Re: What happened to GG?

[SquishPhan]

A bunch of Mods are all commenting now:

Some of those mods seem okay, make good points and seem like they want to do the right thing. But they are totaling covering for Morgan, who has behaved like a lunatic and I just don’t trust. His behavior has been appalling and childish and there was no reason for that. I don’t care how stressed out he was, that is now way to behave. Apparently he doesn’t know how to behave like an professional/adult. So while those mods are trying to restore things, I just can’t get over Morgan’s behavior.
I just had to rant about his behavior

[Lari]

where do i sign up for the i've been (temporarily) banned club?

[sweetmm]

where do i sign up for the i've been (temporarily) banned club?

Wow 4 weeks

[angrymob]

A bunch of Mods are all commenting now:

Some of those mods seem okay, make good points and seem like they want to do the right thing. But they are totaling covering for Morgan, who has behaved like a lunatic and I just don’t trust. His behavior has been appalling and childish and there was no reason for that. I don’t care how stressed out he was, that is now way to behave. Apparently he doesn’t know how to behave like an professional/adult. So while those mods are trying to restore things, I just can’t get over Morgan’s behavior.
I just had to rant about his behavior

Seriously, I've been ranking each Mod I've seen based on who I'd hire for PR in my head, and I'd say based just off how they're handling things in this situation (I have no experinece with any of them outside of this), I'd say ColdHeartedBitch has the best approach (I'd even say that they've done things that remind me of successful PR plans even if they are maybe insincere), whereas Morgan is literally a walking example of what not to do.

[SquishPhan]

A bunch of Mods are all commenting now:

Some of those mods seem okay, make good points and seem like they want to do the right thing. But they are totaling covering for Morgan, who has behaved like a lunatic and I just don’t trust. His behavior has been appalling and childish and there was no reason for that. I don’t care how stressed out he was, that is now way to behave. Apparently he doesn’t know how to behave like an professional/adult. So while those mods are trying to restore things, I just can’t get over Morgan’s behavior.
I just had to rant about his behavior

Seriously, I've been ranking each Mod I've seen based on who I'd hire for PR in my head, and I'd say based just off how they're handling things in this situation (I have no experinece with any of them outside of this), I'd say ColdHeartedBitch has the best approach (I'd even say that they've done things that remind me of successful PR plans even if they are maybe insincere), whereas Morgan is literally a walking example of what not to do.

Same, that Mod has even called Morgan out a bit and seems to understand that childish behavior is not the best way to go around doing things. That one should really have been the one in charge from the beginning, that could have saved us a whole lot of drama.

[fancybum]

"I still have no idea what's going on"
"I feel like a lot of ppl have jumped the gun way too quickly"

I want to tell this person to get the fuck out of the Rant thread if they don't understand what's happening. "It's snowballed into something rather hostile"? Like that's not how it started and what everybody is fucking angry about to begin with??

Thanks for the uninformed non-contribution.
I'll just bitch impotently about it here since I don't want to post there at all..

[human]

It bothers me when people just go in to say "oh this is so boring, can we move on now?" (like they have done in the Gabby thread) because maybe for some of them they can but for those of us unfairly banned, we can't? It's just such an irritating response. Like that poster in the rant thread, if you don't know what's going on then it's best not to comment.

[wtfamidoinghere]

I swore myself i wouldn't post in the gigi clarification thread anymore, so i have to vent here:

The other mods had the situation at least a little cooled down and people were starting to move on and just let it go (those who still want to be a part of gigi) and then Morgan bursts back into the thread and keeps acting like a preteen throwing a tantrum

At this point i'm too removed to be personally insulted, but the stupidity is so incredible, i can't look away

For those who can't read there:

If you don't like the way I communicate, feel free to offer insight as to how I can better manage this type of chaos, that I'm technically not even supposed to deal with. BTW, I'm reading and listening and processing all of these thoughts, you all have the power to get what you want, because in the end this is your site... but sometimes the way some of you go about this is just wrong and no matter how much you don't like the way I deal with it, you aren't any better half the time, so it's like the pot calling the kettle black... and I find that hilarious.

I feel that the real problem now is the immaturity and condescending nature of Morgan's 'responses'. If he had answered that while he wasn't involved, he was sorry for what had happened and he would try to explain and undo the damage GIS and N had done. But instead we were treated like we were children who were not worthy of an actual response, and his speaking down to us has driven away anyone who thought about returning, myself included. Now I know my opinion may not seem 'worthy' by him because I'm not a mod and not a key contributor to the Gabby thread (the only thread I was a part of), but as a member of this site I feel like I, and everyone else, are owed something that isn't the digital version of spitting in our faces. A simple apology would've gone miles, but his childish attitude will now hopefully be the death of this site - no one deserves that much disrespect.

I don't know how to respond, but I will say this, please feel free to give me advice on how to better deal with the condescending nature of posts towards me and I'll gladly attempt to be more "mature" for you. I guess, if you feel I'm being childish, then maybe you should look at how you are acting as well, eh? There isn't just one point of view here, and all the drama is causing a bigger rift.... personally, I was going to ban all the users who brought up anything about the drama, but was advised against it. And felt maybe a better way to handle it was to open this thread and open myself up to your criticism. However, what I'm getting is attacked for attempting to deal with someone that I had little to no involvement or knowledge of, until too late in the drama... so please, tell me how I can better respond to being personally attacked for trying to help?!

EDIT: I mean, if he's not even supposed to deal with this, then maybe he just shouldn't. The mods were doing better without him (after GIS and Nesoi stopped being mods).

[lilMango]

Someone started posting to the GG thread and wanted to know where everyone went, so I decided to PM them the link to the website.... this is what happened
the link turned into
"http://*the site that shall not be named, ty.prophpbb.com/ "

i was like.... okkkkkk.................
theyre aware o.o i dont like that

[pearshaped34]

I was a newbie to GG when this drama went down and I was genuinely shocked (maybe naively) that a website ran by adults would react to multiple users accusing mods of abusing power by putting a sign on the top of the board saying that they were allowed to do whatever they wanted and telling any user who questioned them they needed to put up and shut up (that and the deny all knowledge approach seems to be the standard reaction to any and all criticisms).

However now that I've read this thread and the one on GG and have seen some of the delightful bipolarmorgan's posts this whole situation is becoming so much clearer. If he is in charge why GG is such a mess it is makes so much more sense.

And on that note thank you to everyone who was a part of making this board, I'm so glad GG is not the main place to discuss D&P anymore. I really didn't want tumblr to be my only D&P resource and using that website was making me feel really uncomfortable with every aggressive and petty mod post I read.
They seem to be using as a defense that they have to defend themselves against the unruly and nasty posters but the problem is they are nasty and aggressive to everyone who questions them even the people who are doing nothing but raising a genuine concern. Anyone who is not supporting them they condescend and ridicule.

(Sadly for me I'm a lazy procrastinator and my mission to get through all the GG threads had only reached thread 3 when major contributors posts were all deleted, I've binged up until thread 13 now in my fear more will be deleted but I'm sad thinking of what I might have missed).

[Trash]

Someone started posting to the GG thread and wanted to know where everyone went, so I decided to PM them the link to the website.... this is what happened
the link turned into
"http://*the site that shall not be named, ty.prophpbb.com/ "

i was like.... okkkkkk.................
theyre aware o.o i dont like that

Yeh they've put a censor/ filter out so if you post the name it gets censored.
I think if you put spaces or dashes between the letters it should be fine?
Like: i-n-d-e-p-t-h-b-a-n-t-s should be ok!

[alittledizzy]

Someone started posting to the GG thread and wanted to know where everyone went, so I decided to PM them the link to the website.... this is what happened
the link turned into
"http://*the site that shall not be named, ty.prophpbb.com/ "

i was like.... okkkkkk.................
theyre aware o.o i dont like that

Yeh they've put a censor/ filter out so if you post the name it gets censored.
I think if you put spaces or dashes between the letters it should be fine?
Like: i-n-d-e-p-t-h-b-a-n-t-s should be ok!

I actually changed my userpic on GG to a picture that has the url for this forum written on it and have PM'd a few people just telling them to look at that, instead of even trying to write it out.

[Trash]

Someone started posting to the GG thread and wanted to know where everyone went, so I decided to PM them the link to the website.... this is what happened
the link turned into
"http://*the site that shall not be named, ty.prophpbb.com/ "

i was like.... okkkkkk.................
theyre aware o.o i dont like that

Yeh they've put a censor/ filter out so if you post the name it gets censored.
I think if you put spaces or dashes between the letters it should be fine?
Like: i-n-d-e-p-t-h-b-a-n-t-s should be ok!

I actually changed my userpic on GG to a picture that has the url for this forum written on it and have PM'd a few people just telling them to look at that, instead of even trying to write it out.

Good idea!!

[lilMango]

Someone started posting to the GG thread and wanted to know where everyone went, so I decided to PM them the link to the website.... this is what happened
the link turned into
"http://*the site that shall not be named, ty.prophpbb.com/ "

i was like.... okkkkkk.................
theyre aware o.o i dont like that

Yeh they've put a censor/ filter out so if you post the name it gets censored.
I think if you put spaces or dashes between the letters it should be fine?
Like: i-n-d-e-p-t-h-b-a-n-t-s should be ok!

I actually changed my userpic on GG to a picture that has the url for this forum written on it and have PM'd a few people just telling them to look at that, instead of even trying to write it out.

Good idea!!

Those are good ideas, I tried posting it on my profile as my website and it didn't work so i just put it as my location

[mez29]

(Sadly for me I'm a lazy procrastinator and my mission to get through all the GG threads had only reached thread 3 when major contributors posts were all deleted, I've binged up until thread 13 now in my fear more will be deleted but I'm sad thinking of what I might have missed).

Same! angrymob downloaded all the threads as of a couple of days ago, so you can PM them and ask for a copy that won't be affected by any future changes (see this post: http://indepthbants.prophpbb.com/post1711.html#p1711 )

[arwen]

re: censoring the url

You should also be able to use sites such as bitly, ow.ly or goo.gl to change the link from http://indepthbants.prophpbb.com/ to for example http://ow.ly/10csfX, I'm sure they can't censor that (at least not yet...?) They can remove posts like that in the threads if they click the link and see where it takes them but surely they can't remove it from PMs? idk. Sneaky shits.

Also, on Morgan's info page it says he's 36 years old. He talks like a pubescent douchebag, I'm genuinly appalled.

On top of that, who doesn't appreciate an administrator of a site who uses the slogan "i'm an asshole, it's what i do". Very inviting.

"I'm pretty partial, albeit brutally honest..." - what a freudian slip, dude.

[sweetmm]

Someone started posting to the GG thread and wanted to know where everyone went, so I decided to PM them the link to the website.... this is what happened
the link turned into
"http://*the site that shall not be named, ty.prophpbb.com/ "

i was like.... okkkkkk.................
theyre aware o.o i dont like that

You can make a link to your tumblr page or tweet, I think that has yet to be censored or recognised as spam

[spider]

Nesoi who banned multiple people in defense of GIS has been placed in the 'Trolls' group. Probably safe to say she's not getting back the moderator position.

[blueapple_x]

Nesoi who banned multiple people in defense of GIS has been placed in the 'Trolls' group. Probably safe to say she's not getting back the moderator position.

What's the point of having a troll status? I'm not familiar with that aspect. I think this is probably just for April Fool's or something. If any other user could be considered a "troll", they would just be banned.

[timtam]

I just saw the original post by Jhamba on the Gabs thread and saw that Jhamba called GIS a horrible little worm. Now I have to admit that I find this a bit harsh but I've seen worse on that website before. I absolutely agree with everything else Jhamba stated about GIS being a liar and a terrible mod but I'd just like some clarification on what happened. Did GIS ban Jhamba straight away? Without any warnings? Because even with that personal attack thats bullshit.

Please don't think that I'm trying to defend GG here because everything they have done is an absolutely disgusting abuse of power. I just wanted to know the context of this particular banning. Morgan seems to think that Jhamba's ban is justifiable because of the 'personal attack'. But in reality if Jhamba didn't get any warnings then it was against the rules to ban her. I have tried to read everything here and on GG to get the full picture but its overwhelming so just point me somewhere if this has already been addressed.

Still I'm kinda glad this went down. I'm enjoying this forum's atmosphere at more than GG.

I did not get a warning. Either way, I got into the whole thing knowing I would get banned, so I don't particularly care.

And, yes, I was really harsh. I'm not really that sorry about it, since GIS is a horrible person who has said much worse to me and other people. I'm not going to take a moral high ground in this situation.

That's okay I don't expect you to take the moral high ground, GIS sounds like a terrible person and was a terrible mod. I just wanted to know what went on there. I'm glad someone finally had the guts to stand up to GIS so if anything I feel like thanking you!

[mermaid blood]

I literally just want to be re-instated for 10 minutes so I can say what I really think, and then get banned again for something I SAID, at least. i'm so fkning loud mouthed, it kills me that for once in my life I didn't say anything and still got punished. oh, the irony

[missemma]

The one thing I don't understand on there at this precise moment, is that Morgan posted asking for peoples opinions and questions and he has turned very nasty and sarcastic in his replies. I asked something on behalf of Human who wanted to know why she had been banned and left a very polite post asking for her, of course no-one replied. Why ask for people to leave questions and then just get defensive about it. I know the other mod has replied trying to apologise, but tbh it's falling on deaf ears when the admin is just acting the way he is. Personally, I am not wasting anymore time posting on there, it says it all when the admin acts as though he is a child and is rude and aggressive in his replies.

Also, I saw illegal posted saying that a group of people had made this board so we couldn't ban our "buddies". Fair enough if that is his opinion, however I would just like to put the record straight. If any member did not follow the rules and had three strikes, they would be banned, regardless to friendship. Rules are in place, and unlike GG we do not think the admin/mods are exempt from these rules, plus I love dans sausage fingers.

[alittledizzy]

Also, I saw illegal posted saying that a group of people had made this board so we couldn't ban our "buddies". Fair enough if that is his opinion, however I would just like to put the record straight. If any member did not follow the rules and had three strikes, they would be banned, regardless to friendship. Rules are in place, and unlike GG we do not think the admin/mods are exempt from these rules, plus I love dans sausage fingers.

You're being all serious and genuine and mod-ly and all I can really see as I read it is Dan wanking out of the corner of my eye.

[antigone]

The banner on the D+P thread has changed (thanks to the mod ColdHeartedBitch I believe) but I feel no inclination to return to it personally.

ColdHeartedBitch has asked for somebody to PM them a list of the banned D+P members so she can inquire about it, perhaps you guys can collate one if you haven't already?

[loststars]

Gosh, did they take such serious offence at creating the new forum? My link to this place was also censored in PM's..

Nevertheless, the thread over there seems to still be going, at least a liiiittle bit. I like the atmosphere here, no evil overlords watching over you