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Post by Warrigal on Aug 21, 2017 0:49:47 GMT -5
Sooo, not to bug, but what was the deal with the mass bannings? Please PM if you don't want to comment publicly. I was banned from the politics section as were a few of us and it really pi**ed me off. I made personal comments to some right wingers. So did they but they didn't get banned. This was right before the election! So I wrote a nasty post bashing Matrix and the unfairness knowing this would get me banned, and it did. Unfortunately it happened so quickly hardly anyone got to read it. I saw it. You did invite your banning.
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Post by QuickSilver on Aug 21, 2017 7:07:50 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually PMd Matrix to ask why he lifted the ban.. Here's the response received
What do you make of this?
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Post by TheSource on Aug 21, 2017 8:12:35 GMT -5
After reading all that has been written thus far in this thread, I would just like to declare a royal decree here at Take Refuge Forum.
I am imposing a "ban on banning"! So let it be written, so let it be done!
Seriously though, did this Matrix guy really have a change of heart or was his forum not growing and on the brink of dying off?
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Post by QuickSilver on Aug 21, 2017 8:23:27 GMT -5
After reading all that has been written thus far in this thread, I would just like to declare a royal decree here at Take Refuge Forum.
I am imposing a "ban on banning"! So let it be written, so let it be done!
Seriously though, did this Matrix guy really have a change of heart or was his forum not growing and on the brink of dying off? My thoughts exactly.. I suspect it was more of a decrease in visits to his site than concern over the happiness of seniors. lol!
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Post by Drifter on Aug 21, 2017 8:33:42 GMT -5
Seriously though, did this Matrix guy really have a change of heart or was his forum not growing and on the brink of dying off? Agree! What do you make of this? I'd say it's not to make the Seniors happy, but to save his forum. How ridiculous to police the masses the way they did...it is a senior board...do seniors need to be controlled the way they are there, to appease Matrix? Editing posts or deleting them all the time because they didn't approve of how someone worded something, is BS! One good thing about Seniors, they say it how it is rather than beat around the bush. I doubt Matrix is a senior...someone should have asked him how old his was.
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Post by QuickSilver on Aug 21, 2017 8:38:49 GMT -5
He/she has never given his/her age... Only that he is not a senior.. so that means under 50 I guess
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Post by Drifter on Aug 21, 2017 9:13:32 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually PMd Matrix to ask why he lifted the ban Another thing...he violated his own rule by responding. Wonder if he was asked to now update his old rules in forum support which are outdated?
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Post by tnthomas on Aug 21, 2017 10:12:51 GMT -5
Well, having a political discussion section on a forum does leave open the potential for heated discussion...and inevitably, personal attacks.
I can see doing a "progressive" disciplinary policy, say a short term ban from the politics section, reserving a permanent forum-wide ban only for very serious offenses.
I think that the main problem on 'that' forum is un-even treatment of the political combatants, or at least the perceived un-equal treatment.
I've moderated forums in the past, where instead of deleting offending posts, they would be left visible, along with a *note* from the admin / mod as to the post's inappropriate content, and what happened to the poster, as to disciplinary actions.
I'm on forums where you absolutely can not ask publicly "what happened to so-n-so", if a ban occurred, all hush-hush.
That may be the "smart" thing to do, but it always arouses visions and images of the Gestapo dragging someone out of their home, at 3AM.
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Post by rosa427 on Aug 21, 2017 10:31:09 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually PMd Matrix to ask why he lifted the ban.. Here's the response received What do you make of this? Must have been cutting into his financial bottom line.
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Post by highlandannie on Aug 21, 2017 14:27:20 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually PMd Matrix to ask why he lifted the ban.. Here's the response received What do you make of this? A second change to have to read personal attacks on myself from the right wingers, and then get in trouble for defending myself.
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Post by QuickSilver on Aug 21, 2017 14:51:21 GMT -5
A friend of mine actually PMd Matrix to ask why he lifted the ban.. Here's the response received What do you make of this? A second change to have to read personal attacks on myself from the right wingers, and then get in trouble for defending myself. I guess... Matrix must have been missing the shivers up and down his legs when he could lord his power over liberals.. lol!
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Post by tnthomas on Aug 21, 2017 14:55:41 GMT -5
A second change to have to read personal attacks on myself from the right wingers, and then get in trouble for defending myself. That's the part that Matrix doesn't understand, apparently. In a PM he mentioned that when given negatives the "liberals" were angry...why am I not surprised, who wouldn't be, when treated in-equally?
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Post by QuickSilver on Aug 21, 2017 15:08:33 GMT -5
A second change to have to read personal attacks on myself from the right wingers, and then get in trouble for defending myself. That's the part that Matrix doesn't understand, apparently. In a PM he mentioned that when given negatives the "liberals" were angry...why am I not surprised, who wouldn't be, when treated in-equally? Exactly.... Liberals were no where near as offensive as the Right wingers... yet they were expected to sit back and be attacked and not respond. I also think that the liberals were much better at formulating comprehensive arguments that backed the Righties into a corner and that was what made them and matrix mad. So one by one... he got rid of us... NOW... he has changed his mind..... His real motive is still a puzzle.
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Post by tnthomas on Aug 21, 2017 17:59:47 GMT -5
Exactly.... Liberals were no where near as offensive as the Right wingers... yet they were expected to sit back and be attacked and not respond. I also think that the liberals were much better at formulating comprehensive arguments that backed the Righties into a corner and that was what made them and matrix mad. So one by one... he got rid of us... NOW... he has changed his mind..... His real motive is still a puzzle. Well, I'm done there, to allow one ideological group more latitude in their conduct and speech, while curtailing opposing parties is not a good atmosphere for a healthy exchange of ideas.
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Post by Warrigal on Aug 21, 2017 21:12:30 GMT -5
I think you are onto something there Betty. Logic and reason do seem to be more evident in the posts of people who see Trump for what he is.
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