…I said this in a thread but only after I defended my position close to a dozen times.
Lynn said …"This is called Trolling or “Being a jerk”, do it again and you’ll be banned.
I’m asking for some clarification here.
To me, it’s obvious that I put some thought (wrong or right as it is) into my topic. The topic wasn’t merely “fluff” and created to hurt anyone. Many people responded. Maybe a handful agreed and the rest didn’t, which is fine.
I kept my comments within that particular thread and in the Pit where it belongs. I don’t understand how this constitutes a wrongdoing on my part.
Can I be banned for being a jerk and if so, why aren’t the people who are acting like jerks toward me being warned?
The topic was kept open and people continue to respond so why do I faced being banned?
Also, every comment I’ve written that can be termed “jerky” has been in clean fun. I hope noone takes me that serious within the context of that thread. All of the insults that have been flung at me have been taken as a joke.
Also, I do regularly post in the other forums and am extremely civilized and friendly. I try to post only if I feel I’m contributing something to that particular topic.
The reason I’ve written all this out is because now little “wanna be” moderators are starting to “warn” me in that thread (as they’re compelled to open it )
Clean fun for who? You were being intentionall disingenous in your comments for the express purpose of getting a rise out of others. What in God’s green Earth makes you think they “enjoy” having to correct your ridiculous statements?
And it’s not that Lynn has any unusual rules or regulations. They’re listed quite clearly in all the appropriate places.
Couldn’t this have been asked in the other thread?
The definition of “trolling” is posting something simply to rile other people up/provoke a reaction, especially if you don’t really mean what you say. In the sentence you quoted, it sure sounds like (to this non-moderator, at least) you admitted to doing just that. You said you know cat owners are defensive and set out to piss them off for the sake of fun.
Just saying “mean” things to someone, especially in the Pit, isn’t necessarily being a jerk. That’s for the moderators/administrators to decide where the line is.
But alice’s advice is probably best - you’ll almost certainly do better E-mailing Lynn for clarification.
Yes, I admit that I said that and I also understand that she has every right to warn me.
But trolling and being a jerk are two different things. Next time I’m interprited as being a jerk and I’m out of here?
Most of the people who responded to that thread only did so with intentions of calling me names and being a “jerk”. Perhaps if she had left out “being a jerk” it would be more clear to me and it would also look more objective and professional.
Lieu, as an example, you’re calling what I say rediculous and inferring that people have to correct it as if I were a newspaper reporter and they my editors. YOU are being condescending toward me. I never stated anything as scientific fact.
Also, I did ask it in the other thread. Thank you. I did indeed look for (although possibly not as well as I could have) for the definition of “trolling” on this baord.
Ferret Herder, Dan and allice, thank you for the suggestions and comments.
I know it’s not fair. It’s like having a rule against breaking wind. Some people just can’t help it. That being said, I think most of us agree that it’s a good rule.
“Jerk” has a wide definition here. You can insult folks in the Pit, for the most part, without it being called “being a jerk.” I’m not a mind reader, but my wild-ass guess was that she was calling your trolling a jerkish thing to do.
And my apologies since I had not seen the announcement about Lynn’s hospitalization. Hopefully some mod/admin will be along to help clear things up.
When you start to run your own message board, you can make the rules. Wanna make hypocrisy a bannable offense? Be my guest. But around here, that just ain’t one of the rules. But “Don’t be a jerk” is.
Damn, that sucks about Lynn. It really does. Get well, Lynn.
Rooves, I don’t know if someone else already mentioned this, but threads like the “I hate cats” intended to get a rise out of posters are a waste of resources. A similar thing happened a month ago or so in CS where some poster claimed they were looking for a song, then proceeded to type what turned out to be meaningless onomatopoeia.
Some of us took the bait; what was meant to be a joke to the OP wasn’t taken very well by posters who sincerely jumped in and tried to help him out with the few clues he gave. I’ve come to appreciate the musical knowledge of the Teeming Millions since having asked “What’s this song” a few times and gotten correct answers in a few hours, tops. I was one of the people who were somewhat hurt at this, since song-identification can potentially mean a lot, just as is with many things in life to certain people.
So, in short, your cat thread reminded me of that.
Hey, if Captain Kirk could violate the Prime Directive episode after episode and get away with it, why not his ego-mate Rooves?
No, that’s being witty. Or, as you put it, *** every comment I’ve written that can be termed “jerky” has been in clean fun. *** At least that’s what I was aiming at. Oh, well; maybe my 1920s style death ray needs a tune-up.
Being a jerk would be saying something like “You’re an idiot knuckle-dragger, like all cat-thread-haters.” But I wouldn’t do that. I do wonder, though, why you can say All of the insults that have been flung at me have been taken as a joke and then get riled at my (I thought rather tame) Prime Directive joke. Maybe it’s time for the library to close?
I do admit that it was not a very constructive thread. I was frustrated at seeing so many cat threads though, and my rant was just that, a rant.
I set myself up to be warned by saying what I said concering my “bored” comment.
I admit that my OP was far from scientifically accurate, a waste of space and so on. That doesn’t excuse all the other people who jumped at the chance to get themselves into a pissing contest with me.
I apologize for the OP but not my responses to the members who were also being jerks. The difference between them and me is that I can admit when I’m being a jerk and they aim to justify WHY they are being jerks.
That being said, I don’t think there’s any reason to keep either thread open.
It really does. Get well, Lynn.