TubaDiva is back as an admin after less than 30 days - how do YOU feel?

[xbuckeye]

I, for one, am not sure I’ll miss the people threatening to leave. Maybe instead of having the same threads over and over again, we can start having new ones with new people who aren’t dismissed for their lack of posting proficiency. Maybe I won’t have to wait forever for threads to load. I don’t care what happened, I left for a weekend and you all went apeshit. I am glad that this thread is likely going to get shut down…its a waste of bandwidth. Let’s get back to life and messageboard.

Post#<500 UNITE!!!

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Carnick

Who the fuck are YOU? Why should he automatically answer to you, asshole? I like this place, I really do, but this club mentality that crops up from time to time makes me want to puke my fucking guts out. That combined with Lynn’s threats to close this thread really make me regret signing up. Not that you give a shit since my post count is only a fraction of yours.

Anger issues much? Reading problems much? Read the whole thread before responding, you fine fine specimen of manhood you, and it’ll be better than Pepto Bismol for what ails ya.

I’d love a lock on this.
Daniel

[Ike_Witt]

My questions are these:

1. Why has no poster ever been given a 30 day cooling off period instead of a banning?

2. What would have happend if it had been a regular poster doing this and not Tuba?

[Brutus]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

I’d love a lock on this.
Daniel

I don’t care one way or the other about the core issue here, but why the holy fuck do some people want to see this ‘locked’? Another thread will just pop up, and dumber topics have been discussed for much longer. If it bothers some of you that much, a simple solution presents itself: Don’t read it!

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Brutus

I don’t care one way or the other about the core issue here, but why the holy fuck do some people want to see this ‘locked’?

Because I hate America.
Daniel

[Metacom]

@Left Hand of Dorkness

Because I hate America.
Daniel

And to think that some people wonder why Brutus comes off like an asshole to some of the liberals here.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Metacom

And to think that some people wonder why Brutus comes off like an asshole to some of the liberals here.

It’s because, for five years, he’s been anticipating this post of mine.

Daniel

[quixotic78]

I agree that this thread should be locked. The precedent has been passed down from On High, and thus bears no further discussion. Mods, could we sticky this thread until the Rules have been amended? I’ll volunteer myself to submit a draft of the new rules; the changes have been bolded:

Paragraph Five: You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use the SDMB to post any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy (however, see below) or violative of U.S. law. You agree not to post material that in our opinion fosters or promotes activity that is illegal in the U.S.

Certain exceptions can be granted to the stipulation against invading a person’s privacy. If a member’s personal information is contained in an online database, including but not limited to phone books, newspapers, court records, registered sex offender lists, “deadbeat dad” lists and the like, and any data which can be obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, then the said rule above about invading a person’s privacy can be ignored. We generally frown upon such divulgences, and therefore request that you post it under a recognizible handle (i.e., your SDMB user name) on a site accessed by a sizeable contingent of SDMB members – e.g., LiveJournal, Fathom, UnaBoard, #straightdope, etc. If you make such a post with the stipulation, “Since I cannot post this on the SDMB without violating their user policies, I am posting it here,” you are eligible for this exemption, and your sole punishment shall be a 30-day revocation of your posting privileges.

I know my sentences tend to run on a bit there, and I’m not really good at legalesy-jargon, but that should give us a start until the Rules can be amended.

[John_Corrado]

@adam yax

My questions are these:

1. Why has no poster ever been given a 30 day cooling off period instead of a banning?

Several have. Reeder, for instance.

2. What would have happend if it had been a regular poster doing this and not Tuba?

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.

[minty_green]

@Metacom

Well, thank God we live in a country where access to justice is primarily dictated by money.

Thank god we live in a country where one of the grounds for a civil lawsuit is that the plaintiff suffered actual damages, and where “My feelings were hurt because you told the truth about me” does not count as actual damages.

[Metacom]

@minty green

Thank god we live in a country where one of the grounds for a civil lawsuit is that the plaintiff suffered actual damages, and where “My feelings were hurt because you told the truth about me” does not count as actual damages.

Amen, brother! I’m glad exposing the real life name and address of a person in an irrationally hated segment of society and stating (without offering proof) that he was engaging in unethical behaviour doesn’t count as damage.

[Good_Egg]

@DocCathode

That is exactly why we are complaining.

Then you are complaining in vain. As per Lynn’s post shows, shut up and accept whatever they say.

[dropzone]

@minty green

Thank god we live in a country where one of the grounds for a civil lawsuit is that the plaintiff suffered actual damages, and where “My feelings were hurt because you told the truth about me” does not count as actual damages.

Actually, minty, my biggest concern was not with the revelation of public information but the accusation that what’s-his-face had hit on a Doper he knew was underage. THAT was what was inappropriate and, if true, better handled by law enforcement than on an anonymous message board. And if it wasn’t true it is the most scurrilous form of libel, done anonymously and very publicly, and THAT is grounds for a civil lawsuit.

[Mehitabel]

I feel great about it. She’s one of the best mods we have. And I don’t know why we need two threads about this, one over at ATMB and one here.

[Metacom]

@Mehitabel

I feel great about it. She’s one of the best mods we have. And I don’t know why we need two threads about this, one over at ATMB and one here.

Because ATMB and the BBQ pit have different rules on decorum…

[don_t_ask]

It is pointless me having any feeling about it, I am not a mod or an admin.

[Lord_Ashtar]

This seems as good a time as any to link to my thread.

Just so you know, I don’t give a fuck if you’re not renewing.

[Mehitabel]

@Metacom

Because ATMB and the BBQ pit have different rules on decorum…

Yes, exactly. And as a person who’s been under warning to stop discussing something when she was itching to try to explain and/or apologize too, it’s very frustrating to have people dissecting you in the Pit for your mistakes when you’re unable to come in and defend yourself. Perhaps there’s some people here who think TD deserves that feeling; I’m not one of them, but if those people really need a place to vent, this is that place.

Just seems…unsporting.

[Metacom]

@Lord Ashtar

This seems as good a time as any to link to my thread.

Just so you know, I don’t give a fuck if you’re not renewing.

Actually, a much better time to post that link would have been right after someone threatened not to renew. But that hasn’t happened on this page at all.

[Metacom]

@Mehitabel

Just seems…unsporting.

It’s a good thing privacy isn’t a “sport,” then.