Post it, it's between you and DC. If you vent it here, your decision. We don't moderate heavily here and most anything goes (except for turtle LOL)
Don't really think the PM was too bad myself.
Okay, this was from February of 2008. The background...GrandSportC3 (aka Oliver) was posting all kinds of BS about his car. I started needling him about it and the mods didn't like what I posted. Back then I had a VERY sharp tongue and could really piss people off. Here is the first and second warnings I received ON THE SAME DAY from two different mods:
Originally Posted by Dan85Vette
I see you're doing your best to egg on Grand SportC3...
Well stop.
We've talked about this, let things go. You try and uproot everything he posts and you'll only make yourself look like a complete fool in the forums. Quit posting in his threads and he'll vanish but keep giving him reasons to respond and all you do is help strengthen his presence.
I'm not going to waste my time giving warnings anymore to anyone. If the banter continues, it'll be removed and hopefully that's all.
Come on man, I hate having to babysit threads. No fun in that.
-Dan
Second warning:
Originally Posted by lsejlowe
Hey Dep,
I feel like you've gotten a bad rap from some of the other guys that came over from CF, so I for one want to give you a clean slate to start from. However, I have yet to see you make much of a positive contribution. You know the old addage about not having anything positive to say? Give it some thought.
I'm not telling you what you can or can't say on here, that's up to your judgement. But I'm a pretty tolerant guys, so I'd be surprised to find out that I'm the only one with this impression.
Jason
And my reply after receiving the second warning. I censored some of the profanity:
Jason: I am going to try and hold my temper in check with this reply. This is the SECOND PM I have gotten from a mod tonight (Dan85Vette already PMed me and complained about my posts to Oliver). I already told Dan I am done with that lieing fu** Oliver and posting in his threads. NOTHING I said was a personal attack. If Oliver gets all pissy about me asking him embarassing questions that he has to lie about, too frigging bad. If you mods are gonna just let anyone post any type of BS on DC, then you might as well rename the place Corvette Forum Annex. If all this forum is gonna be is a hand-holding kissyfaceplace where people can't ask reasonable questions about BS that is posted, then what's the point of having a forum? I don't know who else that came over from the CF gave me a bad rap. And to be honest, I really don't care. Lots of Durango_Boy's buddies hate my guts, and I'm sure they are at DC now. Should I worry about them? I don't think so.
I post very rarely on DC. Mainly because so much of it has become just like CF. So for me to post here at all, it has to be something pretty major going on.
I guess I will just STFU and let the CF loyalists, of which Oliver is one, take over things at DC too.
Jason, I have nothing personal against you or any other mod. But you mods seem to be scared sh**less that someone won't agree with, or may have an argument with someone else. Cripes...not everyone sees eye-to-eye with everyone. And mods don't need to get all bajiggity when someone DOESN"T agree with someone else. A disagreement does not equal a flame war and will not automatically become one.
Dep
After that I was banned. I admit it was a pretty extreme reply to a mod. I sure wouldn't say anything like that to TT or any other mod here. After reading it I'm kinda surprised they even allowed me in here.
But then again, this place is a lot more lenient and we don't have any of the goofs from Corvette Forum stirring up poop here. It certainly was a wild and wooly time back then. I can't picture ever saying that to anyone nowadays.
Welllllll...unless DB reappears. :lol:
Dep