Curious if anyone else has had problem with Paul Myers

14 years ago

I expect you'll get banned because you violated rule 1 of the forum.
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ing-forum.html

"If you have a problem with another Warrior, a Guru, or God, take it up with them directly. Not here. No exceptions."

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Patchworks

14 years ago

ThomM, nice bike by the way! I have a Heritage Software as well. It is a classic like your with the studded bags and seat, but mine is black!!

Take it up with the person I'm having a problem with!! WOW!! SHAZAAM!!! Well Geez, why didn't I think of that!! We can just do away with the entire court systems now because we call all solve our problem with the person we have a problem with!!!

Seriously, that makes about as much sense as a Football Bat, if I could find a solution to a moderator who is abusing his powers, I wouldn't need to post here would I?

Yeah well, it seems anyone around here who has their own opinion seems to get banned or their posts deleted!

I was asking who to contact about this issue and if that gets me banned, that would be a prime example of misuse of powers!

WF is a little to politicy for me!! I find better info and less pompous people on other boards! Main reason for WF is WSOs!

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Steven Wagenheim

14 years ago

My friend, it seems like you need a serious attitude adjustment.

If Paul has gotten on your case for any reason at all, I can assure you that you deserved it. I have found him to be the most fair and unbiased person here. When I screwed up, he told me in no uncertain terms. When I stopped screwing up and actually started contributing to the forum without the drama and other nonsense that I always seemed to bring, he told me that too.

If I have a problem, I know I can come to him. If he can help me, he will. He's given me invaluable advice in the past that saved me thousands of dollars.

Maybe you don't care whether or not you get booted from this forum. But if you're smart, you'll look at what transpired between you and Paul and hopefully realize that there was a good reason for it.

Take this advice for what it's worth to you.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

My friend, it seems like you need a serious attitude adjustment.

If Paul has gotten on your case for any reason at all, I can assure you that you deserved it. I have found him to be the most fair and unbiased person here. When I screwed up, he told me in no uncertain terms. When I stopped screwing up and actually started contributing to the forum without the drama and other nonsense that I always seemed to bring, he told me that too.

If I have a problem, I know I can come to him. If he can help me, he will. He's given me invaluable advice in the past that saved me thousands of dollars.

Maybe you don't care whether or not you get booted from this forum. But if you're smart, you'll look at what transpired between you and Paul and hopefully realize that there was a good reason for it.

Take this advice for what it's worth to you.

I appreciate your concern, but I find it hard to believe you claims that Mr. Myers is as perfect as you claim! Well geez, why don't I just quit thinking for myself and let Mr. Myers do all my thinking! What you mean by attitude adjustment is I need to comply! Be a good little boy and do as Paul Meyers wishes or get banned!

I have to be honest, being banned for having an opinion would mean less to me than the toilet paper I use! Tomorrow I'll still wake up, drink coffee and life will go on!

WF on the other hand will have lost a member that has been with them for along time and buys alot thru their WSO system!

Make no difference to me!

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ThomM

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

ThomM, nice bike by the way! I have a Heritage Software as well. It is a classic like your with the studded bags and seat, but mine is black!!

Take it up with the person I'm having a problem with!! WOW!! SHAZAAM!!! Well Geez, why didn't I think of that!! We can just do away with the entire court systems now because we call all solve our problem with the person we have a problem with!!!

Seriously, that makes about as much sense as a Football Bat, if I could find a solution to a moderator who is abusing his powers, I wouldn't need to post here would I?

Yeah well, it seems anyone around here who has their own opinion seems to get banned or their posts deleted!

I was asking who to contact about this issue and if that gets me banned, that would be a prime example of misuse of powers!

WF is a little to politicy for me!! I find better info and less pompous people on other boards! Main reason for WF is WSOs!

First that's a Road Star not a Harley.
Second this forum isn't a democracy or a republic, it's a forum, privately owned.
The forum owner wrote the rules and you violated rule number 1, period.
If you have an issue with that or a problem with the rules Allen made for his forum, leave.
If you have an issue with a hosting company, again take it up with them, while here refer to rule number 1.

Personally I could care less if you or anyone else has a problem with Paul or any other member, again rule number 1.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

I was asking who to contact about this issue and if that gets me banned, that would be a prime example of misuse of powers!

WF is a little to politicy for me!! I find better info and less pompous people on other boards! Main reason for WF is WSOs!

It appears you know about rule #1 and you're now egging on a ban in order to "prove your point".

You could pick anyone to start a public beef with on the forum in violation of rule #1 and if you continue at it you'll probably get banned. Doesn't matter if your beef is with Paul Myers or with a newbie or whomever.

As has been stated, this is a privately owned forum. Allen Says can do whatever he wants with it.

As to the conflict of interest, I don't follow. The WSO section is really just a classified ad section. How is it a conflict of interest? Vendor pays Allen Says to display their ad as a WSO and that's that.

You can leave negative review on a WSO as long as you keep it to an actual review of the product you bought vs. getting personal.

Anywho, don't get all worked up patch. Life is too short and it's the holidays.

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ThomM

14 years ago

Patch, let me see if I'm following this.
You made a comment in a WSO thread against the seller and it was deleted.
Is that what started this?
If so, did you purchase the product and leave a negative comment about the WSO you purchased, or was it a negative comment about the seller and not related to the WSO you purchased?

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Patch, let me see if I'm following this.
You made a comment in a WSO thread against the seller and it was deleted.
Is that what started this?
If so, did you purchase the product and leave a negative comment about the WSO you purchased, or was it a negative comment about the seller and not related to the WSO you purchased?

It actually off topic, as I'm not specifically asking about the WSO or vendor, but since your asking, yes I was a PAID customer! 3 years in advance!

I caught the company (Host The Name) in many lies and they are amatures who didn't know how to do basic hosting issues like HTACCESS stuff. Plenty of other people were complaining to but WF allowed them to create new threads! Some of the posts did stick, but it makes me wonder how many more were deleted as well...

I've always found SEO hosting to be useless and more advantage to simply have tons of individual hosts around the nation so we have many hosting companies! There were just a simply trial and the failed miserably! Down all the time, poor support, lies, etc.

This was months ago, that I had my initial beef with then and Mr. Meyers stepped in. It only recently popped up because I can't seem to get these guys to quit emailing me on their list. I've unsubscribed, I'm posted in their threads as an active customer, but they get deleted.

Currently in their thread they have been down for 3 days and customers are furious that it is during the holiday season and websites are down!

We are not talking about just 1 post, we are talking about 15 posts that I've tried to repost after they get deleted and the vendor continues to get them deleted! It almosted seemed like the vendor knew a moderator and they were doing them favors!

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Roaddog

14 years ago

Why...Paul Myers is one of the finest men who ever lived.
What he does with prose...why, Shakespeare would be jealous.

Rarely does a more lucid man come along
I take objection at such umbrage.

Seriously though, I see a lot of people give Paul a load over the net.

this is a huge forum that is well run and he's one of the reasons...don't know what you did....but he has to uphold rules for the good of all.

This is a privately owned forum, therefore has it's own set of rules...can you imagine the amount of crap these mods see in a day ..sometimes the same crap, day in day out?

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Patchworks

14 years ago

I understand the need for rules, but when you abuse you powers it needs to be addressed. There is a vendor providing horrible hosting service and Paul is protecting them by deleting my post in the thread! And 100% based on remark I made in a Peronsal Message to him he somehow thinks he can prevent me from posting on their thread as an ACTIVE customer of theirs!

Their service is so horrible they have been down for the past 3 days!

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Roaddog

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

The only problem I've ever had concerning Paul is busting a gut laughing at the people who break a leg running to kiss his ass any time anyone says anything that might be considered less than praise for the inestimable Mr. Myers.

I'm sure he'll be here to reply as soon as he traverses the Sea of Galilee.

Walking on water is time consuming.

Funny I don't see that...but I bolded the part where it changes 'tracks' for you.

Never backed up Paul in a thread yet, hell I've been a little peeved before...but the longer I am here, the more I realize what a job this is.

Anyone in a position of any kind of power is gonna take heat...

When I feel that someone could use it, I will speak up.

Just so there isn't any misunderstanding...what with your rebellious guy post and all.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

Never backed up Paul in a thread yet, hell I've been a little peeved before...but the longer I am here, the more I realize what a job this is.

Oh, I'm sure it is a tough job dealing with this board! Especially with bad vendors!

But the being an american, I'll bow down to someone when they pry my gun from my cold dead fingers!

Unlike many around WF I don't make money on these boards, therefor I dont have to suckup to anyone! WF needs me and others like me who buy large amounts of product that support this board!

I stand up when I see bad vendors taking advantage of people and when moderators delete posts protecting their advertising dollars, I need to be taken notice of!

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Roaddog

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

Oh, I'm sure it is a tough job dealing with this board! Especially with bad vendors!

But the being an american, I'll bow down to someone when they pry my gun from my cold dead fingers!

Unlike many around WF I don't make money on these boards, therefor I dont have to suckup to anyone! WF needs me and others like me who buy large amounts of product that support this board!

I stand up when I see bad vendors taking advantage of people and when moderators delete posts protecting their advertising dollars, I need to be taken notice of!

Fair enough...

Another thing to remember is, that this place is here to make money too.
I'm sure your smart enough to know when it comes to money strange things happen,

I don't agree with screwin anyone over either, however people run around on parts of the net saying that this is just short of Sodom and Gomorrah...

And that's simply not true...there is a good reason for that rule #1.
You didn't have to start a thread about it...you payed thru somebody, take it up there.

And I'm going to bow out of this now, don't want to get pulled in, not in the mood...just came back from Walmart... a mile from the border...Santa needs a drinky poo.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

Fair enough...

Another thing to remember is, that this place is here to make money too.
I'm sure your smart enough to know when it comes to money strange things happen,

I don't agree with screwin anyone over either, however people run around on parts of the net saying that this is just short of Sodom and Gomorrah...

And that's simply not true...there is a good reason for that rule #1.
You didn't have to start a thread about it...you payed thru somebody, take it up there.

And I'm going to bow out of this now, don't want to get pulled in, not in the mood...just came back from Walmart... a mile from the border...Santa needs a drinky poo.

Yes, I've had my own business for 20 years and often times you can follow the money to determine a persons interests!

Have a good Christmas!

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill

The only problem I've ever had concerning Paul is busting a gut laughing at the people who break a leg running to kiss his ass any time anyone says anything that might be considered less than praise for the inestimable Mr. Myers.

I'm sure he'll be here to reply as soon as he traverses the Sea of Galilee.

Walking on water is time consuming.

OMG, I'm busting a gut laughting!! This is so true!! I have often wondered if we could put a if we could put a "Suck Up" meter on profiles!

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laurencewins

14 years ago

I am a moderator on another forum and I can tell you that it is a HUGE job.
You don't do yourself any service by sounding off in here Patchworks.
While I don't know Paul or you and I can't say who may be right or wrong, the crap that you are spinning in here is enough to get you banned, without even looking at whatever your original issue is.

If you have a problem, be an adult, maybe then you'll have the chance to deal with it properly.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by laurencewins

I am a moderator on another forum and I can tell you that it is a HUGE job.
You don't do yourself any service by sounding off in here Patchworks.
While I don't know Paul or you and I can't say who may be right or wrong, the crap that you are spinning in here is enough to get you banned, without even looking at whatever your original issue is.

If you have a problem, be an adult, maybe then you'll have the chance to deal with it properly.

So to interpret what you saying is you dont' allow individual thinking on your board either!

I'm allowed to have my own opinion if a forums or moderator can't accept that, it is their problem not mine!

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WiFi

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

So to interpret what you saying is you dont' allow individual thinking on your board either!

I'm allowed to have my own opinion if a forums or moderator can't accept that, it is their problem not mine!

No, you belong in Venezuela. Private property, private rules. You don't like it, then too bad. Paul from what I've seen is great!

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Patchworks 14 years ago

Originally Posted by WiFi

No, you belong in Venezuela. Private property, private rules. You don't like it, then too bad. Paul from what I've seen is great!

I to have to agree that with a lot of the stuff he has done on the board is good work, that can not be denied!
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Kay King 14 years ago

Actually - they don't allow individual bashing...again, see rule #1.

I thought I heard Paul chuckling....anybody else hear it?
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- Patchworks 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Actually - they don't allow individual bashing...again, see rule #1.
  
  I thought I heard Paul chuckling....anybody else hear it?
  
  I don't believe that I have BASHED anyone as you say! I have only asked who to contact regarding abuse of powers and it has spawned a life of its own!
  
  To be fair, I have even asked Mr. Myers himself who his superior is, but have not heard back yet! I relied back to his message within seconds of receiving my last correspondence from him and that has not been replied to yet!
  
  Although, I acknowledge your right to have your own opinion!
  
  Have a good eve!
  
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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Milken

This thread is f'cking hilarious. The OP has an opinion, I don't see what the fuss is about.

Thank you!!

You find this on my boards these days, you aren't allow to have an opinion or you get banned!

What I notice is EVERY SINGLE PERSON that disagrees has a money making link in their signature! WF is a source of income to the so of course they have to appease the gods!

And not, I'm not saying that everyone who has a link is disagreeing with me! Several of the gentleman were quite funny!!

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

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What I notice is EVERY SINGLE PERSON that disagrees has a money making link in their signature! WF is a source of income to the so of course they have to appease the gods!

I see you read sigs as well as you read rules...both Thom and my sigs are for well deserved charities. Absolutely not a cent goes to us...carry on.

Yea yea I said I was gone...twisting the cap now....don't know why they bother to make these resealable.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

I see you read sigs as well as you read rules...both Thom and my sigs are for well deserved charities. Absolutely not a cent goes to us...carry on.

Yea yea I said I was gone...twisting the cap now....don't know why they bother to make these resealable.

Roaddog, if you reread the original message, I said that I was not including everyone who has replied on the thread! I did notice your charitable links and was not including you in the category of disagreeing! In fact, I thought you posts were quite funny!

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ThomM

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

Thank you!!

You find this on my boards these days, you aren't allow to have an opinion or you get banned!

What I notice is EVERY SINGLE PERSON that disagrees has a money making link in their signature! WF is a source of income to the so of course they have to appease the gods!

And not, I'm not saying that everyone who has a link is disagreeing with me! Several of the gentleman were quite funny!!

Wrong again, the only link I have in my sig is for donations to a fellow Warrior so he can get a kidney.
Same with Roaddog and many others here.

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Patchworks 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Wrong again, the only link I have in my sig is for donations to a fellow Warrior so he can get a kidney.
Same with Roaddog and many others here.

As well ThomM, I didn't include you in the list of people disagreeing as you only pointed to the rules and didn't really comment!

It seems I should be been more clear pointing out the list of people I consider disagreeing!

Sorry for the confusion!
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Patrician

14 years ago

There is a rule here and it is about not 'bashing' - and the rule about taking it up directly with whoever slighted/burned you. (Ref: the lousy hosting company)

It really has nothing to do with you or Paul for that matter. It is just a rule. Rules should be equally for everyone. So you just need to chill out and get over it if you have a difference of opinion with the Warrior Forum.

I am a moderator in a sub-forum here - and I used to allow all kinds of ugly talk because I was afraid of being judged for suppressing free speech - so I would go in and try to spar with people - it always added a ton more negative energy and I came off as the one who was the most hostile.

So now, I have allowed myself the pleasure of nuking people for being rude, nasty or ugly. Being a Mod is no picnic and if people don't get a clue when the post is just quietly deleted and they stupidly come back and attack me for it, I have no choice but to have them banned.

This is a privately owned Forum - not public property - so the owner has set the rules and although I hope you won't 'cut off your nose to spite your face', it is your choice whether you come here or not. If you choose to come, then you need to go along with the program like everybody else.

Like you say, either way, life goes on - for the Forum and for you.

p.s. It would be the Forum Helpdesk where you could lodge a complaint privately about so-called 'abuse of power'.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patrician

There is a rule here and it is about not 'bashing' - and the rule about taking it up directly with whoever slighted/burned you. (Ref: the lousy hosting company)

It really has nothing to do with you or Paul for that matter. It is just a rule. Rules should be equally for everyone. So you just need to chill out and get over it if you have a difference of opinion with the Warrior Forum.

I am a moderator in a sub-forum here - and I used to allow all kinds of ugly talk because I was afraid of being judged for suppressing free speech - so I would go in and try to spar with people - it always added a ton more negative energy and I came off as the one who was the most hostile.

So now, I have allowed myself the pleasure of nuking people for being rude, nasty or ugly. Being a Mod is no picnic and if people don't get a clue when the post is just quietly deleted and they stupidly come back and attack me for it, I have no choice but to have them banned.

This is a privately owned Forum - not public property - so the owner has set the rules and although I hope you won't 'cut off your nose to spite your face', it is your choice whether you come here or not. If you choose to come, then you need to go along with the program like everybody else.

Like you say, either way, life goes on - for the Forum and for you.

p.s. It would be the Forum Helpdesk where you could lodge a complaint privately about so-called 'abuse of power'.

Thank you for your help! Yes, I have submitted tickets, but my experience is they get ignored! I have one that was submitted a few days ago and as of yet, it was either answered by Mr. Myers and deleted or simply ignored!

If the attitude of a board is not have an opinion or move on, I'll choose move on!!

Thank you for your attempt to point me in the right direction!

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Dennis Gaskill

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

If the attitude of a board is not have an opinion or move on, I'll choose move on!!

You seem to be confusing the right to have an opinion with the right to proclaim it wherever you want.

The way I see it is, you have a dispute with a business independent of the Warrior Forum, but you want to make the Warrior Forum your personal battlegrounds. Try going to a local newspaper and demanding they print your greivances for free against one of their advertisers. You'll get laughed off the premises.

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troybh

14 years ago

If your active in the forum then you should know the deal. Lots of WFO's selling to newbies to make WF and the people selling WSO's money. There is no moderation of the WSO's and you purchase at your own risk and suck it up when the WSO sucks. You can not make a bad review in a WSO thread because it looses both WF and the WSO author money. Bad reviews are deleted. Quit whining or go to another forum.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by troybh

If your active in the forum then you should know the deal. Lots of WFO's selling to newbies to make WF and the people selling WSO's money. There is no moderation of the WSO's and you purchase at your own risk and suck it up when the WSO sucks. You can not make a bad review in a WSO thread because it looses both WF and the WSO author money. Bad reviews are deleted. Quit whining or go to another forum.

I simply don't agree!!! That is the only reason I come to this forum is to sort out what product are good and bad! My purchasing decisions are 100% based on feedback from the community and it is a simple conflict of interest for you to imply you can milk both sides of the money machine!

Look at my posts counts, I've been on this forums for years and I dont' contribute much in the way of posts. They only get deleted anyway or your threads overrun with people butting in!

I just come to get product and service information! I don't even find this board that useful for SEO information anymore!

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kenmichaels 14 years ago

Originally Posted by troybh

You can not make a bad review in a WSO thread because it looses both WF and the WSO author money. Bad reviews are deleted.

That is simply NOT TRUE.

Patch. maybe your right, maybe your wrong.

That's not for me to decide.

But i will say, sometimes when i get pissed off, i lose site of things, and blow things out of proportion. Sometimes its in my best interest to step back for a min and reevaluate things.
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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

You can have all the opinions you want, but you seem to be confusing the right to have an opinion with the right to proclaim it wherever you want.

The way I see it is, you have a dispute with a business independent of the Warrior Forum, but you want to make the Warrior Forum your personal battlegrounds. Try going to a local newspaper and demanding they print your greivances for free against one of their advertisers. You'll get laughed off the premises.

Dennis, although I understand what your saying, I don't agree!!! WF is a community designed exactly for expressing review, opinions and other interactions about all sorts of topics! That is the entire backbone of a forums like this!

The fact WF is making money off the vendor and wont let me post negative comments is a conflict of interest. I would argue the income I provide from the 40+ WSOs I've purchased is just as important in WF's money machine!

But I also have to point out this thread was not about the vendor! It was about abuse of power from a moderator and who to contact! It has grown to become something else though!

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Dennis Gaskill

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Patchworks

The fact WF is making money off the vendor and wont let me post negative comments is a conflict of interest.

You can post negative comments if you follow the rules. I've posted negative comments before. In one case my comments effectively ended the WSO.

In my experience, it's how you go about it that determines whether your comments stick or get deleted.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

You can post negative comments if you follow the rules. I've posted negative comments before. In one case my comments effectively ended the WSO.

In my experience, it's how you go about it that determines whether your comments stick or get deleted.

I agree, as long as you appease the WF gods you get you comments posted!! And then only sometimes do they delete comments that is going to hurt their money train!!

What I think is really said is they don't even have the balls to tell you! Your post just disappear! Be a man, if your going to do something, stand behind it!

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Robert Michael

14 years ago

Judging by the fact that you're still here, I'd say your theory is full of holes.

Holidays or not, I guarantee Paul has at least seen this thread by now.

lol and since its still here, you're still here, everyone is STILL here - I think you might be getting a bit worked up over nothing.

Its ok, we've all done it before.. but just chill out man. Paul is a cool dude. He definitely isn't abusing his powers, otherwise like I just said, you (and this thread) would be gone.

Now, I didnt see the post you are talking about (the one you made in the "horrible service provider's" thread) but if it was deleted, you probably went about things the wrong way.

Nobody said you arent allowed to post a review of your service in someone's WSO.

But if the service was poor and you plan on leaving a bad review, post it from a 3rd-person point of view. Meaning dont make things personal. Post it as if you were a news reporter - stick to the facts and then provide proof to back up your claims.

Do that, and your posts probably wouldnt disappear.. Simple really.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Whos That Guru

Judging by the fact that you're still here, I'd say your theory is full of holes.

Holidays or not, I guarantee Paul has at least seen this thread by now.

lol and since its still here, you're still here, everyone is STILL here - I think you might be getting a bit worked up over nothing.

Its ok, we've all done it before.. but just chill out man. Paul is a cool dude. He definitely isn't abusing his powers, otherwise like I just said, you (and this thread) would be gone.

Now, I didnt see the post you are talking about (the one you made in the "horrible service provider's" thread) but if it was deleted, you probably went about things the wrong way.

Nobody said you arent allowed to post a review of your service in someone's WSO.

But if the service was poor and you plan on leaving a bad review, post it from a 3rd-person point of view. Meaning dont make things personal. Post it as if you were a news reporter - stick to the facts and then provide proof to back up your claims.

Do that, and your posts probably wouldnt disappear.. Simple really.

I'm not saying he doesn't provide a good service to this community!

Actually the deleting of the posts is not really my complaint of misuse of powers. I expressed my opinion in a personal message to him and based on that message he think he can disallow me to post in the vendors thread! The personal message was not in the public view yet he thinks he can dictate to me!

I've said me peace on the thread, this hosting company has had their server down for 3 days now and customer and filling the thread with poor customer service issues the this company has finally sunk it own ship I believe. I pointed this out Mr. Myers back months ago and not WF is going to regret their decision to support this vendor! It just to bad so many WF members were allowed to get messed over by this company! I myself lost my funds tied up but it was a small amount compared to our total hosting budget and many other hosts around the nation!

Seriously, do you know how easy it is for people to create sub accounts and post on this vendors thread if I really wanted to!!! Hell, I could get some of my oDesk workers to do it for .67 cents an hour!

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14 years ago

Hey patchy, stop with the double/triple posting..

Use the multiquote button.

Its an amazing new invention that lets you quote multiple people in just one post!

Jeez man.. and just calm down. There really is no need to get this worked up..

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Whos That Guru

Hey patchy, stop with the double/triple posting..

Use the multiquote button.

Jeez man.. and just calm down. There really is no need to get this worked up..

Am I breaking yet another RULE? I prefer quote back to individual posts!

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14 years ago

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Who would be the person to report this type of abuse to?

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14 years ago

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OK, HOW is that wombat cranky?

Dude, I simply had to thank you!! You were sitting on 666 thanks!

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Didn't you start a thread blasting the company today? I didn't see WSO comment if there was one - but I do remember thinking "that won't last long".

Judging by the fact that you're still here,

Could be a debate over length of rope, I guess.

Seems you just posted your rant again...man, you are persistent.
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14 years ago

Seriously your a newbie and if you are stupid enough to go with some no name to do your hosting then your a newbie that has a lot to learn. The owner of the WSO basically owns the thread. He can delete what he wants and keep what he doesn't. This forum is about making money and the owners of the forum are doing just that. No one cares about you and it is a dog eat dog world out there in IM. This should be your first lesson. Now quit whining, take to heart what you learned and go buy a WSO and put it into action.

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Originally Posted by troybh

The owner of the WSO basically owns the thread. He can delete what he wants and keep what he doesn't..

Absolutely wrong. people who buy the thread CANNOT delete comments.

If they feel a thread is bashing there WSO, or against forum rules, they can REQUEST a moderator look into it.

that is ALL they can do.

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Paul Myers

14 years ago

Glenn,

I expressed my opinion in a personal message to him and based on that message he think he can disallow me to post in the vendors thread!

Calling another member by the extremely nasty racist labels you used in the PM in question is hardly the sort of simple personal opinion you're suggesting. If you had done that to him publicly, I would have nuked your account on the spot.

I was listening to you, and asked you for specifics, right up until that point. Largely because what you said and what the vendor said are contradictory. When you made it clear that you were going to let that sort of comment even enter your mind while dealing with your issue, you crossed a line.

As far as your ludicrous suggestion that I removed your comments because we're somehow trying to protect the vendors, even when they're wrong... Learn to read. There are plenty of other posts still in that thread complaining about the same issue.

Troy

You can not make a bad review in a WSO thread because it looses both WF and the WSO author money. Bad reviews are deleted.

Go look at the WSO section again. There are plenty of negative reviews there. Comments get deleted for other reasons, but not for being negative - if they come from someone who paid for the product and is talking about the product or the service, without making it a personal attack.

The owner of the WSO basically owns the thread. He can delete what he wants and keep what he doesn't.

Also not true. We do not allow vendors to moderate their own threads, precisely because it would effectively end the ability of customers to post their real opinions of the products they purchased.

Now, if you get into a persistent running battle with anyone in a WSO thread and we see it, we'll delete most of those posts. If Glenn looked at the thread in question, he'd see that at least one of his complaints is still there from yesterday. But not all of them.

Which might serve him as a useful hint.

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Glenn,

I have even asked Mr. Myers himself who his superior is

You can always appeal any decision via the help desk.

I will caution you, though, that they'll ask me what happened and I'll tell them to read one of the PMs you sent me. It is not unlikely that either of the gentlemen who might handle that ticket would immediately nuke your account for those remarks.

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PS: The word "superior" suggests you think I'm an employee here. I am not.
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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Glenn,Calling another member by the extremely nasty racist labels you used in the PM in question is hardly the sort of simple personal opinion you're suggesting. If you had done that to him publicly, I would have nuked your account on the spot.

I was listening to you, and asked you for specifics, right up until that point. Largely because what you said and what the vendor said are contradictory. When you made it clear that you were going to let that sort of comment even enter your mind while dealing with your issue, you crossed a line.

As far as your ludicrous suggestion that I removed your comments because we're somehow trying to protect the vendors, even when they're wrong... Learn to read. There are plenty of other posts still in that thread complaining about the same issue.

TroyGo look at the WSO section again. There are plenty of negative reviews there. Comments get deleted for other reasons, but not for being negative - if they come from someone who paid for the product and is talking about the product or the service, without making it a personal attack.Also not true. We do not allow vendors to moderate their own threads, precisely because it would effectively end the ability of customers to post their real opinions of the products they purchased.

Now, if you get into a persistent running battle with anyone in a WSO thread and we see it, we'll delete most of those posts. If Glenn looked at the thread in question, he'd see that at least one of his complaints is still there from yesterday. But not all of them.

Which might serve him as a useful hint.

Paul

Actually paul you are straight up lying! I never called anyone a racist name in the public eye!! In America I'm allowed to use any term I please and in a personal email to you I made mention of the term you consider racist and then YOU CHOOSE IT UPON YOURSELF to say I could not post on his thread anymore! ISN'T5 THAT RIGHT! ABUSING YOUR POWERS!!

UPDATED!! Sorry Mr. Myers, I misread the post and you did mention that is was in a PM!! So you did not infact lie about that!!

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14 years ago

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14 years ago

Dude, you need to get a clue and so do any others agreeing with your assertion that the mods delete negative comments to "protect" their income.

First, moderators do not get PAID to moderate this board. So there is no financial incentive whatsoever for any mod.

Second, if it were true, there wouldn't be a bunch of other negative comments on that same WSO, including ONE of your own. That implies that you crossed a line in your posts that caused them to be deleted.

You can cry and whine and rant about Paul and the way the board is run all you want. He's been around this forum since pretty much the beginning so I doubt very much you'll get very far. Any other mod would have done the same thing because they follow the direction of Allen, the one who owns the forum.

If you let a silly spat over posts being deleted get you this heated, I can't imagine how you've managed to survive all these years without having a stroke from all the stress.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by troybh

Seriously your a newbie and if you are stupid enough to go with some no name to do your hosting then your a newbie that has a lot to learn. The owner of the WSO basically owns the thread. He can delete what he wants and keep what he doesn't. This forum is about making money and the owners of the forum are doing just that. No one cares about you and it is a dog eat dog world out there in IM. This should be your first lesson. Now quit whining, take to heart what you learned and go buy a WSO and put it into action.

The part I bolded is incorrect. The WSO vendor cannot delete anything but his own posts. He can request something be deleted, and sometimes it will be and sometimes it won't be.

Often, if someone is making repetitious critical comments the mod will delete some of them but leave a representative sample there. This prevents one person with an axe to grind from taking over the thread.

I'm not a mod, but from what I've seen one reason comments get deleted is because the person with the beef gets personal, or gets too emotional, rather than sticking to facts that can be proven. Negative opinions don't carry as much weight as negative facts, and rightfully so, opinions are much harder to prove.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

The part I bolded is incorrect. The WSO vendor cannot delete anything but his own posts. He can request something be deleted, and sometimes it will be and sometimes it won't be.

Often, if someone is making repetitious critical comments the mod will delete some of them but leave a representative sample there. This prevents one person with an axe to grind from taking over the thread.

I'm not a mod, but from what I've seen one reason comments get deleted is because the person with the beef gets personal, or gets too emotional, rather than sticking to facts that can be proven. Negative opinions don't carry as much weight as negative facts, and rightfully so, opinions are much harder to prove.

This is true! The owner can not delete posts, but he CAN click the report and have it submit for delete if I'm correct! And [seller's name deleted] very actively tried to keep his propaganda thread clean!

They even went as far as to abandon old threads because there were riddled with bad comments!!!

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14 years ago

Glenn,

So if you can use derogatory terms, as a moderator, shouldn't we!!

Referring to generic people using a generic term like "dumbass" is very different from your calling a specific individual a "camel j____y" and a "sand n____r." If you're unable to distinguish between the two sorts of comments, there's a problem. But it's not MY problem.

Note: He spelled the terms out, although he dropped a letter in the last word in the second phrase.

Your use of those terms suggests to me that further comments from you in the thread in question would be driven by racial dislike, rather than any possible objective purposes. Hence the instruction that you not post in his threads again. Ever.

I suggested approaches you might use to deal with what you claim to be a broken unsubscribe mechanism. Those were precisely the approaches I would use myself in the same situation.

They even went as far as to abandon old threads because there were riddled with bad comments!!!

But, if negative reviews are deleted, as you and so many others claim, how is it possible that whole threads of them still exist?

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Glenn,Referring to generic people using a generic term like "dumbass" is very different from your calling a specific individual a "camel j____y" and a "sand n____r."

Well isn't that convenient, I guess being a moderator give you the right make make the fine-line decisions!

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Your use of those terms suggests to me that further comments from you in the thread in question would be driven by racial dislike, rather than any possible objective purposes. Hence the instruction that you not post in his threads again. Ever.

Well again, isn't that convenient that you get to dictate!! Well why don't we just arrest everyone who says they are going to commit a crime!! For that matter, why don't we just arrest everyone who looks suspicious!

The simply fact is I got tired of going back and forth with you over stupid things I didn't care about! After the 5th email back and forth with you over debating whether or not I was an active customer, I got fed up and blasted back at you! I DON"T CARE ABOUT ANTYING ELSE OTHER THAN GETTING OFF THEIR MAILING LIST!! AND [seller's name deleted]= CONTINUES TO SUBMIT MY POST FOR DELETION AND YOU GUYS KEEP DELETING THEM!!

I had posted 30 times in his thread and not once used a term that you or any other moderator felt necessary to ban me OR EVEN WARN ME!

So here we are finally to the heart of this issue of this thread! A clear misuse of you powers!!

As a point, I promise you this! If this company doesn't not remove me from their mailings list, AS A PAID ACTIVE CUSTOMER WITH A SUPPORT ISSUE I will post again in their thread and will continue to so do until I'm either banned or my email is removed from their list.

Thank you and have a good day sir! My word has been said and you have just proven the purpose of this thread for me!

UPDATED! And furthermore I guess now that I've said "I'm going to post in the thread", you should ban me based on your theory of prediction and assumption!

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14 years ago

Glenn,

Well isn't that convenient, I guess being a moderator give you the right make make the fine-line decisions!

Actually, it requires making such distinctions.

Just as a point of order, the comment you're referring to in my WF blog didn't refer to any people as dumbasses. It referred to certain behaviors. The exact quote: "There are lots of dumbass things people do on lots of forums, but posting about those here is pointless. (See Stupid Forum Trick #4.)"

Well again, isn't that convenient that you get to dictate!!

Nature of the moderating process.

Well why don't we just arrest everyone who says they are going to commit a crime!! For that matter, why don't we just arrest everyone who looks suspicious!

Ummm... Comparing a warning about repeated postings with locking someone up is more than a little extreme, don't you think?

As a point, I promise you this! If this company doesn't not remove me from their mailings list, AS A PAID ACTIVE CUSTOMER WITH A SUPPORT ISSUE I will post again in their thread and will continue to so do until I'm either banned or my email is removed from their list.

I gave you suggestions for getting removed from their list(s). If you post in that thread again, you will be banned. Make no mistake about that.

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14 years ago

Sal,

Sure am nice to know I'm not your biggest PITA after all, Paul.

[chuckle] You're kidding, right? You're not even on the PITA list. Not nowhere, not nowhow.

A forum full of people like you would require only one moderator. And all they'd ever have to do is occasionally interject a "Now, now" or "Let's mellow a little, shall we?"

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Sal,[chuckle] You're kidding, right? You're not even on the PITA list. Not nowhere, not nowhow.

A forum full of people like you would require only one moderator. And all they'd ever have to do is occasionally interject a "Now, now" or "Let's mellow a little, shall we?"

Paul

There goes that illusion of grandeur

If Sal's not on the list, what hope do I have

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Thom,

If Sal's not on the list, what hope do I have

Well, if you think it will help your street cred, I could ban you for an hour or so.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Glenn,Actually, it requires making such distinctions.

Just as a point of order, the comment you're referring to in my WF blog didn't refer to any people as dumbasses. It referred to certain behaviors. The exact quote: "There are lots of dumbass things people do on lots of forums, but posting about those here is pointless. (See Stupid Forum Trick #4.)"Nature of the moderating process.Ummm... Comparing a warning about repeated postings with locking someone up is more than a little extreme, don't you think?I gave you suggestions for getting removed from their list(s). If you post in that thread again, you will be banned. Make no mistake about that.

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Mr. Myers, after my last post, I no longer have a need for this thread and as such will unsubscribe and not post again! I have said my peace and in my eye it gave this thread finality with my last post! As being an American give you the right to disagree or agree, I do respect your choice!

I appreciate your work on the forums and it has obviously given value to this community! I have tried to not attack you personal, but if you feel I have please accept my apologies!

I wrote off this hosting company long ago and it only reopens the issue every time they send me an email! I have stated I will continue to post on their thread in a non-derogatory manner as I have always done if I get another email from them and at that point you have the choice to make whether not to ban me!

As well, thank you for everyone who participated in this thread!

Thank you all and have a good Christmas!

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Tina Golden

Dude, you need to get a clue and so do any others agreeing with your assertion that the mods delete negative comments to "protect" their income.

First, moderators do not get PAID to moderate this board. So there is no financial incentive whatsoever for any mod.

Second, if it were true, there wouldn't be a bunch of other negative comments on that same WSO, including ONE of your own. That implies that you crossed a line in your posts that caused them to be deleted.

You can cry and whine and rant about Paul and the way the board is run all you want. He's been around this forum since pretty much the beginning so I doubt very much you'll get very far. Any other mod would have done the same thing because they follow the direction of Allen, the one who owns the forum.

If you let a silly spat over posts being deleted get you this heated, I can't imagine how you've managed to survive all these years without having a stroke from all the stress.

Actually you need to get a clue lady! The fact these guys have been around for years is the exact problem!! They start thinking they can do anything they want!! That actually isn't what this thread is about, but someone ask the original problem and so I told them about the issue!! My reason for posting was not even about the posts, it was about Paul overstepping his bounds!

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14 years ago

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Actually you need to get a clue lady! The fact these guys have been around for years is the exact problem!! They start thinking they can do anything they want!! That actually isn't what this thread is about, but someone ask the original problem and so I told them about the issue!! My reason for posting was not even about the posts, it was about Paul overstepping his bounds!

Funny how much the use of exclamation marks can tell you about a poster on a forum.

As if yelling through their keyboard somehow makes sloppy thinking better.

The patterns are eerily similar, over and over again...

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14 years ago

Paul banned me once for a bit of baboonery

Don't worry he is OK. Just remember this is the Internet & its very easy to get a distorted twist on a persons personality.

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14 years ago

We all knew there was more to the story than we were hearing.

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14 years ago

Dennis,

I knew there was more to the story than we were hearing.

Based on the comments from others in that thread, he certainly has a valid complaint about the downtime issue. I asked him to give me details that would show the vendor to not be honoring his posted refund policy, if that were the case. I never got those.

Glenn insists he's still a paying customer with an active account. As I understand things, demanding a full refund of all monies paid counts as a request to also close the related account. Glenn seems to have different beliefs on that point.

He also seems to think we should close offers and ban members if things don't go well. Looking at the thread in question, I see a LOT of positive comments about the value delivered. I also see a lot of complaints. It's a very low-cost hosting service, which pretty much guarantees there'll be more downtime than an experienced person is likely to find acceptable.

You get what you pay for.

The racist comments were the end. Unlike the situation Gareth referred to earlier, there isn't any room for doubt about the nature of the phrases Glenn used. I'd have nuked anyone who directed them at another member publicly in this forum.

The specific epithets in question were directed at people of Arab or Persian descent. You can probably figure out what they were, based on that.

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Dennis,Based on the comments from others in that thread, he certainly has a valid complaint about the downtime issue. I asked him to give me details that would show the vendor to not be honoring his posted refund policy, if that were the case. I never got those.

Glenn insists he's still a paying customer with an active account. As I understand things, demanding a full refund of all monies paid counts as a request to also close the related account. Glenn seems to have different beliefs on that point.

He also seems to think we should close offers and ban members if things don't go well. Looking at the thread in question, I see a LOT of positive comments about the value delivered. I also see a lot of complaints. It's a very low-cost hosting service, which pretty much guarantees there'll be more downtime than an experienced person is likely to find acceptable.

You get what you pay for.

The racist comments were the end. Unlike the situation Gareth referred to earlier, there isn't any room for doubt about the nature of the phrases Glenn used. I'd have nuked anyone who directed them at another member publicly in this forum.

The specific epithets in question were directed at people of Arab or Persian descent. You can probably figure out what they were, based on that.

Paul

Yes, it become quite clear Mr. Myers you must not have a clue. I understand you are over worked and under paid, but I was not contacting you for any other reason to get you to stop deleting my post on their thread about stop emaining me! You kept saying I'm not a customer of theirs yet I still have an active account!!! My only intention was to get off their mailing list and my posts keep getting delete YET AGAIN!!!

Mr. Myers, open your ears!! I AM A PAYING EXISTING CUSTOMER, I"m not going to argue with you any more about that! I AM NOT SEEKING A REFUND!! THIS COMPANY HAS ALREADY PROVEN THIS ARE NOT A GOOD COMPANY AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT A REFUND!! NOT THAT HAS BEEN STATED IN THE PUBLIC VIEW YOU CAN QUIT TALKING ABOUT THAT!

I CONTACTED YOU AGAIN TO GET Y'ALL TO QUIT DELETING ME POST THAT I PLACED ON THEIR THREAD TO GET THIS COMPANY TO STOP EAMILING ME BUT YOU INSISTED ON BRING UP ISSUE OF THE PAST! THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT I'M A PAYING CUSTOMER! I STILL HAVE MY PAYMENT DETAILS!

QUIT DELETING MY POSTS, THANK YOU!!! HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS!!!

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

We all knew there was more to the story than we were hearing.

Yes, there is more to the story!!! Mr. Myers isn't telling the truth because if you reread this entire thread I specifically mentioned that I had commnts in a PERSONAL EMAIL to Mr. Myers and based on that he choose to overstep his bounds and tell me I couldn't post on the thread at atll!

THAT IS A SIMPLY ABUSE OF HIS POWERS and not duties!!

Now Mr. Myers thinks he can bully me to not contacting the admins!! WRONG AGAIN!!

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Paul Myers

14 years ago

Glenn,

Actually paul you are straight up lying! I never called anyone a racist name in the public eye!!

I said it was in private, and that I'd have nuked you if you did it publicly. So, we're in agreement on the facts, and you're calling me a liar?

In America I'm allowed to use any term I please and in a personal email to you I made mention of the term you consider racist

And, in America, the people you speak to are free to ignore you, or refuse to offer their resources in the furtherance of beliefs with which they disagree.

As far as what I consider those comments to be... Would you like me to post them here and let people tell you what they think of those terms?

YOU CHOOSE IT UPON YOURSELF to say I could not post on his thread anymore! ISN'T5 THAT RIGHT!

Yep. Already acknowledged that. Such decisions are part of the process of moderating.

ABUSING YOUR POWERS!!

Translation: "Won't let you do whatever you want, whenever you want, and wherever you want."

Now Mr. Myers thinks he can bully me to not contacting the admins!! WRONG AGAIN!!

Bullying? By telling you that others may not be as forgiving about those sorts of comments? That was a simple statement of fact.

Dude, if I wanted to "bully" you, I sure wouldn't be replying to your tirade.

Paul

PS: Private messages on the forum are not emails.

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Patchworks

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Glenn,I said it was in private, and that I'd have nuked you if you did it publicly. So, we're in agreement on the facts, and you're calling me a liar?And, in America, the people you speak to are free to ignore you, or refuse to offer their resources in the furtherance of beliefs with which they disagree.

As far as what I consider those comments to be... Would you like me to post them here and let people tell you what they think of those terms?Yep. Already acknowledged that. Such decisions are part of the process of moderating.Translation: "Won't let you do whatever you want, whenever you want, and wherever you want."Bullying? By telling you that others may not be as forgiving about those sorts of comments? That was a simple statement of fact.

Dude, if I wanted to "bully" you, I sure wouldn't be replying to your tirade.

Paul

PS: Private messages on the forum are not emails.

Your free to post the message, I could care less!! In fact you yourself dont mine referring to people as a "DUMBASS" in your own writings!! So if you can use derogatory terms, as a moderator, shouldn't we!!

WarriorForum - Internet Marketing Forums - Paul Myers

LEAD BY EXAMPLE MR. MYERS!!

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Patchworks 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Glenn,I said it was in private, and that I'd have nuked you if you did it publicly. So, we're in agreement on the facts, and you're calling me a liar?

I have updated my original post! I apologize for implying you were lying, you did state it was in a PM!!! That was my mistake for failing to see that!!
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mojojuju

14 years ago

Paul Meyers once cut in front of me in line at the grocery store checkout lane. And on top of that it was the 15 items or less lane & he had 16 items. What a jerk. I'm curious if anyone else has had this problem with him.

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Fernando Veloso

14 years ago

Still going? Do you guys plan to celebrate Christmas or what?

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BrianMcLeod

14 years ago

AND... the great martyr flameout cycle has begun.

It's like the forum version of suicide by cop.

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HeySal

14 years ago

Hmmm, running out of popcorn. Guess I'll just mosy along. Nothing much to see here except someone who would get a foot up the ass if he were my kid.

Sure am nice to know I'm not your biggest PITA after all, Paul.

As for you old rags...er...patchwork -- there are limits to power even owning a website. Certain views, when attacking another personally, can get a website owner sued for defamation of character and even libel. Do you think that your opinions are somehow worth that risk? Doesn't seem you've been any too effective at making anyone else think so. Considering that you have taken a personally offensive attitude toward anyone here that doesn't agree with you - and I am sure you will attack me as well for saying so, I can't imagine that you had anything logical to say in the posts that were deleted.

Nobody seems impressed at you crapping your pants in public. You are free to continue to do so, of course, but I wouldn't count on support for it and I would not consider this a good medium hereafter for your business propagation, if you, indeed, even have one.

Don't worry about it, though - after you get out of high school, I'm sure you'll develop a very different opinion of business conduct. Until then, you might want to hope that nobody in here decides to plague your own website or blog (if you have one) in any way shape or form that will force you to become a hypocrite. Until then....acidophiles is an excellent remedy for intestinal spasms.

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hardraysnight

14 years ago

I wish it recorded Paul Myers is one of many...well some...maybe a few...very few, perhaps very very few, possibly a couple...most likely, the only person, i respect in these forums

a couple of the poms are ok too

he earnt it

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Dennis Gaskill

14 years ago

Well, this thread certainly took a few interesting turns while I caught a few hours sleep. Here's an ironic twist...

Patchwork, you're actually send the company you have the problem with more business. After all this I had to go look for the thread in question, saw the crazy low priced hosting, and decided to buy!

I wouldn't use that hosting for my money sites, but it's plenty good enough for feeder sites even if they do have a little more down time than other hosts.

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MikeAmbrosio

14 years ago

This was probably the most entertaining thread of the week. In fact, it inspired me to change my signature (sorry Paul...)

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Paul Myers

14 years ago

Michael,

Sadly, I must point out that you're not supposed to link in your signature to sites you don't own. Even if they are mine.

Paul

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MikeAmbrosio 14 years ago

Rats. Even if it's not an affiliate link?

Eh, I tried...
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  Rats. Even if it's not an affiliate link?
  
  Eh, I tried...
  
  Even so. Alas, such is the nature of "rules."
  
  Thanks, though. Cool thought.
  
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