MPS Banned?
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@ben_lubar said in MPS Banned?:
@djls45 said in MPS Banned?:
I did find an account that I made in mid-2013. @ben_lubar, what's the likelihood of getting that account (the posts, at least) merged into this one?
Like... none? Merging accounts isn't really a thing on NodeBB.
Aw. :( Ok.
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i remember when this thing happened the first time around.... when i saw it in the topic listing, i thought, wtf MasterPlanSoftware came back and they banned him again?? I never had a problem with MPS. I think I believed he was intentionally trolling anyway. Also I mostly lurked back then so none of his posts were directed at me.
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@apapadimoulis said in MPS Banned?:
Yes, this was all me. As you may or may not have noticed, I don't participate in the forums very much these days. Back when I did, however, it was a fun, intelligent, and civil place of discussion. I've spent some time catching up these past couple weeks, and was very disappointed to see that it has become the complete opposite of that: a hostile environment unwelcoming new and old users alike. This is not the community I want to be associated with.
My decision to ban (well, try to ban - Community Server seems to have a bug with this module) was based on the simple fact that MPS's account was responsible for instigating almost all of this hostility/flaming/etc, especially in the "SideBar WTF" forum, which is where almost all new users start posting. Yes, there are a few others who are antagonistic, and it'll be just as easy to disable their account should I need to. This whole "moderator snafu" was mostly coincidental.
Thank goodness we have a garage then, right?
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@wharrgarbl said in MPS Banned?:
@dragnslcr /me looks into profile. I can't believe I'm already here for an entire year.
Do you feel young yet?
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@djls45 said in MPS Banned?:
@ben_lubar said in MPS Banned?:
@djls45 said in MPS Banned?:
I did find an account that I made in mid-2013. @ben_lubar, what's the likelihood of getting that account (the posts, at least) merged into this one?
Like... none? Merging accounts isn't really a thing on NodeBB.
Aw. :( Ok.
At best you can probably password reset (or ask to have the account email updated so the same can be performed).
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@ben_lubar would it be hard to change post owner for every post in old account manually in DB, then rebuild all caches?
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@gąska said in MPS Banned?:
@ben_lubar would it be hard to change post owner for every post in old account manually in DB, then rebuild all caches?
Depends on the db schema.
Oh wait...
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@tsaukpaetra said in MPS Banned?:
@gąska said in MPS Banned?:
@ben_lubar would it be hard to change post owner for every post in old account manually in DB, then rebuild all caches?
Depends on the db schema.
We don't have either of those!
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@apapadimoulis said in MPS Banned?:
I don't participate in the forums very much these days. Back when I did, however, it was a fun, intelligent, and civil place of discussion. I've spent some time catching up these past couple weeks, and was very disappointed to see that it has become the complete opposite of that
Umm... hi from nine years later. Got some bad news for you...
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@lorne-kates said in MPS Banned?:
@apapadimoulis said in MPS Banned?:
fun, intelligent, and civil place of discussion...
bad news for you...on the plus side.... 1 out of 3 ain't bad, right?
*edit - how the fuck do you make one of those old ported posts fcking show the text in multi-quote....? i guess by removing the nesting of quotes
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@Dragnslcr said in MPS Banned?:
@dcon If you go to the advanced search page, you can search for all posts by a user (e.g. yourself) and order them oldest first.
I can kill two birds with one stone then. My first post here is from more more than 10 years ago
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/4487/adobe-flash-memory-for-the-apple-iphoneYou can immediately see what kind of assholes MPS and Morbs were in welcoming first-time posters. Re-reading the thread, I should have stood up for myself instead of accepting their behavior.
Filed under: too soon for a proper necro?
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@bjolling In all honesty, I had the same experience. It's actually kind of the inspiration for my username, which I had changed during the Discourse era. I enjoyed lurking, but often got shit thrown at me if I posted anything by posters who didn't ironically.
Plus I was a entry-level/junior way back then, so I did indeed have some learning to do, and I do cringe at some of my older posts, but their condescending attitude towards that was a big turn off for me, so I figured I'll just lurk in the shadows and . Quietly observing MPS and Morbs against SpectateSwamp was entertaining enough anyways.
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@bjolling said in MPS Banned?:
too soon for a proper necro?
Unless it says GODDAMNIT FBMAC it's not a true necro.
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@The_Quiet_One said in MPS Banned?:
Quietly observing MPS and Morbs against SpectateSwamp was entertaining enough anyways.
Don't forget TopCod3r! He was a truly brilliant troll…
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@bjolling said in MPS Banned?:
@Dragnslcr said in MPS Banned?:
@dcon If you go to the advanced search page, you can search for all posts by a user (e.g. yourself) and order them oldest first.
I can kill two birds with one stone then. My first post here is from more more than 10 years ago
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/4487/adobe-flash-memory-for-the-apple-iphoneYou can immediately see what kind of assholes MPS and Morbs were in welcoming first-time posters. Re-reading the thread, I should have stood up for myself instead of accepting their behavior.
I don't think this was the way to go. You were new to the forums and you know what they say about arguing with trolls.
Being new would play a great part here, since you would be less likely to understand inside jokes and such, so your cause would be lost from the get go.
Just imagine being new today and trying to have a flame war with @boomzilla. Instant death.
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@kt_ I consider it a mark of honor that I was able to defeat @Polygeekery once.
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@kt_ said in MPS Banned?:
Just imagine being new today and trying to have a flame war with @boomzilla. Instant death.
Why would @boomzilla argue with one of his alts?
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@pie_flavor said in MPS Banned?:
@kt_ I consider it a mark of honor that I was able to defeat @Polygeekery once.
But this has probably taken a bit of training. :P
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@dkf said in MPS Banned?:
@kt_ said in MPS Banned?:
Just imagine being new today and trying to have a flame war with @boomzilla. Instant death.
Why would @boomzilla argue with one of his alts?
Oh, shut up, @boomzilla.
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@pie_flavor said in MPS Banned?:
@kt_ I consider it a mark of honor that I was able to defeat @Polygeekery once.
Wait, flame wars have winners? I can't point anyone as having won any of these.
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@sockpuppet7 That's because nobody can tell who won since all your posts are deleted.
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@sockpuppet7 said in MPS Banned?:
Wait, flame wars have winners?
From the inside, yes, both sides always are winners. From the outside, no, neither side ever wins. Finding the winner in an internet discussion is kind of like the Schrödinger's cat, you can't tell who is winning until you are fully engaged in it and when you do so, the relativity effects means you are necessarily the winner, from your point of view.
(and no, none of that really makes sense)
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@Tsaukpaetra said in MPS Banned?:
@remi said in MPS Banned?:
(and no, none of that really makes sense)
But does it make dollers?
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@Lorne-Kates so, it do.
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@Dragnslcr said in MPS Banned?:
@cartman82 said in MPS Banned?:
None of the people from back then are still around :(
I've been here since 2006.
2008, myself. (Well, between me and my alt, and lurking before I registered. Active on the front page forums before the rest.)
Also, Alex, of course, still pops up now and then.