I’ve had enough. Apparently, there’s no moderator here again today. This site is a disaster and a terrible thing for Kalmbach’s image. You can be sure I will not be renewing any Kalmbach subscriptions. There are a great bunch of people here but I don’t need this grief. If anyone else wants to know a better site, e-mail or PM me and we can meet over there.
There is a moderator on the job today and he is deleting the troll posts at this time.
Jim,
Don’t give up just yet…Bergie is in the house! [tup] Maybe things will get cleaned up quickly…
Don Z.
No he’s not. Today is a holiday and he’s not in the members list.
We’'ll sure miss you; I’d reconsider though. The rest of us are willing to let the process run it’s course. This kind of senseless intrusion can happen on any forum.
Jim,
I left you a PM…
Tom
Luckily, our volunteer moderator got Bergie at home and he is cleaning things up from home with remote access. All of which begs the question as to why he didn’t delete the troll account this morning, since both of the guys who have been working so hard over the weekend let him know how bad things got. I could care less if it’s a holiday, I had to work lots of holidays. This just shows a complete lack of respect for us and the company he works for. He should be glad I’m not his boss.
Yeah, Jim, I had to work today, too. It’s a long holiday weekend in North America, and every time we get one of those, our Bad Boy comes crawling out from under his rock. He times things that way, apparantly. So, this time Kalmbach set themselves up with a moderator in a way-off time zone to watch over things. It was a start, and helped to keep things in check. No, it’s not perfect, but everyone deserves some time off, and the MR staff is no exception. This isn’t a mission-critical, life-or-death application here. It’s just a forum for model railroaders. Asking for full-time moderators, 7 days a week, is just too much. Let them have some time at home with their families, too. Let them spend some time working on their own layouts.
Several people have suggested that MR initiate legal action against this clown, and I’m hoping they do.
We’ll miss you Jim. Any chance of you returning after things have cleared up a bit?
I agree MrB. I hope they can get rid of him. If he is the one that had the Taco Bell with all the people laying around shot, He needs to be in a padded room. Just my [2c] Mike
NOOOOOO! Don’t go! We need to stand up to these freaks (trolls), not run away! running away will mean the forums will descend into chaos, and this may even shut down MR magazine!
THAT WOULD BE HORRIBLE!!!
Who’s with me!?!
I’d like to thank Mr. Beasley and the moderators for doing the best they can to solve a challenging problem. Mr. B and the mods are welcome in the “Diner” where a “coffee” on me is waiting for them.
Cheers.
Don’t leave yet Jim, your the only one who cares about my stucco city hall, almost done ! I won’t have anybody to say , hey that sucks , or nice job , or something.
Jim,
You don’t really expect a moderator to watch the forums and every single post 24/7 do you?
As I watched this clown try to clone himself and play games today the posts were systematically being watched, locked then deleted. If you go to who’s on line, you will see the moderators in red.
This forum is out here for our enjoyment and enlightenment. I beleive they do a decent job considering the number of members and the amount of posts.
Don’t be so quick to leave, you have contributed to the group/ forum as many others have.
If your interested in another forum…
http://www.railroad.net/index.php
But don’t leave here because of some offbeat activity, read past the nonsense and carry on.
I had done some “Event Hosting” on Prodigy years ago and seen the crazy trolling people go great lengths to cause this bullish nonsense. Someone goes off and decides “I just wanna be a nag on someone” and plays on it. heh, I know someone played as if he was a she then finally came clean after his wife left…
I’m sure Bergie is thinking don’t let the door hit you on the way out, lol. It’s hardly Kalmbach or Bergie’s fault that there are idiots coming here on weekends. If I was them I would just shut the site down every weekend. Or how about this one, ONLY PAYING SUBSCRIBERS can have access to it, PERIOD!
I fully agree. To suggest this is just a forum is ridiculous. They have companies paying to advertise on this and the other sites. That makes this more then just a group of forums. If this forum is ran in diarray then how do they run the rest of their business. I can understand holidays and the weekends but it is the end of the day on Monday and nothing has been done. This is issue is why I do not buy any of their publications nor do I shop at any of the companies advertised here. I actually came back to this site due to having more time on my hands as of late and this place is still over run with trolls and goofballs and the mods are no where to be seen. So hold the door. I’ve seen enough. I’m going to spend my time at more reputable sites that won’t allow this silly nonsense to happen.
And no it does not have all to do with the recent childisness but also ridiculously titled threads that mean nothing to the content inside.
Since others are saying goodbye, I thought I would drop in and say hello!
Since last Monday, I have been in PC hell. My laptop died in dramatic fashion causing much panic as it had been a while since backing up some important files. A day of recovery and I rescued everything of importance. I now have my new PC up and running and on the net. It looks as if I missed some fun this past week. Did our old friend Al come and spoil things for everyone again?
Anyway, it is good to be back on-line. Time to catch up on some forum reading. Any notable threads?
UP2CSX
Hang around - “United we stand, divided we fall”, problems exist in all aspects of the world, walking away from the forum altogether will not defeat the problem, arguing will not defeat it, ignoring it and remaining together with a common aim will overcome all".
I just switch off and go to another thread if I find dissatisfaction in a subject.
Teditor
I care about your stucco city hall, after all, you are obviously an SP fan, how could I not like what you do.
Teditor.