Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
Could we keep the maturity level above borderline, please? That sentence is ripe with condescension.
Forgive me for trying to add humour. Personally, I like to use the PM system to discuss cute boyz, that was just an example. I didn't make an assumption of what you like to talk about... but it seems it hit a nerve... do you have something you want to admit, maybe? :)
That was ten times more obviously a joke than shivs "Did you run out of group threads to moderate, pezza?" post. I'm sorry you didn't get it...
Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
You could send your suggestions via PM and save yourself (and me) a lot of grief (but you'd mainly be helping the authors of every thread below the one you decided to bump).
Don't say I don't do that. Believe me, I do send "correction PM's" frequently, only that time I just felt like posting in the thread. The fate of the universe doesn't hang in the balance between me sending a PM and posting in a thread. Does this mean I condone posting corrections in threads? Hell no. It just means that if 1/8 bad threads has a correction in the thread itself, it's not a gigantic problem. That's one thread VS seven PM's.
Besides, another reason why I sometimes feel less than eager to send a PM, is because in the event that I do, I generally get -blam!-ed at. The person being "corrected" takes it personally, attacks me, I explain my reasoning, they get even more pissed off, and they label me "Public Enemy of the Day".
Which leads me back to my original point, people taking things too seriously.
What... like this entire thread? We know people suck, there's not much a website can do about that. All we can do is warn, ban and lock; and we do that.
Did you read my post as if I wrote it while disarming a nuclear weapon or something? I never said the world hangs in the balance, but it's still a pain in the arse to have even 1 thread bumped. It defeats the point of the forums, and if you are ruining the forums (no matter how small or big your impact is), I'm going to point it out to you until it finally eats its way through your skull. Don't reply to spam, it's not helpful. It's simple.
I find it funny how you create a serious thread intended for discussing how the forums are ruined by people who post negatively. Yet, when I tell you that you're also posting negatively, you tell me I'm taking you too seriously...
I'm sorry that people complain when you PM them? Users will get pissy if a member tells them they're doing something wrong. You just have to be as polite as possible and deal with it. Oh, and PM a moderator to lock the thread and explain, there and then, why it was an infraction of the rules.
Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
Does this mean I condone posting corrections in threads? Hell no
Sounds like you're condoning it here...
Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
"This would be better suited for The Underground. And please refrain from bumping."
Does that sound forum coppish? No. It sounds like a helpful member.
Posted by: Mattbluhalofan
Did I say I was called a hypocrite for doing that? No, I was called a hypocrite for posting this thread.
Oh ok, I misunderstood. But... still... I'd say you were a hypocrite for the latter too. The forums that you say I just took take sincerely, are the same forums you've dedicated a mini-essay to improving.
[Edited on 04.05.2007 3:55 AM PDT]