Have you read the
Forum Rules? There's not that many, and it's not unreasonable to expect that someone who signed up in Jan 2009 to have read those and absorbed them in that time.
This scares some folks off? Yes, that is unfortunate, but it's not our job to play happy hostess and ensure that everyone has a comfy pillow and a refreshing drink.
We are moderators, managing the forums per the Forum Rules with a reasonable amount of discretion. I think "reasonable" is a fair description of what has and has not been done here under the circumstances.
But time will tell. Perhaps the OP will turn out to be a great new addition to the forums and I'll have an apology to make (sort of, the cross-posting thing is still an issue). If and when that day comes feel free to point it out to me and I'll do the necessary.
Sorry if I'm being overly blunt here but you're basically giving me a hard time for doing my job in what I still think was a reasonable manner. Doubtless we, especially I, tread on toes now and again. All apologies, no intent to offend. On the other hand we are not fools and do know a bit about what we're doing.
PS. I should point out that the OP spent a sum total of 6 minutes at CM this morning, made three posts of the same text in three different forums, and then immediately left. No surfing, no reading, no messaging, no evidence to indicate that there was anything on their mind other than making the posts and ... moving on to the next forum to cross-post there perhaps? This is not the activity of a timid poster just putting up a good word to help others out. Like everything else they did they acted and behaved 100% like an experienced shill.
FWIW, all of this sort of thing goes into our decision making on stuff like this.
I'll let you know.
