I went to a secret location for 2 days, so that's why I've been absent.
Anyway, I can't say I'm happy with some of the stuff I saw on this forum when I came back.
Please recall that, prior to even putting this site up, I stated that I didn't want it to become a cespool of trolling, nor do I want any individual members dominating the site.
When I said this, I didn't just mean I didn't want trolling of me. I meant I didn't want the forum to become centered around trolling.
So far there is only one user banned from this site, and it's someone I planned to keep out from the start. I really don't like banning people, and I always felt that forums are best when you let everyone speak, even the unpopular/disliked people. However, I will have to lay down bans/suspensions if we continue to have some of the same garbage I've been seeing here.
In general, here is what I
don't want to see here:
1) People starting threads strictly to fight with someone, unless something noteworthy has really occurred. For example, I don't want to see a thread entitled, "John Smith, why are you such a fucking douchebag?" However, if the thread is something like, "John Smith, I heard you got kicked out of Bellagio for being drunk and obnoxious", that would be fine to post here (provided that you're not just making it up.)
2) Responding to someone in a thread and bashing them just because you don't like them. For example, if I start a thread about Full Tilt, and Mike Jones posts, "Boy it really sucks that it's almost been a year and we're no closer to seeing our money than the day of Black Friday", I don't want to see someone else posting, "Mike, you fucking broke POS, stop pretending you have money on Full Tilt when we know your balance is like $0.31." Basically, I want people to feel safe to comment on things here without every troll that dislikes them finding a reason to slam them for adding to the conversation. Only bash people when they say something legitimately stupid or offensive, not just because you see their name in a thread.
3) Finding excuses to troll as many people as possible. Don't just start up with people because they appear to be new/unknown and you feel like picking on someone. At the same time, I really don't want to see threads from new people bitching about the DD crowd. I want this place to be a mixture of DD veterans and new posters (or former DD lurkers).
Thank you for your cooperation. I am not looking to censor things or ban people. I just want tihs forum to be readable and enjoyable, and not just the playground of 3 or 4 people who enjoy fighting.