# TubaDiva is back as an admin after less than 30 days - how do YOU feel? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470 "2005-03-14T15:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/261 "2005-03-16T03:47:38Z")
I’m sure whomever the LJ anon cunt is they’ll deeply regret their intemperate actions. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/262 "2005-03-16T04:03:21Z")
Actually, I hear one of the “other” admins has a bit of a “problem” involving peeps. Pass it around. :o ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/263 "2005-03-16T04:07:07Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > :smack: I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. I can only stand on my reputation and ask you to believe that such was not my intention. Again, I don’t feel violating **Tubadiva** ’s privacy serves any purpose. I know I can count on those Dopers who know me offline to support that my post was a case of me once again stupidly putting my foot in my mouth rather than acting out of malice. Ok - I was just pointing that out. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/264 "2005-03-16T04:20:56Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Or someone who’s trying to teach her a lesson about privacy. **CATSIX** , Once again you have proven to the world that you are a despicable cunt. Doesn’t the “Shrieking Harpy” act get old, even for you? Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/265 "2005-03-16T04:29:25Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Or someone who’s trying to teach her a lesson about privacy. Perhaps, but it’s still in poor taste and makes them no better than she is. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/266 "2005-03-16T04:32:20Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > :smack: I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. I can only stand on my reputation and ask you to believe that such was not my intention. Again, I don’t feel violating **Tubadiva** ’s privacy serves any purpose. I know I can count on those Dopers who know me offline to support that my post was a case of me once again stupidly putting my foot in my mouth rather than acting out of malice. Yeah right. We KNOW you’re just trying to expose Jenny to the fish people so they can sacrifice her to Dagon! I’m on to you! :wally ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/267 "2005-03-16T04:35:58Z")
Its peeps, I tell ya, peeps! Scandalous. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/268 "2005-03-16T06:08:45Z")
> [@imthjckaz](#): > > I like this messageboard as much as the next person, and I guess what I was trying to say was, whether Tuba remains here or is removed, it doesn’t matter, life still goes on. They’re my opinions. I quite like them. That’s why I have them. They matter, as would any forum for their expression. Everything is “just” what it is. Your bills don’t get paid: life goes on. Mothers and sons have died, and life goes on. Whether life would go on or not has never been in question. And it surely says nothing about anything’s relevance. The reason life goes on is because things do matter, not because they don’t. Plenty will stay, and some will go. But not because it doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/269 "2005-03-16T06:55:09Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > Doesn’t the “Shrieking Harpy” act get old, even for you? Speaking of getting old, “shrieking harpy” was an interesting insult the first time I heard it but… ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/270 "2005-03-16T07:10:47Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Or someone who’s trying to teach her a lesson about privacy. Sorry, this is a LOL. Tuba didn’t google her own email address during her month off? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/271 "2005-03-16T11:31:19Z")
> [@](#): > > **unclviny** said: > Once again you have proven to the world that you are a despicable cunt. Doesn’t the “Shrieking Harpy” act get old, even for you? I didn’t post it there, I just speculated as to why someone would. You know, like other people in this thread have done. > [@](#): > > **LordVor** said: > Sorry, this is a LOL. Tuba didn’t google her own email address during her month off? I wouldn’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/272 "2005-03-16T12:48:32Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > So, the mods make the rules while imposing their interpretation of those rules on the folks that pay (or in my case may pay)? > How very odd. > We have two mods that have violated privacy (from what i have read) and retain their moderator privileges without sanction? > We have folks that suck up to the mods, see “I’m back” in “About this Message board” that can say what they want where they want, but if you disagree you are a thread shitter. > But those that call you a thread shitter can go into a thread in the Pit that is not supportive of the Mod in question and piss on it and expect to be accepted? > This place reeks of hypocrisy. I expected so much more. My bad. word of advice: Don’t subscribe. I’ve already decided I am not resubscribing. Not so much to make a point, though i _hope_ a point is taken, but rather, i view this as a colossal waste of time and money. As w/ any message board ‘community’, you feel like it’s family and now i’ve come to realize that it’s anything but. It is a collection of predominately left-wing militants who revel in self-rightious ass-kissing. I was originally enamoured by the idea of “fighting ignorance”, but that is not the true motive of the members and mod’s here. Rather it is to promote the hate mongering propaganda and self-pandering name calling and idea bashing of anyone who doesn’t agree with the accepted views as stated as law by the SDMB Administrators. While i’ve found the GQ section to be very useful and informative and even entertaining at times, it simply isn’t worth PAYING for. If i pay for it, i expect full benefits from my membership. Not being forced salute: “Hail, Tuba” and/or kiss Dex’s ass w/ extra tounge to keep a thread from being closed. Now i know there’ll be many of the militants who’ll say: "Quit whining and leave. Quit begging for attention, and whatnot that’s been stated many times over (see: [I don’t give a fuck](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306991) ), but rest assured, that once my subscription runs out (not quite sure when that is, but it’s coming up) my long run as a member (since 1999, mostly lurker) will finally (perhaps even sadly) come to an end. And to all you mindless sheep who will cheer that yet another free-thinker has left, i say this: Bahhhhhhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/273 "2005-03-16T12:53:03Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > Speaking of getting old, “shrieking harpy” was an interesting insult the first time I heard it but… Harpies are the Woo-of-Man. (a two-fold joke for those who get it) btw… wut’s wrong w/ reprinting information obtained from publicly accessable sources? (sheep logic) ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/274 "2005-03-16T13:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=jester21] word of advice: Don’t subscribe. (snip) but rest assured, that once my subscription runs out (not quite sure when that is, but it’s coming up) my long run as a member (since 1999, mostly lurker) will finally (perhaps even sadly) come to an end. (snip) oops. I guess i’ve only been here since 2001. Seems like it’s been longer then that. Irregardless… carry on. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/275 "2005-03-16T13:20:33Z")
> [@jester21](#): > > btw… wut’s wrong w/ reprinting information obtained from publicly accessable sources? (sheep logic) I just googled her member name, and this info comes up on the first page - titled \*\*name and address \*\* - you don’t even have to click a link to get it. It seems to me that to have this information prominently displayed on Google under her user name, TD must’ve put it out there herself. This is a rather different situation from the info she posted on LJ which started the ‘recent unpleasantness’ [as it has been so coyly referred to]. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/276 "2005-03-16T13:21:01Z")
> [@jester21](#): > > btw… wut’s wrong w/ reprinting information obtained from publicly accessable sources? (sheep logic) I suspect this is an ironic question meant as a comparison to what Tuba did. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who thinks what Tuba did was not wrong. Most of the disagreement stems from her punishment, (or lack of it, depending on your point of view); the irony, therefore, was misplaced. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/277 "2005-03-16T13:27:01Z")
> [@Carnick](#): > > Nobody made you junior mod, you don’t have the right to throw wild accusations at newbies because they look suspicious. When you actually took the time to do a cursory search on Blue Ruin’s name, you realized your accusations were “probably” unfounded. Then you go and say his opinion doesn’t matter anyway because he’s new (something you can’t prove, as others have pointed out). Asshole problems much? > > And if we’re using post count to qualify manhood, yeah I guess you got me beat. My asshole’s just fine, but thanks for asking! I didn’t throw accusations at any newbie; rather, I asked a question, which he answered. So I guess you _do_ have reading problems. And I didn’t say his opinion doesn’t matter because he’s new–other people accused me of saying that, and you just got confused. Anything else I can clear up for you, or have you gotten a chance to calm down yet and would like to apologize to me? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/278 "2005-03-16T13:35:10Z")
> [@John Corrado](#): > > If a regular poster had received private e-mail from a friend regarding a sex offender, correlated that information with a public database, and posted the information on LiveJournal? > > I don’t see how that would involve the SDMB in any way. This is exactly my thoughts on the matter. Not a single shred of data that was posted in LJ was entrusted to the SDMB by the banned poster in the first place. If Tuba had gone into the SDMB’s database to even double check her research, that’s a banning offense. The only reason the SDMB has anything to do with is is that the involved parties are members. You do not get a magical cloak of anonymity by agreeing to a privacy policy. What you get is an agreement to keep any information you give them private. Information that is publicly available is public. Frankly, if I ran this board, I would have just hammered this point home, the information you provided is safe and was never accessed for any inappropriate purpose. Information you put out publicly on the internet, that’s your problem, not mine, I have zero responsibility to keep that a secret. ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/279 "2005-03-16T13:37:42Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > This is exactly my thoughts on the matter. Not a single shred of data that was posted in LJ was entrusted to the SDMB by the banned poster in the first place. > > If Tuba had gone into the SDMB’s database to even double check her research, that’s a banning offense. The only reason the SDMB has anything to do with is is that the involved parties are members. > > You do not get a magical cloak of anonymity by agreeing to a privacy policy. What you get is an agreement to keep any information you give them private. Information that is publicly available is public. > > Frankly, if I ran this board, I would have just hammered this point home, the information you provided is safe and was never accessed for any inappropriate purpose. Information you put out publicly on the internet, that’s your problem, not mine, I have zero responsibility to keep that a secret. that didn’t take long. Found one for you Contrapuntal. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470/280 "2005-03-16T13:44:07Z")
> [@jester21](#): > > that didn’t take long. Found one for you Contrapuntal. Well, ya got me. I believe my point is still valid, though. Do you see the argument as being about whether what she did was wrong? Humor me. Find another. Find a poster who says that her punishment was too harsh because she did nothing wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-is-back-as-an-admin-after-less-than-30-days-how-do-you-feel/294470.md?page=15)