I agree. Those guidelines were put in place from day 1 and were rarely if ever enforced (too bad hijacking of threads/reviews was not included as well). I am hoping that what St. Chris is true and this site will be about hobby intel and not personal agendas, but I will not believe it until I see it.
Originally Posted by Wile E Coyote
those of us who have been regularly trolled get it. to most of you it's theoretical. this site can be cleaned up with a little effort.
This is coming from someone with posting restrictions and didn't you just get back from a ban-cation? I'm surprised you would chime in such a aggressive matter on the subject when you might be considered part of the trolls and jacjasses you speak about here.
What needs to be addressed is the members with multiple handles, these guys are a danger to the providers here
Originally Posted by BLM69
let me sort through the innuendo that is your post, BLM.. I have posting restrictions, but that has nothing to do with bad behavior, unless you think "excessive" posting is bad.. I have rarely been pointed in the 5 years+ I have been here. I was banned 6 months ago (not "recently") for posting on behalf of an alleged Pimp, who I thought was the Provider I had seen recently, in which I shared the tale of an alleged police bust on another Provider, which, in retrospect, may have been Pimped by the guy who fed me the false information. at any rate, I meant well, but probably was duped.. so I got a 30 day ban for "facilitating Pimp wars". nothing to do with trolling and jackassery (is that a word? LOL)..
and one more point, I simply said there are trolls and jackasses on this site.. there are, everyone knows that. the Mods know more than anyone, they deal with them. but my statement was BLANKET, I didn't call names out. we shouldn't recoil from our opinions, they need to be expressed, so action will be taken, the Mods will understand that Hobbyists are disturbed by bad actors here. Wile Coyote has been the most-attacked, most trolled member of ECCIE, EVER.. anyone who has logged in a few times can see that. he and I want ECCIE to succeed, and if anyone has a right to be skeptical, it is he.
we should be "aggressive" about desiring the change the Mods are hinting as coming. the real Trolls and Jackasses won't be championing the change, you can bet on that.