Chad Simper — Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:33:21 +0000

I have opened this thread briefly to make a post because I feel one is needed.

This was discussed in detail when all this happened and if you weren't there to see what happened, you really aren't up to speed.

TWTCommish, you were not around when the posts that were deleted were made... If you were, you would probably have a different look on things. Whether you would or not, I don't know. What I do know is that the posts that thinkhost made were considered spam according to the rules of TWF and they were deleted at the time. He made a big deal out of it because he believes companies should be able to post which would just clog the forums.

Thinkhost, your posts just make me laugh... Thanks!

I really do hope everyone can settle down about this. I meant no harm by erasing thinkhost's posts in the beginning but it is obvious that if he doesn't get his way, he is determined to do anything to cause a problem.

The point still stands though that his original posts (the ones that happened to months ago) were spam. They weren't deleted because he was a competitor (you can easily do a search and find that other hosts have posted in this forum without having their posts removed - the difference being that they aren't blatantly advertising their services).

I'm sorry that this has caused such a problem.

JP Stones — Mon, 03 Jul 2000 10:52:01 +0000

I'm affraid that this has got out of hand again. We addressed all the aspects in meticulous detail last time round and ai really don't want ot go through it again...

I'm closing this thread not because I want to stop you guys expressing yourselves but because it just serves to cause friction that is frankly pointless as besides this issue we all get along well...

I will obviously continue to monitor threads in the hosting forum and depending on developments there will address the situation as it required.

cheers
JP

Justin S — Mon, 03 Jul 2000 00:48:44 +0000

Oops, sorry about the language I thought it would get **** out. Guess not Oh well, I'm calm. Cool. And calm. Yeah...

devstorm.com — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:46:14 +0000

Deleting it isn't going to make the problem go away. Sure, it'll look great for a little while, but someone is bound to hear something about what happened and start up another thread about this down the line.

IMHO, if we are to try to resolve this and avoid starting this argument again, people need to come to terms right now and address the issue rather than ignore it and have it come back several months from now.

abahta — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:43:12 +0000

Thank you Matt.

Parker — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:38:11 +0000

Justin... language.

Like I said earlier. We already argued about this a few months ago so why do we go on? No one else post and hopefully everything will clear up itself.

Matt Kaufman — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 22:00:59 +0000

Okay, first of all: Justin, CALM DOWN!

IMO this thread should be DELETED. All the major problems with ThinkHost were a couple of months ago.

Lets just forget it and move on, this should have NEVER been opened in the first place.

Justin S — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 21:08:51 +0000

Well now I have about 15 less posts then I did a few minutes ago. I just deleted all my comments in this posts. Why? Because I'm tired of the legal threats, as well as the patent threats (something about using OpenSSL). So this is the last post you'll see from me in this thread. I'm fucking pist at what's happened, so that's why I'm not going to incourage it anymore.

I'd advise the admins to close this and all ThinkHost related threads ASAP.

RE: Blah

thinkhost — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 20:50:09 +0000

Folks,

I was out of line several months ago, and I apologized. My actions WERE defined as SPAM by the definitions of the forum, but not by the general internet standards. So accusing me of SPAM is completely incorrect -- I was simply mislead because the forum had MANY unanswered posts, and many other posts had blatant advertising in what later turned out to be signatures. I apologized for the incident and we moved on, but our friendly competitors just can't do that -- they gotta bite every little bit they get!

Who the heck cares what happened months ago? My point is that here and now Chad Simper should NOT have the power to modify/edit/delete posts in the web hosting forum and most certainly should not be moderating the

Why are we making such a huge deal out of this? Get an unbiased person in those two forums, tell Chad to keep to his business and MOVE on.

Or is someone arguing with me that biased moderators aren't a good idea?

[Edited by thinkhost on 07-02-2000 at 04:54 PM]

Ravi Pachai — Sun, 02 Jul 2000 20:29:15 +0000

actually, noones mad with you, I dont think anyone's mad with me? im not mad with thinkhost(im not mad with anyone). The resolution of the problem lies between thinkhost and chad. I hardly think Chad will stop moderating any forum as he is an admin, but thats up to him. Some people didnt understand the problem, some people have different issues, this thread is just allowing people to post how / what they feel. I hardly think TWF survival is dependent on the outcome of this thread...

Ravi