Re: A86: Re: Re: Re: freeservers web space [ot]


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Re: A86: Re: Re: Re: freeservers web space [ot]




Actually, Isaac owns the domain, AFAIK.

But yes, I agree with you, of course. :)  None of my comments included
swearing or distasteful language.  None of my comments included personal
attacks against any staff member.  For example, someone recently posted a
comment on the Rogue Runner news item asking why it was posted so long after
the game was released, about 4 days actually.  I replied to this comment
saying that perhaps ticalc.org didn't know about the game until 4 days
later.  My comment was deleted, but the original was not.  So I replied
again and it was again deleted.  I posted my comment about 3 more times
before the entire thread was deleted.  This is puzzling to me, because it
seems that the original comment also violated the guidelines of not
questioning the relavalancy (sp?) of any news item, yet it was kept while my
comment was deleted.  Then only days later did they delete the whole thread.
It seems like ticalc.org is biased... but we knew that.

Anyway, yes - I fully agree ticalc.org is taking this way too far.  Where
any of my posts "abusive" enough that it warrants taking away my posting
rights FOREVER?  Am I that much of a thread to the "ticalc.org democracy"
AKA communism that I must be banned for life?

It also seems they are spending much more time moderating the comment
boards, chatting on IRC, and working on a new site called dotcomma.org
instead of making ticalc.org great.  Three staffers - Nick, Eric, and Corey,
to my knowledge, are all involved in this site.  Now some people have been
reporting a delay of 1 to 3 weeks for their submitted programs to be posted
on ticalc.org.  What's the deal here?  Why are these guys making a new
website when they can't even handle the one they have now?

--
Bryan Rabeler
rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/~rabelerb/

"I personally guarantee that there will be no 'censorship' of what he [Bryan
Rabeler] writes (as long as he keepts to the rules about such things as
language used)." - Magnus Hagander, 5 March 1999


----- Original Message -----
From: <TGaArdvark@aol.com>
To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: A86: Re: Re: Re: freeservers web space [ot]


>
> > To mention another, tragic flaw in the nature of ticalc.org - they have
just
> > revoked my comment posting privileges and voting privileges
indefinitely,
> > and they won't even tell me why.  The simply, as always, cite the word
> > "abuse" as the problem.  I really don't get this, I haven't posted a
comment
> > in a couple days now... oh well.
>
> Everyone, I think this is a bit over the line.  You don't revoke
> someone's ability to speak just because you don't like them
> or the views they wish to express.  Even if you have the
> ability, it's just not right.  Everyone here knows that.  We all
> know that, though Bryan's posts can easily cause dissention,
> they are never crude, unruly, un called-for, and they always
> have a purpose.  Ticalc.org has no legitimate reason for this
> action.  I think this has been taken much farther than far
> enough.  Ticalc.org has become worse than ti.com in
> regards to responding to our opinions.  Some of the staff
> members need to stop doing whatever they please (and in
> doing so, destroing what so many of us, especially Bryan
> Rabeler, have worked to create) and start giving to the
> community again.  Either that or get out and let someone
> else who does want to help in instead.
>
> I might suggest a public insurrection, just scrapping the
> old owners (who don't wish to cooperate) and starting a
> new ticalc.org, but we already know this would be useless
> without the domain.  And we can't have the domain without
> Magnus.  And Magnus is dead, so we're screwed.  The
> High Council will always have total authority over the
> most popular calculator site.
>
> Man, this posting made me sound almost like a newbie.
> Going over all this stuff again as if it hasn't been gone over
> a million times prior....
>
>



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