03-13-2013, 08:53 PM
Sorry Fish4fun didn't mean to just reply to you.....
My use of you in this is not directed at any one person........
I have definitely been on both sides of this debate. I am a mod for a local car club and I have to agree that being a mod and friends with people can suck. On the other hand I too have almost received the ban hammer a few times back when I used to frequent this site all the time. I use alot of sarcasm and for some reason that doesn't come through the interwebz too well.
With a site this big and with the reputation it already holds you are never going to make everyone happy. You could loosen up and let things go further and you would lose the members that didn't like that. You tighten the reigns and keep the nice guys safe and keep the internet bullies at bay and then they will complain it is a never ending cycle.
I have not been very active on the site here for a couple years so I may not know the exact way things are going lately but from reading this thread its pretty easy to figure out. The way I see it.
From the guys like me that may take things a little too far from time to time.........Some people just need to loosen up and realize this is the internet and not always serious business.
To the guys like me that like to take things a little too far from time to time........Respect the guys that don't like to be messed with. Not everyone can take it like you can.
I personally can dish it out but I can also receive it.
Unless it is an unwarranted butt-chewing from a person I previously respected about a 3 year old misunderstanding.
Now lets get back to Fishin
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My use of you in this is not directed at any one person........
I have definitely been on both sides of this debate. I am a mod for a local car club and I have to agree that being a mod and friends with people can suck. On the other hand I too have almost received the ban hammer a few times back when I used to frequent this site all the time. I use alot of sarcasm and for some reason that doesn't come through the interwebz too well.
With a site this big and with the reputation it already holds you are never going to make everyone happy. You could loosen up and let things go further and you would lose the members that didn't like that. You tighten the reigns and keep the nice guys safe and keep the internet bullies at bay and then they will complain it is a never ending cycle.
I have not been very active on the site here for a couple years so I may not know the exact way things are going lately but from reading this thread its pretty easy to figure out. The way I see it.
From the guys like me that may take things a little too far from time to time.........Some people just need to loosen up and realize this is the internet and not always serious business.
To the guys like me that like to take things a little too far from time to time........Respect the guys that don't like to be messed with. Not everyone can take it like you can.
I personally can dish it out but I can also receive it.
Unless it is an unwarranted butt-chewing from a person I previously respected about a 3 year old misunderstanding.
Now lets get back to Fishin
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