scottbre 0 #1 March 19, 2002 Just curious, but how far do the powers that you moderators wield go? The reason I ask is because tellmewhy has made no effort to even cover up the fact that he/she/it? has set up another account name for the sole purpose of trolling the threads anonymously. Do you have the ability to actually delete said account and username, should you deem it appropriate?"Vindictiveness aside, the matchbook was a decent doubles partner. . ." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #2 March 19, 2002 i don't think their power should go beyond thread locking. there seems to be alot going on and i can't figure out what is was because everything is deleted. i saw a thread yesterday titled 'lock this thread'. i guess i should have read it immediately instead of finishing what i was already reading. 2 minutes later it was gone. what's been going on here lately? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #3 March 19, 2002 Well the "lock this thread" thread was aggiedave trying to get a thread lock #, only he ended up getting a thread deleted # instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #4 March 19, 2002 Quotehow far do the powers that you moderators wield go?They actually have one of those big red phones on their desk that goes straight to FBI HRT. If you do something bad enough they will scramble the choppers......."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #5 March 19, 2002 Thread locking is Ok, and it visible, but in this instance I think Tellmewhy deleted his/her own threads to make the moderators look bad, or something like that......At least thats my theory....It aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,090 #6 March 19, 2002 >i don't think their power should go beyond thread locking.FYI, we were not the ones deleting the posts - that was the original poster. He was editing and deleting his posts almost as fast as he posted them to begin with. Odd.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites scottbre 0 #7 March 19, 2002 It would be an interesting experiment to give everyone moderator status for just one day and see what happens in the forums. That'll never happen but damn that would be funny to observe. Oh and I wasn't asking what abilities the moderators should have, I was asking what ones they do have. Little bit of a difference there. OH, I've said too much, this thread will probably "disappear" in the next 2 minutes. "Vindictiveness aside, the matchbook was a decent doubles partner. . ." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 20 #8 March 19, 2002 Well.. lately everyone seems to have started breaking the unwritten rules that this place has. Sangiro Deleted a few threads yesterday because people were making personal threats against each other based on their feelings on politics and stuff. The Lock this thread got caught in the crossfire as it was a joke, but basically... People started losing respect for the rules of niceness and stuff and locking or deleting the threads is a simple way to deal with that. If those people (who shall remain nameless.... for now...) don't like the play nice rules... they can Join Rec. Levin you just came in after a street brawl and are seeing the broken tables and bottles...I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend... ~3EB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #9 March 19, 2002 QuoteIt would be an interesting experiment to give everyone moderator status for just one day and see what happens in the forumsEver seen that episode of the Simpsons where they go in for familt therapy and get hooked up to the machine where they can shock each other? It would be something like that I think......."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites scottbre 0 #10 March 19, 2002 QuoteEver seen that episode of the Simpsons where they go in for familt therapy and get hooked up to the machine where they can shock each other? It would be something like that I think.......Either that, or only a small group of people would notice and figure out how to use it, before it got turned off again... "Vindictiveness aside, the matchbook was a decent doubles partner. . ." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #11 March 19, 2002 I can edit and delete individual posts on this forum. I can lock and delete entire threads on this forum. I can block an individual user name from posting anywhere on dropzone.com forums and I can also block an individual IP address from posting anywhere on dropzone.com forums. I can also see the IP address each user name is posting from on all the posts on all the forums here.Considering how much abuse I've gotten in the recent past for deleting a post or thread I've started only locking threads - and even at that I'm accused of censorship. I've never blocked a user name or IP address - I'll leave that up to HH.A reminder - this ain't no damn democracy. This is Sangiro's website; he pays the bills, he makes the rules, he's asked that certain of us help him to keep this community the way he wants it. If you don't like the rules no one is forcing you to read or post here. If you don't like the fact that these forums are moderated or how these forums are moderated you can go join the fray over at rec.skydiving. ANYTHING you post here is subject to being edited or deleted. It's happened to me; while I was unhappy that a thread I started in the G&R forum was deleted I understood that the moderator had the final say and he felt it was not appropriate for that forum. Did I agree with him? No. Did that matter? No.pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhino 0 #12 March 19, 2002 God Lisa.. If I was a chick you would have just made my nipples hard!!Motivating!!Semper Fi !!!!!http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,090 #13 March 19, 2002 Also, it's important to point out what really goes on with moderators.Most posters may have this idea that we're just sitting in our respective offices, trying to get our normal work done, reading threads when we can, emailing each other occasionally with a "check this thread out!" and (rarely) locking posts.The reality is, of course, quite different. None of us moderators work - how would we have time? Lisa's clever facade of working for Square One is just a cover for her true job. To prove this to yourself, stop by Perris and look in Square One any day of the week. You'll see Brenda, Frank, maybe Blue, but no Lisa! (Sorry, Lisa, but my conscience demands I tell the truth.)In reality we all sit deep underground in a secret command center. We all sit around this big round table with screens in front of us that allow us to monitor this board, rec.skydiving, dropzones all over the US through hidden cameras, even USPA board meetings. We are forever forging clever deals with DZO's, supervillians and freeflyers to cause trouble in skydiving. Michael Hawkes? We planted him in Vegas. That incredibly long ISP? Alan did that one. The tiny landing area in the Ranch? I keep buying up land around it and refusing to cut down the trees. Dust devils in Perris? Lisa has control of the secret dust devil generators we have buried out there. And, of course, we have the cloud generators near Monterey and the massive heaters under Eloy.All in all, it's not too bad a life. We used to have two evil clones somewhere down here who were always good for a laugh. We still have one, but he's not too good with computers, so he spends most of his time watching TV in the secret breakroom. We also, of course, have a huge throne for Sangiro, with a big red button on the armrest. We're not quite sure what that does, and so far we've been afraid to push it. When he's actually sitting in it we're all too busy quaking with terror to actually ask him. (Not that we don't appreciate him - he does a great job of keeping Batman and various government agencies off our backs.)We have a dungeon off to one side, and although Lisa keeps looking at it enviously, we haven't had anyone to throw in it yet. We used to have a really cool escape pod, but the other evil clone was fooling around in there one day, and he managed to launch it. We never heard from him again.Anyway, just wanted to clear that up.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Levin 0 #14 March 19, 2002 QuoteLevin you just came in after a street brawl and are seeing the broken tables and bottles...damnguess i should have been reading what all was going on instead of framing ann for 3 boobies.then again, she did show em Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #15 March 19, 2002 ROFLMLAOVisions of Dr Strangelove....Just got coffee all over my desk.....CyaDIt aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #16 March 19, 2002 damn bill, that is the funniest thing I have read in a long, long time.......ROFLMAO SkyDekker"We cannot do great things, only small things with great love" Mother Theresa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #17 March 19, 2002 *Glances over at Bill with the evil eye*Oh you're in trouble now Bill... I hear HH coming down the hall... he's shaking the dungeon keys too....I gotta go!pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diverdriver 6 #18 March 19, 2002 Rolling On the Floor, Laughing My Fucking Ass Off just doesn't describe how funny that truly is! Oh, I have to catch my breath........gimme a minute.............BWAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAAA!!!!!!Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hottamaly 1 #19 March 19, 2002 ROFLMAOOh my, here here to what bill said. (Our true salvation)Bill Von for President............SKYDIVING GAVE ME A REASON TO LIVE.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ChromeBoy 0 #20 March 19, 2002 Bill / Lisa,Does Sangiro have a mini me? Is there a big fat guy who trys to eat mini me singing I want my baby back, baby back, baby back? Do you wear a patch on your eye Bill? Is your hideout known as your secret underground "layer"? Am I getting warm?My moderator function allows me to hit on Lisa all day! "Psycho Monkey" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhino 0 #21 March 19, 2002 LMFAO!!!!Semper Fi !!!!!http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nacmacfeegle 0 #22 March 19, 2002 Hey Bill, the big red button is for zapping moderators who let the truth be known......Run, run away now while you still have a chance.....[giggles in the midle of a very serious office]DIt aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Slappie 9 #23 March 19, 2002 Ok I can believe all of this post except the following..QuoteDust devils in Perris? Lisa has control of the secret dust devil generators we have buried out there. That's just crazy! No one can control the weather sheeeeesh...My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhino 0 #24 March 19, 2002 Haven't you seen the Mummy!! God man!! cmmon!! lolSemper Fi !!!!!http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #25 March 19, 2002 QuoteNo one can control the weather sheeeeesh...You seem to have forgotten those nasty super high winds that were forecast for the California dz.com record weekend. Remember? They didn't happen, did they? Nuff said.pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Page 1 of 4 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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freeflir29 0 #4 March 19, 2002 Quotehow far do the powers that you moderators wield go?They actually have one of those big red phones on their desk that goes straight to FBI HRT. If you do something bad enough they will scramble the choppers......."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #5 March 19, 2002 Thread locking is Ok, and it visible, but in this instance I think Tellmewhy deleted his/her own threads to make the moderators look bad, or something like that......At least thats my theory....It aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,090 #6 March 19, 2002 >i don't think their power should go beyond thread locking.FYI, we were not the ones deleting the posts - that was the original poster. He was editing and deleting his posts almost as fast as he posted them to begin with. Odd.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #7 March 19, 2002 It would be an interesting experiment to give everyone moderator status for just one day and see what happens in the forums. That'll never happen but damn that would be funny to observe. Oh and I wasn't asking what abilities the moderators should have, I was asking what ones they do have. Little bit of a difference there. OH, I've said too much, this thread will probably "disappear" in the next 2 minutes. "Vindictiveness aside, the matchbook was a decent doubles partner. . ." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #8 March 19, 2002 Well.. lately everyone seems to have started breaking the unwritten rules that this place has. Sangiro Deleted a few threads yesterday because people were making personal threats against each other based on their feelings on politics and stuff. The Lock this thread got caught in the crossfire as it was a joke, but basically... People started losing respect for the rules of niceness and stuff and locking or deleting the threads is a simple way to deal with that. If those people (who shall remain nameless.... for now...) don't like the play nice rules... they can Join Rec. Levin you just came in after a street brawl and are seeing the broken tables and bottles...I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend... ~3EB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #9 March 19, 2002 QuoteIt would be an interesting experiment to give everyone moderator status for just one day and see what happens in the forumsEver seen that episode of the Simpsons where they go in for familt therapy and get hooked up to the machine where they can shock each other? It would be something like that I think......."I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #10 March 19, 2002 QuoteEver seen that episode of the Simpsons where they go in for familt therapy and get hooked up to the machine where they can shock each other? It would be something like that I think.......Either that, or only a small group of people would notice and figure out how to use it, before it got turned off again... "Vindictiveness aside, the matchbook was a decent doubles partner. . ." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #11 March 19, 2002 I can edit and delete individual posts on this forum. I can lock and delete entire threads on this forum. I can block an individual user name from posting anywhere on dropzone.com forums and I can also block an individual IP address from posting anywhere on dropzone.com forums. I can also see the IP address each user name is posting from on all the posts on all the forums here.Considering how much abuse I've gotten in the recent past for deleting a post or thread I've started only locking threads - and even at that I'm accused of censorship. I've never blocked a user name or IP address - I'll leave that up to HH.A reminder - this ain't no damn democracy. This is Sangiro's website; he pays the bills, he makes the rules, he's asked that certain of us help him to keep this community the way he wants it. If you don't like the rules no one is forcing you to read or post here. If you don't like the fact that these forums are moderated or how these forums are moderated you can go join the fray over at rec.skydiving. ANYTHING you post here is subject to being edited or deleted. It's happened to me; while I was unhappy that a thread I started in the G&R forum was deleted I understood that the moderator had the final say and he felt it was not appropriate for that forum. Did I agree with him? No. Did that matter? No.pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #12 March 19, 2002 God Lisa.. If I was a chick you would have just made my nipples hard!!Motivating!!Semper Fi !!!!!http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,090 #13 March 19, 2002 Also, it's important to point out what really goes on with moderators.Most posters may have this idea that we're just sitting in our respective offices, trying to get our normal work done, reading threads when we can, emailing each other occasionally with a "check this thread out!" and (rarely) locking posts.The reality is, of course, quite different. None of us moderators work - how would we have time? Lisa's clever facade of working for Square One is just a cover for her true job. To prove this to yourself, stop by Perris and look in Square One any day of the week. You'll see Brenda, Frank, maybe Blue, but no Lisa! (Sorry, Lisa, but my conscience demands I tell the truth.)In reality we all sit deep underground in a secret command center. We all sit around this big round table with screens in front of us that allow us to monitor this board, rec.skydiving, dropzones all over the US through hidden cameras, even USPA board meetings. We are forever forging clever deals with DZO's, supervillians and freeflyers to cause trouble in skydiving. Michael Hawkes? We planted him in Vegas. That incredibly long ISP? Alan did that one. The tiny landing area in the Ranch? I keep buying up land around it and refusing to cut down the trees. Dust devils in Perris? Lisa has control of the secret dust devil generators we have buried out there. And, of course, we have the cloud generators near Monterey and the massive heaters under Eloy.All in all, it's not too bad a life. We used to have two evil clones somewhere down here who were always good for a laugh. We still have one, but he's not too good with computers, so he spends most of his time watching TV in the secret breakroom. We also, of course, have a huge throne for Sangiro, with a big red button on the armrest. We're not quite sure what that does, and so far we've been afraid to push it. When he's actually sitting in it we're all too busy quaking with terror to actually ask him. (Not that we don't appreciate him - he does a great job of keeping Batman and various government agencies off our backs.)We have a dungeon off to one side, and although Lisa keeps looking at it enviously, we haven't had anyone to throw in it yet. We used to have a really cool escape pod, but the other evil clone was fooling around in there one day, and he managed to launch it. We never heard from him again.Anyway, just wanted to clear that up.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #14 March 19, 2002 QuoteLevin you just came in after a street brawl and are seeing the broken tables and bottles...damnguess i should have been reading what all was going on instead of framing ann for 3 boobies.then again, she did show em Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #15 March 19, 2002 ROFLMLAOVisions of Dr Strangelove....Just got coffee all over my desk.....CyaDIt aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #16 March 19, 2002 damn bill, that is the funniest thing I have read in a long, long time.......ROFLMAO SkyDekker"We cannot do great things, only small things with great love" Mother Theresa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #17 March 19, 2002 *Glances over at Bill with the evil eye*Oh you're in trouble now Bill... I hear HH coming down the hall... he's shaking the dungeon keys too....I gotta go!pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 6 #18 March 19, 2002 Rolling On the Floor, Laughing My Fucking Ass Off just doesn't describe how funny that truly is! Oh, I have to catch my breath........gimme a minute.............BWAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAAA!!!!!!Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #19 March 19, 2002 ROFLMAOOh my, here here to what bill said. (Our true salvation)Bill Von for President............SKYDIVING GAVE ME A REASON TO LIVE.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #20 March 19, 2002 Bill / Lisa,Does Sangiro have a mini me? Is there a big fat guy who trys to eat mini me singing I want my baby back, baby back, baby back? Do you wear a patch on your eye Bill? Is your hideout known as your secret underground "layer"? Am I getting warm?My moderator function allows me to hit on Lisa all day! "Psycho Monkey" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #21 March 19, 2002 LMFAO!!!!Semper Fi !!!!!http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #22 March 19, 2002 Hey Bill, the big red button is for zapping moderators who let the truth be known......Run, run away now while you still have a chance.....[giggles in the midle of a very serious office]DIt aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #23 March 19, 2002 Ok I can believe all of this post except the following..QuoteDust devils in Perris? Lisa has control of the secret dust devil generators we have buried out there. That's just crazy! No one can control the weather sheeeeesh...My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #24 March 19, 2002 Haven't you seen the Mummy!! God man!! cmmon!! lolSemper Fi !!!!!http://www.aahit.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #25 March 19, 2002 QuoteNo one can control the weather sheeeeesh...You seem to have forgotten those nasty super high winds that were forecast for the California dz.com record weekend. Remember? They didn't happen, did they? Nuff said.pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
