Here's the thing: when entering an unfamiliar situation, doesn't it make sense to get the lay of the land first?

I lurked (meaning I read various threads in this forum before signing up for an account) for over a week in order to get a feel for the people and how things were done.  After I made my account, I posted a new thread in the Introductions subsection, and gave a bit of my background and why I decided to come here.  From there, I simply engaged with people.  Sometimes harshly, sometimes regrettably, but always honestly, and always in a manner in which I could be best understood.

Etiquette does exist online.  It's not much different than real life etiquette, except that rebukes are generally swift and harsh.

Would you simply hand your treatise to a stranger on the street with no introduction?  If not, then why would you think doing it online was sufficiently different?

I'm not trying to brow beat you on this, but, if you're actually trying to be truthful with us, it's something you need to understand.  As intentionally loosely moderated as the forum is, how other people perceive you and engage with you is essentially the same as real life.  The question I asked earlier - would you behave this way to your family or friends? - was designed to reframe your perspective.

This is a community of people from different backgrounds, spread across the world.  We have some members well-versed in philosophy, others less so.  But, given the nature of the forum, this is not an academic-driven space.  It's main purpose is to be a place where atheists can safely gather and interact with their fellow heathens, as well as with people from myriad faiths.  And while the philosophy section is obviously for philosophical discussions, anyone is free to participate (which is why there were so many calls for simpler language).

So, if you're not simply trolling, why not make an introduction thread (in the Introduction subsection) to tell everyone about yourself, why you're here, etc.?

(September 10, 2018 at 1:03 am)KevinM1 Wrote: So, if you're not simply trolling, why not make an introduction thread (in the Introduction subsection) to tell everyone about yourself, why you're here, etc.?

This.

Here.

(September 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm)Losty Wrote:

(September 5, 2018 at 6:19 pm)negatio Wrote: <snip the bullshit, kids>

TLDR, sorry

Duane fucks dead horses for a living.

(September 10, 2018 at 1:05 am)e Kit Wrote:

(September 10, 2018 at 1:03 am)KevinM1 Wrote: So, if you're not simply trolling, why not make an introduction thread (in the Introduction subsection) to tell everyone about yourself, why you're here, etc.?

This.

Here.

Kit/Kevin; Why? Perhaps because I lacked all knowledge of such a thing? What, could I have come aboard here with a priori knowledge of all ramifications of all procedures?! No.  I was dead meat, from the viewpoint of members the moment I posted what to them, is a '"text dump',' according to the typical member provincial forum worldview, I was a ''troll'' right from he very git-go.  Then for days I saw members writing ''trolly troll", and so on, and, I finally got curious, and looked 'troll' up.  An ugly little snake in the grass type dude who scampers about sowing dissension and discord among members of a forum. Now, it has been decided, ''at the top'', to constitute me as a troll, once and for all, and, thereby get rid of the troll for good, by finally banning him when he hits 100%. And, the constitution of Negatio as a troll is to be accomplished without even answering the questions which I was informed I could submit via a private tread, which is essentially dead thread, because the authority types are so high and mighty that they need not condescend to reply to a mere fucking troll.  I informed these ''staff'' that they were simultaneously addressing me via a particular double-speak, and were ignoring emails which I was told to be a means to answers to any questions I may have.  I have informed ''staff'' that it appears they provided someone, me, with instructions regarding BB code inappropriate to do what, as an Newbie to whom all code was unintelligible,  was inappropriate to the very simple task I needed to correctly complete, etc., etc.. So, no freethinking human being, absent a complete a priori comprehension of the infinite complexities of properly functioning upon the Atheist/Agnostic Forum can safely come aboard here, without being driven literally insane via all the constant harassment and accusation of being an indubitable troll. Now, a fight to the death has commenced wherein either Duane is constituted a troll, and dispensed with, or Duane, via his capacity for language, and a theoretical position, published upon the Forum, will, thereby, overthrow the ontological unintelligibility of what the inauthoritative staff authorities are attempting to do, unjustly, to a person who has unintentionally supposedly broken their law.

(September 10, 2018 at 4:41 am)negatio Wrote: Kit/Kevin; Why? Perhaps because I lacked all knowledge of such a thing? What, could I have come aboard here with a priori knowledge of all ramifications of all procedures?!

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No.  I was dead meat, from the viewpoint of members the moment I posted what to them, is a '"text dump',' according to the typical member provincial forum worldview, I was a ''troll'' right from he very git-go.  Then for days I saw members writing ''trolly troll", and so on, and, I finally got curious, and looked 'troll' up.  An ugly little snake in the grass type dude who scampers about sowing dissension and discord among members of a forum. Now, it has been decided, ''at the top'', to constitute me as a troll, once and for all, and, thereby get rid of the troll for good, by finally banning him when he hits 100%. And, the constitution of Negatio as a troll is to be accomplished without even answering the questions which I was informed I could submit via a private tread, which is essentially dead thread, because the authority types are so high and mighty that they need not condescend to reply to a mere fucking troll.  I informed these ''staff'' that they were simultaneously addressing me via a particular double-speak, and were ignoring emails which I was told to be a means to answers to any questions I may have.  I have informed ''staff'' that it appears they provided someone, me, with instructions regarding BB code inappropriate to do what, as an Newbie to whom all code was unintelligible,  was inappropriate to the very simple task I needed to correctly complete, etc., etc.. So, no freethinking human being, absent a complete a priori comprehension of the infinite complexities of properly functioning upon the Atheist/Agnostic Forum can safely come aboard here, without being driven literally insane via all the constant harassment and accusation of being an indubitable troll. Now, a fight to the death has commenced wherein either Duane is constituted a troll, and dispensed with, or Duane, via his capacity for language, and a theoretical position, published upon the Forum, will, thereby, overthrow the ontological unintelligibility of what the inauthoritative staff authorities are attempting to do, unjustly, to a person who has unintentionally supposedly broken their law.

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Bitch, please.

You have posts all over internet forums from which you copy and paste your stuff as though those forums are veritable hosting sites for your walls of text.

As many forums as you have joined, you should know that an introduction thread is of the foremost importance.

(September 10, 2018 at 4:41 am)negatio Wrote:

(September 10, 2018 at 1:05 am)e Kit Wrote: This.

Here.

Kit/Kevin; Why? Perhaps because I lacked all knowledge of such a thing? What, could I have come aboard here with a priori knowledge of all ramifications of all procedures?! No.  I was dead meat, from the viewpoint of members the moment I posted what to them, is a '"text dump',' according to the typical member provincial forum worldview, I was a ''troll'' right from he very git-go.  Then for days I saw members writing ''trolly troll", and so on, and, I finally got curious, and looked 'troll' up.  An ugly little snake in the grass type dude who scampers about sowing dissension and discord among members of a forum. Now, it has been decided, ''at the top'', to constitute me as a troll, once and for all, and, thereby get rid of the troll for good, by finally banning him when he hits 100%. And, the constitution of Negatio as a troll is to be accomplished without even answering the questions which I was informed I could submit via a private tread, which is essentially dead thread, because the authority types are so high and mighty that they need not condescend to reply to a mere fucking troll.  I informed these ''staff'' that they were simultaneously addressing me via a particular double-speak, and were ignoring emails which I was told to be a means to answers to any questions I may have.  I have informed ''staff'' that it appears they provided someone, me, with instructions regarding BB code inappropriate to do what, as an Newbie to whom all code was unintelligible,  was inappropriate to the very simple task I needed to correctly complete, etc., etc.. So, no freethinking human being, absent a complete a priori comprehension of the infinite complexities of properly functioning upon the Atheist/Agnostic Forum can safely come aboard here, without being driven literally insane via all the constant harassment and accusation of being an indubitable troll. Now, a fight to the death has commenced wherein either Duane is constituted a troll, and dispensed with, or Duane, via his capacity for language, and a theoretical position, published upon the Forum, will, thereby, overthrow the ontological unintelligibility of what the inauthoritative staff authorities are attempting to do, unjustly, to a person who has unintentionally supposedly broken their law.

Radically nicely structured Rule Kit.  Wow, ah ha, uh hu...So, all of the members who have been insulting me, and haranguing me via  constant intense insult have been acting in contravention of a fundamental maxim, Be kind to Newbies no matter if you disagree, if you deem them spamming or trolling, refer the matter to staff; interesting Kit, interesting.  This is amazing, because my thread is pure evidence that I have been subjected to radically intense and ongoing insulting, indeed...

Meaning that Khemikal; Lucanus; Vulcanlogician; ladyforCamus; SaStrike; mh.brewer, et.al., have clearly disregarded the appropriate prescribed means of interchange with Newbies.  Drowning me in accusation of being a troll, insults.  Yes.  Duaneie.
Duane

Kit

(September 10, 2018 at 4:41 am)Insult is verboten Wrote: Two sites, 4/5 papers. No one ever responded !  If someone had I would have, perhaps, fallen into what I have encountered here.  I should not have known, although I am minor deity, I am not yet omniscient; hell, I should have know this site is a living hell, and stayed a country mile away!
Negatio; Duane; hell, who even knows anymore ?!

Bitch, please.

You have posts all over internet forums from which you copy and paste your stuff as though those forums are veritable hosting sites for your walls of text.

As many forums as you have joined, you should know that an introduction thread is of the foremost importance.

What the actual fuck is duane?

Well, if you're not even going to bother with the fresh start I offered (which I think everyone on here would be open to), then you can fuck right off.