Am I wrong for being pissed?

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( This site has been called by many the best moderated site on the internet. I'm sure those writing here don't agree but for the most part this site is pretty well moderated. )</font>
You're wrong there cowboydoc, I agree that it's one of the best moderated sites that I know of. John

 

[DocHeb]

I'm ready to notify the moderators. This thread has strayed quite far from the original post, includes posters trying to convince other posters they are wrong, has point-counterpoint replies to posts, has repetative posts not introducing new material, has a deraugatory comment about another competing web site, and has included the word "BUTTT".

All the above comments are true. Please note, the last one is a joke. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[polecat]

WWWWHHHHHHHOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



PLEASE u guys stop bickerin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!please..please...

I sure as heck am no moderator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NOR DO I EVER WANNA B!!!!!!


I AM THE REDNECKEST LIDDL BOOOOOOGER U WANNA MEEETT!!!!!

But i hav something i wanna say her 2!!!!!


Let's all take a step back and realize one thing.........We are
all here at one time or another ....(that's a given)!!!!!!!!!!!
So i dont know bout the moderator's (and i'll give u guys all yer due respect)..................................but the dadbumn heck with them...This is the (for the most part) ...................
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....tell me if i'm wrong but in the hall of Burgesses....all of our "forefathers"
had a resounding voice in our differences !!!! Didn't they all respect each other till they came 2 an agreement that gave u & I our rights........???????????????? The only thing that i am asking her is that !!!!!!!!!!!!! U !!!!!!!!!!!!! and
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! respect the same right that our founding fathers gave us !!!!!!!!!! the right to bicker//quabble ....but with total due respect!! that both of
us /u and I and they and them r granted (our rights)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......
I do not have a horse named NELLIE BUT I HAVE ONE NAMED....................REVEREND........and he truly is MR. ED REINCARNATE!!!!!!!!!so y can't we git along liddl doggies!!!


Because of our ego's....because of our not wanting to hear the other side..............THIS IS THE FIRST CONVERSATION THAT MADE ME NOT WANT 2 BE A MEMBER OF TBN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND IF U GUY'S ALL REALLY KNEW ME YOU'LD ( ALL U BICKERIN FOOOLLLLLSSSSSS) ....WOULD UNDERSTAND HOW I FELT ABOUT THIS PLACE..............I'll TELL U ALL RIGHT NOW THAT IN ALL HONESTY THAT U MAY VERY WELL HAVE SAVED MY RELATIONSHIP with my better half....

...BUT NOT ONLY THAT ...I SPEND MY TIME HERE WITH U GUY'S HELPING OTHERS OUT WITH MY TOTALLY MINISCULE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SO MANY THINGS LIKE LIFE,....BUT I'LL ALSO GIVE ALL MY KNOWEDGE ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS...
ELEC.HOW STUFF WORKS./ENGINES...HOW BEST 2 DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM....AND IF I DON'T KNOW HOW SUMFN WORKS ..I'LL DIAGNOSE/RESEARCH IT TILL I KNOW EVERY THING??
THAT CAN B ASKED .......WILL B ANSWERED !!!!AND I'D DO IT NOT FOR ME ...I'D DO IT FOR ...YA'LL.....I DON'T THINK U GUY'S EVEN HAVE A CLUE AS TO HOW MUCH IT'S MEANT 2 ME 2 HAVE U ROUND BUT U GUYS HAVE TOTALLY CHANGED

AND PROBABLY EVEN SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!DON'T U GUYS GIT IT U COULD CHANGE THE #UKKEN WORLD IF U

WOULD PUT YER MINDS 2 IT!!!!

WHAT ????THE DADGUMN MODERATORS COODNT PIK UP MY SLANG....WHUTTYAA MEEEN BY DAT

...YER LUCKY I KIN EVEN C D KEEBORD (because i am truly cryin my eyes out right now...

and ifn u think im lyin den u dont have no hart!!!) nor do u no ware i'm comin 4fumCUZ WITOUT U GUYS I DO NO WHERE ID B RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BUT I SINCERELY THANK U ALL 4 MAKIN MY LIFE A BETTA place so I SINCERELY BEG U 2 STOP BICKRIN......................................



wit all my sincereest regards
jist liddl ol me...todd hall



p.s. bcuz of how much this string bothered my fellings!!!!

i really don't think i'll b round 4 a wile

wiley e. nogood polecat!!!

 

[Poppa]

Polecat, you have to relax. Being able to argue about a form of government is always a good thing. Things only go bad when the arguing is not allowed, the rules are dictated to the ruled and the rulers forget where their true power comes from.

Arguing might seem bad but the alternative is much worse.

So relax, crack a Bud and sit back, that's what I do. Besides, I am waiting for them to join this thread with a gear hydro war and a war about where the most expensive dealers are. Now that should be some fireworks.

Mike

 

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> Just a couple things. 1. The moderators constantly are talking with one another about how to handle a situation. Many times nothing is done until Muhammad makes a call. </font>

I'm going to chime in now, and say that the moderators have a lot of work trying to keep up with every post that's made. Muhammad is very busy and can't be everywhere and neither can the moderators.

<font color="blue"> 2. This site has been called by many the best moderated site on the internet. I'm sure those writing here don't agree but for the most part this site is pretty well moderated. </font>

If you would have asked me a year ago, I would have agreed with you. Moderation has slipped greatly in the past year, but I don't think it's so much because of a slip in the moderators. I'm going to chalk that up to so much more additional traffic, making it hard for the moderators to keep up. There's a whole lot more posts to read each day than this time a year ago!

<font color="blue"> 3. We do have guidelines, policy, etc. in place to dictate how to handle things. BUTTT.... first and foremost Muhammad trys to keep this site for the people that are on it. If it looks like people want the site to go a different direction he will accomodate that and let us know to let up here and there or clamp down here and there. </font>

Again, things have slipped in the past year. A year ago, you were not even permited to use "!@#$%&" in a post. That has been replaced by the entire word, except for changing one letter. A year ago, the subject line of this post would have never been permited! I was told the other day by one of the moderators that a desicion was made to "lighten up" on things a little. If that's a desicion by management, then I will go with that since it's his site and not ours. I'm not a prude, but I think if the language stays toned down, it will help quell the personal attacks and name calling that may rise from it. Not everyone takes things the same way.

<font color="blue"> 4. There are going to be some inconsistencies. That is the nature of the beast with everything in life. Nothing is 100% the same all the time in life. There are variables. </font>

Again, the moderators read a bajillion posts each year, and unless they are keeping track of their activity in a database or something, they aren't going to remember exactly what they did in every situation. There's going to be some differences from one time to the next because they are all human and are not perfect. Most of the moderators I know of are not out to "get" anyone in particular, I don't think.

<font color="blue"> 5. Lastly, EVERYONE here is a moderator. If you see something out of line hit the notify moderator button. An email is immediately sent to every moderator, Muhammad, and Hakim. If it's an issue it will be dealt with. </font>

Not one single one of us is perfect, and most of us have posted things that we shouldn't have (too political, etc.).
Muhammad has put in a set of rules that we all should try our hardest to abide by. Someone said in a post that this is America, and we have the freedoms to say what we want. That may well be true, but as long as we're using someone else's forum, and using their bandwidth, we need to try to abide by their rules. These rules are what has caused everyone to be civil and polite to everyone in the TBN community over the years, and by continuing to try to abide by their rules, it should keep politeness and civilness around here for a long time! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif


One other thing-- This site is recognized as a "Family Friendly" website. While this is a good things for outsiders who may accidentally stumble across this website, I feel that it also helps to promote the civility that we have shown to one another also! Even though none of us are perfect, and many of us (including myself) have strayed into topics that violate Muhammad's terms of service, we should all be striving to stay within the TBN terms of service and within the Family Friendly guidelines.

I'm going to jump off of my soapbox now and step aside so no one can throw rotten tomatoes at me! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Thanks to Muhammad for a great website. Also, thanks to the moderators for the work they do. I'm going to let them respond to my comments now...