I understand your point, I just don't agree. When a newbie asks a question and he posts blatantly wrong information, I don't see how that encourages them to stay. I will continue to correct his ridiculous posts and speak my mind, and if I'm banned because it isn't encouraging new posters than so be it. I have never asked for him to be banned so I could care less about that.
That is fine, but when an entire forum attacks one member that becomes a poor reflection on that forum. It gets to the point of, is the forum one that tolerates all members, even those that are young and may not know much yet? OK, so you guys don't think much of him, we all know that already. Are we big enough to give a new member that may be misguided a chance to change or will we run him out on a buckboard and scare others that don't know all that much from joining or posting. It is as simple as that, can we move on
We didn't just randomly pick him. Even newbies understand how ridiculous this guy is. I try to be supportive of every new poster.
Or when he stops acting like a total moron posting utter crap just for the sake of adding to his post count for sug links or seeing his name in print. What makes you think this is a kid, anyway, AC? I think he's just an annoying jerk. And what you are doing is arguing that he shouldn't be held responsible for acting like a jerk. I disagree.
Believe it or not guys, this is not our exclusive club, Shawn wants new members so if you guys want to keep this gang flame war going on go ahead Do you think it is a good reflection on Digital Point or yourselves
Yes because eventually he'll start contributing or he's out. Both scenarios doing everyone a favour. I have seen some improvement actually so I keep my hopes up he'll come round stop the negativity.
Yes it is going off topic but the thread is dead on the original subject at this time anyway. I have had forums gang up on me when I was in the "right" and contributing knowledge that they could not believe was true. So this gang mentality can hurt a forum, it matters not if the posts are the best in the world or the worst, if you have an open forum it should be open to all comments educated or not. Shawn will decide on TooSlowBro in the end and not the members.
That's a whole different matter. But his posts have nothing to do with right or wrong. Everybody is entitled to voice his opinion but he just types what seems to be random keystrokes. There's a difference between someone posting weird stuff/not so common ideas/strange opinions but that's fine as long as they are good forum players like respecting people, backing stuff up with arguments, using words like IMO etc. when not stated as fact, using the quote tags to avoid confusion, apologizing where necessary, sticking to the rules and showing a positive attitude. I'm sure I'm guilty (and many others here) of some of those things but this guy is constantly taking the piss. Have a look here ; it proves my point(s). Especially page 2 is worth a read.
If that was the case the reputation system would be disabled. If its there, I assume it is encouraged to be used so I will continue to do so. You started this so claiming its off topic and we should move on so you can get the last word is funny to me. Maybe you can be a "Big Brother" to PTS. Take him bowling and stuff.
Exactly, TOPS30. He is a blatant example of posting solely for the purpose of increasing post count and sig links.
Sure the original topic is dead, anyone can see that Yfs1 Are you going to send a G-email out yourself instead of looking for a 13 year old to act as a proxy for you Now it is about TooSlowBro and the members here forming a lynching squad to deal with him. The thread is open and there is no "last word", say what you will.
Josh came up with the idea...you obviously weren't around when it was happening and if Josh has ill will for me for "using him as a proxy" he would be more than free to say it. I would have sent it if it happened that way...I don't care. Judging by the amount of green from this thread, I can deduct two things: 1.) That prank was pretty funny and well deserved 2.) A lot of people agree with PTS being a jerk and asking me not to back down (from PTS or Anthony) By the way, newbies are fully entitled to call out PTS. Everyone is welcome
You're just a wind up merchant. You read that thread. Maybe what was done was wrong, but you CAN NOT single out anyone for contributing to that email. The fact that Josh sent it is irrelevant. Grow up man and stop trying to tell everyone how the forum works WE ALREADY KNOW!
I think you are the one that needs to grow up SE, if you guys think it is funny to use a 13 year old to commit fraud you need to wake up in a hurry.
No one was using anyone. I think you'll also find I made one post on this thread prior to you telling everyone to post the way you want them to. It was a post of encouragement - yes... Was it taking advantage of anyone (Other that the idiot who was asking for clicks) - I think not.
I don't know SE, I think it was one of your posts that said that all SEO is spamming Google and that we are all trying to spam Google and some other choice comments that I will not repeat for your good