So far you have four posts total on the board and all in the last week...three of them on the same day.

Since you have so much experience...how about posting a review and giving back to the community?

Just a thought.

DD

Any issues you have with posting to the board, or a review, just let me know via PM. I've picked up a few tips here and there....and I'll assist any way I can.

Everytime I set up an apointment with a provider I ask if if the pics are really them. They always answer yes, so there I sit and wait in anticipation of seeing who is going to show up at my door. So far so good,because the girls eith fake pics were actually hotter than the photos they were posting as them.

nice to be in the minority.

wayy coool!

Have tried a few times, just can't figure out how to get the ad into the review. Kinda computer illiterate I guess.

I can tell you that being a 10 year member and giving back to the community ( 3 times the reviews of a moderator ) doesn't mean a thing with TER.

Somebody should give the "powers to be" a lesson in customer service at TER.

Your whining is so unbecoming

Especially when your inane drivel could fit there easily.

There is a reason several long time hobbyists (very good contributers to this board ) have left.

Of course the "aliases" are still here.

Fingers crossed.

back sooner than later.

The other forum is basically DOA and has someone (usually the same 4 people) posting every other day or so.

TER is the de-facto standard when it comes to the 411 on hobbying. Period.

...that they're still here, just not posting. Omega is pretty right on about other site and TER as the 800lbs gorilla.

Sir C

right that they're still here but remaining silent.

But, couldn't they be little more customer friendly here ?

TER is pretty customer friendly and its moderators try hard to be fair to everyone at all times, which is impressive considering how large and diverse its membership base is.

Regrettably, the same can't be said for the other site. It's dominated by a few (4) active, established members, who have its moderators in their back pockets.

To be fair though, the moderators at that other site are probably desperate to keep those 4 active, established members happy and are more than willing to bend over backwards to keep them satisfied, even at the expense of growing its membership ranks.

Maybe we can do a douchebag clean sweep.

That's what usually leads people to complain that things are "subjective".

The problem is not that things are "subjective"....the problem is that you can't seem to understand something that's explained to you. Either can't understand it....or don't want to.

You complained about comments on pictures before. I tried to respond nicely and say that NO comments by ANYONE are allowed on picture theme threads. Doesn't apply to ads.....ONLY picture theme threads.
Clear enough?
That's not subjective and it doesn't single anyone out or show favorites.
Yet when I explained it to you...you still shot back that YOU didn't agree with it and YOU should be able to post a comment if YOU want to.
So it's not about the board...or the rules...or anything else with you. It's all about what YOU want.

As far as your post about your VIP....yes it was denied multiple times.
You PMed me and I thought I had responded nicely, trying to explain the reason why.
Obviously you still didn't get it...because things didn't end your way....so I'll be more clear.
I told you the subject was put up and discussed on the moderator board, didn't I? I told you it was voted on and a decision made.
Since nice didn't work....I'll try a different way.
Posts like that are denied because they serve no purpose other than self-important cheap fuckers announcing that they won't pay for premium access to the site....yet they are SO important to the community that they feel people simply MUST be able to contact them.
The denial reason "other, contact moderator", or "personal information" are used because there's no disapproval selection that says "post was denied because you're so fucking full of yourself that you feel the need to announce you're too cheap to support the site, yet so cool that everyone will still want to talk to you privately".

Sorry...but publicly announcing you're leaving, and bitching about a site...doesn't really fly will with people who donate a LOT of hours toward helping things run smoother and filtering out TONS of shit content, viruses, and spam...so that the boards are all nice and pretty.

So again....I tried NICELY in public, and in PM, to respond to your concerns. But the bottom line is you didn't get things exactly the way you wanted....so you want to keep complaining, pointing fingers, and making accusations of the board and/or moderators being "subjective".
Frankly it's insulting.

So be unhappy....take your ball and go home....and keep professing that it's someone else's fault.

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my point is that things are so subjective, due to the whims of the moderators.

One person can compliment a provider's picture and it's okay. Another can and it be removed because it's considered a shill. I maintain it's all about who is getting shilled and/or who the poster is.

Also, this week I tried to post my email addy , because my VIP was running out......it was removed for giving out personal info....but I've seen others do the same thing.

So when I saw the post about "giving back to the community"...it just kind of hit a nerve.

your points, what you've indicated also takes place on the 411 forum as well.

In other words, no forum has a monopoly when it comes to subjective treatment.

However, I maintain that TER generally does a superior job when it comes to maintaining its objectivity given it has a much larger and more diverse membership than the 411 website.

The subjectivity of the 411 forum and its ruling junta of 4 active members is so obvious for all to see. They routinely declare themselves the only "No drama" forum, much like Fox News routinely declares that it's "fair and balanced". Say something about yourself enough times and eventually people will begin to suspect something is amiss.

It also doesn't help that a 411 member wrote a drama thread lamenting how lonely he is and how he can't seem to find a lover. So much for their enforcing a "No drama" forum.

that through all your complaints about said 'other' site or inference to '411' that you joined it for what?

To create drama that is what. You posted no more than 4-5 posts and found yourself banned from said site. You snub your nose at the mere thought of their being a site who refers to itself as "The No Drama Zone"

You created drama and now you are banned on the outside looking in. So tell the whole truth when you set to bash another site for what you think is real or imagined. You will also be no longer welcome there. 'Just sayin' eh?

One thing we can agree on. TER is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. But we are not competing with them either.

me for someone else.

You don't need to register on the 411 forum to read its posts. Try it yourself and you'll see what I mean.

I haven't been banned there as I haven't bothered to register there. As TER is the de-facto standard when it comes to hobbying, there's no need for me to register on a pale imitation of the real thing.

You've also mistaken my observations of what transpires there for complaints and snubs. As I have no vested interest in the success of TER or 411, you've overestimated my intent in what I've said about 411.

Of course, it's certainly your right to over-react as you've just done.

LIsten Pal,

I said the comment about "giving back to the community" is what hit a nerve. I stand by that. I maintain that I've been a contributing member of this community of 10 years with 3 times the reviews that you have.

I'll never understand why rules are different for different people......on the Florida board, there are all kind of comments on photo thread days, but in your infinate wisdom...you choose not to allow it here.

There are OBVIOUS shills for some providers that are allowed and others that are disallowed.

Just please tell me, who died and left you in charge ?

Oh by the way, those 4 members that Omega keeps making reference to were all valuable members of this board. One in particular spends a lot of his time and money putting on M & G's that a lot of us enjoy.

Somebody needs to be asking why they left ?

Considering the number of times I've addressed your concerns, both in public and private, only to have you completely ignore the message and continue on your crusade of whining and  complaining......

I was EXTREMELY restrained.

Guess we all simply aren't good enough to follow the example of maturity that you have shown.

As for those 4 persons at the 411 forum, their value as TER members is irrelevant when it comes to treating the TER forum as if it were their own. They, like the rest of us, have to abide by the rules set forth by TER and enforced by its moderators. No execptions.

Given that they're trying to recruit new 411 members from existing TER members, I'm sure they're quite happy over there given all the preferential treatment the 411 moderators are giving them for their efforts.

They're probably quite happy even if those 4 are the only ones posting in the 411 forum every other day or so. As Milton wrote, "Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven".

Not that I personally believe in that sentiment, but to each their own.

about their eventual return and their lurking in the shadows.

TER is the place to be for any serious hobbyist to discuss matters.

Contrast that to 411 forum which had a post or 2 in the past couple of hours about 2 birthdays.