[Blue Dome]

[Hikes with dogs]

I have to tell you, Dave has been a good sport...the moderators made the decision on their own. Other than that I agree with you and Marylou is one of my favorite characters around here...hope she chimes in soon...

[Dave Workman]

BD: It's late and I had nothing (nada, zero, zip) to do with the moderators' decision. They called it, nobody asked them to my knowledge, and that's that.

[Blue Dome]

[Tazz]

BD stop trolling! I know you love to do it but don't! Normal thread drift is great I think it is funny and fun. Intentional thread drift to strong arm folks and the thread is not ok. It was the intentional thread drift and nasty comments, trolling, and down right childish behavior by certain people that has folks all "grumpy" around here. The last the we want to do is stop the fun. But when the fun starts to turn into ganging up to try to shut down a thread it is not right. PERIOD! don't try to make me/us look like the one who is an ass. Just trying to be fair to all.

[Blue Dome]

Sorry. Your claims of "trolling" don't fly. I strongly disagree with your decision to delete 8 pages of posts — and that's not trolling. Don't be so sensitive. I know you meant well, but deleting large blocks of content on an Internet forum is unfair to the members. By doing so, you've defeated the purpose of this site: people freely exchanging ideas — no matter if you approve of the manner in which they do so. People come to the Internet for the free exchange of ideas — not to have their thoughts micromanaged. "Intentional" thread drift — sanctioned by Tom — has been going on here for years, and is a legitimate part of Internet discourse.

[Tazz]

cut it out. You are trying to argue and I will not do it with you. Take your doom and gloom elsewhere!

[Blue Dome]

So now you’re deleting my posts because you don’t like them? At least have the intellectual honesty to allow honest disagreement — which is what my post was that you deleted: "As I wrote, I know you meant well, but being an Internet forum moderator is a tightrope walk between allowing the free flowing exchange of ideas and stopping explicit and extreme content. The eight pages of content you deleted was neither explicit nor extreme."

[Backpacker Joe]

Come on BD. This gets tiresome at times. Sometimes the better part of valor is understanding when it's the right time to back off.

[Dayhike Mike]

Ditto. Let it be, BD. I have no problems with the moderators ditching the off-topic posts...including my own posts...from this thread.

[Rich Baldwin]

[Hikes with dogs]

Um....Errr.....BD is defining "post banning"...something I had hoped never would happen here...

[Tazz]

you too HWD cut it out. you don't need to cause more trouble! we did not ban posts. we are trying to keep some order out of things and calm things down around here. You are being disruptive. cut it out why can't we all just move on and be adults? We should not have to deal with all this crap in the first place!

[Hikes with dogs]

My apologies...I don't want to cause trouble for you. I'll tell you what I would like to see....some simple concise rules to follow (posted as a sticky perhaps) when making posts...I mean...things like oh, say: "Please do not take it upon yourself to filibuster, or otherwise strong-arm a topic/thread...you may find your posts deleted" -edited by hwd in an effort to better communicate "If you want to quote a post, place this directional sign pointing to the location of the post, don't include the entire post in your new message" "If you are going to edit your post, type your new text in this color (or other color) so that we can pick it up easily". These are really lame, I know...but wouldn't it be best if you did not have to re-read everything all the time...??? I can only imagine what you are going through to keep up. I know that my eyes are bleary from just the little bit of staring at the screen that I do!

[jenjen]

We decided to take out the 8 pages of booze posts intended to derail this particular thread. My own posts included. You can disagree with that decision, but it's been made. Let it go.