.
Again, if you have issues with certain rules or how things are done, you can always PM an admin to discuss it.
If you'd like to discuss this issue some more, please PM me so that we can stop hijacking Ming's thread.
If you need a refresher on the rules, the link is pinned at the top of the Lounge. Or you can
click here.
As far as the rules you're breaking, look at #3 and #12.
BK.