Whoah.... poofing anything

[DollaBill]

As far as the posts being removed and Steve posting etc. It's a conflict of interest for both Steve and also for those who created this site. It's like quitting your job, going to work for someone else but working at both jobs and trying to collect a paycheck from both companies.

Normally when a business is sold, the owner and some key employees have to stay on board for a given period of time, in some cases 1-3 years, and make sure the company doesn't fold or become severly impacted financially because the sale price is usually derrived from the value of the company prior to the sale.

I'd venture to guess that if OSO went completely down the crapper within a certain period of time, Steve would either have to pay a portion of the money back to IB or not get paid 100% of what was agreed to. It's standard legal merger/aquisition mumbo jumbo.

PS, I don't know anything about the deal so this is just an assumption on my part. :seeya:

every one of those assumptions is wrong. Thats a FACT.

 

[Cash Bar]

No Non-compete is a fact.

 

[Buoy]

I hate how this sounds... but I think somebody dropped a dime. They went from clueless to targeted enforcement in one fell swoop. I know a couple of people who felt "outsided" and also got beat up pretty bad on the serious thread. Could be motive there to call in "The Man."
And the threads that I brought back up? I didn't even post anything unusual on them. I didn't mention any other sites... that kind of thing. Just picked a couple that were profoundly ironic now.

(In my best network, hard-hitting reporter guy voice)...

So, now that you have "poof-able power", or "poofability", tell us, is it difficult to hold back from using that power for your own good or interests?

 

[fund razor]

(In my best network, hard-hitting reporter guy voice)...

So, now that you have "poof-able power", or "poofability", tell us, is it difficult to hold back from using that power for your own good or interests?

You mean me as a moderator?

I can soft delete. But sure don't want to. I can't poof. Few can.
I started out trying to enforce the no-discussion rule in the marketplace and all I ended up doing was destroy a thread. Now I am hands off unless it is waaayyyy over the line. Deleting is not fun. Poofing is not fun. You know when you do it that you are pizzing off three people and confusing 11.
I feel comfortable speaking for all mods here when I say that even moving a single thread is thought about carefully, and moderation is done reluctantly.
That's why I have the sig that I do. Being privvy to moderator chat.... I know that each and every one is treading carefully and fears overmoderating.

 

[inbetween]

Sometimes just a reminder to re-read the guidelines is all we need, not a thread poof. Most of us are adult enough to respond to these reminders and self moderate. I don't envy the mods responsibilities.

Thanks to Fund and all the other mods for their hard work

 

[fund razor]

Sometimes just a reminder to re-read the guidelines is all we need, not a thread poof. Most of us are adult enough to respond to these reminders and self moderate. I don't envy the mods responsibilities.

Thanks to Fund and all the other mods for their hard work

Thanks man. But I have the really easy gig, Marketplace. Plus... this forum is pretty easy... most people are not anonymous troublemakers. Most people are the troublemakers that we know and love.

The guys/gals on the frontlines are: Airpacker, Cosmic12, OldSchool and CigDaze. (Along with Chris and Heather)
These people deserve a TON of credit for getting us through the early days.
That's why the sig line.

 

[Buoy]

(In my best network, hard-hitting reporter guy voice)...

So, now that you have "poof-able power", or "poofability", tell us, is it difficult to hold back from using that power for your own good or interests?

You mean me as a moderator?

I can soft delete. But sure don't want to. I can't poof. Few can.
I started out trying to enforce the no-discussion rule in the marketplace and all I ended up doing was destroy a thread. Now I am hands off unless it is waaayyyy over the line. Deleting is not fun. Poofing is not fun. You know when you do it that you are pizzing off three people and confusing 11.
I feel comfortable speaking for all mods here when I say that even moving a single thread is thought about carefully, and moderation is done reluctantly.
That's why I have the sig that I do. Being privvy to moderator chat.... I know that each and every one is treading carefully and fears overmoderating.

Oh chit...
You took that entirely the wrong way.
I meant...
On the OTHER site, if YOU post something, they poof the thread.
I was thinking you could have some fun with that if you felt so inclined.

I think all the mods on this site are doing just fine (AP, I saw the other thread, and don't worry about it, you're doing great).

 

[Buoy]

I've noticed you decided to do just what I may have suggested.
Nice.

 

[fund razor]

Oh chit...
You took that entirely the wrong way.
I meant...
On the OTHER site, if YOU post something, they poof the thread.
I was thinking you could have some fun with that if you felt so inclined.

I think all the mods on this site are doing just fine (AP, I saw the other thread, and don't worry about it, you're doing great).

Oh.
Well heck.... maybe your comic premise was a little advanced for me.

 

[nocigarette]

I agree with you completely.
The walls are just crumbling around them.
It's really a shame, because they will start to lose all the actual valuable info that was recorded over there for years. And have nothing left.
Equate it to a book-burning, seems very similar. Trying to erase history, or new thoughts.

That site has been in the toilet for months now......Not being able to search and access all the old stored info would blow but,The questions will get answered eventually here especially if a members 24 pantera gets moving...

 

[Buoy]

That site has been in the toilet for months now......Not being able to search and access all the old stored info would blow but,The questions will get answered eventually here especially if a members 24 pantera gets moving...

The summer didn't exist for me, I was at work the whole time, so no progress on the Pantera.
It's looking like the Pantera may be moving soon though, about 1200 miles South:seeya:

 

[Geronimo36]

every one of those assumptions is wrong. Thats a FACT.

Wrong because they're facts and not assumptions or wrong because they're false assumptions in this case?

Regardless, if IB made a sweatheart deal without any repercussions they're not a very smart organization and kudo's to Steve!

 

[PARADOX]

There are some seriously good threads "there" worth preserving. I don't have the time,, but should be interesting reading in the cold winter months for your "Northeners"

Not sure.. where is IB headquarters located anyway?
Is it a forign based co. ? Seen some reference to India..? :ack2:

 

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India I think is in reference to "Beenish"- an IB employee that was fed to the masses trying to quell the "OSO owned by IB" revolt