Why does everybody care about goat so much?
I don't think most people care about Goat. What they want to know is whether there's some new, unwritten rule we all need to avoid breaking.
Topic: [To Theymos] Why was Goat banned? - page 4. (Read 11791 times)
I don't think most people care about Goat. What they want to know is whether there's some new, unwritten rule we all need to avoid breaking.
Ok I guess I get it. I have not seen a whole lot of his posts and what I see paint a fairly meathead picture which made me wonder why anyone cared.
Also I just noticed this:
LOL we tooo crazeh fo' theh anarchists nowah!
Also I just noticed this:
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This forum has gone to shit. I'm outta here.
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This forum has gone to shit. I'm outta here.
LOL we tooo crazeh fo' theh anarchists nowah!
I just found it funny. Why does everybody care about goat so much?
He's well-known around here, participated a lot in BTC businesses and he was pretty active too. Around 6000 posts I think. His TYGRR business was also pretty big on GLBSE too. I don't know if the link between TYGRR and GLBSE is part of the reason, but I don't really like how this is handled right now. You can't simply ban somebody because you have different business views.
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Ok, it seems he got into a fight with theymos over the GLBSE stuff.
I like anyone who posts ridiculous shit that is fun to read 
You must love me then lol....
naww you're annoying
J/k 
Annoyingly Lovable! 
I like anyone who posts ridiculous shit that is fun to read
You must love me then lol....
naww you're annoying
J/k I like anyone who posts ridiculous shit that is fun to read
You must love me then lol....
I like anyone who posts ridiculous shit that is fun to read
I just found it funny. Why does everybody care about goat so much?
" "within" " Quotation mark inception.
Yeah my bad...i was just copy pasting ...
" "within" " Quotation mark inception.
Goat's signature says "This is how Theymos "resolves" business disputes."
What business disputes? I know Theymos was/is a part owner in GLBSE but what does that have to do with Goat? Is it Goat once again going off the deep end?
I tend to think so...
What business disputes? I know Theymos was/is a part owner in GLBSE but what does that have to do with Goat? Is it Goat once again going off the deep end?
I tend to think so...
I dont think people should be banned unless they are promoting something illegal or threatening other users somehow. Banning someone because they have an opinion is not cool.
Goat ran a mining company on GLBSE and didn't even have any equipment to mine coins! I've long suspected that all of his other half dozen GLBSE listings were similar fake businesses setup to put more BTC in his BTCST account. On top of that, Goat's recent posts have all been suggesting that users sue Theymos and the other GLBSE owners.
Yeah, I strongly dislike goat but don't support him being banned. Unless he is trying to scam or promote further ponzies, a ban isn't justified IMO.
Honestly, this surprises me. Maybe I just haven't read many Goat threads, but, where has he been actively disruptive? Are there deleted posts recently that I'm just not seeing?
Goat was arguing that Nefario shouldn't have been given the scammer tag for the reasons it was given (he thought it should have been given for other reasons). He did seem to be arguing for the sake of arguing a lot lately, but the forum membership's going to drop dramatically if we start banning everyone who does that occasionally.
I'm not sure how much of his business Goat conducted off-board, but I hope that anyone who's dependent on the records he holds in relation to pirate and GLBSE has another way to communicate with him.
Honestly, this surprises me. Maybe I just haven't read many Goat threads, but, where has he been actively disruptive? Are there deleted posts recently that I'm just not seeing?
I do agree that Goat isn't the greatest person on this forum, but he shouldn't be banned permanently just for that. Not to mention, he's tied up pretty deeply in both the Pirate situation and GLBSE. Has he ever received a warning ban? I know that he's been warned plenty of times, but was he ever banned for a few days?
When you perma-banned Rarity for the same reason, I thought "Ok, Rarity has never really contributed much and I don't see much of a future for him here. I guess perma-ban is acceptable". But I really don't think that is the case here. Theymos, you're really starting to get a little heavy on the banhammer. What happened to the Theymos that we'd beg to have perma-ban someone but would absolutely do nothing more than a few day ban for the first request? Speaking of requests, you didn't mention this ban at all in the Staff forum. When you ban someone fairly high-profile without a request from a staff member, please at least have the courtesy to inform us moderators.
I do agree that Goat isn't the greatest person on this forum, but he shouldn't be banned permanently just for that. Not to mention, he's tied up pretty deeply in both the Pirate situation and GLBSE. Has he ever received a warning ban? I know that he's been warned plenty of times, but was he ever banned for a few days?
When you perma-banned Rarity for the same reason, I thought "Ok, Rarity has never really contributed much and I don't see much of a future for him here. I guess perma-ban is acceptable". But I really don't think that is the case here. Theymos, you're really starting to get a little heavy on the banhammer. What happened to the Theymos that we'd beg to have perma-ban someone but would absolutely do nothing more than a few day ban for the first request? Speaking of requests, you didn't mention this ban at all in the Staff forum. When you ban someone fairly high-profile without a request from a staff member, please at least have the courtesy to inform us moderators.
I don't think banning according to how many ignores you have...... Possibly a feature that auto-hides posts of users with tons of ignores like an above poster mentioned.
Even better (sorry I missed that being mentioned). 
This forum has gone to shit. I'm outta here.
I don't think banning according to how many ignores you have...... Possibly a feature that auto-hides posts of users with tons of ignores like an above poster mentioned.
1) Set clear rules about when and for how long to halt/ban someone
2) Have one central thread where each case is announced (and except that the thread stays locked)
This is the ABSOLUTE MINIMUM. Of course then I still don't like that (in my opinion) baseless banning. But these two points at least set you one step above despotism.
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2) Have one central thread where each case is announced (and except that the thread stays locked)
This is the ABSOLUTE MINIMUM. Of course then I still don't like that (in my opinion) baseless banning. But these two points at least set you one step above despotism.
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Quote from: Voltaire
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Ente
I agree and would like to add:
- Allow editing of own posts within 300 seconds of posting. After that no editing should be allowed.
- Consider a system of auto-banning when a member is ignored by more than X other members. The ban can auto-expire and re-engage if the person gets banned by more X members.
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