Sigs getting turned off

[68magOwner]

Meh, makes my posts that much harder to find when I am trying to referance myself, but, hell, my posts arnt really usally worth re-reading anyway.

[shartley]

This is the crap people will commonly come up with when they are WRONG and we "ding" them:

The Mods have violated me!!!!

They banned me for no reason!!!!

Why was my sig removed??? Bloody murder! (Even though it clearly breaks the rules)

There was nothing wrong with my sig!! (Even though it clearly breaks the rules)

I don't know why I was banned!!!!

MagBaller12345xyz didn't get banned for the same thing!!!!

The mods are playing favorites!!!!

They are abusing their powers!!!!

They won't say why I was banned!!!! (even though they did, or it's obvious)

They never did this before!!!!

They think they are perfect!!!!

They think they can't make mistakes!!!!

He got banned for less time!!! (Attempting to equate two unequal things as equal - conveniently not mentioning the details).

[20 other members that were IM'd chime in]: Why did you ban him?!?! Unfair!!!! Look at how many disagree with you!!! Ban me too, I dare you!!!!

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely!" (Or some other cliche that infers corruption, yet there is no mentioning of how one should take responsibility for one's actions)

See... this is where the drama comes in. We ban someone... edit a sig... warn them... then the drama comes.

Don't have to worry about cancer in your leg, if you cut it off. These sigs are more like an appendix though.

But you can blame the patient for it... if he keeps sticking his head in the microwave for fun. "Stop sticking your head in the microwave." "No! Bloody murder! Abuse!!! Abuse!!!! I've been violated!!!"

[Aegis]

Yes it will, and lets hope that dialogue on issues that we are passionate about will help keep things on track and bring us together rather than tearing us apart.

I think we should kick back and see what happens after this episode, and give it a rest for now.

[tony3]

I don't really care all that much, but I think avatars would be a good alternative. 60x60 pixels, limited to 10,000kb. Set a restriction so you can't even put it up if it doesn't meet them, like PBN and PBR. Just a suggestion.

[AutomagRT1483]

A mass email would have been nice. That way I could have saved my Good Trader List....


Thanks...

[Ceph]

A mass email would have been nice. That way I could have saved my Good Trader List....


Thanks...

It's still there, just not visable anymore



Great Traders: automagfreek, ClassicMagger, Emagster, fire1811, Kevmaster, MrMag, Nicad, oldsoldier, RogueFactor, SpongeBobSquarePantsx2 , SteveDx10+, The Frymarker, Treefall25, Tunamanx3, warpfeedmod

[MonsterMag]

I am kind of glad the sigs are turned off. I recived a 3 day ban for having a sig that was to big. I had a guy who was making sigs, make me one and it was to large and did not meet the requirments of the rules. Anyways I am glad the signatures are turned off. Good choice on turning them off Tom :)

[teufelhunden]

I am kind of glad the sigs are turned off. I recived a 3 day ban for having a sig that was to big. I had a guy who was making sigs, make me one and it was to large and did not meet the requirments of the rules. Anyways I am glad the signatures are turned off. Good choice on turning them off Tom :)

You got banned for your sig because it was too big like 34586 times. I'd know, I personally reported it each time. Your sig would get taken down, and you'd put it back up, without modification.

But hey, that's the Emagballa560 way, right? Screw over everybody else for yourself?

[Miscue]

I am kind of glad the sigs are turned off. I recived a 3 day ban for having a sig that was to big. I had a guy who was making sigs, make me one and it was to large and did not meet the requirments of the rules. Anyways I am glad the signatures are turned off. Good choice on turning them off Tom :)

So why the heck did you use it if you knew it broke the rules?

[bjjb99]

These sigs are more like an appendix though. Maybe a circumcision?

Calamari, anyone? :P

BJJB -- "Turn off every 'sig'... for great justice."

[Alpha]

I wish we could at least have 1 line of text, but what tom says goes.

I'm sure this will eliminate all of the drama thas been going on.

[teufelhunden]

I'm sure this will eliminate all of the drama thas been going on.

And that is where you and Kaye are wrong. The ONLY reason the sig thing became an issue was because of prior issues. Disabling sigs just moves the argument to another facet.

I hope you don't run your company like this, Tom, or you're going bottom up faster than you think.

[SCpoloRicker]

I am kind of glad the sigs are turned off. I recived a 3 day ban for having a sig that was to big. I had a guy who was making sigs, make me one and it was to large and did not meet the requirments of the rules. Anyways I am glad the signatures are turned off. Good choice on turning them off Tom :)

sigh. How many times have yo-- oh, forget it.

To re-iterate what Shartley, TP, CM and others have said: Sigs were not, IMO, the root cause of recent problems on the boards.

[bornl33t]

can some one help me with toms e-mail? I would like to send him something that's un-related to this

[Webmaster]

The problem I see is that some people want to cause trouble. As miscue pointed out - EVERYTIME any of us do something we get met with a load of immaturity and crybaby antics. We get THREATS. We get cursed at. Its just not cool And I only get a smidge of what the other mods get as they are more prolific.

The problem isnt Sigs, as others pointed out. It is certain people. And theses people forget AO doesnt belong to them. They want to strongarm their opinions onto others. They want to help decide who goes and who stays. Well it doesnt work like that. This is a public forum - but it is REGULATED. We are the regulators.

If I were to bet, I would say Sigs might come back in a few months. Even if in just Text form. But I suppose that will depend on several other things happening.

Part of the great thing about AO and WHY its grown is its community like astmosphere. There are regulars and people known for certain things. There is enough of a base that when there is a big event AOers can congregate. But - just like any group - we now have little cliches. Groups of "Jets" and "Sharks" who dont like eachother and have thier own little slap fest here. If people could just learn to ignore those who bug them - this wouldnt be such a dramatic place at time.