The ATS Issues Thread, page 74

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[edit on 19/1/2009 by budski]

reply to post by stanislas

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I'm using Chrome right now and that doesn't happen to me. Do you have any additional plugins/ other with it you are using?

reply to post by ATruGod

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I get the sarcasm thing. And as I'm sure you know, it's never appropriate to insult another member. I'm going to assume your issue is with this thread. It's apparent things got a bit out of hand in there, as it frequently will in an emotionally charged topic where there are strong opinions on both sides.

In this case, there was plenty of invective coming from both sides of this topic. You were certainly not completely innocent of slinging some heat. When you respond in kind (rather than alerting or ignoring - or both), it serves only to take a thread further afield. By the time a moderator became aware of the situation, there were three options - go back and micro edit each offending post to remove the violations and leave the salient points (laborious and inexact at best), delete out the offending posts completely (rendering the thread an incoherent mess), or post an in-thread notice to cool down and proceed on topic and in a T&C compliant fashion.

These are from you in the thread and are examples of inappropriate responding in-kind:

First off you have no idea how retarded you look refering to me as a LEO or agent thereof.

Ok so I guess I'll stoop to your level. If your going to use a word like Seizure shouldnt you be able to at least start with the correct letter...see how dumb that was? Yeah you looked that dumb too.

Can you enlighten us with what it would take in your feeble mind to end the violence?

The decision was made to use the third option. It's not an exact science, and we're not perfect. We try to err on the side of not taking a punitive action, but that option goes away especially after a warning in-thread has been posted.

Bottom line, someone else violating a policy is not license to do likewise and in fact, when you do that you damage your case in asking for specific assistance. Assistance will come, but it may not be what you'd prefer. Alert and be patient is the way to go.

I hope that makes sense, and if need be, you can always submit a complaint/suggestion via the Member Center to be reviewed by all staff if you require further information about this specific situation.

Thanks. [no sarcasm intended]





[edit on 1/20/2009 by yeahright]

reply to post by yeahright

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Thanks for responding, and I do understand the position of ATS but...this guy had been on ATS for less than 2 weeks, he called me a Traitor more than once along with another member. He stooped to correcting my grammar and he derailed the thread.

Yes the 2 quotes you posted from me were stooping to his level, but come on I'm not actually allowed to defend myself, especially after reporting everyone of his out of line posts and he continues on.

Its not as if I haven't seen happen before on ATS.

But its ok I guess ATS isn't the place for me to post. I don't appreciate being insulted for my opinion (and this isn't the first time). PEACE!!

BTW: You realize that by allowing his comments to remain, about me being a Traitor and the other member who was insulted, it shows the hypocricy of that specific T&C and shows that indeed it will be allowed on ATS!!



[edit on 21-1-2009 by ATruGod]

reply to post by CeltAngel

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Thanks for your reply. I have not installed any plugins. Maybe I have a virus or something? I would appreciate any help. My apologies if this is not coming from ATS.

Here is an example of my problem...

This is looking at the history... the longer I take to read the more page x's I get.

reply to post by Majorion

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Sometimes admin U2Us get stuck that way.
Try deleting those first.

reply to post by Majorion

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That happens when someone sends you a u2u and they have the wrong capitalization of your user name. It happens to me when someone types in "Intrepid", not "intrepid". You can delete or save the u2u and all is well.