Regarding being hasselt by the mods about going OT

[kennedia_nigricans]

We could at the bottom of the OP add a line like that

"General chat welcome, please feel free to discuss OT here as well"

it would make it impossible to be OT in a thread and the harassment by the mods might recede a bit.

to the mods:

mod·er·ate  (mdr-t)adj.

1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme: a moderate price.

2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate: a moderate climate.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/moderation

your moderation style can certainly be called excessive, extreme and unreasonable. I and most other posters here would like you to be more moderate in your moderation.

[icyfroth · Accepted solution]

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@patchoo78 wrote:

What a lot of angst over something so essentially trivial - get up someone's nose, they report you, you get a slap, who cares? At least you have the satisfaction of knowing you've hit your target.

I don't think you even get a slap anymore.. I just got a message from the mod saying that my post was removed for Inerpersonal Dispute and suggested i might like to edit the post and re-post it... 

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Same here. I like the new moderation system.

[joz*garage · Accepted solution]

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@patchoo78 wrote:

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@*ibis wrote:

before the advent of lithium was imposed upon us, these boards 'ad placeholders to show when a post 'ad been taken down

did it?

i dont remember that

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Yeh they were colloquially known as venetian blinds.. It just said "This post has been removed" now there's nothing when a post gets removed

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that feature wasnt on the previous platform but it was prier to that

[debra9275 · Accepted solution]

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

I thought the OT dilemma was sorted, so it hasn't been??

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 I thought so too??? I hope it has

[icyfroth · Accepted solution]

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@patchoo78 wrote:

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@*ibis wrote:

before the advent of lithium was imposed upon us, these boards 'ad placeholders to show when a post 'ad been taken down

did it?

i dont remember that

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Yeh they were colloquially known as venetian blinds.. It just said "This post has been removed" now there's nothing when a post gets removed

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yeah I remember the "venetian blinds", they would really play havoc with the continuity of a thread.

[debra9275 · Accepted solution]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@patchoo78 wrote:

What a lot of angst over something so essentially trivial - get up someone's nose, they report you, you get a slap, who cares? At least you have the satisfaction of knowing you've hit your target.

I don't think you even get a slap anymore.. I just got a message from the mod saying that my post was removed for Inerpersonal Dispute and suggested i might like to edit the post and re-post it... 

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Same here. I like the new moderation system.

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ditto

[the_great_she_elephant · Accepted solution]

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@poddster wrote:

Words are cheap substanciation of them attracts a higher price.

Care to substantiate?

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Ummm..... that doesn't make sense. What exactly is a "cheap substanciation" and who are the "them' that attract a higher price

[freakiness · Accepted solution]

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@poddster wrote:

Words are cheap substanciation of them attracts a higher price.

Care to substantiate?

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Talking to yourself? 

Asking yourself questions?

[flashie* · Accepted solution]

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@joz*garage wrote:

really? so how did you access this information from a private forum which you wernt members of?

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I do not recall saying we were not members at the time.

[poddster · Accepted solution]

Words are cheap, substanciation of them attracts a higher price.

Does that satisfy you wordsmith standards? 🙂

[debra9275 · Accepted solution]

oh I see you're claiming it didn't happen 

& someone has to prove it did

no need, it was seen by many, thank goodness