Why did this moderator, Miller, feel the need to give me and only me a warning? Seems like he was singling me out due to a bias rather then caring bout actually enforcing the rules, what with all the other rules being broken in plain site.
This was about another poster who was saying what seemed to be an attempt at insulting my post by saying:
And earlier saying at the end of one of his posts:
So I reply:
Did I threaten in terms of going over to him in the next week and harming him or some plan to hurt him? No. I said if he were here, he either wouldn’t have the guts to say that, or he would get hit. I did not say I would actively try to bring about bodily harm as an agenda or plan in my life.
Do to the above I believe that either my warning should be done away with, that something is at least said to the moderator, or both.
Its hard to know what rules to follow when the mods seem to play favorites and be selective while they obviously don’t enforrce them with everyone else.
You can insult people all you like in the Pit - you just can’t use some very specific language that Miller pointed out to you. Which of the words on the naughty list do you feel someone else used? What rules do you think other posters were breaking? You’re doing a pretty terrible job of making your case.
Edit: Looks like the only one really over the line that you pointed out was ChefGuy.
Only u got warned cuz no1 else broke tha rulz. Kthxbye.
Seriously: the Pit rules on banned comments are pretty specific, but nobody else broke them. ‘Come over here and say that’-type post always sounds kind of threatening even though there’s no way to make it happen. It’s a dumb rhetorical move that people should avoid. You got a warning because that was your second mod note in the same thread. Miller didn’t do anything wrong here.
You might spend a minute or two reading the stickies in the pit, especially the one posted by Ed Zotti. I think you’ll find thew answer to your question therein.
Here’s a little hint Gateway. When you join a board, swim with the current, not against it. Get to know the forums, and the particular rules for those forums. If you have questions, mail a mod or an admin. They really don’t care if you make them work a little, in fact, I’m betting they much prefer answering questions to issuing warnings. Lurk a bit and get a feeling for the flow. Then, after everyone knows you, you can express your individualism.
Were you shooting for efficacy or efficiency here?
Is forums really the intended subject of the second sentence, or did you mean to say “I will possibly take this route in any new forums I visit in the future”?
OK, you kids have had your fun. Let’s keep from mocking Gateway in this thread. I choose to take his question at face value and have it answered (which it has been) and you guys aren’t helping the situation.
Another bit of advice. The words on that list will be modded everytime but the Pit mods have stated they are not going to try and enforce every possible variation on those words.
So you can not say, “Go fuck yourself.”
But you can say, “Go fuck a cactus.”
All in all it’s best just to stay away from variations that are close to those words on the list.
Just call people shitballs or something. Get creative it’s more fun.
