Please don't respond to the racist crap posted by some troll tonight . I emailed Andrew, but if anyone else can get this off the board please do so.
Susan? pretty pretty please?:)
I'm a Mod at Reel Horror and a post like that racist crap would have been vaporized the moment I saw it. Hope your Mod can take care of it. This guy who posted this puerile bulls**t should be vaporized also.
Looks like Kory isnt Kory anymore
Yeah, well, I'm going to therapy.
:)
Dude, what's goin' on? Is someone hijacking your name, or are you hitting the Jeckyll&Hyde juice again?
The super-intelligent racist folks that invaded our website took a disliking to me. They're on this trip that I'm gay and have never been with a woman. Problem is, I AM a woman and the fact that I've never been with one proves that I'm NOT gay... but why sweat the details?
So in answer to your question, they hijacked my name. This does not, however, mean that I don't visit the dark side...
Forgive the yawning chasm that is my ignorance of computers, but how can they just crack in and change the stuff said in posts you already made?
All they did was view the message board, stick my name in the "Your Name" section, and go to town. It's just "fill in the blanks". I don't do the message board via email- I just view it & respond on the website.
Hope this makes sense... I've had a long day dealing with the fire in carson city & my brain is pretty fried.
>Forgive the yawning chasm that is my ignorance of computers, but how can they
>just crack in and change the stuff said in posts you already made?
They didn't. Kory (the real one) isn't registered. She simply fills in her name and email address for each post. Because she's not registered, anyone is free to use the name "Kory", just as she could if she were at the library and wanted to post something. If she were to register, everyone else would be locked out of using that name unless they could hack her password.
Compare the two Korys;
Real: Author: Kory (---.ci.south-lake-tahoe.ca.us), flecktone01@yahoo.com
Fake: Author: Kory (---.dsl.anhm01.pacbell.net), dumbn****r@aol.com
So, who took care of getting that stupid post off the board. I tried looking through some old post to find out if any moderators were ever assigned but couldn't find out for sure. I know Andrew is getting ready to ship out pretty soon , it would be nice to know what to do when crap like that shows up here.
A while back, there were a few 'regulars' given moderator status. It's come up a few times that things have happened while Andrew was not immediately at hand, and that was the solution. So, we do have a few around, but I don't recall who they are.
Being too busy to browse the boards the last few days, I missed these fireworks. I'm glad.
Anyone's name that appears in bold text is a moderator.
It appears trek_geezer, JohnL & Brother Ragnarok are now moderators so I'm inclined to believe it was Andrew that deleted the offensive posts and gave moderation powers.
Post Edited (07-16-04 11:10)
Easy to fix such from happening in the future.... simply use a board that does not allow posting with a random selected name, hence all guest´s who poast are named "Guest". This makes exploitation of existing names nearly impossible.
In Example phpBB2 or alike.
wich reminds me... I should get myself registered on this board! :)
*click*
Hey, I've been promoted.
I got rid of all those posts and dropped that IP into the deny pool.
Also, as was noted, I made another batch of regulars into moderators. Again, as always, please use only as needed. Besides random idiots like the latest, I probably only have to hide one post a week. (Usually a random drive by trolling.)
Moderators have their names in bold, even if it is not the message you are currently reading on a standard view of the board.
Shoot, I must've missed something.
Just to let everyone know I'm one of the moderators. Now I don't necessarily get to the board every single day, I think i spend more time here on the weekends than anytime and on weekdays i tend to pick and choose threads to read (which is why i don't catch things going on all the time since i don't always read every single thread..at least not right away) I go through cycles like everyone ;-)
if there is EVER anything you need removed, please do not hesitate to send me an email. My email is 112614.1577@compuserve.com and also on my profile. I've done so in the past on request.
I DO check my email every day after work and several times in the evening so I would definately get on it as quickly as possible, as I'm sure anyone else here will try and do who is also a moderator. With andrew making a few more, i think this board will be better covered.
Post Edited (07-16-04 22:47)
Susan makes a good point. If a mod is needed and there's no-one around, my e-mail is ebolamonk@yahoo.com
Susan wrote:
> if there is EVER anything you need removed, please do not
> hesitate to send me an email. My email is
> 112614.1577@compuserve.com and also on my profile. I've done so
> in the past on request.
Yeah....whenver I've made a total ass out of myself on here and wrote a thread that doesn't really belong, I've e-mailed Susan to delete them.
You've deleted 4 or 5 of mine haven't you Susan?
Yeah Yeah I know I stick my foot in my mouth sometimes!
It's been awhile though.
I've been a good boy lately.
Ash - maybe not that many? But anytime someone has a request, whether it's someone else posting something offensive or you posted something that you suddenly realize you do not want on that board under any circumstances...i'm here for ya!
I actually have past experience doing this which is coincidental. I used to work for a couple of forums on compuserve over a span of 7 years as a Sysop...which meant i did everything from write forum rules, took care of technical issues but also cleaned up the message boards. I hope nobody here goes hog wild with it tho, i won't remove posts that simply have profanity unless it's done at someone in a vulgar way..since i'm gulity of cussin ;-)
I was kinda surprised to be appointed one, but if you need something my email is visible in my profile.
<<<<>>>>
Susan, does that mean you have all the dirt on everyone who wants their posts removed? You could use it as a bargaining tool:
Possible Scenario:
Susan: "Ash, do my bidding or I'll tell all your net buddies about your post about your bad experience playing nude twister! Mwahahahahhaha!''
Ash: "NOOOO! You evil wench! I mean, my will is yours to command master..."
Man, being an evil overlord would be fun!
So dean, if we were in a superhero comic you would be trying to convince me to use my powers for evil and not good? lol
i dunno, dark overlord does have a nice ring to it....
I just registered- man did I learn my lesson!
Being appointed a moderator came as a surprise to me too. I started reading messages and noticed the extra commands, so I emailed Andrew to make sure it wasn't a mistake. I can't see myself taking any action unless it's something like the recent fake Kory incident, or someone wants one of their own posts removed, as others have mentioned. Although in such cases, you can always just edit the post yourself and change it to something else.
It's great to see you now have MODS in action. It certainly does make for a bump in the road when you have hateful trolls posting on your forum. Good job ladies and gentlemen.
I've been away on vacation an haven't had the time to get back on the messageboard since returning, so I missed the last one. I've only deleted two topics as moderator. They seem to hit on weeks when I'm away for a couple days. Someone always comes to the rescue.