If you don't have one already, make an account on SearchVoat Forum. KingOfWhiteAmerica is there now too (even as "KOWA"!)
I don't dare ping him, lest our petty tyrant AOU ban me. I know after his last "warning" he's dying to ban me for "overusing" an unrestricted site feature.
Wait, are we being told we can't ping anyone? I took this to mean just admin.
To me, it's not clear. Petty tyrant AOU didn't cite "being annoyed" as his justification for banning ARM; he cited "tampering with site resources" - which is the most outrageous of stretched interpretations I think I've ever seen - which leads me to believe it is simply the overuse of pinging itself that causes some "burden" to Poal.
The line needs to be drawn. As I suggested in my post, if there is a limit to the amount of pinging Poal can take, limit the use of the feature per user. If he is referring to himself as the resource, then not only is his interpretation of the ToS even more of a stretch, but he's basically saying he doesn't like an unmanageably flooded inbox and so he'll ban whoever contributes to overflooding it.
Totally outrageous. The stench of this place is rapidly becoming to rancid to endure.
AOU or PMYB2 - if either of you see this, since I daren't ping - which is it, specifically, that led to the ban? AOU's inbox being a little more flooded than he would like, or Poal not being able to handle too many pings? Hard to imagine ARM was a breaking point in either case.
Do you so-called admins have any idea how many pings Putts got each day? I don't recall him banning anyone for it.
The language of 'tampering with site resources' is being stretched further than a Pharisee putting scripture in his hat.
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