But does hosting a bar-b-que help? No. Does it do any harm I hear some thinking....yes it does.....a great deal of harm.......to this sites rep.
And how many flame wars have you participated in yourself here? You were vocal enough when it was my review and take on the TDX.
The biggest surprise to me regarding this thread is the revelation of PlayerO reading his members PMs. While not illegal here as it is in much of the EU and Aus. it is a contemptable act. Sad to see how little PlayerO understands how deeply it offends, or he'd never have braged of it in this thread & needled Cathar regarding it. As it becomes better known It'll cause a loss of some of his membership, keep other perspective members well away & generally result in a total lack of trust in his leadership @ LN.
It's sad that the ones who have a personal issue with me are coming here to shit on a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with me what so ever
There are many sites that filter and read PMs. There are lots of VB hacks for that specifically. I've never been anything but upfront about it. Hey, every character you type on my site comes in to my home and sits on my PCs. Even if I wasnt looking, it's impossibly dumb to think that I couldnt. So why hide that fact? Its in LiquidNinjas.com's agreement and forum policies that clearly states that PMs do not fall outside of moderator jurisdiction.
In Cathars particular case, his name was put on the VB scan list due to his previous actions on the site. I got his PMs which contained some ungreat things, and I warned him not to continue violating LN policies in private as well as public.
Cathar's just pissy with me so he wants to try and stir up shit and anti-Player0 and anti-LN sentiment, and it's all the same ones who flamed me before here, so I'm neither surprised nor concerned. He can come on here and start spraying as though he's made some great personal discovery about how horrible I am. He never would have known if I hadn't wanted him too. It's not like he read our policies where it's pretty clear. Everyone on LN has known about that forever.
Like I said, Im sure many many forums you visit do the same thing, only they may not let you know that. If you're worried about privacy, use PGP or something. What kind of privacy do you really expect by sending plaintext to the internet?