Brainstorm

[SteelCurtain]

You keep saying that you're not trying to control the thread, but on nearly every page there are examples of you talking about how you envisioned the thread going. Why say that?

 I think the better question is, why not say that?

Because it implies (whether you meant or want it to or not) that they are doing something wrong or counter to your vision of the thread. Especially when you say it every three posts. And especially when you do something else 5 times.

I think you are getting this whole thing totally wrong. Let me start over.

This thread is meant for discussion/brainstorming various ideas. How or what you talk about is not for me to tell you, although as OP, I do have that privilege(something which is universally accepted elsewhere on the forums).
Now that we've got that handled, my role as OP is over. Now I'm just a regular poster. I post the first question. A discussion begins. Someone makes fun of me. I tell them to stay on topic, as a fellow poster, not as anyone else.

That's just it, EP. You telling someone else to stay on topic is 1) attempting to moderate other users and 2) implying that there is a topic to be adhered to.

Regarding #1) Not your job.
Regarding #2) You keep alternately telling people that there is no topic, and then whining in the next post about how they are off-topic, and you won't deign to respond to them.

You are not required to respond to anything on this forum aside from official requests from staff, so you can choose who you want to respond to. But if all you do is whine when people don't do, act, post, reply like you want, don't bitch even more when no one takes you seriously.

Just because you pretended to be nice for three days doesn't mean everyone forgets all the shit you spew onto this forum on the regular. Your reputation precedes you, whether you like it or not. You made that bed, and you are trying to make everyone else sleep in it. Not gonna happen.