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I’m curious to see how that avatar would look if he were actually banned, or at the very least a band member.
The Person in Question
I’m curious to see how that avatar would look if he were actually banned, or at the very least a band member.
Member of a rubber band band?
Like Bootsy Collins.
“Logic is the battlefield of adulthood.”
I’m curious to see how that avatar would look if he were actually banned, or at the very least a band member.
It would be like crossing the streams.
Where were you in '77?
In answer to a question oojason asked elsewhere, indeed, Warbler has been treated pretty harshly by other posters here: Darth Id and ABC are two examples. Others, even if not cruel to him, have been allowed to get away with obnoxious behavior or more generally belligerent, if not specifically to Warbler. Moderation on this whole forum has been very light since I’ve been a member here, particularly in Off Topic. I’m not saying you are wrong or that a little more moderation isn’t a good thing. I just know that Warbler feels like it’s been a double standard after what little action has been taken in the past, and now a sudden and proportionally drastic increase which affected him.
I feel Warbler could use a break, but more for his own sake than for what “trouble” he may be causing for anyone else. I don’t mind the new level of moderation; I just want it to be applied evenly among all patrons of this website. Truthfully, some of the jerks we’ve had here should have been ejected long ago. In the fairly short time I’ve interacted with oojason, I’ve known him to be level-headed and good-hearted, so I have no doubt his fairness will be universal. I hope Warbler takes the opportunity to relax instead of becoming more upset. In a couple of weeks, no one will even remember this incident.
You’re a good guy, Warbler. We look forward to having you back!
Well said, Ender.
I don’t disagree with a little more moderation, it’s just unfortunate that the hammer had to come down on Warb first.
In a couple of weeks, no one will even remember this incident.
I always remember.
In answer to a question oojason asked elsewhere, indeed, Warbler has been treated pretty harshly by other posters here: Darth Id and ABC are two examples. Others, even if not cruel to him, have been allowed to get away with obnoxious behavior or more generally belligerent, if not specifically to Warbler. Moderation on this whole forum has been very light since I’ve been a member here, particularly in Off Topic. I’m not saying you are wrong or that a little more moderation isn’t a good thing. I just know that Warbler feels like it’s been a double standard after what little action has been taken in the past, and now a sudden and proportionally drastic increase which affected him.
I feel Warbler could use a break, but more for his own sake than for what “trouble” he may be causing for anyone else. I don’t mind the new level of moderation; I just want it to be applied evenly among all patrons of this website. Truthfully, some of the jerks we’ve had here should have been ejected long ago. In the fairly short time I’ve interacted with oojason, I’ve known him to be level-headed and good-hearted, so I have no doubt his fairness will be universal. I hope Warbler takes the opportunity to relax instead of becoming more upset. In a couple of weeks, no one will even remember this incident.
You’re a good guy, Warbler. We look forward to having you back!
How much of that was before off topic was officially moderated less than a year ago?
Id is currently banned. I don’t think he’s coming back. Can’t recall ABC?
Where were you in '77?
Well, two examples, Darth Id and generalfrevious, both extremely obnoxious posters, were banned quite a while (a few months) after the new rules came into effect, and after many warnings over a long period of time.
I’ve never figured out quite why ABC was banned. I think he made a sock?
ABC was long ago. His behavior was largely before my time, and I only knew him when he returned as a sock called XyZ. He laid low for a while, but once his former identity was revealed, he resumed the same rudeness he had previously displayed toward Warbler (I remember him making his avatar with Warbler’s face in a Catholic priest’s robes in mockery–I believe this was why Warbler changed his avatar to no longer show his face). This didn’t last long before he was banned again. I mostly know of his behavior based on subsequent conversation.
Darth Id was rude for a very long time to many posters, including me. I remember getting worked up at one point, but learned to just mostly ignore his sophomoric humor. However, he fixated on Warbler and knew he could get a rise out of him. He was always just obnoxious enough to hurt Warbler, but he was cautious not to go so far as to get in trouble. He was pretty clever, but he needed to go. I believe the new rule changes were part of that.
Generalfrevious was not rude to Warbler. He was just annoying with all his doomsday exaggeration.
Very interesting info on ABC. As you probably know, I was here for most of Id’s antics.
However, my examples were not meant to involve Warbler.
Generalfrievous wasn’t ever rude to anyone on this forum.
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Not to anyone directly. He was just horribly obnoxious and ignored requests to tone it down, which could be construed as rude.
And IIRC he was warned that he would be banned if he didn’t knock it off and he failed to knock it off.
ABC was long ago. His behavior was largely before my time, and I only knew him when he returned as a sock called XyZ. He laid low for a while, but once his former identity was revealed, he resumed the same rudeness he had previously displayed toward Warbler (I remember him making his avatar with Warbler’s face in a Catholic priest’s robes in mockery–I believe this was why Warbler changed his avatar to no longer show his face). This didn’t last long before he was banned again. I mostly know of his behavior based on subsequent conversation.
Darth Id was rude for a very long time to many posters, including me. I remember getting worked up at one point, but learned to just mostly ignore his sophomoric humor. However, he fixated on Warbler and knew he could get a rise out of him. He was always just obnoxious enough to hurt Warbler, but he was cautious not to go so far as to get in trouble. He was pretty clever, but he needed to go. I believe the new rule changes were part of that.
Generalfrevious was not rude to Warbler. He was just annoying with all his doomsday exaggeration.
ABC did contribute quite a bit to the preservation sections of the forum but yeah lots of socks. The image of Warb was him depicted as Jupiter. It was an OTT response to what Warb was saying at the time and many of us were working behind the scenes to get him to calm down and back off. I think it was the sock activity that did for him in the end.
Wow I missed out on a lot back then. Kind of glad I did.
Where were you in '77?
Darth Id was rude for a very long time to many posters, including me. I remember getting worked up at one point, but learned to just mostly ignore his sophomoric humor. However, he fixated on Warbler and knew he could get a rise out of him. He was always just obnoxious enough to hurt Warbler, but he was cautious not to go so far as to get in trouble. He was pretty clever, but he needed to go. I believe the new rule changes were part of that.
The new rules and his final spiel about overweight women eating ketchup.
Not to anyone directly. He was just horribly obnoxious and ignored requests to tone it down, which could be construed as rude.
Not to mention insensitive.
It started quite innocent enough, someone with zero malicious intent put up a picture of Warb with a beard, which Warb took very personally. ABC didn’t get the extent of the upset so when he posted the Jupiter picture a few of us behind the scenes tried to convince him to take it down knowing the effect it would have. Warb is a kind hearted person. He has his own MO which took me a while to get my head around. Working around people with very diverse ways of seeing things has changed my outlook on people in general. ABC believe it or not was a similarly differently constructed mind. He privately was mortified that he had created the upset he had. It’s very sad really. He couldn’t put the lid back on once that particular bottle was uncorked. I think he accidentally banned himself in the end when Moth3r shut down the last sock.
If I recall he kept forgetting his password and making socks to get around this, and then finally lost the password, again, to the final account he was allowed to have, and got himself a permaban making another sock to get around that. Iirc he’s only banned because he kept making socks cuz he couldn’t keep his password straight more than what he did on the forum.
Darth Id was rude for a very long time to many posters, including me. I remember getting worked up at one point, but learned to just mostly ignore his sophomoric humor. However, he fixated on Warbler and knew he could get a rise out of him. He was always just obnoxious enough to hurt Warbler, but he was cautious not to go so far as to get in trouble. He was pretty clever, but he needed to go. I believe the new rule changes were part of that.
…his final spiel about overweight women eating ketchup.
I thought that was Haeso or MovieFreaked…
I’d be happy to be wrong.
I thought ID was funny when he first showed up. But, he ribbed a few thin skinned users (not talkin’ about Warb) which created a nonsense backlash and then he truly turned ugly and started being mean.
Too bad he couldn’t have just stepped back. Oh well. His loss, not ours.
Darth Id was banned for talking about how hilarious he thought it was that that senator got shot at the baseball game a while back and how he bet TV’s Frink would do something like that.
The Person in Question
Look at his post history, it was clearly his comments about the shooting at the congressional baseball practice that was the final straw.
http://originaltrilogy.com/user/Darth-Id/id/8013
JEDIT: mfm beat me to it.
Good grief… I missed that.
Apparently by the time he was banned I was already just scrolling past his posts.
One wonders why off-topic wasn’t moderated until recently.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
I totally understand the overly cautious moderating, especially in the politics thread, which by its very nature is probably always one post away from nuclear war.
Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? none holds them up except Allah. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe. – Quran (16:79)