He was not banned, Guy. He did nothing wrong. From what I've surmised, he was sick of the influx of kiddes all harassing him. He was sick of the 'disney' quality that this site is taking. He was sick of the lack of leadership.
I may have chosen a poor title for this thread. I don't want to lump in in with Hung Muscle or ChicagoSam.
Oh, well that's a relief at least. But still, his posts will be missed.
That said, I am afraid you will not find solace in my thoughts on this matter. I've been around the block on the Internet forum scene, so to speak. I've administrated a forum of tens of thousands of people myself, and I saw this exact thing happen there, but as a leader.
Some of the older members didn't like when that forum started having an influx of "trolls". There was a bit of irony in the fact that they themselves had become more and more intolerant of new people, becoming increasingly cliquish and unwelcoming. At that site there was actually a group of "original" people, and then an influx of "mature" people, followed by a very large invasion of "trolls". The "originals," which inevitably included the administrators (including myself), moderators and a core group of people who had been chatting on the site for years were generally laid back and just kind of sat by while things changed. A lot of interesting threads popped up when the "mature" folks came upon the forum, and gradually their threads would get overwhelmed by more and more of the "troll" group.
When the "trolls" started showing up, the "matures" demanded that the "originals" do something. We were supposed to ban every supposed "troll" (which generally meant anyone not seen as part of the clique of "matures+originals", especially those who didn't instantly conform and kiss the ass of the "matures") according to the matures. Meanwhile, that group took it upon themselves to be abnormally cruel to the new people. The problem with the whole thing was that some of the people being lumped in with the "trolls" were perfectly decent individuals. How were we forum leaders to discern between a quality poster with a difference of opinion and a supposed "troll"? Sometimes it's obvious... but most of the time, it's not.
The "originals" tried to tell the "matures" that they should be tolerant while simultaneously setting an example. If trolls tried to hijack a thread, ignore them. At some point, an ignore function was hacked into our forum, and we advised using that. But it wasn't good enough. Private messages were sent to us telling us who we should ban, etc. It was all a lot of Internet dramatics that I felt never needed to happen.
Eventually, most of the group of people who I've called the "matures" left to create a spin-off forum that still exists to this day with a core membership of about 50 people. Nobody new joins that forum because nobody new is welcome. They do not want people with dissenting opinions. They do not want tolerance. They've got what they want--more power to them.
And the other forum is still around, too. But "the originals" are all but completely gone. Actually, I still keep in touch with a handful of them. We've all grown up and are members of various groups. The old forum is now run by people who used to be considered the biggest of the "trolls", people who the "matures" demanded be banned. And that forum is doing all right, with a steady flow of active membership of about 200 people. But, compared to its hey-day, that forum is dead.
Anyway, it also doesn't help that that particular forum had a transient subtext. The very topic it was founded on gained great popularity in the early 2000s, explaining the influx of trolls. This forum, in contrast, does not have a topic of waning popularity. Big cocks will always be a topic of interest, and will always draw more people.
I realize this isn't directly relevant, is what I'm saying. But recognize that some of these "trolls" are going to be the DC_DEEPs of the future on this forum. And people who are like the "originals" on my old forum, people who recognize that the only solution to trolling is to ignore it, will always be here as long as they're interested in the subject. Go with the flow and enjoy yourself or get worked up over the forum "dying" and the number of "trolls". But unfortunately I think we have to accept that it's not the moderating staff who can control the nature of the Internet beast. They can't blindly ban everyone they don't like or that isn't liked by a clique of "respected" members because of the very goals obviously set up for this site (for it to be a social networking site about big cocks).
I hope that made sense.
I like DC_DEEP and his posts a lot, and I'm sorry to hear it if he's been "chased off". I'd love to know in the future if he and others of you go to another forum to post and chat. :smile: This forum, actually, isn't really the type of forum I spend most of my time at because I'm not really that into being a part of social networking about my big dong. :tongue:
