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Controversial Discussion: Direction of This Site

Dinah said:
I also wanted to mention here (hopefully here is the right place to do it) that my husband is a systems admin/site builder/webmaster for an eCommerce site/system builder/tech consultant/networker/all around tech guy. Anyways he has given me permission to let ya'll know that if any tech help is needed he would be willing to volunteer some of his time to help out the site in that sort of capacity, if anything like that is needed either now or in the future.
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That is a lovely offer, and it's awesome how you are involving your family in making sure this stays a good community.
 
Agreed there ought to be some caution with regard to what one poster described as "pornographic comments" but hopefully that doesn't apply to herp matings that we are hoping for/observing/waiting for results from!
 
medusacoils said:
Just a question. I noticed that both of Dave's accounts, were contributor accounts. What happens to the remaining balance on his banned account? Does that get transferred to his new account or does he lose it?

Just wondering?

Wayne
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Sorry to be blunt, but I don't know and I don't care. I'm a mod, not a site accountant. :grin01:
 
It is the Christmas Season, Dean, you remember King Harold and the money changers at the temple making sure everyone was a contributor.
 
dave partington said:
General Site Questions

1. Aside from pornography and Ailuropoda, where can I find a listing of other images prohibited from posting on the site? Is theree a single (one) page/post on the site which outlines all of the rules? It might be confusing for a new member to find and obey/respect all of the site rules, as there are so many "sticky"s around.

2. I read in a 2005 post http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24490 that use of animated gifs for avatar images is against the site rules. Is there a chance this might change?

3. The above signatures rules thread also mentions that signatures may not contain graphics, yet many do today. Has this changed? Are the rules different for persons with a $50.00 account?

3. Is it possible for a site member to see a list of every post he/she has given 'rep points' to, in the event said site member loses all of their bookmarks?

4. Is it against the rules to have more than one account? I had used my older one to show a few friends locally, who are new to cornsnakes, this site, (because I did not know how up-to-date their antivirus/ anti-trojan software is/was, and they can barely figure out how to turn the computer on...). To someone who is not a member they cannot see most of the pictures. I assumed if my older ID was compromised it could be deleted.

5. Is there possiblity that (cs-hosted) images, in the classifieds section of the site specifically, can be viewed by anybody, regardless of whether they are a site member (signed in) or not? Would it be possible to setup the classifieds section with keywords and submit that section of the site to the search engine robots for regular indexing?

6. Out of curiousity, I notice on the homepage HTML, the site title is: CornSnakes.com Forums - Powered by vBulletin . Does the 'Powered by vBulletin' have to be there due to liscensing agreement? Could more words be included in the title, such as 'corn snakes', 'cornsnakes for sale', and additional keywords and keyphrases, to increase site traffic and success for all my friends with businesses in the cornsnake kingdom?

Thank you for your time and any considerations.
dp
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I really don't believe you have any real interest at all in the answers to those questions, now do you Dave? I'm guessing you will delete your post just like all the rest you have deleted as you go back and do so.

Just strikes me as a very petty and spiteful thing to do, in my opinion.
 
KJUN said:
Personally, I have some minor problems with HOW the site is moderated. For example, a moderator closing a thread and then coming back later (no matter if it is an hour later) to post the last word in the discussion is, in my opinion, an abuse of authority. I don't mean that a post saying WHY it was closed is wrong. I mean a post to continue the argument like that person is saying, "you've had your say, here is mine. I debated your point, but you aren't allowed to debate mine. The only other thing I've seen I feel is wrong is when a moderator breaks rules they are supposed to enforce. Moderators can have their own opinions - AND argue them - but they shouldn't break the rules. It's like when a cop beats up his prostitute. It's wrong when a non-cop or non-elected official does it, but it is WORSE when they do it. A moderator shouldn't break the rules.
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I know that I have been guilty of posting in a closed thread, but in my defense, I must say that in most, if not all of those cases, the thread was closed by another mod and I honestly didn't see that it had been closed until after I posted. I'm usually responding to a reported post and go to the thread directly from the provided link. And being a moderator, the system doesn't prevent me from posting in a closed thread. I will try to stop doing that, even if that means I have to take the long way around and hunt for the reported post in a thread that may be hundreds of posts long.

As for moderators breaking the rules, I'm a little perplexed as to what rules the moderators have a habit of breaking? I'll not speak for Dean or Jeff, but I know that I'm only human and make mistakes just like everyone else. I do my best to do the job I was elected to do but everyone has times when they may say or do things they wouldn't ordinarily do. If anyone thinks that I've repeatedly broken site rules, I sincerely apologize, but before I take my punishment, I would just like to know what and where my offenses are so I may take the appropriate punishment. I would sure hate to ban myself for a month for a 3-day offense. ;)
 
Rich Z said:
I really don't believe you have any real interest at all in the answers to those questions, now do you Dave? I'm guessing you will delete your post just like all the rest you have deleted as you go back and do so.

Just strikes me as a very petty and spiteful thing to do, in my opinion.
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HUH?!? :confused:
 
wstphal said:
HUH?!? :confused:
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The guy went back and deleted a bunch of posts he made in the past. I've often seen people get their panties all bunched up in a wad and do that in a fit of spite. A forwarded PM alerted me of his actions but I believe one of the mods took steps to neutralize the guy...

I normally don't care too much about that, but it does sometimes really butcher threads that those posts are made in.
 
Rich Z said:
The guy went back and deleted a bunch of posts he made in the past. I've often seen people get their panties all bunched up in a wad and do that in a fit of spite. A forwarded PM alerted me of his actions but I believe one of the mods took steps to neutralize the guy...

I normally don't care too much about that, but it does sometimes really butcher threads that those posts are made in.
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Not to mention that said member couldn't have possibly been MORE disrespectful of the site owner or his staff members. (sorry for butting in, but I'm still rather stoked about the whole matter.)

As has been said (cue the music) many times, many waaaays
if you don't like Rich's house rules, get out of the house.

Ok, done now.
 
Oh, OK. I missed that stuff! Thanks Rich & LBoz for clarifying. The thread took, from my POV, a strange turn. I guess some folks don't know how to play nicely when visiting!
 
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