After being surprised to find out that TubaDiva was paid to administer this board after hearing repeatedly about the time and effort she ‘donated’ to this board, I wondered if this was common knowledge, so I decided to create a simple, non-biased poll and place it in a forum where I could hopefully get the raw data I wanted without it turning into a continuation of the thread on TubaDiva’s suspension I created in this forum. I asked my question, and asked that posters who wanted to do anything other than answer my question do so in an appropriate thread.
I got what I wanted from the first few posts, but then some of TubaDiva’s friends jumped in and started flaming me, accusing me of ‘cyberstalking’, and trying to hijack my thread. I reported the two posts that most blatantly broke the IMHO rules.
Within minutes my thread is closed with the moderator warning to “keep your venom(disguised or otherwise) in the BBQ Pit.”
Let’s review my original post…
Where’s the ‘venom’ in that post?
Does anyone believe that I could have phrased the question in a way that would not have had TubaDiva’s supporters hijacking it into a Pit thread? Hijacks and accusations against those they disagree with seem to be their favored tactics, and this kind of mob mentality is obviously endorsed by Czarcasm, who not only ignored the only people who were making venomous posts and gave the mob what they wanted, but got his kicks in before closing my poll.
Why the hell are you so goddamn interested in this matter? You’ve got no stake in this community, and no history of involvement. You’re a guest, who’s gone on record as not wanting to pay up and become a member at the end of your stay. You’re a non-entity.
Why not just shut the fuck up and go away already?
I’ve been reading the Straight Dope and it’s message board since over three years before your registration date. Why the hell should I care about your opinion?
I was going to stay out of this one, because I don’t really give a damn about the “recent unpleasantness.” But I’m getting tired of seeing anti-Tuba rant threads.
The only reasons I can think of why Blue Ruin would be so knowledgable of, and irate about, this issue, all constitute bannable offenses. His current activity seems to fall pretty squarely under the don’t be a jerk rule. I honestly don’t understand why he’s still here.
Why? Because he wants to stir up shit, that’s why. And he’s done an excellent job of it too. I’ve never seen anyone on this board stir shit as successfully as Blue Ruin. I guess that’s an accomplishment or something. ::golf clap::
Reading the board does not make you a member of the community.
And being someone who only reads the board you’re also totally not at risk of an admin doing anything, at all, to you. I’m also a member of this community while you are, at best, a lurker with a chip on your shoulder.
Blue Ruin indeed. You remind me of Clementine. I’ll be glad when you’re erased.
*bolding mine
A poll goes in IMHO, but a poll about food, movies, or music is more appropriate to Cafe Society. A poll about whether an administrator is paid, stipened, or whatever goes in the forum identified as being for the purposes of dicussing the administration. Twoflower, he’s also stated that he’s not going to be a member of this community, and yet he continues with his threads about the administration of the community.
Doesn’t posting about something you have no interest in (or don’t believe in) just to get a rise or reaction out of others have a definition other than “guest”?
By the way, thanks for this link Q.E.D. I am now aware that ‘Left Hand of Dorkness’ has made at least twice as many posts as anybody else in that thread (aside from Guin, who came in a distant second at 35 to his/her 68 at the time of this post).
I wonder what LHoDs personal stake is in this. He has gone to far greater lengths than anyone to defend TubaDiva.
Since you’re obviously referring to me as one of TubaDiva’s friends, I have to say I’ve never had any interaction with her at all. Nor have I participated in this thread at all prior to your screed in IMHO. It’s just that as a loyal doper I have to call bullshit when I see it and your OP was disingenuous bullshit, as is this one.