My experiences with internet forums

[Fireball]

Dear vorlon13, I notice just now that you are a moderator here, please tell me, what is a prophet in residence, I mean what roles does such a thus designated member of the staff perform?

None. It is a self-proscribed title that any and all members are free to give themselves. In Cyberman's case, it is most likely a parody of people who believe themselves to be actual prophets.

You can amend your user title and various other things for your user handle on here and other myBB forums via the user CP which can be located on the top tab of options adjacent to your 'my posts' section. There are various user FAQs for myBB forums available online if you need any further guidance.

]By the way, no offense intended, but just for satisfying my quest for knowledge, what do you say about what I read in re members of the staff, that they work hard to convince the topmost powers that be in a forum, to grant them most specially the appointment of moderator?

Nobody 'convinces us' to make people moderators. Staff are chosen from any and all members who that staff of the time believe will make a good contribution to the running and moderation of the forum. People can try and convince us all they want but if we don't need a new moderator and we do not believe they are a good fit then it won't matter.

And don't insist that I bring up links on what I read, if you don't accept what I am telling you, that is your privilege - or you do research about how people get to become moderators, etc.

Are you really telling a moderator, someone who has been promoted using the aforementioned system, to look up how people become moderators?

Nobody owes you anything here. If being here is such a trauma for you you're free to go. As bizarre as a person as you appear to be being bizzare isn't against the rules. Neither is having a persecution complex, evidently. I won't waste time responding to you unless you have a specific complaint or issue you feel we need to look at, and if you do, I suggest you follow the advice I have given you elsewhere if you want us to look at it. Otherwise I can only surmise you are here to cause a scene, get people riled up and to ultimately waste everyone's time. None of that particularly interests me or any of the rest of the staff and only serves us to take you less seriously than we already do.

I'm a member of several forums, and it never ceases to amaze me that some peeps like mario here get all cheesed off about moderators. I've seen people get all pissy because someone else became a mod with less time on the forum than the pisser. Maybe the pisser wasn't asked for a reason. I'm not naming anyone here for that, BTW.

[SteelCurtain]

So, you're mad because you got several answers to your question and either ignored them or didn't understand them.

Here's my answer:

Assuming your intent here is the see whether your own posts violate the rule, the answer is no.

Our calling out rule is specific to the creation of threads for which the intent is to shine a spotlight on a particular user for a negative or even neutral reason. If calling out a user in a post were against the rule, then the quote feature would be tough to implement without breaking said rule.

What about this wasn't in direct response to what you asked?

[The Valkyrie]

So, you're mad because you got several answers to your question and either ignored them or didn't understand them.

Here's my answer:

Assuming your intent here is the see whether your own posts violate the rule, the answer is no.

Our calling out rule is specific to the creation of threads for which the intent is to shine a spotlight on a particular user for a negative or even neutral reason. If calling out a user in a post were against the rule, then the quote feature would be tough to implement without breaking said rule.

What about this wasn't in direct response to what you asked?

The parts he didn't want to hear: all of it.

[Cyberman]

Mario:

The Staff have already answered your questions, several times. Why are you bringing them up yet again? The answers are not going to change. This is not your private little domain, where everyone has to run around kowtowing to your silly little games. You have the same basic 'rights', as you put it, as every other member.

This game ends now. Okay?

[Joods]

Mario:

The Staff have already answered your questions, several times. Why are you bringing them up yet again? The answers are not going to change. This is not your private little domain, where everyone has to run around kowtowing to your silly little games. You have the same basic 'rights', as you put it, as every other member.

This game ends now. Okay?

Oh oh oh.... do that little thing where you put this in red...

you know, make it all official sounding.

Maybe then he'll get it.

[Cyberman]

Doubt it. If he's as stupid as he's making out, he thinks I'm a she, for one thing.

[Losty]

Before anything else, I wonder whether what I write below could be a violation of the rule against calling out a poster.

I could get banned and that's too bad for me, and congratulations to my opponents here.

You now will no longer have someone here to remind you, Oh ye atheists, that you are all the time into evasiveness, and nothing of any intelligent thinking on truths, facts, logic, and the best thoughts of mankind from since the dawn of man's conscious reason.

By the way I am getting to know better the mechanics of communication in this atheistforums.org: still I see nothing in the big picture with atheists' words, they are all the time into evasiveness, and all hatred, anger, foul language, which is all cover up for instead thinking on truths, facts, logic, and the best thoughts of mankind from since the dawn of man's conscious reason.

See you guys all again tomorrow, though...

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Here is my experience with having addressed a question to the board named “Questions for Staff” in this atheistforums.org forum:

Title of thread from Mariosep to board on Questions for Staff:
Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.

Result:
Pages (3): 1 2 3 Next »
Thread Closed, after only the first post the OP from me and another post from me, then more posts from staff members, the thread has been closed - sad, very sad.

I was not able to interact with the staff members at all, for example, I want to get a uniform unanimous definitive decision from them all, as like through a poll with them by themselves on their judgment.

First post of Mariosep

Atheist Forums › Site Specific › Questions for Staff
Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.
Post #1 Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.
19th June 2017, 13:57
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First, thanks a lot for the access to your forum; I will just take this occasion to say that it is typical of web forums to have rules, etc., but some good minds should work out what I might call all these rules, etc., etc., etc. that they be user friendly.

The way I see them in all forums, they are susceptible to be interpreted by powers that be or members of a forum, as to be violated by posters who just are into good faith sharing thoughts with other posters, with no malice of violating the rules, etc. etc. etc.

Rules, etc. etc. etc. in web forums could be similar to laws of the land, that when the government wants to get you, it is altogether within the laws etc. etc. etc. that they will get you, period.

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I am taking time and labor to investigate Stimbo to find out what happened to me, which made me stop posting here in a previous sojourn.

Here is one post that can be taken to transgress against the rule of no calling out a poster.

   
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Here is another post that can be taken to transgress against no calling out a poster:

[End of  Post 1 the OP to the AF Staff]

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The only another post from Mariosep:

Post #7 RE: Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.
Yesterday, 10:31
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Please bear with my ignorance, but I was thinking that I will be talking with staff members, are you folks here staff members, and how do plain members get to know you to be staff members?

Like this member with this description: "Milk Chocolate Bimbo Mod Overlord."

Now that I am talking with members who could be in fact staff members, may I just take the occasion to ask whether this forum, atheistforums.org, is explicitly allowing, and thus in effect encouraging on the part of posters here, the use of foul language?

Now you will say that you don't know what foul language I am talking about.

If that is so, then I will have to look up some samples which I consider to be instances of foul language, and next time I check in here I will give them to you, when I read from you that you don't know what is the meaning of foul language.

Okay, dear staff members(?):
1. My question is not answered definitively because some of you claim to not know what I am asking, though I see that to be very disingenuous.
2. Are you in fact staff members, and how are plain members to know that?
3. Why are you guys always into evasiveness, and you will ask me what I mean by evasiveness? It is close to disingenuous-ness.

I will also take this occasion to inquire, is this Stimbo a genuine staff member, he describes himself as Administrator, Prophet in residence?

Please abstain from projecting yourselves to be funny, unless you use that for a cover of your whatever you feel to be lacking in substance in yourselves.


Annex:
Questions for Staff New Thread
Have a question for AF forum staff? Post it here. Only threads you start are visible to you.

[End of the only other post from Mariosep]

It's not a violation of the rules. We told you as much when you posted it in the staff questions subforum. What are you trying to prove with this?

[Joods]

I just wanted you to wear that sexy red mod hat

*pouts

[Cyberman]

Administrator Notice
Alright then - just for you.

[LadyForCamus]

Before anything else, I wonder whether what I write below could be a violation of the rule against calling out a poster.

I could get banned and that's too bad for me, and congratulations to my opponents here.

You now will no longer have someone here to remind you, Oh ye atheists, that you are all the time into evasiveness, and nothing of any intelligent thinking on truths, facts, logic, and the best thoughts of mankind from since the dawn of man's conscious reason.

By the way I am getting to know better the mechanics of communication in this atheistforums.org: still I see nothing in the big picture with atheists' words, they are all the time into evasiveness, and all hatred, anger, foul language, which is all cover up for instead thinking on truths, facts, logic, and the best thoughts of mankind from since the dawn of man's conscious reason.

See you guys all again tomorrow, though...

---

Here is my experience with having addressed a question to the board named “Questions for Staff” in this atheistforums.org forum:

Title of thread from Mariosep to board on Questions for Staff:
Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.

Result:
Pages (3): 1 2 3 Next »
Thread Closed, after only the first post the OP from me and another post from me, then more posts from staff members, the thread has been closed - sad, very sad.

I was not able to interact with the staff members at all, for example, I want to get a uniform unanimous definitive decision from them all, as like through a poll with them by themselves on their judgment.

First post of Mariosep

Atheist Forums › Site Specific › Questions for Staff
Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.
Post #1 Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.
19th June 2017, 13:57
________________________________


First, thanks a lot for the access to your forum; I will just take this occasion to say that it is typical of web forums to have rules, etc., but some good minds should work out what I might call all these rules, etc., etc., etc. that they be user friendly.

The way I see them in all forums, they are susceptible to be interpreted by powers that be or members of a forum, as to be violated by posters who just are into good faith sharing thoughts with other posters, with no malice of violating the rules, etc. etc. etc.

Rules, etc. etc. etc. in web forums could be similar to laws of the land, that when the government wants to get you, it is altogether within the laws etc. etc. etc. that they will get you, period.

---

   
_______________________________________


I am taking time and labor to investigate Stimbo to find out what happened to me, which made me stop posting here in a previous sojourn.

Here is one post that can be taken to transgress against the rule of no calling out a poster.

   
________________________________


Here is another post that can be taken to transgress against no calling out a poster:

[End of  Post 1 the OP to the AF Staff]

_________________________

The only another post from Mariosep:

Post #7 RE: Inquiry on two posts which could be against not calling out a poster.
Yesterday, 10:31
___________________________


Please bear with my ignorance, but I was thinking that I will be talking with staff members, are you folks here staff members, and how do plain members get to know you to be staff members?

Like this member with this description: "Milk Chocolate Bimbo Mod Overlord."

Now that I am talking with members who could be in fact staff members, may I just take the occasion to ask whether this forum, atheistforums.org, is explicitly allowing, and thus in effect encouraging on the part of posters here, the use of foul language?

Now you will say that you don't know what foul language I am talking about.

If that is so, then I will have to look up some samples which I consider to be instances of foul language, and next time I check in here I will give them to you, when I read from you that you don't know what is the meaning of foul language.

Okay, dear staff members(?):
1. My question is not answered definitively because some of you claim to not know what I am asking, though I see that to be very disingenuous.
2. Are you in fact staff members, and how are plain members to know that?
3. Why are you guys always into evasiveness, and you will ask me what I mean by evasiveness? It is close to disingenuous-ness.

I will also take this occasion to inquire, is this Stimbo a genuine staff member, he describes himself as Administrator, Prophet in residence?

Please abstain from projecting yourselves to be funny, unless you use that for a cover of your whatever you feel to be lacking in substance in yourselves.


Annex:
Questions for Staff New Thread
Have a question for AF forum staff? Post it here. Only threads you start are visible to you.

[End of the only other post from Mariosep]

You're giving me diabetes. [emoji19]