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ROFLMGAO... (Original Post) SidDithers May 2014 OP
IBTL EvolveOrConvolve May 2014 #1
Amazing what gets locked, and what gets left....nt SidDithers May 2014 #2
Isn't it! Whisp May 2014 #5
Yep EvolveOrConvolve May 2014 #6
Do you know how annoying it is to write up a smackdown, complete with an excerpt and a link, winter is coming May 2014 #3
I feel your pain... SidDithers May 2014 #4
Assuredly, having done it several times myself. nt Hekate May 2014 #8
This post is also just as out of line as the other... IMO. Agschmid May 2014 #7
So alert on it...nt SidDithers May 2014 #10
No, I'll just make my point heard right here out in the open. Agschmid May 2014 #11
You were making a point?... SidDithers May 2014 #20
Yes. Agschmid May 2014 #23
Mine got locked! Thanks! William769 May 2014 #9
It's your winning personality. winter is coming May 2014 #12
I do have that. William769 May 2014 #13
Now it's unlocked. i guess the Fearless ones couldn't make up their minds. hobbit709 May 2014 #14
Please don't do that. GD Host here, who does this to give back to the community. ScreamingMeemie May 2014 #18
Sorry, Meemie. It's no fun trying to be the hero when you get the stick for others' behavior. n/t winter is coming May 2014 #22
I find it hard to believe, given the speed of the lock... SidDithers May 2014 #16
There wasn't. William769 May 2014 #17
Maybe Elad's testing new software that autolocks all your OPs. winter is coming May 2014 #19
Hosting is a tough gig... SidDithers May 2014 #27
That is a challenge--I call it "editorializing" and while most hosts do NOT do it, it only takes MADem May 2014 #32
In the interest of transparency, after the lock, I asked the host to unlock it so that ScreamingMeemie May 2014 #21
Kudos... SidDithers May 2014 #29
I must be missing important context here. NuclearDem May 2014 #15
I think it boils down to this: Sometimes, at the end of the day, people just really need a nap. ScreamingMeemie May 2014 #25
Does this have something to do with the host thread that got hidden? NuclearDem May 2014 #26
Yes ScreamingMeemie May 2014 #28
DUzy! winter is coming May 2014 #31
this post makes no sense to me.... chillfactor May 2014 #24
You got me itsrobert May 2014 #30

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
3. Do you know how annoying it is to write up a smackdown, complete with an excerpt and a link,
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:11 PM
May 2014

only to learn the friggin' thread's been locked while you were writing?

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
23. Yes.
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:24 PM
May 2014

Here I'll just remind you of what it is...

Your OP is crap, in my opinion. It is shit stirring and serves no point.

Yes I said it, and to any jury who might happen to have to decide on my post, I'll take the hide, even though it's undeserved. Hopefully that spells out my point for you a bit more concisely.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
12. It's your winning personality.
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:17 PM
May 2014


I'm kind of surprised this hasn't been locked yet. I figured it would happen just as I tried to post my complaint about threads getting locked just as you make a post...

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
18. Please don't do that. GD Host here, who does this to give back to the community.
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:20 PM
May 2014

It's not fun, especially lately, and I don't appreciate your snark. I actually requested the locking host unlock it and alert on it because hosts should not be unilaterally locking stuff. Thanks.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
16. I find it hard to believe, given the speed of the lock...
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:19 PM
May 2014

that there was any discussion in the Host Forum before your thread was locked.

Sid

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
27. Hosting is a tough gig...
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:26 PM
May 2014

made all the more difficult by Hosts who selectively enforce the SOP, and the "veto" power that can be exercised by a Host that prevents a thread from being locked.

IMO, alerting for SOP, especially in GD, is almost a complete waste of time.



Sid

MADem

(135,425 posts)
32. That is a challenge--I call it "editorializing" and while most hosts do NOT do it, it only takes
Thu May 15, 2014, 01:56 AM
May 2014

one or two who will do it, and who dig down and refuse to concede to the will of the majority because of a personal bias, to make people distrust the process.

On many occasions when I was hosting forums I voted to leave stuff that I personally disliked, or voted to hide stuff I thought was just great, because I did what a host was supposed to do and weighed the posts against the doggone SOP, not against my personal desires.

When people who are hosting don't do that, it does affect the faith the community has in the host system.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
21. In the interest of transparency, after the lock, I asked the host to unlock it so that
Wed May 14, 2014, 11:22 PM
May 2014

we could have a proper vote.

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