Alright, I have made a total of 4 or 5 posts in here, and wake up this morning to find all but one of them deleted. Not one of them was spam, since I am actually here to learn. I didn't even attempt to have a sig file, but last night I make a thread indicating that I have a few links for sale on a PR 5 site, and voila - my few meager posts are disappeared. How the hell I am I supposed to get established here? I guess I should go into the politics forum and trash Bush for a week, and that will somehow make me a valued member? Fine - I'm on my way...
To get established here and develop a good reputation you need to follow the rules. You had a sales thread removed due to the fact as a new user, you do not have access to buy, sell, trade area. Your other post that was removed was a "PM has been sent message" which comes under heading of post that has no value. The OP knows when you sent a PM, others do not care. Check out the posting guidelines found in the FAQ and the infraction sticky found in suggestions and feedback. The reason for your removed posts shows up in your User CP.
OK, so I guess I can go back in that thread and see the other 200 "PM has been sent" posts were deleted as well? If so, fair is fair. If not...well I guess I should go see first before I jump to conclusions. Besides, I made that post before I realized the silly restriction in place. Like I said - I'll go bash Bush and talk about my favorite TV shows for a week, so that I can be considered a valued DP member and be allowed to post with the Big Boys.
lol , you broke the rules m8 , now deal with it , everyone who is on this forum has had to go by the same rules as you . live & learn m8 read the rules and try to stick by them the best you can , everyone gets infractions and posts removed at some point . you just happened to do it after only a few posts , one day soon you may be able to be one of the ( BIG BOYS ) like you say cheers karl
everyone who posts "PM sent" gets an infraction, you just don't see them. by the way, i reported your post because you have not met the post count quota to start a thread in BST. and you started a thread in the wrong category. why did all you PM Sent messages get deleted why others didn't seem to get theirs deleted? you had 5 or so posts. it ain't hard to find all your PM sent posts. those that are found by mods are deleted. that'll work, if that's all you're looking for.
Remember the first time you went to your girlfriend's house? Did you run up and start to shag or did you try to be nice to her parents and make an impression? Put self-benefit to the side for a few days and share your knowledge on a few things you know about. There are plenty of worthy discussions and questions you can participate in that aren't to do with Bush and friends.
DP does not owe you anything, mate. You try to get established, and contribute to the community so that you become a valuable member to it. Arguments are not in your favour here or anywhere else. Getting infractions? Learn from them. Getting banned? Become a better member. Feeling like a mod is playing with you? He has got more authority on the forum than you have. Not fair to you? Democracy is good. But the owner of the forum is the one who has built this, and put this up for us. You call it unfair, I'd call it a favour to you.
You must have me mixed up with someone - I didn't call it unfair, nor do I think it is unfair. The rules are the rules, I just wasn't aware of them. I'm sure the system does what it is designed to do to some degree. Wow - I just realized how many of you guys jumped all over me and listed negative comments against me for asking why my posts were deleted. I guess I should walk on eggshells around here. I fully respect and value all of your opinions of me, and will do my best to become more to your liking. I am profoundly honored that any of you - let alone all of you, would take the time to concern yourself with a Peon like myself, in order to help me progress as a human being. I pray that one day, by eating the crumbs off of your worthy tables that I may grow strong enopugh to just be in the same forum as you Gods. The judgment you pass on me is treasured like a son treasures his fathers fist against his chin, knowing that you only want what's best for me. I shudder at all of your non-judgmental greatness, and look forward to any other opinions or self-righteous comments you should like to flog me with. My head is bowed to the forum gods.
It's pretty obvious why people jumped on you too, you said you wanted to learn and yet couldn't even be bothered to learn the rules, there isn't a forum anywhere without rules. On a side note, nobody treasures a punch on the chin, if you're going to make attempts at sarchasm, at least have them make sense.
I guess everybody has the right to learn. And it is important that you use the positive side of these jumps on you. That's not a bad thing, and you'll see that in time, when you might be the one who they will be backing up. Community is the keyword. I friend, enjoy your stay Peace.
I guess a friendly post pointing a newcomer in the right direction was more what I was looking for, rather than being crucified in my reputation thingy. But hey - I learned a valuable lesson about some fellow members of the "community", so it's worth it. As far as the punch on the chin, I guess if I have to explain the sarcasm, then well - Nevermind. I bow before your greatness. If only the rep system here were more like pagerank. Yes, if an established member here with thousands of posts takes the time to admonish me, my rep is boosted much more than if another lowly Peon were to spar with me. I guess that would put me in pretty good shape, oh well. I can still dream can't I? (Or am I posting that in the wrong forum - damn!)