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erik · 2014-03-06T07:05:21-08:00

Dear Chess.com: [Please excuse me for the insane length of this post! Deep down I'm a bit of a writer and philosopher... :D] When I started Chess.com 8 years ago I set out to create a place where people who love chess could come together to PLAY, LEARN, and SHARE. And by share, I imagined a pla

dashkee94

Mar 12, 2014

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#921

"The thread is approaching the mooring....you can see people handling the lines....it's very festive....but wait, there's a flame....it's on fire, ladies and gentlemen....it's burning, burning....oh, the flames....oh, the humanity...I can't talk anymore, ladies and gentlemen...."

pelly13

Mar 12, 2014

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#922

ConnorMacleod_151 schreef:

pelly13 wrote:

ConnorMacleod_151 schreef:

sorry....nope.... i'm still confused.

Who are you talking to ? Erik , the readers ? Who cares ... How did what you post support the thread exactly?

Is the best you can do?

... u unhelpful person. Read the print in the box before u start typing with your one finger.

Please be relevant, helpful & nice!

Let's see : It was relevant because you were going way off-topic. It was helpfull to the readers who are not interested in your mental condition , and lastly , I was being very nice. Polite even.

So , what's your point ? How did what you post support the thread exactly?

hicks83

Mar 12, 2014

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#923

dashkee94 wrote:

"The thread is approaching the mooring....you can see people handling the lines....it's very festive....but wait, there's a flame....it's on fire, ladies and gentlemen....it's burning, burning....oh, the flames....oh, the humanity...I can't talk anymore, ladies and gentlemen...."

Easily the best thing in the last 59 pages.

pelly13

Mar 12, 2014

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#924

hicks83 schreef:

dashkee94 wrote:

"The thread is approaching the mooring....you can see people handling the lines....it's very festive....but wait, there's a flame....it's on fire, ladies and gentlemen....it's burning, burning....oh, the flames....oh, the humanity...I can't talk anymore, ladies and gentlemen...."

Easily the best thing in the last 59 pages.

Is it the task of a mod to give his personal opinion on posts made ? Is the nice emoticon added here not "enticing" people to post images again ? Shouldn't a mod be above the ladds and not amongst them ?

How many mods are monitoring this thread ? How many of them are awake and see what's happening here ?

batgirl

Mar 12, 2014

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#925

pelly13 wrote:

Is it the task of a mod to give his personal opinion on posts made ?

I like to think even mods are human, capable of preferences, biases, mistakes and opinions just like me. What is wrong with that?

rooperi

Mar 12, 2014

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#926

pelly13 wrote:......

How many mods are monitoring this thread ? How many of them are awake and see what's happening here ?

Good question, pelly.

There are seven new mods, for a new total of 10, 12, more?

Is there a 24 hour presence by mods?

How easy is it to find out whether a mod is online?

How easy is it to which (if any) mods are online?

Is it OK to draw attention to a problem to any online mod?

Are online mods "on duty" when they are online, or shouln't they be bothered while playing in Live, for eg?

pelly13

Mar 12, 2014

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#927

batgirl schreef:

pelly13 wrote:

Is it the task of a mod to give his personal opinion on posts made ?

I like to think even mods are human, capable of preferences, biases, mistakes and opinions just like me. What is wrong with that?

Because he/she loses authority.

blitzjoker

Mar 12, 2014

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#928

More grouch than Groucho...

batgirl

Mar 12, 2014

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#929

pelly13 wrote:

Because he/she loses authority.

Only in your mind, not in mine.

hicks83

Mar 12, 2014

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#930

I have no problem with that.

pelly13

Mar 12, 2014

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#931

batgirl schreef:

pelly13 wrote:

Because he/she loses authority.

Only in your mind, not in mine.

One minute the mod is a peer , commenting and reacting on the same thread. The other minute he will ban you ( or someone else) from this same thread. We are not alike. We are no peers of a mod and visa.

Don't get me wrong. In general the mods do a fine job and this thread has nothing to do about their skills. I have nothing against our mods.

RonaldJosephCote

Mar 12, 2014

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#932

Did I make the deadline?? Suggestions for improvement. Hicks83 does a quote of the day. Let the mods have their own thread, in which it would all be, "quotes of the day".

ConnorMacleod_151

Mar 12, 2014

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#933

RonaldJosephCote wrote:

Did I make the deadline?? Suggestions for improvement. Hicks83 does a quote of the day. Let the mods have their own thread, in which it would all be, "quotes of the day".

Now ...that is funny!

Wolfbird

Mar 12, 2014

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#934

chess_gg wrote:

My view is that life is too short: to sweat the small stuff.

We'll remind you of that next time you get all pissy.

RonaldJosephCote

Mar 12, 2014

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#935

A permanetly locked thread entitled, "Quotes Of The Day". Something that is just educational, inspiring, funny, ironic, even stupid. The best thing that struck the're fancy during the're shift.

Wolfbird

Mar 12, 2014

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#936

I see your happy pills don't last long.

RonaldJosephCote

Mar 12, 2014

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#937

Now THERE'S a suggestion! Let the mods pass out, "happy pills". That would be an EXCELLENT forum.

CrystalMoon

Mar 12, 2014

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#938

This thread has outlived its usefulness and purpose and will be locked.

Feel free to create threads to discuss this topic further.

Please refer to the original posting for a comprehensive explanation of new posting policies.