Okay this is stupid.
 

What the **** is going on in SSFG. For real?

A lot of people are turning what shouldn't have been a big deal into a huge, overblown, overdramatic deal.

It's rather unfortunate. I saw a lot of people who looked like they were going to be reasonable suddenly become very much not so.

[edit: And... this is in Foo, apparently. Huh.]

What's stupid is that people just don't know when to stop.

we're all being shut out. arguments, jokes, discussions, information, all shut off to "some of us" as others see fit.

just letting you know, in case you can't get back in.

see you at the races.

this is my first ever post in foo

this is my second, **** this ****.


EDIT: roughly how many people did you ban?

I just read up on it here- http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=413243

Welcome to Foo. Where everyone is welcome with open arms!! ((hug)) :D


Oh and here's the answer to your question.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...24#post6615124

you can still read it, just log out

also, I meant banned as in "temporarily disabled for may"

I agree its much to do about nothing.

Its the way its gone about. People don't like to be treated like kids. I understand the deleting of a post here and there, but thing just disappear, are edited, and people are banned with limited knowledge. You treat anyone like a child, and they will act like a child.

it's a shame FGG is boring. when i wasn't being "immature" i liked actually answering people's questions as best i could, and feeling like i was helping someone figure out the stuff i learned through trial and error. yeah, i can still log out and search if need be, but it will be different not being able to contribute.

of course. I can't even get on the track forum. This whole month long ban seems a bit ridiculous

Metaljim you can't post in SSFG now?

I couldn't post for a bit but now I can again. Try?

I am still out

While I have had my disagreements with the way this site is run, and still don't agree with some of the censorship, I don't think foo is the place to argue and hash it out. There are better forums for this topic.

Where?

You've got a lot of displaced SSFG people.

i wanted to set up an IRC channel, or an alternate forum that WE moderate and see how well it did. the thread got deleted though.

no, i can't get into SSFG. i've been ban-hammered.

User assistance is where I would have put it. Or, if it gets real bad, it will be moved into the hidden mod forum for deleted threads. Like the late great Sig test. :(

You want a real fixed gear forum, go to http://fixed.gr/nyc/

Invitation code, not from NYC :(

Why don't you guys just get out and go for a nice night ride?

i'm lost

From prior experiences in situations like this, a few things have been learned and/or determined. One, is that "Why was [user] banned?!?!" threads are never productive, and just turn into flamewars and that kind of thing. Also, it's not fair to the banned user to parade the details of their banning around for all to see and discuss in a giant, angry thread. This thread was created as a way to at least give people an idea of why a person was banned, and when/if they'll be back, hopefully to try to stave off such panics. The infraction system gives a person an automatic seven day ban if they accrue three points within a certain period, and makes it permanent if they make it to five. Deathhare merely picked up his third and got an automatic ban.

As for things disappearing, well... It seems that a lot of the people taking this way too hard, people blowing it out of proportion, and people just looking to pick a fight are now going out of their way to push buttons and make life harder for everyone in the forum. I haven't removed anything myself this evening, but there's a lot of objectionable images being posted, and a lot of threads that might normally pass as "joke threads" but are being taken a bit further.

same here. i'd rather start fresh than jump into someone else's ground like a refugee.

and i already went on a nite ride. and tomorrow i'm going to go on a morning ride. then at work i'll be bored just i won't be able to laugh with a bunch of other jokers in SSFG. then i'll take an afternoon ride home, then a nite ride again whenever i want to leave my house.