smashedagain

[MANTIS01]

I have spoken to Jason, who every mod who knows him likes personally/face-to- face etc, as recently as yesterday

He was informed at the time of the latest, third, ban that it was permanent

Things can of course change, but there are no plans to change that at the moment


Bear in mind that people commenting in this thread and elsewhere are doing so without the basis of full information

I quote from the Guidelines which are available for everyone to see at

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=25383.0

"Ultimately, we make decisions which we believe are in the best interests of the forum and its members.  The debates, although sometimes mildly amusing, tend not to be in possession of all the facts on which these decisions were based."

that's relevant here.

Rich, members have requested specific information several times and no response has been forthcoming. Hence why people are commenting without the basis of full information. When a popular member just vanishes it's reasonable that people will ask questions and wonder where he is. They can only comment with the basis of full information if they have it.

I think Jason is the Luis Suarez of Blonde and the punishment is directed towards the person rather than the offence. I learnt this from kinboshi in the Liverpool thread. Kin has also made me acutely aware of the need to challenge consistency when assessing the integrity of a panel judgement. As I'm aware Blatch was never banned for extroting and defrauding various Blonde members. But Jason has a permanent ban so his offence must have been very serious and criminal? Kin has also taught me that panels passing judgement should be forthcoming with information so we all know the specifics of the decision making process and everything is open and transparent. Thanks kin.

[TightEnd]

The short answer to everyone is simply "he is too high maintenance".

We just don't have time to chase round all day clearing up after one Member.

The following is no exaggeration

150+ PM's, asking him privately & politely to calm down and change the trolling
67 (I have just counted them) deleted posts referring to the above
20 or so face to face conversations referring to the above, specifically talking about how to post, how not to post
many many facebook conversations over the course of, before and after all three bans

Yes he means well, yes he might be clueless as to what he is up to, but come on..we just don't have the time or inclination to carry on like that.

We are told (often, by Jason) that quite a few people would PM him asking them to post stuff for him that they knew was close to the bone. Not our fault that Jason was gullible enough to listen to those voices

It is a privilege to be a member of blonde, & it is free, but it comes at a small cost - don't rock the boat, conform to the guidelines such as they are.

[MANTIS01]

the interesting stuff!

Anyway appreciate the response.

[celtic]

Mods so much harsher  since Viney got involved

Every litter has its runt.

thats gotta be rhyming slang?

[bobAlike]

Mods so much harsher  since Viney got involved

Every litter has its runt.

thats gotta be rhyming slang?

You know me so well bruv

[The Camel]

The short answer to everyone is simply "he is too high maintenance".

We just don't have time to chase round all day clearing up after one Member.

The following is no exaggeration

150+ PM's, asking him privately & politely to calm down and change the trolling
67 (I have just counted them) deleted posts referring to the above
20 or so face to face conversations referring to the above, specifically talking about how to post, how not to post
many many facebook conversations over the course of, before and after all three bans

Yes he means well, yes he might be clueless as to what he is up to, but come on..we just don't have the time or inclination to carry on like that.

We are told (often, by Jason) that quite a few people would PM him asking them to post stuff for him that they knew was close to the bone. Not our fault that Jason was gullible enough to listen to those voices

It is a privilege to be a member of blonde, & it is free, but it comes at a small cost - don't rock the boat, conform to the guidelines such as they are.

I love Herbie as much as the next man, but if I was in charge of these matters he wouldn't have got this much rope.

A couple of warnings and one temp ban and then he would have got the Spanish Archer from me.

Too much hassle.

[nirvana]

"Don't rock the boat" seems so Stalinist... which is probs why there are a zillion PMs/chats/deleted posts etc. Still, as long as everyone's Ladygarden is in order then I guess the world can turn