Warning Points System

[dino]

I totally agree with the other gents who have spoken up for you, Pipelady. You are indeed among the nicest of posters on these Forums.
Kevin, for goodness sake, assuage her concerns and put this rancorous thread to bed.

 

[judcole]

I'm just glad that all Kevin asked me to do is Mod the Facebook group, and not this joint.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Kevin, for goodness sake, assuage her concerns and put this rancorous thread to bed."

Just for clarity, neither I nor Pipelady have a black mark. I have asked that the ambiguity of the message be cleared up.

I'm sure Kevin is a very busy man but I'm sure when he has a moment he will sort things out.

By the way, I don't know who did get black marks, and I don't really care.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[mikethompson]

I think if you go through that thread, it is pretty obvious who Kevin is talking about, not @Pipelady20. Yes he says then first reply, but it's a little further down. Semantics.

Can we all just ease up on the drama and accept the new points system, which in reality doesn't affect how 99.95% of us handle ourselves on this forum?

 

[pappymac]

Oh! The Female Bull and Vegan leather discussion.

Now I'm glad I read the title of that discussion and decided I wasn't interested.

 

[admin]

CLARIFICATION: The only person that got a warning point in that thread was BROBS.

It was his 3rd point, and he is currently on a 2-week temporary ban.

 

[Pipelady20]

Kevin, thank you for the clarification.

Gentlemen, thank you for making this a great forum!

 

[mawnansmiff]

Thank you Kevin for clearing matters up.

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[Kozeman]

The answer about publicly visible is in my reply to 3rdguy.

Regarding the discretionary aspect; two things.

1. Our mods have lots of experience, and they wouldn't be mods if I didn't trust their judgement.

2. The reason for this is because we don't live in a black and white world. There are grey areas, and that's where judgement calls come into play.

The public thing would backfire. When I was in college the cops set up a table with a breathalyzer during an Alcohol Awareness day on campus. If you blew in the breathalyzer they gave you a t-shirt that said, "I am aware of Alcohol." They quickly ran out of shirts (Mine has long since been worn out and discarded), and people were seeing who could blow the biggest number. Good Times.

 

[condorlover1]

I am glad I live a sheltered existence as this is all very confusing. Now about those Yankees.......

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

The public thing would backfire. When I was in college the cops set up a table with a breathalyzer during an Alcohol Awareness day on campus. If you blew in the breathalyzer they gave you a t-shirt that said, "I am aware of Alcohol." They quickly ran out of shirts (Mine has long since been worn out and discarded), and people were seeing who could blow the biggest number. Good Times.

The same thing is said to have happened in those bars which installed the short-lived fad of coin-operated breathalyzers. It soon became a source of contests for who could blow the highest blood-alcohol readings.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Now about those Yankees....... "

What have screwdrivers got to do with this

The Original Yankee Screwdriver



Regards,

Jay.

 

[bnichols23]

i think that’s a great idea since it seems inevitable. Kind of purchasing forgiveness points in advance. Can you give me a quote for a package of 10?

5 lbs of Captain Black Grape??

 

[captainsousie]

Thanks for the clarification Kevin.

 

[mso489]

I was summoned by a mod one time who said he needed to take down my post. I puzzled over it for a long time before and after agreeing. I didn't want to ask because I didn't want to dispute, since the problem seemed pretty obscure. My never lacking verbosity, it didn't seem to matter. I try to edit myself. I say, you don't know a damned thing about that so just "like it" and let it go.

 

[briarbuck]

No politics. It's the golden rule of internet discussion forums.

I just wish that the mods would allow some latitude for a few more potential off topic topics (non-pipe related) to discuss. There's only so many times we can talk about jar vs tins...

 

[mikethompson]

I just wish that the mods would allow some latitude for a few more potential off topic topics

I feel there is a great degree of freedom in what we can post. The problem is when the discourse goes off the rails.

 

[sablebrush52]

Just saw this thread about points and thought I'd ask if this is anything like Green Stamps, and if I collect enough of them I get a toaster? Or am I missing something here?

 

[3rdguy]

Sable you would earn “Get off my lawn!!” points.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

No politics. It's the golden rule of internet discussion forums.

Seems like the umbrella term, "political discussion" is expanding quickly these days. It's getting harder to actually define.