WE WANT CHILI BACK NOW!

“don't blame demand media, they are only doing what a select few demanded that they do. They were willing to let us fend for ourselves lol.”

“They were willing to turn a blind eye to the terms of participation they posted. Letting us fend for ourselves is not the same thing. What was going on was a lawsuit waiting to happen if some one's kid stumbled onto the site at the wrong time.

Had they been on top of the goings on with a level of fairness this level of melt down would not have occured
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“I wish those crybabies that shed so many tears and screamed "Leaving Trail Talk Forever" would do like they said, right eNs?”

“test

wow, 29 minutes...that's the longest i've ever seen this place go with out a post
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“I think people should stop blaming Demand Media. Individual posters are to blame. Certain people can't stop cussing, name calling, etc.. With a bit of CIVILITY, this place will be fine.”

“Pew!”

“�We get Naked Ape and Father Goose back, and lose Chili. What kinda horse trade is that?

OPIE
8:27:27 AM
4/07/08

WTF you mean by THAT, OPIE???”

“I will do a stinky poot in yer genrel dretcion"
~Fahter Goos

Ummm! Thank you verry much!!!
(o:3”

“LOL”

“Actually.. I think yogisan has a valid perspective. Has he been "disappeared" yet? The blatant trolls are given free rein and others are clamped down on way exceeding the level of disruption. I suspect there is an attempt to dissipate the forum to the extent that it can be dissolved and removed. Of course, a level of honesty and openness about that would have been nice from the owners. But I guess that really is a lot to ask. I guess I am probably next on the disappearing list.”

“I know things. I am afraid. Someone please hold me.”

“Black Helicopters........”

“people don't get banned for expressing an opinion about others or about demand media or being unpleasant or being a troll or for saying someone is not a real backpacker. They get banned for personal attacks, for posting porn and for use of over the top language. thats why the idiot trolls are still here and others aren't.”

“personal attacks are not defined by over the top language. Personal attacks abound here. If they were kept to feugo I wouldn't have a problem. But they are not. Nor are they addressed.

FWIW I am not laying this all at the feet of Elise. I am laying it at the feet of the owners. Elise, as I understand it, just works for the owners. I am savvy enough to draw the distinction.
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“they have never been left on feugo, especially when we didn't have feugo. I am not arguing for or against how this place should be moderated (although I liked it just fine when elise acted like this place didn't exist), but the majority of the people banned actively seeked a banning, and the others were caught in the crusade to clean up this place. elise posted a thread saying that she was gonna start breaking bad on people without warnings.”

“hey goose *grin*

where ya been?”

“If chili and NGB reproduce.......

”

“If StoveStomper and NGB reproduce..... (25 years later)

”

“'Bout ya, Opie. I've been busy with the M/C side of my life. Had a nasty wreck about 3 1/2 years ago and f*%ked up my right foot. Just now getting around to where I can walk normally (kinda). Ready to hit the trail, just don't know when I'll find the time. Besides, summer's coming on and we all know that summer's a suckass time to hike in the Southeast.”

“I kinda doubt that Chili is that disappointed. This board ain't what it use to be.”

“its exactly what it used to be.”

“There are posts from over 5 years ago saying it's going downhill, it ain't what it used to be, and we all need to just get along.”

“I have never been banned, suspended or even warned. I treat people the way I want to be treated. You people would do well to follow my example.”

“The blatant trolls are given free rein and others are clamped down on way exceeding the level of disruption

Funny how the trolls are gone with the regulars, isn't it?”

“Thats why I get a giggle about all the posts on latta talking about how nice it is there without trolls or arguing. 50 % of the people there (including myself) are ardent feugoist and many of them have probably used trolls on occasion.”

“LOL @ bacpac”

“Funny how the trolls are gone with the regulars, isn't it?”
Nigal
7:15:27 AM
4/08/08

Yeah... Mutt thought it was quite funny that chili had been bounced and he hadn't. He even commented on it. Must be Mutt is not a troll. My mistake.”

“A common mistake is that people think that people they dislike are the trolls. Funny, because so many people complain about the trolls often thinking they're busting on the people they don't like.”

“Yeah... Mutt thought it was quite funny that chili had been bounced and he hadn't. He even commented on it. Must be Mutt is not a troll. My mistake.

And Fridg, who was complaining because he was connected to a troll here, has already been busted over there for trying sign up another handle. LOL!”

“Chili didn't have any trolls.”

“NGB, I don't think mutt or nigal were saying chili had trolls (nor was I saying it), but I am not sure what Rev is saying when he commented about chili in reply to nigal's post about trolls.”

“all I know is I miss chili over here...”

“yep, its a shame ens, roam and a few others had to stir up elise and force her to react to everyday posts like the one chili made that wasn't any different than many of us made from time to time.

Elise should reinstate him.”

“No Rev, I'm not a regular who has a troll named Mutt. I'm just an antisocial dude from MO.”

“Elise should reinstate him. - hyway

So he can come back on a weekly basis and tell everyone how he's quit Trailtalk? LMAO.”

“its exactly what it used to be.� Hyway

Exactly , but the participants are just becoming cranky old farts.”

“Is this how it went?

- posters beg for moderation and enforcement of the rules...
- the moderator complies and bans those who break the rules...
- a poster breaks the rules and is banned, per the rules...

...and now there's begging for reinstatement?

others probably broke the rules as well, but as we all know, you have to get caught...and no one can read each and every post.”

“chili isn't begging for reinstatement, others are asking that he be reinstated. Just want to clear that up.”

“I am just amazed that I did not get myself banned again.

wow......I have been a good girl.”

“Personally, while I miss some of the ones who got banned, I like a more strict TT. Being able to be humorous and exchange insults is much more rewarding when there is an envelope to push. You have to be more clever and witty than simply hurling cuss words around.”

““No Rev, I'm not a regular who has a troll named Mutt. I'm just an antisocial dude from MO.”
Mutt
9:40:15 AM
4/08/08

I stand corrected on the technicality. You still expressed surprise at not being banned.

Also.. I am not shouting for chili's return, and indeed he is not begging to be reinstated. I am simply asking for some evenhandedness. Personal attacks come in all forms and styles. They are all equally dismal imo.
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“may your sleeping bag be infested with a 1000 fleas and your tent be the location of a moth convention”

“I didn't mean to imply that chili was begging for reinstatement, just pointing out that it can't be both ways.

I'm with Nigal...and I got bored with the fuego nastiness spilling out into every part of TT...then the complainers who do the very same thing they complain about (the "it's okay if I do it, cause I'm a better backpacker than you" mentality)...better to have less posts/posters, imo.”

“You don't see too many biblical curses nowdays. Kudos hyway.”

“i think a little discretion is needed...that's been diminishing in all decision making positions...this zero tolerance crap is getting out of hand...a little research would have shown cili was a good poster and generally obeyed the rules but got caught up in the recent fire storm”

“Elise, I'm highly offended by NGB's post. Please ban here forthwith for saying "nuts".”

“LOL@nurse goodbody”

“Hey NurseGoodBody - don't lump me in with those trolls. I have nothing to do with them. Leave me out of your posts. I don't criticize you.”

“nuts? crap you need to be banned for telling everyone you post with no pants on...you perv!”

“LOL...well, speaking as a poster who was banned from another site...

IT AIN'T THE END OF THE WORLD! not even a blip on the screen...

:)”