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[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Mayfly

Hi everybody,

This is Mayfly and also Wellydeckhand, I thanks those people who gave me good rep and view my post as interesting. Actually, all that post is still under wellydeckhand small computer and wriiten to see the different feeling and attitute that can be attain by just changing a bit the name and location.

This experiment have concluded well and I think we learn alot about bias and thinking racist like.

Mr. Jeff can I cash in all the rep collected under Mayfly, H20_BABIES into wellydeckhand and delete Mayfly and H2O_BABIes as resgistered member?

Wellydeckhand

Well, you obviously can't count the 2 points you gave to yourself (from wellydeckhand to mayfly). The other 3 points were given with 1 vote on this post: http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthr...3393#post83393

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by trouty

I see my choice was correct!

There was & is great opposition to the 'reputation' feature!
It was a fortnight trial!
It's been altered / edited as now a 1 month trial.
No discussion, no poll, no question as to what the members want!
Just a dictate from down on high to the lowly unwashed membership!
I've come back after the fortnight trial to see what ensued!
What ensued was NOT in any semblance democratic!
What the members want here carrys ZERO weight!
What the Site owner states / practices cannot be relied upon! He is inconsistent! ow can ANYONE abide by what he says he wants, when he himself does NOT know or show ANY consistency!
My choice to leave and the reason for it - Jeff NOT having any ethics or consistency, in regards to what members want, is yet again proven by his actions!
My choice was correct!
I will NOT be back at the end of another 2 weeks to see how it ended up this time round!
A longtime member speaks!
Goodbye!

Again, I know I said this when you said you were leaving for good two weeks ago, but again, farewell Trouty. Thank you for the on-topic posts over the years, and may you find a forum that better fits your views. Since you have done your best to drive other members away from the forum including blatent insults and namecalling, I suppose it is only fitting that your ship has now sailed.

[H2O_BABIES]

Yup..........

This is H2O_BABIES and also wellydeckhand, I am new but got positive notch because I am wriiten as family man. I recently got 6 male cub born so did not lied on purpose........... my dogs are a part of my family.

Great-time I have been on the web and have to sign off, pls remember dont choose wellydeckhand for president.... his sucked..... but nice.

I will miss you all take care and god bless you all.

H2O_BABIES

[Jeff]

For reference, I looked it up and this is the post that H20_BABIES got 1 vote - 3 reputation points - for: http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthr...3557#post83557

Hi, I am new, I feel that this forum is neat with so many professional people, so why would anybody defame one another?

To me, finding information on boat topic and discussion about hope of dream ship is what driven alot of the guys in this forum coming.

Imagine we get all these great ideas to add on to our dream ship by people that is caring and professional on the forum.

I am still cant feel the fight and hope doesnt need to feel it.

I am sure you guy are doing everything to make this bad thing go away,
GOODLUCK GUYS.

H2O

I agree (but I am not the one who gave the positive rep points there.)

[Figgy]

Is this for real? Most fourms I've ever been too don't take too kindly to having multiple profiles, and I don't think it's cool myself. What are you trying to prove? We get it, people are biased. Well I hope your proud of proving nothing we didnt already know.

[Wellydeckhand]

Dont worry I dont like doing Split personality, it destroy my scheduled eating session by the PC and does make me too professional. I will now only stick to wellydeckhand.

Jeff is kind to let me by on this case of mutiple personality in one forum. It better to have many same personality in various different forum....... more heathly and sane.

Wellysanenow.

P.S. It is so painful to destroy the 2 character I have developed........... It is almost apart of myself. Do understand I suffer in the end also.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by DanishBagger

Heh, see Jeff, had that "point" been send in an im, it would propably have been fine. Maybe even a little discussion would have ensued, and they/we would have been that much wiser.

The problem is, before the reputation system, nothing happened until things reached a boiling point. Most people don't want to confront another member when they feel they are "slightly over the line" so nothing is said until things are way over the line. Or we simply lose members who have a lot of valuable information because it is not worth the hassle and time to either:
1.) try to read through bickering, off-topic, insulting, or non-substantitive junk posts, or
2.) spend their time confronting other posters

[Figgy]

Why are you defending yourself Jeff? I,personally don't think you need to. Its your site, do what you want. You gave us your reasons and it should be good enough. If any of us dont like it we can leave. I'm going to stay, this site is a great resource! How did it seem to get so petty...

[Wellydeckhand]

yup, I think people should respect one another and more for the resources and time had been taken to make this forum possible. It would be a shame if we lose this paradise of neutrality to some thead and individual or groupy wills.

WellyNeutralReally

[Jeff]

Well, many of the points raised do have validity and I'm happy to get the input even though I do believe the benefits do outweigh the drawbacks at the current time. I sincerely thank everyone for their thoughts on both sides of the issue.

[DanishBagger]

Originally Posted by trouty

I see my choice was correct!

There was & is great opposition to the 'reputation' feature!
It was a fortnight trial!
It's been altered / edited as now a 1 month trial.
No discussion, no poll, no question as to what the members want!
Just a dictate from down on high to the lowly unwashed membership!
I've come back after the fortnight trial to see what ensued!
What ensued was NOT in any semblance democratic!
What the members want here carrys ZERO weight!
What the Site owner states / practices cannot be relied upon! He is inconsistent! ow can ANYONE abide by what he says he wants, when he himself does NOT know or show ANY consistency!
My choice to leave and the reason for it - Jeff NOT having any ethics or consistency, in regards to what members want, is yet again proven by his actions!
My choice was correct!
I will NOT be back at the end of another 2 weeks to see how it ended up this time round!
A longtime member speaks!
Goodbye!

Actually, I'm grateful that the trial has been "prolonged". If it were only a fortnight, it would have been "for good". At least this way we get to at least give some input before it is "for real".

Even if that means a fortnight more of purgatory.

I wont comment on the other things you say, but I will say this, that there were enough people bitching (excuse me), that Jeff had to take some sort of action. I don't agree with the choice of action, but, well - then it's my turn to bitch to counter the first.

[DanishBagger]

Originally Posted by Figgy

Why are you defending yourself Jeff? I,personally don't think you need to. Its your site, do what you want. You gave us your reasons and it should be good enough. If any of us dont like it we can leave. I'm going to stay, this site is a great resource! How did it seem to get so petty...

I know, this is a bit pedantic, but since very few is attacking him, he isn't defending himself. We are having a difference of opinions. A discussion. And it means a lot to me, and I am sure others, that he is willing to do so. We are all aware that it is his place, but if he merely shut up and ignored us then that wouldn't make a good host, so to speak.

I'll say it again, I'm grateful that Jeff is taking this discussion in stride.

Andre

[Wellydeckhand]

So early..... I mean late in the evening? Just woke up.....?

Figgy ok.... he just abit piss at me having a multi-personality disorder...or he is just interested in Mayfly character........ I intended Mayfly to be a she anyway.

[DanishBagger]

Yup, just woke up (now a little while ago) at noon ...

Hehe, welly, if we are to bitch at the rules, the number one rule would be to keep our own house clean

[Wellydeckhand]

Easy for you..... u have just a few boxes....