Originally Posted by
wroomwroomoops
As for hooters having two accounts associated with "his" IP address, did it occur to you (plural) that IP addresses are usually administered and provided by a DHCP server randomly, or several people may be using the same IP address when shielded by a network address translation firewall.
Yes, we are aware that more than one user can be on the same IP address. But that is irrelevant. Figuring out when it's one person with multiple usernames is rarely rocket science.
Originally Posted by
I_luv_hooters
OK Brian, this admittedly is only my theory: Why would you monitor us? I have no exact reason.
Here we go again. There would be no need to monitor you, or any other user. None of us could be bothered to take the time to keep tabs on any individual user. Inappropriate posts generally get reported to the moderators queue pretty quickly by other members.
Originally Posted by
I_luv_hooters
I think you didn't like our opinions or the way we presented them concerning the tommassini debate. You did say we weren't wealthy enough to purchase one so our opinions don't matter.
There was no Tommasini "debate". I think "razzing" would be a better word, don't you? Regardless of how ridiculous the original allegations may have seemed, Tina should not have been subjected to as much abuse as she was. I've gone over that already. And here is my quote, copied right from that post:
"Reviewing this thread, I suspect that many of the negative comments came from posters that would never dream of purchasing a Tommasini, or would not have the means to do so."
That comment was based on the fact that several members in the SS/Fixie contingent were pretty vocal about the fact that they would never buy a Tommasini road frame, but would consider a Gorilla track frame.
Originally Posted by
I_luv_hooters
You were at every single tommassini thread making your presence known. Right? You wanted trouble makers to be quiet. Right? Essentially you were looking for violations of the Bike Forums guidelines. Something. Anything. Also, maybe you didnt like the "tiny violins" comment (which you must now admint was funny). I don't know. But mrrabbit hit it on the head as far as I'm concerned.
Out of at least seven Tommasini threads, I'm pretty sure I only posted in 3 or maybe four, at the most. Is there something surprising about the admin posting? Why do you think anyone would go looking for violations of the guidelines? On the one hand, they're not usually too hard to find. On the other hand, that's kind of the point of moderating a forum, isn't it? Or are we doing this all wrong?
Originally Posted by
I_luv_hooters
This means if Brian is "monitoring" us (or has us on an active list of people the forum software will keep tabs on), and we log on or do anything, the whole website is slowed down because the utilty software is not set to the right "threshhold".
Except that no such utility exists, making that theory moot.
[edit] Fark! I typed all that out, and got an error message when I hit the Preview button. Luckily, I always copy my long posts before submitting, in case there is a server issue.
