This post has been edited by Caolan: 28 July 2004 - 07:21 PM
complaint
#2
Posted 28 July 2004 - 06:12 PM
#4
Posted 28 July 2004 - 06:54 PM
{ I admit that I may have been a bit hasty in locking this particular thread for a couple of reasons.
(a. ) Rory initiated my starting of the thread by arguing with me on IM, and he led me to believe that if I posted he would stop. So I became frustrated when he continued to argue the topic on the board. I was already sick of it and felt that the thread had been going on twice as long.
(b. ) I felt that he was attacking my website, and so I became defensive.
I'm not saying these were the best reasons to exercise my moderator power. However, I stand by my decision. I would close any thread that was a long, unduly argumentative rant by one person which offered no constructive feedback. Nate, I and the rest of the team on L&E and on the other message boards are happy to take user input on how the boards. I did not see that happening in that thread.
Friendly debate is fine. I will not lock a thread because people are simply disagreeing with each other. However, there is a point at which an argument makes the boards a worse place to be. I understand that different people would reach that point at different times, and I apologize if my oversensitive unpleasant-o-meter made you feel like your freedom of speech was being limited.
As I said, I'm open to the possibility that I was overly influenced by my personal investment in the debate in question, and in the future I will endeavor to keep my personal feelings from interfering with my decisions about the board. }
And Done!
This post has been edited by Laura: 28 July 2004 - 08:19 PM
#5
Posted 28 July 2004 - 07:08 PM
Oh wow; I just checked, and this Caolan character is 24!
Yeesh!
PS: Just so I have this straight, since I'm only a casual obsrver: You and Nate have each said that the L&E board is no more, that Chefelf is now the board that more or less the same group posts on, and that L&E is no more. Further to that, L&E is no more. No one has time, no one has the interest, you've moved on in your lives, fucking grow up everyone will you, words to that effect, yeah?
And Rory's complaint is that you've never said how the L&E board is no more. Am I right?
And Caolan is declaring that he could kill people if he wanted to, and just might if you lock up any more threads? Do I have that right as well?
#8
Posted 28 July 2004 - 07:12 PM
If they had ever made the simple statement "The lanceandeskimo messageboard is no more," or preferably the more dramatic and equally accurate statement "The Lanceandeskimo Messageboard is DEAD! Long Live The Chef Elf Forums," then I can assure you we wouldn't be having this discussion right now.
And watch it buddy; thats my sister you're talking about.
This post has been edited by Rory: 28 July 2004 - 07:16 PM
#11
Posted 28 July 2004 - 07:22 PM
#12
Posted 28 July 2004 - 07:28 PM
You've got me there Jesus; I guess that is why you are the son of god.
One last thing before I go for the night; whats up with people thinking threads make the message board a worse place to be? If you don't like a thread, all you have to do is ignore it. If you can't ignore it (like me), all it means is that you are too prideful not to have the last word, or you enjoy a hearty debate. I don't really see whats wrong with either of these things...
#14
Posted 28 July 2004 - 10:53 PM
Also, he was so kind as to look at my birthdate, but he failed to notice that 1) I ain't 24 yet! and 2) I have a birthday coming up. O but we owe sweetness to people whose birthdays are coming up!
[the above is me in a burka.]
PS: I initially said A) and , not 1 and 2. But look what happens when you say !!!! Terrible. But how could I let go of the burka? I HAD to enable emoticons.
This post has been edited by Caolan: 28 July 2004 - 10:57 PM