Attention Dan Druff

[kewlJ]

The rules are not a suggestion. They're a guideline.

If you break the guidelines/rules, then my actions will range from nothing to a ban, with a lot in between. Depends on each circumstance, how often it's occurring, etc.

Some people run forums or other online communities as a form of a power trip. That is not me. I do not enjoy exercising power over others. The only reason I like running these forums is so I can shape them to my own preferences to how I like to see them run.

It's also important to see that this forum is NOT monetized. When I took it over from Alan, I did NOT continue with the "Google Adwords" he had going here, nor did I seek out any other form of advertising.

Admittedly the expenses to run this place are very low, because I do all of my own tech work, and the server is the same one as PFA, so it's basically the cost of the domain registration plus my time.

Still, most of these forums have some kind of financial motive, and mine do not.

Rather than bitch about which rules are enforced and which aren't, it would be nice to see that I'm running this place just to continue a longstanding, offbeat AP community. I'm not gaining from this site existing. I don't want or need pats on the back, but it would be nice if the complaints were minimized.

It would be nice if the complaints were minimized? Well it would be nice if the trolling, especially the completely made up lies about people inclduing accusations of criminal activity were minimized as well. Just saying...

Maybe you should change the sticky thread from Forum rules to forum suggestions. You could throw in I suggest you all love one another and treat one another respectfully. lets see how THAT suggestion goes.

With all due respect Todd< i appreciate the forum, which is why I remain. But you are overboard with this freedom and free speech stuff. Free speech has restrictions. You can't yell fire in a crowded building for example. And as we have seen this spring with Mr Trump, you can't just lie and make up things about people without being found libel.

One other comment Dan Druff.

Singer was banned (for 6 months for racist comments. Now those same comments (even some by me in response) and the equal homophobic comments are made and tolerated every single day.

Moses was banned for physically threatening me and threatening to find me in the real world. Similar has occurred since, including Redietz just last week.

Blackhole was banned for doing "nothing but trolling, contributing nothing of value ever". Do I even need to say there are many others in that category.

I am not calling for anyone to be banned. But there has to be some consistency doesn't there? People should KNOW what the rules really are. This utopia idea of let things run themselves and everything will work out just doesn't work. It never has in thousands of years.

Is it really too much to ask you to identify sock puppets? Not the fun <- kind of socks like Garnaby, but the serious accusations like that Positive Vraiance or the new account DaveDantry are me? That just isn't fair to any of us.

I don't know where today's Jexposed or the somewhat recent Zenking's Dad socks come in. Somewhere between fun and bad intent. But should'nt we know who these are (officially)? If you are giving a green light to sock puppetry, then we are headed for a whole new even lower (who knew it was possible) level of trolling.