Just to make it clear: I obviously don't mind theymos expressing his opinion, I appreciate it. I dislike the way it was done. He can blacklist users (and preferably explain the decision) if he wants to. Or post his opinion publicly and let everyone make their decisions.
And no, it's not the same as someone else (e.g. Lauda) campaigning for inclusions/exclusions. I could tell Lauda to fuck off and nothing would happen regardless of what the conspiracy theories would lead you to believe. I don't think many recipients of that PM would feel the same way about a request from admin. Perhaps my reading of the situation is flawed. Let's hope that's all there is.
Topic: PM from admin demanding to exclude a certain user - page 8. (Read 2825 times)
He was trying to convince others to agree with him.
The flag-type is wrong. I have advised others to use flag-type 1 and successfully convinced a lot of people to support it. 
Since the "Lauda PM" is now public knowledge let me just state that this sort of thing - forum owner/admin sending PMs demanding to exclude certain users from my trust network - is deeply unwelcome. Theymos can blacklist anyone he wants, there is no need for him to coerce others into doing this. At the very least this should have been done publicly. I want to put this out in case anyone wants to exclude (or blacklist 
) me for this opinion.
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No, I and quite a few others agree with you. It makes no sense really. I mean, PM'ing users to exclude lauda over a "mistake" made on Quickscammer's flag? Fuck that.... Not right... Deleted the PM.
So with this logic i can plagiarize and get banned and claim it was a mistake and i can be unbanned? I mean the rules were clearly posted by theymos. Was not a mistake Lauda has been on "It's" high horse forever thinking IT can get away with anything.
Perhaps he should just blacklist anyone who keeps lauda in their trust list.
He was trying to convince others to agree with him.
He was trying to convince others to agree with him.
Since the "Lauda PM" is now public knowledge let me just state that this sort of thing - forum owner/admin sending PMs demanding to exclude certain users from my trust network - is deeply unwelcome. Theymos can blacklist anyone he wants, there is no need for him to coerce others into doing this. At the very least this call for action should have been done publicly. I want to put this out in case anyone wants to exclude (or blacklist ) me for this opinion.
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) me for this opinion.Not sure if this is more a Meta topic or a Reputation topic, feel free to move as appropriate.
I do understand what you are saying, just a PM with fact would be OK imo and wouldn't be a problem so each member can make there ow mind on a given FACT...
Still what happens here is an exact same example as Lauda doing a similar thing not long ago, with asking other DT members to trust or distrust people...
Same no go, if you wanna point something to members to make sure they don't miss it in the forum could be OK, just let the reading party make up there own mind whiteout any pressure from no-one
Decided to ask advice from a couple of OG DT1’s. Was told to ignore it so I did
Since the "Lauda PM" is now public knowledge let me just state that this sort of thing - forum owner/admin sending PMs demanding to exclude certain users from my trust network - is deeply unwelcome. Theymos can blacklist anyone he wants, there is no need for him to coerce others into doing this. At the very least this should have been done publicly. I want to put this out in case anyone wants to exclude (or blacklist ) me for this opinion.
Not sure if this is more a Meta topic or a Reputation topic, feel free to move as appropriate.
) me for this opinion.Not sure if this is more a Meta topic or a Reputation topic, feel free to move as appropriate.
No, I and quite a few others agree with you. It makes no sense really. I mean, PM'ing users to exclude lauda over a "mistake" made on Quickscammer's flag? Fuck that.... Not right... Deleted the PM.
Since the "Lauda PM" is now public knowledge let me just state that this sort of thing - forum owner/admin sending a PM demanding "recommending" to exclude a certain user from my trust network - is deeply unwelcome. Theymos can blacklist anyone he wants, there is no need for him to coerce others into doing this. At the very least this call for action should have been done publicly. I want to put this out in case anyone wants to exclude (or blacklist ) me for this opinion.
If you're not quite familiar with the events, please read cryptodevil's excellent write-up.
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) me for this opinion.If you're not quite familiar with the events, please read cryptodevil's excellent write-up.
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