Okay. I got it. Sorry. I was looking for private messages. And I am conducting this publicly becuase it’s a public issue, as far as I’m concerned. Your explanation in both emails was that the thread had moved away from GQ to debate, etc. Wouldn’t it be better to MOVE the whole thread than locking it and suggesting (only to me in an email and only because I asked) that people start over elsewhere or refer to existing threads?
I mean, with all due respect, to make things easier, more pleasant, and more understandable for everybody, wouldn’t it be better for you to explain why you do something when you do it (like locking a thread) or to take an alternate approach (like just moving the thread), so that people can continue to do what they are obviously enjoying?
Oh dear
Discussion of how the board works should be in ATMB.
Discussion of how the moderators should do their jobs should be in the pit (even if the discussion is not actually a rant, as this one doesn’t appear to be.
jennalynn, welcome to the boards; the moderators here are fair but very firm, read the forum descriptions and the membership agreement, chill.
OK, I’ll move one of 'em.
Any more questions?
P.S. Open another thread on this subject outside of the Pit you will no longer be welcome as a guest of the Chicago Reader.
Thank you.
You know, I did read all that. Funny, tho, I’m just not a “follow the rules” kind of chick. I’m a “do what I think is right” kind of chick. 
Thanks for your understanding and no, no more questions.
P.S. I got it.
Oh boy. :rolleyes:
We are all guests here at the SDMB. Polite guests defer to their host’s wishes. We’ve had tons of impolite guests who tended to stroll in, ignore the rules, and leave a turd on the carpet to demonstrate that they’re not a “follow the rules” type of person.
If you don’t wish to “follow the rules” please feel free to do what you think is right somewhere else.
Note that the above carries no official weight, as I am a poster here like everyone else. But I do value the decorum that is sometimes maintained here despite thousands of very idiosyncratic individuals arguing about everything under the sun.
Aside from that, welcome to SDMB! 
I have to laugh at this, given my recent lengthy input on the thread about shoes/no shoes indoors in GQ. Check it out and you’ll learn more about me, my opinions on etiquette and how what I think is right fits into that general framework.
Or, you could just continue to assume that, just because I insist on doing what I think is the right thing to do, that that means I am a rude, unmannered, backward, shit-on-your-carpet type of woman.
Entirely up to you, of course. That’s the kind of chick I am.
Well… you are kinda rude and unmannered (not to mention ill-mannered) when you flout the rules of your hosts. YMMV.
Don’t think she’s done that yet, dan - she’s new, yes, the rules are fairly clear, but she responded “got the message” when called on it by a moderator.
I"m not seeing flouting at this point, and see no reason to continue saying ‘yea, but if you do break the rules, blah blah blah’
YMMV
dantheman, Silver Spring? I lived in various parts of Sliver Spring for 34 years! Up until last year, as a matter of fact!
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okay, confession… there were those six years I went away to school and I was NOT in Silver Spring most of the time. Sorry 'bout that. *
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dance of general boredom and introspection *
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well, alrighty, then, buh-bye *
wring, she read all the rules and then broke them because she’s not a rules-followin’ kinda woman. The impression I got was, “Well, I know what the rules are, since I read them, but I’m gonna do what I want anyway, so there, nyah, nyah.” Plus there’s
which implies that she’s just “this way” because she insists on doing what she thinks is the right thing to do, rules be damned.
Or am I reading too much into it?
Why lock threads instead of moving them? Locking threads is easier on the servers.
Hello. Standing right here…
Hi, how are you? Pleased to meet you.
Hello. You’ll have to excuse me, but my original enthusiasm in meeting you has been dampened by your negative comments about me. Or am I reading too much into it?
Oh, no problem. Enjoy!
Never a problem. I come to places like this for my own amusement and edification. I try to find both, without dropping my principles at the door and without insulting other people. I usually succeed.
You enjoy, too, and have a nice evening, as well.