Thread Nuking

The second topic was removed, I suspect, because its title and content still looked like an attempt by you to advertise your site, and to simultaneously criticise the forum for having rules which prohibited such free advertisement by new members. We generally don't waste time explaining ourselves to spammers, as I said in my first post in this thread.

You appear to have joined this forum purely, solely and simply to advertise your software. Nothing you've posted, in any of the threads and posts you've made so far, has begun to convince us otherwise.

We'd be happy to be proved wrong about this, but that's up to you. Your account has not yet been locked because we still think there's hope that you might become an active, contributing member of the forum. Join in the discussions about coins, ask and answer questions, reach 50 quality posts, and then you'll find us far more lenient towards you advertising your wares.

What part of...




...don't you understand?

It's not up for debate. The rule is not negotiable. Abide by it or find another forum to post on. Nitpick any more (Web application versus website? Seriously?) and I'll make the decision for you. We got along fine before you, we'll get along fine after you.

Thank you. I'm not quite sure why this conversation must keep going, then.


And you have been answered.


And it is. If you (or anyone else, for that matter) have any constructive criticisms or suggestions, please make them. We generally don't put too much weight on suggestions from new members, since they're... well... new, and probably don't have much of an idea about how this forum works, but occasionally a new member might have a good idea. So far, I haven't seen any ideas from you yet (and sarcastic ones don't count).

I should warn you, however, that the admin really, really doesn't like it when people come on here with the attitude that "I ran my own forums and I liked the way I ran my forums so anyone who doesn't run forums the way I would run them is stupid". We've had people do that in the past, and it's never had a pretty ending. So please don't do that.

Drk's post count has now been edited back down to "1", since nothing he's posted, apart from his post in the welcome section, counts as a "quality post" for forum purposes; none of the other nine posts have actually been about coins. We don't usually advertise when we do this, but in the interest of openness and transparency in the way the forum is organized, I'm letting everyone know.

that's bull.
do you see how many posts sap has? have you bothered to look at how many times bryan has contributed to the forum? how about tights24? the forum moderators put in a crap load of work on here. don't EVER say they moderate just for power. EVERY moderator on here was just a member on here before and just wanted contribution, not power

It's my opinion. I base it in my own experience. So far, I think the removal of my second topic was unfair. And the reason given is silly.

What happens here is I've been prejudged for posting a harmless link. It would have been enough just removing the link. Or the whole topic.

That's why I think they don't do a good job here.

Yes. Let's sweep the dirt under the carpet.

If you have that much experience as a forum user, then you know it is universally unacceptable behavior to circumvent administrative action taken against you. Your second thread was simply a continuation of the first, lacking only the link. Without the link, it had no actual content; it was merely you mentioning the fact that you were doing something. If you're intelligent enough to write web apps, you're intelligent enough to be aware of how your second thread would be perceived.

So we gave you credit for your perception by removing that thread, as well. You objected to that second action, and posted here.

In some fora, it is required to take objections to administrative actions offline; here, we're a little more willing to allow these conversations to take place in public. Hence, the reason we've allowed you to hijack zeewool's thread.

If you are *that* experienced as a forum user, then behave like it. Contribute. Be a part of the community. Follow the same rules everyone else does. Your work has merit, and deserves publicity, but not until you've fulfilled the same requirements all others, big and small, do.

It's up to you. We're not going to lock you for objecting; if we make you go away, it'll be because you refuse to contribute.

Ball's in your court, but this conversation is over.