Self portrait?FinHeaven Staff said:
I see, well that makes sense then.FinHeaven Staff said:The thread has some over the line content and needs to be neutered. It has not been deleted.
Courage? This is the internet.
Then where is it? Also all the post of mine are goneFinHeaven Staff said:The thread has some over the line content and needs to be neutered. It has not been deleted.
Now it appears you are a liar, since the thread is still no where to be found.FinHeaven Staff said:The thread has some over the line content and needs to be neutered. It has not been deleted.
Dphins4me said:Now it appears you are a liar, since the thread is still no where to be found.
To clarify I did not call him a liar. Said it appears they are being one. Also I feel no need to respect even a staff member who replys to question and comments with pictures of crying babies. Not very professional or mature.WharfRat said:Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's been deleted.
Before you call a staff member a liar, or get nasty with them... you may want to get some facts straight.
Then simply remove the bad post and leave everything else. Not that hard.WharfRat said:If a Mod or Admin moved the thread out of sight, chances are, once it's cleaned up (if possible) it will be replaced.
Never was cloudy. I just do not appreciate the pulling of threads when I and others have spent time discussing the topic to have them simply removed because someone feels the need to personally attack someone else.WharfRat said:Hope that clears things up for you.
Semantics. It amounts to the same thing.Dphins4me said:To clarify I did not call him a liar. Said it appears they are being one.
Point taken, however, that thread had digressed long before a mod stepped in.Dphins4me said:Also I feel no need to respect even a staff member who replys to question and comments with pictures of crying babies. Not very professional or mature.
In this particular case, removing the "bad post" would mean removing most of the thread. You have to remember, there are only a small number of Staff members, who are volunteers, and have lives outside this forum. We are not "employed" by the site. The time it would have taken to weed through all of the offensive posts in that particular thread, would have taken too much time and left the thread with about 5 posts total. We simply do not have the time to filter a thread that contains more insults than actual discussion.Dphins4me said:Then simply remove the bad post and leave everything else. Not that hard.
Also as of right now the thread is still not here. So it does not look like that thread will be returned and even if it does then its a dead thread because of time lapse.
Sorry it had to happen, but in this case there were more personal attacks than actual discussion. My advice, for what it's worth, is that when you see a thread where everyone is tossing insults, don't spend a lot of time on it... because it will happen again.Dphins4me said:Never was cloudy. I just do not appreciate the pulling of threads when I and others have spent time discussing the topic to have them simply removed because someone feels the need to personally attack someone else.
Dphins4me said:However the last time I was personally attack and called an idiot, I was warned for recieving a personal attacks. Go figure that one. That tells me alot about what it takes to be a Mod here.
Don't really think its semantics. Saying it appears someone is lying is totally different then saying they are a liar. One means that with everything considered it looks like it, the other labels them as one.WharfRat said:Semantics. It amounts to the same thing.
You are correct about this, but the thread had gotten back on track, and I was one of the ones that had gotten it there. I had just spent about 10 minutes typing up a long post and then a minute later it was pulled. Yes, it aggravated me off.WharfRat said:Point taken, however, that thread had digressed long before a mod stepped in.
In this particular case, removing the "bad post" would mean removing most of the thread. You have to remember, there are only a small number of Staff members, who are volunteers, and have lives outside this forum. We are not "employed" by the site. The time it would have taken to weed through all of the offensive posts in that particular thread, would have taken too much time and left the thread with about 5 posts total. We simply do not have the time to filter a thread that contains more insults than actual discussion.
Then no use in discussing anything since most good ones end up there.WharfRat said:Sorry it had to happen, but in this case there were more personal attacks than actual discussion. My advice, for what it's worth, is that when you see a thread where everyone is tossing insults, don't spend a lot of time on it... because it will happen again.
My point on the warnings was I got when for simply being called an idiot. Both of us got a warning for personal attacks and I did not attack anyone. I just disagreed with him and he blantantly called me an idiot and then a Mod post a warning to both of us.WharfRat said:Most warnings are given privately depending on the situation. So just because one wasn't given publicly, doesn't mean they weren't issued.
Maybe not, but the staff is batting 2 for 2 with me.WharfRat said:As far as "what it takes" to be a mod... it seems to me that you really don't know. To make a snap judgement about the entire staff, based on one incident that you didn't like is simply unfair. The Staff as a whole does an outstanding job, making this the best, biggest, busiest Dolphins site out there, I doubt you will find a majority of the over 6,600 members that would share your opinion that the staff is incompetent in any way.