A New Form of MA&D Surveillance?

[_Infymus]

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Juvenile.

So says the frog who believes that laughter is bad and loud laughter is of the devil.

[_Canucklehead]

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Juvenile.

So says the frog who believes that laughter is bad and loud laughter is of the devil.

First off, it's a mudskipper, not a frog. (Unless you're referring to the fact that I'm from Quebec, in which case you know nothing.)

Second, I believe neither of those things.

Third, by posting those images in a lame attempt to attack someone with whom you disagree, you discredit yourself. Since so many believing Mormons associate all of the critics on this board with the lowest common denominator, I felt a need to express my disagreement with your childish tactics.

[_Infymus]

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Juvenile.

So says the frog who believes that laughter is bad and loud laughter is of the devil.

First off, it's a mudskipper, not a frog. (Unless you're referring to the fact that I'm from Quebec, in which case you know nothing.)

Second, I believe neither of those things.

Third, by posting those images in a lame attempt to attack someone with whom you disagree, you discredit yourself. Since so many believing Mormons associate all of the critics on this board with the lowest common denominator, I felt a need to express my disagreement with your childish tactics.

Oh lighten up "mudskipper".

Lets see, Quebec, that's the home of the tree crabs and the Royal Canadian Quilted Yaksmen, am I correct?

I'm off to have some powdered toast.

[Guest]

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Juvenile.

So says the frog who believes that laughter is bad and loud laughter is of the devil.

First off, it's a mudskipper, not a frog. (Unless you're referring to the fact that I'm from Quebec, in which case you know nothing.)

Second, I believe neither of those things.

Third, by posting those images in a lame attempt to attack someone with whom you disagree, you discredit yourself. Since so many believing Mormons associate all of the critics on this board with the lowest common denominator, I felt a need to express my disagreement with your childish tactics.

Oh lighten up "mudskipper".

Lets see, Quebec, that's the home of the tree crabs and the Royal Canadian Quilted Yaksmen, am I correct?

I'm off to have some powdered toast.

Don't diss the yaksmen or they'll have you bloodied and broken before you can let out a single bleat.

Edited to add: Why MDB is in danger of self-destructing.

A highlight from that link:

There's a sort of Gresham's Law of trolls: trolls are willing to use a forum with a lot of thoughtful people in it, but thoughtful people aren't willing to use a forum with a lot of trolls in it. Which means that once trolling takes hold, it tends to become the dominant culture.

[_Yoda]

On MADB, you can tell who is currently responding to a thread by the fact that his moniker at the bottom of the screen stays italicized from the time he clicks "Reply" until his response is submitted.

Thus, all posters on MADB (mods or not) know which posters are currently responding to the thread being viewed.

Chris

Yep, and it wouldn't surprise me if they banned someone from a thread in mid-reply.

Case in point...my banning from FAIR/MAD. I was in the middle of a PM to Dan G, trying to resolve things amicably, and he banned me mid-PM.

[_Infymus]

On MADB, you can tell who is currently responding to a thread by the fact that his moniker at the bottom of the screen stays italicized from the time he clicks "Reply" until his response is submitted.

Thus, all posters on MADB (mods or not) know which posters are currently responding to the thread being viewed.

Chris

Yep, and it wouldn't surprise me if they banned someone from a thread in mid-reply.

Case in point...my banning from FAIR/MAD. I was in the middle of a PM to Dan G, trying to resolve things amicably, and he banned me mid-PM.

Did he give you an explanation? An explanation that filled the first page with his credentials, followed by his lengthy business trips around various parts of the globe, followed by a diatribe of self grandiose "look at me! look at me!" and then a "You're banned"?

[_Yoda]

Did he give you an explanation? An explanation that filled the first page with his credentials, followed by his lengthy business trips around various parts of the globe, followed by a diatribe of self grandiose "look at me! look at me!" and then a "You're banned"?

You're kidding, right? LOL Do any of the Mods at MAD have the balls to give the person they're banning an explanation?

Dan G has no balls. He refused to talk to me.

Check out my blog for a complete rundown on why I was banned. Shades' write-up of the situation is there. ;)

[_moksha]

Ok, does anyone have a picture of Juliann?

Can I have it please?

Artists rendering

[_moksha]

Dan G has no balls.

This was the result of an industrial accident and should not be joked about.

[_Gadianton]

While I doubt they have this technology, I'm certainly no expert on applications, and one thing s is for sure, if such a technology does exist then they would be jumping at the chance to implement it. CK is right that it shows who is posting on a thread and this alone is surely a tool used to stop posters they don't like in their tracks. Let them of course, put the time and effort into the post first. Well, if I have time later on in the week and I'm feeling up to it, I will register a bogus account at MAD, break out the laptop, and run EtherReal. The packet capture will tell us one way or another.