Pittman's VaporWax! (warning) - Page 7

SuperBee364 · 05-12-09, 07:51

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Originally Posted by TheMummyman

Nice to finally register, I hope to learn alot from you all.

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Originally Posted by TheMummyman

What does it matter how old the thread is?

Since this IS David's forum and his rules, I guess he should rethink his signature from...

to "my way or the highway"

That's exactly how he acted in this thread, and that's a fact.

There are many good and effective treatments for bi-polar disorder now. Just putting that out there...

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Originally Posted by TheMummyman

I could care less about the Pittman products, it's obvious you guys would never use them anyway. I've never used them either.

Bottom line is the moderator shouldn't threaten bans because someone disagrees with if a post is spam, or an actual person who used the product. Merely tell the person it's suspected spam and case closed. Don't threaten a ban unless they change their "tude". I could care less about the Pittman poster, as I think it was BS, but for the guy who spoke up who disagreed? Nobody thinks that is a shred inappropriate to ban him?

Just a few things to think about...

1. Spammers number in the millions. Mods on any internet forum are out numbered by millions to one. Forum admins/mods/owners just don't have the time to ponder every suspected spam post. A brand new guy's first post reads like a Billy Mays infomercial, he's gonna get banned. Instantly. Then the mod moves on to the next spam/shill post.

2. This board is not subject to any sense of fairness. It is the *property* of it's owners. As such, the owners can do *whatever they see fit* to do with their *property*. Including kicking your butt out for complaining about their unfairness. Don't like it? tough. Unfair? Too bad. That's the way it is. And you're complaining about it is *not* going to change anything. Stamp your foot all you want. You'll just be shown the door faster. But you are more than welcome to buy your own forum software, pay an ISP to host it, and start up your *own* forum. That way you can post to your heart's content about how unfair this place is. But until you are the one *paying* for the extensive cost of running Autopia, you have *zero* rights here.

TortoiseAWD · 05-12-09, 08:53

Thanks for the support, SuperBee. When I cleared out the moderation queue this morning, roughly 20 or so of the posts were spam, from about a 1/2 dozen different spammers (all now banned). That was about 50% of all of the posts in the moderation queue.

Since this incarnation of the forum software, we've had to ban nearly 1000 members, the *vast* majority of which were spammers. By "vast", I mean well over 95% . . . it's very rare that a non-spamming/non-shilling member has to be banned for violating other forum rules (be polite, don't attack others, etc.); most get a warning or timeout, and get the message without having to escalate to banning. It does happen, but the number is truly miniscule compared to the sheer number of spamming SOBs that receive the ban-hammer.

My wish for spammers and shills:

Followed shortly by:

Tort
(moderator)

P.S. Hope you're feeling better, Supe.