I have no problem banning you now

[E.H. Ruddock]

what if dime took some sort of, i don't know, anger management courses? the reasons for his lashing out might seem justified on some level(s), but i think most of us can agree there are more diplomatic ways to handle conflict. have him pass an online course and then unban him, i say.. surely lenny from HR can come up with something

Please be serious tree

[96583UP]

what happens when someone continues with minor infractions, is warned multiple times, then given a short break, then comes back and continues the minor infractions, given another short break, all of RM demands "bring them back" and they come back and keep doing it? Then, some other posters hate that they are doing it again, so they report posts all of the time? Modding isn't full time. Stop posting like 13 year olds and bans won't happen. I have no problem just banning people indefinitely now and letting the mods then discuss the length of the ban after it is given out. So you may see "permanent" but it may not be. When I'm on my phone and I have to act quickly, permanent ban is the quickest in the way the admin forum is set up.

Deal with it, kiddos.

At the the of the day, this

I can already predict what will happen when dev decides to post again.

if people are not allowed to report being harassed because it is annoying to the mods then the problem can get worse

[Jorge]

Maybe it would be good if we addressed the issue head-on and reach some sort of consensus of what is acceptable to say. That way there is less chance of misunderstandings.

Many of us have pretended to be gay here to some extent, even some who are now finger-wagging about it. My take is that this is fine. Your sexuality is yours to play around with and make jokes about. If someone were using gay as an insult to attack others that would be a different story.

[E.H. Ruddock]

what happens when someone continues with minor infractions, is warned multiple times, then given a short break, then comes back and continues the minor infractions, given another short break, all of RM demands "bring them back" and they come back and keep doing it? Then, some other posters hate that they are doing it again, so they report posts all of the time? Modding isn't full time. Stop posting like 13 year olds and bans won't happen. I have no problem just banning people indefinitely now and letting the mods then discuss the length of the ban after it is given out. So you may see "permanent" but it may not be. When I'm on my phone and I have to act quickly, permanent ban is the quickest in the way the admin forum is set up.

Deal with it, kiddos.

At the the of the day, this

I can already predict what will happen when dev decides to post again.

if people are not allowed to report being harassed because it is annoying to the mods then the problem can get worse

still don't understand why you two just don't foe each other?

[Jorge]

what if dime took some sort of, i don't know, anger management courses? the reasons for his lashing out might seem justified on some level(s), but i think most of us can agree there are more diplomatic ways to handle conflict. have him pass an online course and then unban him, i say.. surely lenny from HR can come up with something

One time I made fun of Disney's handling of Star Wars and Dime accused me of being a rapist. When I confronted him privately he claimed to have been hacked.

What I'm saying here is maybe he got hacked again

[96583UP]

what happens when someone continues with minor infractions, is warned multiple times, then given a short break, then comes back and continues the minor infractions, given another short break, all of RM demands "bring them back" and they come back and keep doing it? Then, some other posters hate that they are doing it again, so they report posts all of the time? Modding isn't full time. Stop posting like 13 year olds and bans won't happen. I have no problem just banning people indefinitely now and letting the mods then discuss the length of the ban after it is given out. So you may see "permanent" but it may not be. When I'm on my phone and I have to act quickly, permanent ban is the quickest in the way the admin forum is set up.

Deal with it, kiddos.

At the the of the day, this

I can already predict what will happen when dev decides to post again.

if people are not allowed to report being harassed because it is annoying to the mods then the problem can get worse

still don't understand why you two just don't foe each other?

i will probably have to this time if he is not ready to move on in a civilized way

[tree_]

what if dime took some sort of, i don't know, anger management courses? the reasons for his lashing out might seem justified on some level(s), but i think most of us can agree there are more diplomatic ways to handle conflict. have him pass an online course and then unban him, i say.. surely lenny from HR can come up with something

One time I made fun of Disney's handling of Star Wars and Dime accused me of being a rapist. When I confronted him privately he claimed to have been hacked.

What I'm saying here is maybe he got hacked again

maybe he sometimes like, hacks himself is what he meant. could be a form of psychosis and we should all be sympathetic

[Higgs]

what if dime took some sort of, i don't know, anger management courses? the reasons for his lashing out might seem justified on some level(s), but i think most of us can agree there are more diplomatic ways to handle conflict. have him pass an online course and then unban him, i say.. surely lenny from HR can come up with something

One time I made fun of Disney's handling of Star Wars and Dime accused me of being a rapist. When I confronted him privately he claimed to have been hacked.

What I'm saying here is maybe he got hacked again

Lololol.

[96583UP]

so are we all ready to be friends again yet or what

[tree_]

if he will have me, i will have him

[Peeps]

what if dime took some sort of, i don't know, anger management courses? the reasons for his lashing out might seem justified on some level(s), but i think most of us can agree there are more diplomatic ways to handle conflict. have him pass an online course and then unban him, i say.. surely lenny from HR can come up with something

One time I made fun of Disney's handling of Star Wars and Dime accused me of being a rapist. When I confronted him privately he claimed to have been hacked.

What I'm saying here is maybe he got hacked again

i dunno man.....if he said he was hacked and someone randomly bought a shit ton from a place in NYC and had it delivered to the bronx id say definitely

some stranger using spyware on dimes machine so he can get the very valuable RM credentials sounds a little out of the realm of possibility

[Jorge]

(Yes that was the joke)

[Peeps]

(Yes that was the joke)

i thought your explanation was a joke....he actually said he was hacked? oh wow

[Anders]

Maybe that was a joke.

[Jorge]

Forget I said anything!

[epilogue]

what happens when someone continues with minor infractions, is warned multiple times, then given a short break, then comes back and continues the minor infractions, given another short break, all of RM demands "bring them back" and they come back and keep doing it? Then, some other posters hate that they are doing it again, so they report posts all of the time? Modding isn't full time. Stop posting like 13 year olds and bans won't happen. I have no problem just banning people indefinitely now and letting the mods then discuss the length of the ban after it is given out. So you may see "permanent" but it may not be. When I'm on my phone and I have to act quickly, permanent ban is the quickest in the way the admin forum is set up.

Deal with it, kiddos.

At the the of the day, this

I can already predict what will happen when dev decides to post again.

if people are not allowed to report being harassed because it is annoying to the mods then the problem can get worse

There's a difference between reporting harassment and spamming the mods with flagged posts just because you don't like a person.

Please, everyone, report harassment and rule violations. But what be aware that we aren't always online. It may take a while before we see the flag.

If it's urgent or persistent and the mods haven't seen it, maybe PM a mod.

We're all human, we all have lives, none of us is getting paid to be here. We're all doing the best we can.

[96583UP]

what happens when someone continues with minor infractions, is warned multiple times, then given a short break, then comes back and continues the minor infractions, given another short break, all of RM demands "bring them back" and they come back and keep doing it? Then, some other posters hate that they are doing it again, so they report posts all of the time? Modding isn't full time. Stop posting like 13 year olds and bans won't happen. I have no problem just banning people indefinitely now and letting the mods then discuss the length of the ban after it is given out. So you may see "permanent" but it may not be. When I'm on my phone and I have to act quickly, permanent ban is the quickest in the way the admin forum is set up.

Deal with it, kiddos.

At the the of the day, this

I can already predict what will happen when dev decides to post again.

if people are not allowed to report being harassed because it is annoying to the mods then the problem can get worse

There's a difference between reporting harassment and spamming the mods with flagged posts just because you don't like a person.

Please, everyone, report harassment and rule violations. But what be aware that we aren't always online. It may take a while before we see the flag.

If it's urgent or persistent and the mods haven't seen it, maybe PM a mod.

We're all human, we all have lives, none of us is getting paid to be here. We're all doing the best we can.

Thank you

[Anders]

I am ready to move on if others are ready to as well

You let me know if my apology thread was not explicit enough for you

You weren’t the only one posting stuff, and either way it is natural to bring up in a conversation about Dime’s ban.

However, I am ready to move on. I appreciate you being around, and I hope you continue being so.

[96583UP]

I am ready to move on if others are ready to as well

You let me know if my apology thread was not explicit enough for you

You weren’t the only one posting stuff, and either way it is natural to bring up in a conversation about Dime’s ban.

However, I am ready to move on. I appreciate you being around, and I hope you continue being so.

<handshake>

[tree_]

"we are all sensitive people, with so much to give, ... so let's get it on"