Tubadiva recently deleted me and banned me claiming I was in fact another user. This was not only false but very presumptuos. So I ask for proof. My reply to you is posted below. This is the exact kind of thing I was talking about causing problems here. Now I aks yu my fellow posters, did I violate any rules or offend anyone whatsoever? Do I deserve being banned?
reply to the email I received from TUBADIVA:
What the hell are you talking about? Ive never even seen this board till the day I signed up! I have attacked nobody. Much less even made all that many posts. This is trash for you to ban me over anything I have posted as well as improper as I havent even broken any rules JENNY!
>From: TUBADIVA@aol.com
>To: sockpuptmastr@hotmail.com
>Subject: !!! Okay, joke’s over, TROLLPUPPET
>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:59:57 EST
>
>When you first signed onto the board, we thought, okay, a little joke, a day
>or two, it will all be over, that’s the end of it.
>
>Obviously you are a regular here under another name, that’s a violation of
>our policies.
>
>This joke has gone on too long, it’s turned to attack, it’s not funny and it
>needs to stop now.
>
>Your posting privileges have been revoked.
>
>your humble TubaDiva
>Administrator
>The Straight Dopeus
I repeat myself. As I had said to Mikey so long ago, if you wish to be considered and treated like a contributing member of the board, CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING!
You claim to have just stumbled upon this board the day you signed on as TrollPuppet. Okay, I am a naive and overly trusting person. All I have seen from you in your Trollpuppet persona is criticism of how the board as a whole has handled its recent troll infestation and Opal’s unfortunate condition.
Join a conversation on one of the discussion fora. Ask or answer General Questions, talk about your Mundane and Pointless life, critique or defend Cecil’s Columns. Don’t just sit here in the Pit and bitch.
The Pit is here for fall-out from the other areas. It is not the centre of the board.
Dr. Fidelius, Charlatan
Associate Curator Anomalous Paleontology, Miskatonic University
“The idle mind is the Devil’s playground.” -Professor Harold Hill
TP/peligro, you’re an asshole. First of all, you signed up with a user name guaranteed to be controversial and arouse suspicion. Secondly, all of your posts have been critical, condescending remarks in the BBQ Pit. Thirdly, you don’t seem to understand one thing - this board is run by the administrators, and they can do whatever they please. They don’t have to justify their actions to you or anyone except the person who signs their paychecks (if they are paid - apparently the mods are volunteers).
Usually they are nice enough and fair enough to give warnings and/or explain their actions to the SDMB posters. However, if they want to they can shut down the entire board without a single fucking word of explanation to anyone. It’s not like we are paying customers - some posters might contribute to the kitty by buying the books and such, but no one was charged an admittance fee to join and post to the board.
There’s also a rule about not being a jerk which can be invoked for banning posters. While Tuba MIGHT have been wrong in accusing you of being a multiple-user, she was certainly within her ‘rights’ to ban you for violating the ‘jerk’ rule.
The plain fact is that you won’t be missed, regardless of the rule invoked.
And if you had a lick of common sense, you’d be keeping a low profile on today of all days anyway.
To quote a famous ‘reg’:
Putz.
Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the hydrant.
An infinite number of rednecks in an infinite number of pickup trucks shooting an infinite number of shotguns at an infinite number of road signs will eventually produce all the world’s great works of literature in Braille.