mechmouse: That's when we bring out the human sacrifice, that's why you're holding the short straw remember?

kohlrak: I'm worried about his access level, in regards to solving this. Does he have access to put a hook on the downvotes so he can see who does it? Does he have the tools to see where the downvoting takes place (assuming it happens on an old post).

I'll say this openly right now. Since it was wild, wild west, here, i started downvoting every post i saw by the user i was pretty sure was downvoting all of my posts. Since the new mod is here, and presumably is looking into the issue, i have no reason to be shooting at someone(s) who was (were) shooting at me from a dark place while i was out in the open. I'll let the moderator handle it from here. The bullseye's now painted on him instead of me, for the time being. Instead, if he wants help, i'll help in any way I can, but my lack of context renders my programming talent useless in helping him shy of giving him vague advice that, unless he is a coder and has access to the code of the site, would make absolutely no sense to him. That, too, is a shame.

I have plenty of other concerns for him, but given the escalation, i think it'd be wiser to hold off on what they are until this forum poising is done, since, frankly, it seems that people who want to use the new mod are trying to snuggle up to the new mod. I would invite him to ignore all emotion present in private chats, as it is inherently biased in the face of someone else who's not using the chat to show their emotion (in other words, investigate posts of "bullying" without taking into consideration the things said in the chat other than what the post and charge is, not how the person feels about it in the moment). I do, however, expect that this moderator has enough experience to already know that, though.

viperfdl: How about a pineapple?
:D

mike_cesara: The truth is, you were overdramatizing a bit by the time the story began.. You were and you are part of the community, even if some won't agree with my statement. No hard feelings anyway, everybody's getting excited here occasionally ; )
mike_cesara: Nah, nothing to worry about. Since Linko90 survived his very first day with us, perhaps he will find the time to get to the bottom of this mess.
Otherwise we're doomed ; )

tinyE: If there is going to be an "Ignore/Block, which I'm totally fine with, I only ask for one caveat: the person being blocked/ignored be told.

I don't want to spend and hour in here waiting for a reply from someone who never saw my post in the first place. :D

kohlrak: That'd be your own dumb fault. Meanwhile, telling only adds fuel to the flames, and may even prompt them to make an alt just to harass you for blocking them. People are actually trying to sue Trump for blocking them on twitter, no joke.

mike_cesara: Lets be honest, the forum software is near to impossible to be fixed anyway, we need a completely new one..

kohlrak: That'd be your own dumb fault. Meanwhile, telling only adds fuel to the flames, and may even prompt them to make an alt just to harass you for blocking them. People are actually trying to sue Trump for blocking them on twitter, no joke.

Maighstir: that account is a public forum and as such anyone should be allowed to speak there

Maighstir: A block on twitter is different from an ignore (or mute, as it's called there). Since Trump is a USA government official and uses his personal Twitter account in an official capacity (rather than just for personal stuff, as many others do), that account is a public forum and as such anyone should be allowed to speak there (and thus being heard by others) and listen/read what the president says, blocking prohibits both these.

That does not mean he is required to listen, however, and as such he should instead use the ignore function so that he doesn't have to read said persons' messages.

The above is my interpretation of a video by Leonard French, who regularly read and talk about through various court cases - mainly regarding copyright as he's a copyright attorney.

Tauto: Just stating the truth and should I join Tommy for speaking up? I'm sure if some in here had the power then in the clink I would go.

mike_cesara: Tauto, you weren't the only one affected! In fact, many of use were, myself including. Sadly some took advantage of this and started doing the same. You chose some strange way to express your feelings and for some reason following this path to this day. Well, in a some way your account is the perfect example how things went out of hands here..