I may be a red-stater politically, but when it comes to boards, I'm still blue.
E.G.: http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=5491
E.G.: http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?t=5491
Toby said:I am so tired of the whole thing. It's been like this for the two and a half years I've been involved, and probably longer. Internet immediacy has brought out a whole crop of people with psychological ills that were expressed differently before....
Except now it has spread to the software support and never again forums. What a train wreck.Anthony said:Very well put Toby. This medium requires a little bit of self disciplince if you are an individual that has "issues".
Regarding the Red Board. Typically, if you stay out of "Soapbox" it is fine. I'm not ready to give up on it yet.
Ken Ibold said:Except now it has spread to the software support and never again forums. What a train wreck.
gkainz said:a friend told me golf is not stressful if you never keep score - he may have something there!
Thank you.grattonja said:To bring the message here back within the rules though...
Anthony said:Very well put Toby. This medium requires a little bit of self disciplince if you are an individual that has "issues".
Regarding the Red Board. Typically, if you stay out of "Soapbox" it is fine. I'm not ready to give up on it yet.
Greebo said:Thank you.
The administrative struggles with some disruptive elements of the internet plaguing our neighbors are a real problem and I wish their management the best in dealing with them.
That forum still provides an extremely valuable function for new pilots - and it would be a terrible shame if it were shut down because of the current rash of behavior issues of a very few.
Golf is low stress when you are keeping score IF you bring the right club with you (an ERASER WEDGE)gkainz said:Altho, a friend told me golf is not stressful if you never keep score - he may have something there!
Just remember that everyone starts here with a clean slate. We don't do baggage transfers between airlines here.smigaldi said:Chuck,
I just hope he does not figure out about this board.
Rules? Did I overstep some rule I wasn't aware of?grattonja said:To bring the message here back within the rules though...
Not that I recall... do tell!Greebo said:Did I ever tell you folks about the guy I tracked down at work and reported to his CIO for abuse of company property?
gkainz said:I worked at a "sensitive" place and the security guys were just a hoot! When they detected a network intrusion, they would bust into the IT Director's office as excited as a springer spaniel on opening morning of pheasant season...
"I got one! I got one! He's on-line RIGHT NOW! Can I kill him? Please? Please? Please? C'mon! Let me kill him! I can smoke his system in 30 seconds!!!! Please? Please? Please?"
The Director would have to calm him down and tell him "Sorry, no you can't. Just send him the standard warning and boot him out. You MAY NOT ATTACK HIS SYSTEM! Got it?" Poor guys - frustrated and no place to vent!
understood. My main concern is that he has bragged that he has been kicked off of several boards and enjoys being the board trouble maker. This is your board, your rules. I have no porblem with that or your decisions.Greebo said:Just remember that everyone starts here with a clean slate. We don't do baggage transfers between airlines here.
How do you know its problem user doing the trolling over there?smigaldi said:BTW I did just get an attempt by a suspected problem user to become a member of a board that I run.
He has been searching the Internet for stuff about me and has posted some of it on the red board. Since I post under my real name and it is a rare name, it is not hard to find things I run or have published. He tried to gain admittance to a message board for scuba instruction that I run using his email address.Anthony said:How do you know its _____ doing the trolling over there?
You're right Ken, train wreck is a good description.
Indeed! Nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done - especially when it includes a little well-deserved payback.Greebo said:Satisfaction levels abounded that day.
Greebo said:Not per se greg - we have a standing request not to get into a "competitive" mode with other aviation forums. Its not a hard and fast rule, its simply a general courtesy consideration we ask people to make.
Ok, so the story is that I was running one of three very popular fan-forums for a major online game, and so banning decisions ultimately fell to me for this site.
Someone tried the usual routes to get around the ban and then, frustrated, tried to sign me up for about 20 different spam mail lists. (Illegal harassment) Most of them were kind enough to email me for confirmation and more than one included the IP address of the originating request.
A little file searching later, I had the Company Headquarters name and was on the line with the CIO (reporting that a companys sytems are being used for illegal activity gets their attention). A little work on HIS side and he knew who it was that was visiting our site.
He didn't get fired, but he did get called on the carpet. I was later told that his reaction at getting caught was VERY shocked indeed.
Satisfaction levels abounded that day.
Greebo said:Not per se greg - we have a standing request not to get into a "competitive" mode with other aviation forums. Its not a hard and fast rule, its simply a general courtesy consideration we ask people to make.
Ok, so the story is that I was running one of three very popular fan-forums for a major online game, and so banning decisions ultimately fell to me for this site.
Someone tried the usual routes to get around the ban and then, frustrated, tried to sign me up for about 20 different spam mail lists. (Illegal harassment) Most of them were kind enough to email me for confirmation and more than one included the IP address of the originating request.
A little file searching later, I had the Company Headquarters name and was on the line with the CIO (reporting that a companys sytems are being used for illegal activity gets their attention). A little work on HIS side and he knew who it was that was visiting our site.
He didn't get fired, but he did get called on the carpet. I was later told that his reaction at getting caught was VERY shocked indeed.
Satisfaction levels abounded that day.
mmilano said:wow . .