If Mako had been moderating this thread, how many people would have been sandboxed?

  • 28 votes.
  • Started by bobn2 on May 2, 2023.
0-2
6 votes, 22% of total.
  • 6 votes, 22% of total.
2-4
0 votes, 0% of total.
  • 0 votes, 0% of total.
5-9
3 votes, 11% of total.
  • 3 votes, 11% of total.
10-19
1 vote, 4% of total.
  • 1 vote, 4% of total.
20 or more.
18 votes, 65% of total.
  • 18 votes, 65% of total.
  • Members 435 posts
    May 3, 2023, 5:24 a.m.

    Just having a quick look and it seems to be quantity over quality. Something wrong with this picture

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    top users.jpg

    JPG, 132.0 KB, uploaded by nzmacro on May 3, 2023.

  • Members 4254 posts
    May 3, 2023, 5:28 a.m.

    I have 722 ranked posts.

    How many do you have?

  • Members 758 posts
    May 3, 2023, 5:33 a.m.

    Simple little test. I'm about to head home, you tell me 3 grocery items to buy (not too exotic, items from your average, typical supermarket), I'll grab them, take a pickie of the receipt with todays date and time on it, and post it here. Then we'll see who's living in a fantasy world. You seem convinced that I've hijacked someone else's identity, stealing their pictures, what are the chances of me stealing a photo of their grocery receipt with the exact items you asked for? In the millions to one? Billions to one? Try me :)

  • Members 4254 posts
    May 3, 2023, 5:38 a.m.

    You're still just proving my points made earlier 😂

    Unless you post something that proves my assumptions about you are not true nothing is going to change 😀

  • Members 758 posts
    May 3, 2023, 5:40 a.m.

    You need help.

  • Members 4254 posts
    May 3, 2023, 5:42 a.m.

    That is your opinion as is your choice to make.

    I disagree though :-)

  • Members 1 post
    May 3, 2023, 6:14 a.m.

    Man - he hated me too! I think that Mako single-handedly killed half of the dpreview forums. All I did was point out the obvious technical mistakes in photos posted by this one guy who was constantly spruiking his photography courses in forum posts. He must've complained about me to our friend Mako and, after that, my posts kept getting pulled. Maybe I coulda been more polite about it, but they were legitimate comments about technical things like DoF and colour casts.

  • Members 217 posts
    May 3, 2023, 7:18 a.m.

    He really did not seem to understand the simple point is was making.

  • Members 4254 posts
    May 3, 2023, 7:23 a.m.

    You're still just repeating yourself and my response is the same - I am not looking for a goldilocks forum.

  • Members 758 posts
    May 3, 2023, 8:24 a.m.

    Look what I found :) Going down a treat
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    JPG, 1.6 MB, uploaded by Ghundred on May 3, 2023.

  • May 3, 2023, 9:29 a.m.

    Quite likely that a good few people here 'need help' and are probably receiving help. That's no reason for you or anyone else to deliberately try to prod at other peoples' sensitivities. It might be that the phrase 'neuro-diverse' is a bit too woke for your tastes, but whatever - we need to cater for all personality types here.

  • Members 758 posts
    May 3, 2023, 10:32 a.m.

    Which is why I wrote this previously

    "Sh!t man, I'm starting to feel really sorry for you. In all seriousness. What sort of horrific life events have happened, that require such an elaborate, impenetrable alternate reality wall to be constructed around you? No matter what is written or done, it's completely and totally rejected in favour of your own little version of reality. And it's not just this thread, or just me that's noticed the trail of doubt and outright rejection for alternate viewpoints that seems to follow you around the site. Seriously, it doesn't hurt to talk to someone, get some help for whatever it is that's winding you up into knots, and lashing out at everyone."

    I thought that was quite sensitive, & on point.

  • Members 4254 posts
    May 3, 2023, 10:38 a.m.

    And my reply is the same in that all your post does is provide more evidence supporting the points and assumptions I made about you 😃

    You then replied saying I need help, which is your opinion to have, and I disagreed.

    Until you post something that proves the assumptions I made about you are not true, which you still haven't done, nothing will change 🙂

    You will just keep going round in circles posting your opinions about me and I will keep replying that all your posts do are prove the points and assumptions I made earlier and nothing will change until you prove my assumptions are not true 😎 😊

  • Members 758 posts
    May 3, 2023, 10:51 a.m.

    I offered to provide the evidence, you declined. Because it obviously threatens the little fantasy world that you've so carefully constructed around you. Honestly, you really really need to go talk to someone a bit qualified. For your own good.

  • Members 4254 posts
    May 3, 2023, 10:52 a.m.

    What you offered was garbage and a total waste of time because it would not have proved anything 🤣 because there is no way to verify who would have bought the items or who took the picture of them and the receipt etc etc etc.

    Anybody who read your childish test could go out and buy the items for you, take a pic of them and the receipt and then give it to you to post here as you suggested. I don't know what you look like so a picture of anybody with the 3 items and receipt proves zero 😄

    That stupid test would have only provided more proof supporting the points and assumptions I posted about you earlier.

    You are going round in circles posting your opinions about me and I will keep replying that all your posts do are prove the points and assumptions I made earlier and nothing will change until you prove my assumptions are not true 😎 😊

  • May 3, 2023, 11:23 a.m.

    It seems to me that you are going round in circles, and not just with this user. But I suppose it keeps you at the top of the list of number of postings, which appears to be your main target and only justification.

    I would prefer it, however, if you would tone down your language and not concentrate on antagonising and insulting your opponents.

    Many thanks!

    David

  • Members 243 posts
    May 3, 2023, 2:07 p.m.

    For people not in the states, perhaps some clarification is in order. Bug Light recently semi-partnered with a guy who is transitioning and is fairly popular documenting his journey in the trans community. They gave him one commemorative can of beer. As you might be able to guess, the snowflake ever trumpers and MAGA community lost their collective minds, and have been boycotting the beer, as well as posting Tik Toks of them running over cases of beer with their lifted bro-dozers. It would be comedy if it weren't so sad. So when someone suggests a Bud Light, it is no longer about the beer.

    Speaking of beer. I have heard there are vacation junkets from the UK coming to our east coast just for the purpose of visiting our tap rooms. Their are great tap rooms all over the entire country. The days of America being the crap beer capitol of the world are well behind us.

  • Members 516 posts
    May 3, 2023, 2:24 p.m.

    No need for clarification, 'merican news stories in all flavors have been global for many years.
    The internet took care of that.