Not sure if this belongs here or in The Pit, but JFC, why couldn’t have Colibri simply apologized…something along the lines of “Oops, got the forums confused. Sorry about that.” That would have been the simple thing to do—and the right thing to do. Instead, he pulls up his jackboots and it results in a dickish exchange. To be clear, with none of the responsibility falling to UberArchetype.
Yet one more example of a Mod creating ill will because of a reflexive instinct to not admit a mistake and apologize.
**UberArchetype’**s time wasn’t valuable because Colibri was insinuating he didn’t know what he was talking about.
That is clearly an insult to the poster and not any specific posts.
This is minor, but Colibri was in the wrong. He initiated the event with an insulting remark and then immediately issued a Mod Warning when UberArchetype responded in kind.
You conveniently refrained from quoting the exchanges that had taken place before that. Why did you not quote these as well?
UberaArchetype made some erroneous statements. When these were pointed out to him, he basically stated that he didn’t care if they were correct or not. If someone doesn’t care whether the information they post is correct, then they are not contributing value to GQ.
Colibri was not insulting UberArchetype, and if saying another poster has no idea what they are talking about is an ‘insult’ - we might as well shut down the board now.
Secondly, no warning was issued - it was a mod note.
Because they were immaterial. You’re seeking to use those quotes to justify your insult. Or is it that insults are allowed in GQ/GD if one can present evidence that the insult may be justifiable?
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Oh , so then it’s okay to insult them in GQ? Hmmm I was unaware of that rule. :rolleyes:
You are incorrect as far as what YOU said. You said his time was not of value. Teally. Look it up.
No, no warning. I never made that claim. But an insult? Absolutely. How in the world is telling someone that their time is of no value not an insult? Please, this is the kind of shit I was talking about.
What I saw was a back-and-forth related to the topic at hand, followed by a pivot to personal critique initiated by yourself.
The aesthetics of a Moderator egging on a poster by belittling his or her knowledge, followed up with a Mod Note when said poster returns the favor, are poor.
I said his efforts “for our education” were of no value, since he said he didn’t care whether his statements were correct or not. Really. You could look it up.
I did not insult anyone personally. I made a comment on the value of their contributions to the thread.
I underlined the subject of UberArchetype’s original statement.
I think it might be clearer replacing it with “Anyone’s obtainment of an education on…”
So when Colibri says
it should be clear he is speaking about the subject of the preceding sentence, i.e. the obtainment of education. That is a remark about the information UberArchetype is providing.
Also, the political jab seems to me to be “ice queen Billary”.
