Fresh off a points ban yourself, you do speak from a perspective others don't have.
You are speaking in generalities, while this thread is speaking in specifics Hence, why I said you often don't have a point.
If anything, the constant "who cares" comments are off topic. A discussion thread was created, and those who wish to participate can do so. If you open this thread more than once and say "who cares" my response is that you obviously do but are unwilling to comment on the topic in a constructive manner.
Thread hijacks are the laziest pointable offense because they cannot be applied in a fair manner. If the reasons people, including me my dimwitted whore monger, are pointable for hijacks were actually applied to all threads where moderators comment and take action, this board would be a different place. Mods selectively point for it because it is a "catch all" for many lazy mods.
If anything, I would think (or should I say know) you wish there was more mod oversight. Mods cross lines, ambassador positions happen. If you turned over a new leaf during your recent ban then great, but otherwise you complain about mistreatment with the best of them.
Originally Posted by Boltfan
Cool, let's not speak in generalities then, specifically speaking, how did you know that I was coming off a points ban? Lucky guess or maybe you have a mod or two that discusses subjects with you about other members that is really none of your business, aka a pocket mod? Another specific example is when I RTMed posts of yours in the past that was an obvious guideline violation, that you knew about it pretty much right away, is that another lucky guess or the pocket mod thing again?
When a poster says "who cares" about the subject of a post, you are right, he/she has to care enough because they posted on the thread, but it is not off topic, it is discussing the topic by saying they do not care
I did read a post where a mod said out in the open that that I RTMed thread I BELIEVED to be guideline violations, which in turn is true, but the reason I believed that is because I got points for the same thing. For example, when I get 5 points from a mod for calling a member a bozo, then when another member does name calling on a post (and usually stronger words than "bozo"), I RTM the post. Does that member who wrote that post get points? I do not know, but what I do know is that it takes an accumulation of 25 points before the oldest points expire to get banned for 90 days, and I got 5 points for calling a guy a bozo, then surely when one member who calls other members names 5 times in say even just a 48 hour period, not counting the obvious guideline violations over only a time frame of a month, and he has not been banned on points, then it is safe to say that the answer to that is a resounding "no", he did not nor will he receive any points. More than likely the mods have a good laugh/ignore the RTM (no matter who does the RTM) of that particular member's post instead.
As I said, it stands to reason that it is NOT so much the particular post that a poster makes that he/she receives/does not receive points, although that is the premise a mod uses, but rather it is more about the member who wrote the post that is the real focus of the mod when dishing/not dishing out points on the lazy pointable offenses such as a thread hijack and being rude and disrespectful to others. The board would be a different place if everyone had to play by the same rules, but that is certainly not the case, nor will it ever be. Some members would quit posting all together because every post they make is negative to put down others as they would be pointed each time and banned for 90 days the same week the ban was lifted. But, wouldn't that be a change for the better?
I turned over a new leaf a long time ago, but unfortunately for me, there are certain members, of this board including yourself who have and will continue bring up the past to try to keep those events current as well as the baiting posts, say like an agenda which is the majority of your posts. Maybe one of these days, other members will get as sick and tired of it as I am or you will turn over a new leaf.