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Heavy-moderation is doing more harm than good and will continue to drive people away. That's actually a good lesson for us here at CA to remember.

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I don't think that's anything relevant to here... the team of 11 are the only mods and I'm pretty confident that they know what they are doing. Hell... more posts at poof have been closed/deleted in the last month than in the prior year and a half the 11 were running the show over there.

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Well, I've decided to only go to that site on days when I'm wearing a brown shirt.
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I don't own a brown shirt.

Exactly. The owners here are whats called "smart".

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WOW!!!
Ran off to see my favorite band, The Eagles, and I can't believe all that took place in between.

Dave and Tom banned.
I wonder if my access still works but won't dare go there.
Erased the link.

Hey, I got 4 points for posting a thread "No Drama/No Bashing" and it only contained freaking crickets.:r:r:r

After my response to the PM, can't imagine me being able to log back on at all.

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No worries. We have never really been heavy handed with moderating boards (unless we banned you before LOL). :r

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Not banned, but had their password scrambled (also their emails changed so they can't reset the passwords, then lied to about it)... easily one of the most cowardly things I have seen done on cigar boards. Seriously, if you're going to ban someone, why not just be a man and ban them?

This speaks volumes of the new regime over there.

Again, things like this never happened under the 11 (and I'd feel safe saying they never would).

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He thought that the good lord said train so jc was trying to turn a profit selling bus tickets.:fl

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Smart? Nah... well maybe the other 10. The pertinent difference is that we are products of the culture, got mentored by those that came before us, served as volunteers to something we loved, and have those burdens to balance against the desires we all get as humans to lash out when things get dicey. Probably the most important distinction is.. we came for the cigars, stayed for the friendships.

What we are seeing there is pretty straightforward. The reason for rules is to strike a balance between individual freedom of speech and the greater good of the community. When it's a community with reasonable rules designed to serve the community, that everyone can understand, if not agree with, the implementation and enforcement of the rules is mostly done by the members of the community. When it's a one man for profit show and the rules become fluid, there is no firm footing or moral ground to stand on and you end up with a business vs a community. Puffer fish? How about Customers?

As is on display in this situation, no one owns this community. The URL that houses it is of minor importance and as you all have demonstrated, is easily replaced for a pittance financially if those who serve it administratively get to full of them(our)selves.

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For some reason, I see little Jonnie Capoots running around sticking his thumb in the leak and trying in a panic to patch the next one that is springing up next to it, all the while telling his admiring wife that he has it under control.:r

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Does khaki count?:ss

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I would hate to think that anybody would write jc's advertisers and advise them on how well their advertising dollars are being spent.:ss

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I know one of those advertisers personally.
He has been warned.

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Now if we can just warn the other 4308274 advertisers he has paying for the site. :hm

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Don't tell the cheese guys... I'm waiting for some good deals :rolleyes:

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You live in Cheeseland, you should be able to get it for cost.
:rolleyes:

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:r:r:r:r the cheese guys, that's great!

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Ah, heck: "You have been banned for the following reason: drama

Date the ban will be lifted: Never"

Probably because I dinged joncaputo's RG for one of his less-than-friendly posts . . .

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No worries, I am guessing RG will be reset within the next few weeks.

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Well apparently anything anybody does that goes against the past/present/future feelings, thoughts, ideas, plans of Jon Caputo gets filed away as drama and will likely result in you being banned.

HOWEVER, if you would like to stay..... all you must do is kiss his ass in a few threads and express your support for him publicly...heck, maybe you can even become a future mod if you ass kiss enough

Stay classy

http://www.hereinreality.com/funnyst.../brownnose.jpg

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I would not be surprised if I get banned for posts made here.

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:confused: :confused: :confused:

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Is that Dick, Jim?

Because Dick Knows. :)

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:r:r:r

Those methods seem so reminiscent of 1959 in Cuba.:D

I just wonder how many new posts there will be if everyone is banned at the rate they are going.

My curiosity makes me wonder if I got banned after my PM response to that new mod after receiving my four points for posting crickets.

Someone let me know.

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Has happened Peter.
One member asked for it, he go it.

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By little Caesar jc. Sorry for the confusion.

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Ring Gauge? I don't think anyone looks at that anymore over there all the cool kids are gone.

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I was :confused: by your post.

I thought you meant you would be banned from here for posts made here.
Upon reflection, I see you meant banned from pvff for posts made at CA.

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oh if anything people care even more.... should see how some react to a ding.... like the loss of RG marks the end of the world.

Post count and RG are ALL that matters.... duhhhh!

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Oh I would not be surprised that if Jon doesn't do enough reading here himself that he has little ass kissing minions who report back to him about stuff said both here and there. Maybe Jon even throws 'em a treat and says "good boy" (Poof Mods this is not describing you guys)

Infact, I was informed my asylum joke I put in the jokes thread over there was reported by members.... I can only guess which members those were :rolleyes:

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Hmm snitches, I guess I just went through a time warp to junior high.

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Sorry for misinterpreting your innerweb bravado. Maybe you have more brain cells than I give you credit for.

Cheers,
Brain Cell Non User

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Not possible..

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Snitch...



:rolleyes:;):r:r:r

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Oh you just didn't! :bx

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Looks like the DRAMA forum was moved underground so only Mods and Admin can read it after a suggestion about negative threads not looking so hot to new members.

hmmmm... :hm

Maybe they should move John's comments undergound too. They were way more offensive than anything else I've read over there.


What can I say, the guys a weiner!

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I posted in there and said now hiding threads that could be devastating. They don't listen.

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Works for me...

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What made me SERIOUSLY sad was that he moved RJS's thread on the origins of CS out of public view... sadness.

Rob deserved better

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sad news indeed Dustin.... Hey how long would it take you to ask a question in every thread? Pretty soon there will only be one forum populated with any threads.

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:r
Well, if one gets banned per post, we need to figure out how many threads and how many volunteers to keep it going.:r

Don't count on me. I have 4 points.:r

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any one save that thread on their computer?

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Club Stogie is dead, nothing remains, what is over there is a **** board operated by a **** head internet bully who has a Napoleon complex, and as noted earlier, µPS.

I feel bad leaving the 'how long will my clutch last' contest ... that's my sole thought turning my back and never going there again.

But I'm not interested in putting up with that ******* **** ....**** 'em.

This is our new home and a darned good one at that.

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negative ... and it's not in the "wayback machine" either. have any of the mods invited Rob here? perhaps he would find this place in the spirit of the CS he helped start. :2

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True, but there's nothing left there even vaguely resembling what CS was. It's now nothing more than a dictatorship run by a man (or men) with an iron fist and no tolerance for differing opinions.

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Don't hold back, Sean. ;)

Seriously, though, I knew the last nail was hammered into the coffin when I read the new mission statement over there. Though revised since, the very fact that it made it up on the web at all spoke volumes about the direction JC was taking things. I shed a single tear and stopped because I knew I had a new home here in the Asylum.

What really makes me sad, though, is that there are some "old timers" who were around on CS for a VERY long time and it's all gone. That's just sh!tty.

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Not true at all Dan.
You can in fact have a differing opinion as long as it is the same differing opinion as his.:r

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Glad to hear you say that, Sean.

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And, honestly, that's all that matters. I know we're all sad to see CS go. But without it, we wouldn't have the Asylum and we wouldn't have the countless friends we've made over the years. I haven't logged in there since shortly after I resigned as a moderator. That's how I'd prefer to remember it. Going over there now isn't going to add anything to my life except stress, which I don't need any more of. So I say we wish it well, put it behind us, and send the agglomeration on its puffy way.

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I really hope my comment about Jon taking the time to read that didn't cause it to be canned. That was a great thread, i'd feel pretty shitty about myself if I was the reason it got pulled :(