It only gets better.
He contacted me in private mail and asked me some questions that I spent a very long time answering so that they would be neutral and deal with the issues at hand (not personal).
[interesting that what I sent in mail was very close to what Windjammer posted publicly. When asked what we expected of him (just turn off the lights?), I simply suggested he drop all discussions, stop the bans, "un-ban" accounts, clear out the auto-blocks to references, and let the issue "go away". Then just not respond to any baiting or questions about it. Given enough time, the issue would whither away and interaction between it and all non-commercial sites would be like they were before the jihad (yes, I used that word). Maybe not as satisfactory to some as a stand-up appology would be, but a way to burry the hatchet and move on.]
After all that effort his response was as if I'd sent a blank message. When I asked him why I bothered to spend time answering him when it was clear his course of action was pre-determined and locked in place, he simply asked if I thought he should turn the lights off over there. I again spent some time answering about how his board got references from others and the whole litany of things discussed here (that dealt with coexistance). For that effort I didn't even get an acknowledgment, just a request to edit all my messages that had the link to here in my sig block.
I had to explain that EZ Board was so FUBARed that once a message was saved the first time, you can't change the sig even if you edit your preferences. He actually wanted me to delete them and recreate them with a modified sig. EZ Board doesn't let a user do that either. But by that time I'd had a gut full and wasn't going to play his games. I told him if he chose to delete my posts, then that was his choice, not mine. I mentioned in passing that, once he has things the way he wants there will be no content left and his scorched earth policy will do the very thing he think's he trying to prevent (kill the board). :****:
I've heard of soup sandwiches less fucked up than that {tm/WC}.
He contacted me in private mail and asked me some questions that I spent a very long time answering so that they would be neutral and deal with the issues at hand (not personal).
[interesting that what I sent in mail was very close to what Windjammer posted publicly. When asked what we expected of him (just turn off the lights?), I simply suggested he drop all discussions, stop the bans, "un-ban" accounts, clear out the auto-blocks to references, and let the issue "go away". Then just not respond to any baiting or questions about it. Given enough time, the issue would whither away and interaction between it and all non-commercial sites would be like they were before the jihad (yes, I used that word). Maybe not as satisfactory to some as a stand-up appology would be, but a way to burry the hatchet and move on.]
After all that effort his response was as if I'd sent a blank message. When I asked him why I bothered to spend time answering him when it was clear his course of action was pre-determined and locked in place, he simply asked if I thought he should turn the lights off over there. I again spent some time answering about how his board got references from others and the whole litany of things discussed here (that dealt with coexistance). For that effort I didn't even get an acknowledgment, just a request to edit all my messages that had the link to here in my sig block.
I had to explain that EZ Board was so FUBARed that once a message was saved the first time, you can't change the sig even if you edit your preferences. He actually wanted me to delete them and recreate them with a modified sig. EZ Board doesn't let a user do that either. But by that time I'd had a gut full and wasn't going to play his games. I told him if he chose to delete my posts, then that was his choice, not mine. I mentioned in passing that, once he has things the way he wants there will be no content left and his scorched earth policy will do the very thing he think's he trying to prevent (kill the board). :****:
I've heard of soup sandwiches less fucked up than that {tm/WC}.
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