Author Topic: Thank you and fare thee well, Admin! (Read 34303 times)

Marmalade · « **Reply #400 on:** July 05, 2019, 04:55:38 pm »

Quote from: comaminion on July 05, 2019, 03:08:29 pm

It was probably the most profound and meaningful thing i ever posted and now it's gone

Ahhh poor you...........!

mh · « **Reply #401 on:** July 05, 2019, 05:52:09 pm »

Quote from: Blackpool Rock on July 05, 2019, 03:03:14 pm

Off topic posts weren't included in the post count

True but it changed over time, originally they were counted. Even before OT disappeared, OldAdmin had already stopped OT posts being counted, but it happened over a period of time - there were several big drops.

So when OT was finally binned it probably made no difference as they were no longer being counted. If any other non-OT threads were culled then the post counts would have dropped too.

scutty brown · « **Reply #402 on:** July 05, 2019, 06:02:21 pm »

If the off-topic posts were still available it would be interesting to go back and check the number of times a member accused James of being Admin's second account.......just about everyone who made the suggestion got banned.
However Admin put the lie to that idea a few weeks back when he took away James' "helper'' permissions: he stated James was one of a number of helpers who were too aggressive in freezing user accounts and hiding threads.
Of course there's always the possibility Admin was being clever and trying to hide his tracks before he left............

Anyone got a better conspiracy theory this week?

bhudda · « **Reply #403 on:** July 05, 2019, 06:21:44 pm »

Quote from: comaminion on July 05, 2019, 03:08:29 pm

Where the fuck did i lose that post then?

It was probably the most profound and meaningful thing i ever posted and now it's gone

Occasionally old a would delete whole threads ... possibly you had posted on a deleted thread?

Marmalade · « **Reply #404 on:** July 05, 2019, 07:12:48 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 06:02:21 pm

Anyone got a better conspiracy theory this week?

Stapler might have one.... a “which is fake news” conspiracy theory. His posts were verging on remarkable (Not that anyone agreed — many people let themselves get annoyed over his posts).

As for James, who cares? Admin was crazy giving him helper rights. Rottweilers make great guess dogs, but you don’t give them chewy chocs to run wild around Buckingham Palace.

Blackpool Rock · « **Reply #405 on:** July 05, 2019, 07:30:09 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 06:02:21 pm

If the off-topic posts were still available it would be interesting to go back and check the number of times a member accused James of being Admin's second account.......just about everyone who made the suggestion got banned.
However Admin put the lie to that idea a few weeks back when he took away James' "helper'' permissions: he stated James was one of a number of helpers who were too aggressive in freezing user accounts and hiding threads.
Of course there's always the possibility Admin was being clever and trying to hide his tracks before he left............

Anyone got a better conspiracy theory this week?

Mmmmm
How do you know that old Admin isn't actually still involved somehow as one of the new team but trying to start afresh and faking Tech issues etc to make people believe he's bowed out

Alternatively maybe this thread was started to see who slagged him off so he knew who his enemies were and they could be banned (don't think anyone has as everyone seems to have genuine gratitude and respect for what he achieved and built)

James999 · « **Reply #406 on:** July 05, 2019, 07:42:56 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 06:02:21 pm

However Admin put the lie to that idea a few weeks back when he took away James' "helper'' permissions: he stated James was one of a number of helpers who were too aggressive in freezing user accounts and hiding threads.
Of course there's always the possibility Admin was being clever and trying to hide his tracks before he left............
Anyone got a better conspiracy theory this week?

Sorry to burst your little bubble but Admin never took away my "helper" permissions, and as for hiding threads and freezing accounts, anyone who knows the forum would know that's the last thing I'd do, I'd rather fight it out in open play....

Making up such shit doesn't do much for your credibility

Admin did however revike your PM facility

scutty brown · « **Reply #407 on:** July 05, 2019, 07:50:55 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 07:42:56 pm

Sorry to burst your little bubble but Admin never took away my "helper" permissions, and as for hiding threads and freezing accounts, anyone who knows the forum would know that's the last thing I'd do, I'd rather fight it out in open play....

Making up such shit doesn't do much for your credibility

Admin did however revike your PM facility

Really? That's interesting: he did state in a post that you were one of the people who permissions he revoked.
Its probably deleted now anyway so unproveable either way.

As to me losing PM rights, yes I've stated that in the past, never hidden it

James999 · « **Reply #408 on:** July 05, 2019, 07:54:12 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 07:50:55 pm

Really? That's interesting: he did state in a post that you were one of the people who permissions he revoked.
Its probably deleted now anyway so unproveable either way.

No it's not,just look at my profile and you will see helper status is clearly showing.......... Or are you suggesting the new owners took over and the first thing they did was reinstate it

Or perhaps you think I'm the new owner and reinstated my account as helper

scutty brown · « **Reply #409 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:05:20 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 07:54:12 pm

No it's not,just look at my profile and you will see helper status is clearly showing.......... Or are you suggesting the new owners took over and the first thing they did was reinstate it

So looks like more Bullshit from you (again) becoming a bit of a habit for you

maybe you were reinstated, maybe you never lost it, I don't know - but the fact remains he did say it.
I can't find the post he said it in, but maybe this below is indicative - it seems I wasn't the only one who saw it

Quote from: Fuzzyduck on March 28, 2019, 03:12:22 pm

So have you got your Helper rights back yet, James?

Quote from: James999 on March 28, 2019, 03:21:31 pm

What are you talking about

Quote from: Fuzzyduck on March 28, 2019, 04:14:45 pm

I thought I saw an Admin notice that you and one other had helper status revoked. My bad if I was mistaken.
Of course if I wasn't then, well, you get the irony, right?

and from the same thread someone else who seems to have seen it

Quote from: timsussex on March 28, 2019, 08:13:03 pm

.....................note the IF

and for the record he wasn't mistaken

James999 · « **Reply #410 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:07:56 pm »

So you can't find the post, you quote someone else who said sorry if mistaken...... yeah your case is looking strong

If they were removed I'd have no reason to deny it, but as pointed out earlier, your logic doesn't hold water....

0 / 10 for your conspiracy

winkywanky · « **Reply #411 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:11:34 pm »

Without wishing to get involved in this, I would say one thing: when Head1 took over a lot of people spuriously had the status of 'Forum Helper' foisted upon them. I know this because I'm one of them! And I'm pretty sure I wasn't one before.

[...quietly exits left...]

winkywanky · « **Reply #412 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:12:21 pm »

I'm assuming this was a software glitch and no-one manually 'did it'.

scutty brown · « **Reply #413 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:23:16 pm »

Its quite simple James, I read it, probably in off-topic. Its gone now along with everything else in off-topic, and like a lot of oldadmins posts.
Two other people appear to have seen it as well.
Admin posted it, I read it. What I don't know is whether he acted on it.
If you insist on maintaining that he never posted it, then it makes one of us either seriously forgetful, or a liar. And I'm not either

James999 · « **Reply #414 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:25:13 pm »

Well never revoked, so that makes you either mistaken or a liar

Kev40ish · « **Reply #415 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:26:22 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:23:16 pm

Its quite simple James, I read it, probably in off-topic. Its gone now along with everything else in off-topic, and like a lot of oldadmins posts.
Two other people appear to have seen it as well.
Admin posted it, I read it. What I don't know is whether he acted on it.
If you insist on maintaining that he never posted it, then it makes one of us either seriously forgetful, or a liar. And I'm not either

I don’t want to get involved in the argument, it was posted, I can’t remember the context of it, but there definitely was a message..

Whether Admin didn’t act on it or did I don’t know.

scutty brown · « **Reply #416 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:31:56 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:25:13 pm

Well never revoked, so that makes you either mistaken or a liar

As I said, it was posted, and I am not a liar.
Maybe he didn't act on it, maybe your memory is failing.

James999 · « **Reply #417 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:35:14 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:31:56 pm

Maybe he didn't act on it

So now you say they weren't revoked. seriously talk about back tracking....

I would say PM me about it, but your PMs were revoked by Admin

90125 · « **Reply #418 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:35:32 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:11:34 pm

Without wishing to get involved in this, I would say one thing: when Head1 took over a lot of people spuriously had the status of 'Forum Helper' foisted upon them. I know this because I'm one of them! And I'm pretty sure I wasn't one before.

[...quietly exits left...]

Are you sure you weren't a Helper before as nobody has been added by the new regime. We don't even have a listing of helpers without checking every profile individually.

winkywanky · « **Reply #419 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:38:25 pm »

Quote from: 90125 on July 05, 2019, 08:35:32 pm

Are you sure you weren't a Helper before as nobody has been added by the new regime. We don't even have a listing of helpers without checking every profile individually.

I seem to remember one or two other members saying this had happened to them after the changeoever, and then I noticed it had happened to me too.

That's why I thought it had been a software glitch? No-one ever contacted me during old Admin's reign about me being a Helper, presumably I would have been. I don't even know what a Helper does!

winkywanky · « **Reply #420 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:39:14 pm »

...I do like to think that some of my posts are rather helpful though

.

James999 · « **Reply #421 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:39:26 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:38:25 pm

No-one ever contacted me during old Admin's reign about me being a Helper, presumably I would have been. I don't even know what a Helper does!

No one was contacted, Admin just allocated them. No training, no probation, no forms to sign

scutty brown · « **Reply #422 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:39:52 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:35:14 pm

So now you say they weren't revoked. seriously talk about back tracking....

I would say PM me about it, but your PMs were revoked by Admin

My PMs were also reinstated by Admin.
But why take this to PM? What are you trying to hide?

winkywanky · « **Reply #423 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:40:41 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:39:26 pm

No one was contacted, Admin just allocated them. No training, no probation, no forms to sign

...you'd think someone would have at least sent me some instructions

James999 · « **Reply #424 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:41:39 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:39:52 pm

My PMs were also reinstated by Admin.
But why take this to PM? What are you trying to hide?

Another conspiracy theory, you said my helper status was revoked, I proved it wasn't, that makes you either mistaken or a liar

I honestly don't care which it is

Blackpool Rock · « **Reply #425 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:41:43 pm »

Quote from: Kev40ish on July 05, 2019, 08:26:22 pm

I don’t want to get involved in the argument, it was posted, I can’t remember the context of it, but there definitely was a message..

Whether Admin didn’t act on it or did I don’t know.

Yeah same I recall it being posted and think it was one of the temporary banner announcements that Admin sometimes put up for a few days hence no thread to refer back to.
I do recall a few comments about it and a question whether James actually knew about it as only helpers could read the banner.

Like you say perhaps Admin just posted it as a warning to all helpers but didn't act on it or perhaps he did revoke it for a day or two in which time James was away or didn't actually try to use the helper facility so never knew

winkywanky · « **Reply #426 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:41:45 pm »

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure I wasn't a Helper before, I think I'd have noticed on the few occasions I look at my own profile page.

scutty brown · « **Reply #427 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:43:23 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:38:25 pm

I seem to remember one or two other members saying this had happened to them after the changeoever, and then I noticed it had happened to me too.

That's why I thought it had been a software glitch? No-one ever contacted me during old Admin's reign about me being a Helper, presumably I would have been. I don't even know what a Helper does!

It happened automatically after hitting certain thresholds of posts / reviews.
Admin never published the trip levels, and there was no kind of notification - it just happened.
Another complication for the new admin team to get their heads round
Its quite possible that the auto-promotion is still happening when members reach the trips

Kev40ish · « **Reply #428 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:44:17 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:41:45 pm

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure I wasn't a Helper before, I think I'd have noticed on the few occasions I look at my own profile page.

Have you had these options at the bottom of your page?

Move and categories

Hidden Image/Members Only

winkywanky · « **Reply #429 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:47:06 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:43:23 pm

It happened automatically after hitting certain thresholds of posts / reviews.
Admin never published the trip levels, and there was no kind of notification - it just happened.
Another complication for the new admin team to get their heads round
Its quite possible that the auto-promotion is still happening when members reach the trips

Ah, in that case it may have happened just before or after the changeover without me realising. The same would have happened to the others then, I definitely remember some others saying they were now Helpers and it was the first they knew about it.

winkywanky · « **Reply #430 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:48:18 pm »

Quote from: Kev40ish on July 05, 2019, 08:44:17 pm

Have you had these options at the bottom of your page?

Move and categories

Hidden Image/Members Only

Yes, I do have them!

winkywanky · « **Reply #431 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:48:59 pm »

...I shall have to start acting a bit responsibly now then I suppose

houseboot · « **Reply #432 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:49:43 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:11:34 pm

Without wishing to get involved in this, I would say one thing: when Head1 took over a lot of people spuriously had the status of 'Forum Helper' foisted upon them. I know this because I'm one of them! And I'm pretty sure I wasn't one before.

[...quietly exits left...]

You were probably a Helper for a long time without realizing it.

I became a Helper on 1st September last year. I had no notification, I just noticed the format of the screen had changed and I could Index Reviews. Then I noticed extra lines at the bottom of the page which enabled me amend the Topic, move posts between boards etc.

The "Forum Helper" beneath my user name on my Summary page only appeared recently. I pretty certain it occurred a week or two before OldAdmin left.

Kev40ish · « **Reply #433 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:49:47 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:48:18 pm

Yes, I do have them!

As soon as you noticed them you were a helper

winkywanky · « **Reply #434 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:51:57 pm »

Well already I can see that I can move Tranny posts out of harm's way and into their own category (including my own

), as well as moving reviews if they were posted in the wrong region.

How exciting!

scutty brown · « **Reply #435 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:54:07 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:41:39 pm

Another conspiracy theory, you said my helper status was revoked, I proved it wasn't, that makes you either mistaken or a liar

I honestly don't care which it is

You've proved nothing. And it looks like you're wrong

James999 · « **Reply #436 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:54:34 pm »

Quote from: winkywanky on July 05, 2019, 08:51:57 pm

Well already I can see that I can move Tranny posts out of harm's way and into their own category

I can't see the Tranny posts, Admin booted me off that section for upsetting the gays, it seems it's deemed offensive to mention that a bloke fucking another bloke is gay

winkywanky · « **Reply #437 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:55:12 pm »

James999 · « **Reply #438 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:56:17 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:54:07 pm

You've proved nothing. And it looks like you're wrong

Your apology is accepted

scutty brown · « **Reply #439 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:57:10 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:54:34 pm

I can't see the Tranny posts, Admin booted me off that section for upsetting the gays, it seems it's deemed offensive to mention that a bloke fucking another bloke is gay

That block should have been reset following the forum move, I believe he removed all the locks a week before he left

scutty brown · « **Reply #440 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:58:31 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:56:17 pm

Your apology is accepted

That wasn't an apology: I never apologise for telling the truth

winkywanky · « **Reply #441 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:59:00 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:57:10 pm

That block should have been reset following the forum move, I believe he removed all the locks a week before he left

...obvs he won't be visiting at all, he has no iinterest whatsoever...

houseboot · « **Reply #442 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:59:14 pm »

Quote from: Blackpool Rock on July 05, 2019, 08:41:43 pm

Yeah same I recall it being posted and think it was one of the temporary banner announcements that Admin sometimes put up for a few days hence no thread to refer back to.
I do recall a few comments about it and a question whether James actually knew about it as only helpers could read the banner.

Like you say perhaps Admin just posted it as a warning to all helpers but didn't act on it or perhaps he did revoke it for a day or two in which time James was away or didn't actually try to use the helper facility so never knew

Yes, I read it too.

And I think you're right in that it was one of the "Banner announcements".

James999 · « **Reply #443 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:59:21 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:57:10 pm

That block should have been reset following the forum move, I believe he removed all the locks a week before he left

Yet AGAIN you're wrong, and before you ask, I can't be bothered to prove it

Kev40ish · « **Reply #444 on:** July 05, 2019, 08:59:52 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 08:57:10 pm

That block should have been reset following the forum move, I believe he removed all the locks a week before he left

I don’t think he’d let James loose on any of those threads. Probably kept it blocked for him as a kindness, so he doesn’t say anything stupid and gets himself banned..

scutty brown · « **Reply #445 on:** July 05, 2019, 09:03:06 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 08:59:21 pm

Yet AGAIN you're wrong, and before you ask, I can't be bothered to prove it

Maybe you were a special case then, he removed my block on the tranny thread and implied he'd done it for everyone else.
Perhaps he realised you had special requirements

James999 · « **Reply #446 on:** July 05, 2019, 09:04:18 pm »

Quote from: Kev40ish on July 05, 2019, 08:59:52 pm

I don’t think he’d let James loose on any of those threads. Probably kept it blocked for him as a kindness, so he doesn’t say anything stupid and gets himself banned..

He actually chatted to me in PM about it, was all to do with hung angels or some similar site closing down and a lot of their members being a bit sensitive to people mentioning two men having sex was gay

scutty brown · « **Reply #447 on:** July 05, 2019, 09:05:28 pm »

Quote from: houseboot on July 05, 2019, 08:59:14 pm

Yes, I read it too.

And I think you're right in that it was one of the "Banner announcements".

So thats five who saw it, at least

James999 · « **Reply #448 on:** July 05, 2019, 09:05:44 pm »

Quote from: scutty brown on July 05, 2019, 09:03:06 pm

Maybe you were a special case then, he removed my block on the tranny thread and implied he'd done it for everyone else.
Perhaps he realised you had special requirements

So many theories..... seriously if you were around in the early days of the forum you'd have loved it

scutty brown · « **Reply #449 on:** July 05, 2019, 09:07:56 pm »

Quote from: James999 on July 05, 2019, 09:05:44 pm

So many theories..... seriously if you were around in the early days of the forum you'd have loved it

Trying to deflect the discussion when you've been caught out? You're good at that aren't you?

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