[Al_Capone_Junior]

Well, well...

I took my computer in for servicing and left it for a couple of days, and lo a behold, the ferum has gone to heck since then!

Apparently my "comments" to a "particular poster" (who, BTW, I am still ignoring) were taken as "slightly offensive" to certain persons of slightly more "delicate constitution" than myself.

But even more humorous is the fact that a huge thread with my name in the title, started by another poster (whom, BTW, I am also ignoring) plus about fifteen billion responses to that (and some other threads), have arisen. These are apparently either as a direct consequence to my "questionable" post, or more likely, as a direct consequence of the lemming mentality that people seem to get into when it comes to flame wars.

I'm not going to get involved in any of these threads. To be honest, I haven't even read them, and don't intend to. Why? Because that's not what I come onto this particular forum to discuss. I want to discuss things having to do with B&M cardrooms.

Now some might say "well you started it all!" No. I didn't start it. I just made a post that got everyone else started on it. Did I go over the line? Sure. But IMO it needed to be said. The solution? Well, GoT could have done what most moderators do when a post is offensive, just delete it. But no problem, I'm glad it didn't get deleted. After all, I have somewhat of a "bad boy reputation" to uphold, which, by definition, means that every now and then I have to do something "bad." [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Now the test of a poster should be not just the number of posts they produce, but the intrinsic value of the comments and ideas they bring to a forum. To quote the OP here...

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Bill Chips - I see members who joined less than a month ago, yet have hundreds of posts to their name.

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Now if you have hundreds of posts in a month, what does that mean? Well, it all boils down to the content of said posts. If you talk about relevant topics, and bring intelligent, well thought out ideas, well then keep right on posting. If you can't seem to get away from pointless flame wars and pointless threads on the exact same subject over and over (i.e. ten billion tipping or non-tipping threads), then perhaps you should just go away.

It is very unfortunate, but the popularity of poker and the vast growth of these forums is actually taking away from the overall quality of the forums. The 2+2 forums used to be completely uncensored (except for blatantly offensive or irrelevant posts, or advertising). I doubt this is going to remain feasible in the future, there are just too many people posting these days.

So on to JBB's question...
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Seriously though, if you guys want me to moderate with more of an iron fist and cut posts that aren't offensive necessarily, but just wastes of space, let me know.


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Please DO. These forums need the trolls and crapola pointless posts censored, otherwise the forums will eventually deteriorate to the point of being completely useless, and all the good posters will leave.

And hey, don't forget to keep deleting the offensive ones too, even MINE. I've had about three or four posts deleted over the many years I've been on these forums, and hey, I deserved to have them deleted. But the VAST majority of the time, I just post on relevant topics and keep things civilized. But I'm human, and I do get pissed the BLEEP off now and then, it happens.

My suggestion to all on this.............. Let's get back to business and discuss POKER again.

al

p.s. I'll STILL kick you in the nuts! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]