Is it just me or is there thread topic's being shut down left & right for no reason. (i know this is gonna be locked just because im hitting on this topic even though im not baiting or starting trouble with anyone & not naming any names its still gonna be shut down just because thats whats been happening alot lately)

Anyways i was over in the trade section of the forums & i believe a user Big D made a poll in which he asked if people who scam should be banned from bloomilk. In no way did he mention anyones names he just spoke freedom of speach & his opinion & asked others opinions.

I for one agree with him & obviously so did 6 more people who voted the top choice untill the thread was shut down. in no way did i see any fighting or baiting. I think he had a good point. I just dont understand whats going on, seems like the mods are shutting down topic's for the littlest reasons anymore. pretty soon theres gonna be no open topics on bloomilk. When i first became a member it wasnt this bad & you would think it would ease up seeing that the game ending & gamerz making vsets trying to keep people in the game that it would be a little more nonstrict to keep people coming here instead of locking everything up because 1 person thinks its gonna start trouble.

I mean some of the topic's i seen locked up & for what reason was mentioned by a mod who did it made me laugh because it made absolutely no sense. There wasnt anything wrong with the discussion at all. Now when sithflyonbasalisk and he who should not be named were blastin non stop post on bloomilk it took weeks to lock up there post & they have been around for a good while but yet threads are getting locked up i would say 5 of every 10 post. Like dude lightin up its a forum where people communicate & are friends with another, Again im not pointing fingers at any specific mod because im friends with pretty much all of them, im just saying in paticular ease up we wanna keep users playing the game not driving them away.

PS heres what i was gonna post on the poll on Big D's thread. & by the way i choose choice 1.
Well im glad Big D made this thread here because i agree with him. People feel like its the end of the game so go out with a bang & jack as many free mini's from peope you can. Man the scamming rate shot up this last year. Im in the high +80's on the GTL & never had a BTL ref ever for the 90 day or anything i dont think not 1 trade i ever did went bad. Im actually selling most of my mini's off lately & dont come on much anymore but still find time to keep in touch with who im dealing with at the moment.

The worst thing you can do is leave someone hanging & wondering why they had great communications with you before the trade but now cant get in touch with you after sending out. Hey they are small plastic pieces but they are alot of money. I say in these times what i would do is just deal with 1 person at a time. Me im dealing with 1 users right now thats why i havent upped my trade list / sale list. Untill im done with him. This way if anything were to go wrong say i was a scammer than he would be able to report me before i got anyone else ya know.

I say make it a rule to where you can only trade with a max 2 people at a time because the scams mainly come when someones going on a scam binge thats when one day 90 people will post on the BTL all of a sudden sayin the same user got them all. I say you should make a thread in which you have to post on who your dealing with at the time being, dont have to be for what for or anything & make it 2 trades at a time per user this way you can check this list to see if there in deal's with someone already & 5 people dont get scammed at once from the same user, thats just me.

Anywho good thread big D & i say 100% people scamming should be banned.

Im not really talking about that thread though, that thread just so happens i wanted to reply so i did here & i seen where it was goin & agree on that one but i mean its alot of threads lately that i seen bein locked that i dont think really should of been, i mean hey its my opinion thats why im not a mod i would probably let stuff go that shouldnt be ya know, but yea not against you scott that thread just brought up what i forgot so i figured id add my 2 cents in at the end of this post what i was gonna post. Theres alot of post though where users are in deep discussions on a topic which may seem heated but doesnt mean its gonna lead to fighting. I mean closing every topic a mod thinks will turn into a fight knocks out any really good topics being heavily discussed on. Before they even get to good points & bad points. I have faith in the mods judgement but i also have faith in the users in a heated discussion to not get out of hand. And i think a topic should only be closed when its in violation not when a mod thinks it will lead to that. Thats what im saying, its my opinion, again no saying anything about you either, its just in general i think topic's should only be locked when there is threats etc not when mods THINK there will be.



Anyways as for bad traders in my opinion stuff happens, i mean yea p.o.'s i could see messin stuff up its gonna happen noones perfect. But at the same time theres users building up collections from other users collections & spent money, i say if a user is gonna scam & its soooooo obvious when its not a p.o. mistake & its the user i would ban the person. I think if people are assuming its a postal thing & keep posting on the board for a warning towards any specific postal system then that user is gonna read that & blame it on the P.O. everytime they scam. I say you get put on the BTL so many times even if you resolve the trade eventually you should be banned your only resolving the issue so that you can scam the next man, seems like scamming issues wont be resolved unless someone mentions they got scammed, so the scammer isnt gonna say anything because hey its getting free mini's, i say ban the user soon as they have mutiple violations with trading when its so obvious they are doing it over & over as they get away with it & then resolve only the issues that get posted. Ban em.

I definitely see your point DP. oftentimes it seems certain mods are trippen when they pull the plug on certain threads. Sometimes it has worked out because some situations have been averted. Afterall there have been times when some have tried to cause problems and it has worked out well having an alert mod. Sometimes though it seems they throw their weight around which really can stifle good conversation and actually hurts the game and the community. Basically it's in the hands of the mods. Its up to them to allow the right amount of converstation without letting it get out of hand.
Think about this though, Being a mod is an unforgiving job. for the most part when things go good, no one says a word. As soon as a mistake is made though, then they take the blame. Ive never been a mod but think of all the time they have to spend watching things. Sometimes if you have a problem with a mod, the best thing to do is pm, i mean Bm them in private to ask why certain things were done. Its not a cure all but it does help to not air things out.

Personally, i'm fine with the mods shutting down potential bad threads. When they spot a thread that's about to derail, i think it's better to shut it down that to let it escalade.
You can talk all you want about freedom of speech and such, but the mods are here to keep this site clean and friendly for the majority of the people who come here. We don't NEED to see all the crap. Many do want to, because they're curious and love watching the drama. But drama tend to create more drama, and we all know what that leads to in the end. MDB and other losers showed us that.
So for the site to function as smooth as possible, action has to be taken from time to time. I'm cool with that. And i think the current mod team are doing a fantastic job. It's been a pleasure coming here without having to deal with all the crap that went on here for a long time.

How about if I started a poll that read, "Should all past banned members have all accounts banned?" Would you expect that to be an issue of free speech?

What's ironic is the guy wanting someone else banned is on what his 25th account? Give me a break. I think its really sad that you guys think its perfectly ok to act as you have for years on here, and still come around and act like others should give a blasted what you say or think. I don't care one bit what BigD/MDB cares about. Every thread he starts should be locked. The guy has been banned like 30 times. You guys have ruined this site, do not blame the mods, do not blame others, look at yourselves and shut the hell up. There was a time when one of the mods on here was part of the problem, that is no longer the case. He lost his job, and eventually his account. Its nothing more than a tiny bit of grace that he has been allowed back here after the garbage he was pulling. On just about any other site, he and MDB would be permabanned no questions asked.

whoa whoa whoa, Big D is MDB? i havent been around too much recently ? But even if thats so i still do read the boads & havent seen sean makin any real trouble (saying what i witnessed) & if everyone knows its him & is fine with him here thats not my buisness.

Anyways like i said lastnight im not pointing fingers at mods or even trying to stir the pot up, but i dont understand how this one specific user is still aloud to do trades, the user robbed like 60 times & he only resolves the trade right after someone puts him on the BTL, seems he got a few brand spankin new traders right off the bat that didnt post, he only resolves issues when its mentioned, if it dont get mentioned he dont say nothin & keeps mini's. Just dont get how he's not banned. Back to mods Dave, your doin a great job over on the trade forums & also again this has nothing to do about the poll, the poll happened to spark it back into my mind when i wanted to get off my chest, so this dont have anything to do with that.

And also again i like the mods, all of them im friends with all of them, im not sayin this towards any one mod, what im saying is i just think its ridiculous that theres threads getting shut down left & right for stupid reasons. Like its all little kids here & were tryin to protect them from something. And i used MDB as an example of what these dudes made threads these threads would go on for weeks with more brawling then a friday night hbo fight but yet it took long for them to lock the thread, now if you make a heated point towards someone on a thread that might sound like but obvious it isnt baiting or flaiming could be between a friend & friend it gets locked. Hey i know nothins gonna get changed thats not the point of this, the point of this is nothin, im just speakin my mind & isnt a crime to do so as im not attacking anyone etc. Im just saying i would like (ME) would like to see some lighten up's goin around on posts thats about it. But hey thats just me, & yes this is america im aloud to think that.

Now see there goes a good point right there, instead of getting angry or trying to get into a heated discussion, this user made a point and stayed calm & even got me to thinkin, see i have faith in users on this site, this topic has the potential to start wars, right now its fine nothin is getting started, make points, good post gvos very good point.