There is no "controlling" here, but we do not allow people who have no intention of intelligent discourse to throw around insults.
From wikipedia:
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[2]
If you wish to engage in discourse, please do so. If not, please respectfully refrain from posting possibly derogatory posts.
I had no intentions of doing such. I s this how you greet guests here. how strange.
Dear Spike,
You were greeted with respect and you took the opportunity to take a shot at the person who greeted you, your host.
Your second post on this forum was "Was hoping this site is joyful not controlling. Like the JWs. Im sure you know what I mean." In your own words, "how strange" of you. Your third post was an antagonization of the owner of the forum, questioning her understanding of the word "trolling" which you apparently made no effort to research or discover what the word even meant. And this, your fourth post, is a denial that your intentions are antagonizing when your posts are indeed antagonizing.
Spike, please read the "Rules" thread and decide whether or not you actually wish to participate on this forum. If the next post you have is argumentative on this topic of Joyful's method of operation, you will be assumed to be one of the anonymous people who from time to time like to take pot shots at private forum owners. If you feel I have misread your posts, feel free to PM me and ask that I reconsider this warning, but do not post an argument about my assessment in public as that will be taken as an affront. This is SOP for many forums, so do not feel like you are being harassed.
If you have any honest problems with the rules, I will allow you to argue them with ME in private. Please PM me, Ad-minister.
Other than that, I encourage you to enjoy the material presented on this website and feel free to discuss them with an open mind.
It appears to me that you have taken offense where none was intended by Spike. You need to encourage new members, not push them away.
In my opinion it would be more advantagious for you to remove all the spammers who are now on your forum. It looks to me like there are at least 80. I PM'd Hitomi about a week ago & there have been at least another 30 added since then. ( about 80 in total)
Ion _________________ "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Would Jesus act as you? A resounding NO! I will move away.
humbleservant wrote:
Admin,
It appears to me that you have taken offense where none was intended by Spike. You need to encourage new members, not push them away.
I simply enforce the rules. If you have a problem with them, please let me know in PM. Jesus says to be as innocent as doves but also as wise as serpents.
Humbleservant, I have sent you a PM.
As far as spammers, we remove obvious spam accounts in extended intervals. We activate accounts which are not blatant spam accounts, regardless of suspicion. This policy is outlined in the Rules forum for your convenience and understanding.
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