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Good lord, will this misquoting ever end?
Cystem_Phailure wrote:
checkmateibeatu wrote:
@Post 199- That is just asking for abuse. If someone wanted to block someone and then start a thread talking trash about them, it is already bad because they blockee can't defend himself on that thread, but at least he knows about it and can make another thread and have a friend advertise that thread. But with those proposals, the blockee wouldn't even be able to see that stuff, so all that would be going on completely behind his back. Way too risky.
blah ... blah ... blah ... blah ... blah ...
Good lord, will these recess spats never end?
Sep 9, 2011
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#203
checkmateibeatu wrote:
Good lord, will this misquoting ever end? Cystem_Phailure wrote: checkmateibeatu wrote: @Post 199- That is just asking for abuse. If someone wanted to block someone and then start a thread talking trash about them, it is already bad because they blockee can't defend himself on that thread, but at least he knows about it and can make another thread and have a friend advertise that thread. But with those proposals, the blockee wouldn't even be able to see that stuff, so all that would be going on completely behind his back. Way too risky. blah ... blah ... blah ... blah ... blah ... Good lord, will these recess spats never end?
Misquoting? HAW! Those are your words verbatim, liar.
cabadenwurt wrote:
well I must say that was fun --- just read all 11 pages of posts for this thread lol. Mind you there were a lot of nice and/or interesting posts to read to be sure. Oh and by the way, just joined last month and have zero blocks. And I thought I would add a little note of my own here. Also having done the work of reading the posts a reward is nice, as it will add one point to my awfully low member points score. I did try to improve my score tho by starting a thread of my own, however it seems that I chose a rather weak topic ( mainly for fans of the original Star Trek show ). Anyway off to read more posts in more threads --- Adios Amigos
I've been to Vulcan.
With great power comes great responsibility.
Undoubtedly the highlight of that thread was Karl_ saying "you have to try harder than that to get blocked by me."
Saying "That's a good idea, and if we did it this way you could also do these other things." is what got me blocked by him. Not only did I not have to try hard, I didn't even try:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/suggestions/handicapped-games
It just goes to show that what constitutes "highjacking" is just as subjective as what makes someone a "jerk" and that some people are entirely too trigger-happy when it comes to the block feature.
Sep 9, 2011
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#209
Perhaps a discreet, automated note WITHIN the thread to the effect that a particular poster has been blocked would be helpful in explaining that poster's sudden silence.
If people were reasonable about blocking it would always be self evident, but I do like the idea. The one challenge I can see is that unless you limit it based on threads in which both members have posted within a recent time window you'd have to go back and add the note to all of the threads ever created by the blocker
redijedi wrote:
I have blocked zero people here, but I have blocked a few people when I play scrabble online. lol
I enjoy playing scrabble, where do you play online?
sftac
sftac wrote:
redijedi wrote:
I have blocked zero people here, but I have blocked a few people when I play scrabble online. lol
I enjoy playing scrabble, where do you play online?
sftac
Try googling 'wordbiz scrabble'. You will play against other people with ratings just like on Chess.com. My screen name is redijedi there too.
Sep 9, 2011
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#213
well just like the grobe did say and no body should be blocked happy i say we have all to live peacefully with each other
peace and love folks peace and love
like 35
lol
hey dont worry i'm finished
yourmindillsion wrote:
well just like the grobe did say and no body should be blocked happy i say we have all to live peacefully with each other
peace and love folks peace and love
like 35
lol
hey dont worry i'm finished
That would be nice, but it is too good to be true.
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:
"Way too risky" represents rather elegantly the world view of that particular speaker.
+beaucoup
Sep 10, 2011
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#217
checkmateibeatu wrote:
yourmindillsion wrote:
well just like the grobe did say and no body should be blocked happy i say we have all to live peacefully with each other
peace and love folks peace and love
like 35
lol
hey dont worry i'm finished
That would be nice, but it is too good to be true.
do you think if it was true i would write that post but that's why i wrote that message because its not true and i want it to be the truth of with your help
but again there are other causes much more important than this to argue about it ...
Sep 10, 2011
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#218
Blocking a bunch of people is a good way to make yourself very unpopular very quickly.
In my mind the blocking's not even the issue.
Puking asinine threads all over the forums and then becoming indignant to anyone who questions it is the root of the problem, but this latest development of also puking all over everyone else's threads is a bridge to far.
If you can't check yourself, someone is going to have to do it for you....
Sep 10, 2011
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#220
i must agree with both of you but still not everyone is as responsible as you seem to be its true the problem of asinine threads but blocking people wont fix nothing i suppose and i guess you don't agree with me anyway i rather respond with responsible threads than going on blocking people 
The 'Off Topic' category is an illustration of how it would [fail to] appear.