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Hmmm....
I sense old sentiments resurrected from long forgotten 3dfx Forum battlefields.

"Nasty PM's" ?

I'm not aware of any, they've been very direct and clear but never crossed any limit an adult person would account for as "nasty"

, and instead of taking it my way, Obi got his only problematic Thread moved to a new Forum Section, where it resides open and accessible to this day.

I guess you only know one side of the Story.

Everything that had to be said during that timeframe was said, and the case closed (at least that's how I treated it).

Anything else I have no information about and it's not my business what people decide to do outside this little Forum. Anything I should know nonetheless ?

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My Opinion about the single Thread I see being talked about stands as it is :
- someone with too much time at hands and too little filtering/common sense spammed the Forum with just about anything ATI coming from any major Hardware News Site - all blessed with "a tad" too much enthusiasm and bias to add to injury.

It may just be my Opinion, but I just happen run the show when things go out of bounds - and my opinion is ultimately the measure...
The result was the only compromise I could possibly accept.

If any User is unable to accept that then I will not yield any further.
Everyone on this Forum has been free to join but also free to discontinue the use of it.
Noone was ever asked to come, noone ever asked to stay - this game is free-for-all and it'll stay that way until it will cease to exist.

For over 5 years this worked exceptionally well, so that can't be so terribly wrong...

On a more personal sidenote :
Ultimatly, I've covered Obi's arse more often than I can count and took - to my best abilities - personal care of whatever Problem he took onto me. That got him a semi-privileged status noone else in this Forum ever received, even against all odds.
But there's a limit to anything, even to my patience, diplomacy and kind understanding.
And if - in turn - I request something once from that very same person and receive zero cooperation on the issue - I guess that's a valid boundary reached, isn't it ?

A post (or a few) about exiting new hardware would have been perfectly legit, noone would have ever opposed it.

Multiply it by 50, however, and add a frequency and irrelevance / speculative nature that doesn't really help anyone - or is a repeated plain copy of other News Site's reviews.... That does become a Problem.

Speaking for myself, I currently write this on an ATI Card, haven't anything else in regular use for years now. So nothing wrong with ATI for sure, but I don't need a Spam Thread made out of it (or any other product)

Important note -
An Admin makes decisions and technically does not even require any reason behind them.
I made decisions and gave the best reasoning I could possibly give.

I never wrote any excuse, nor do I need any excuse, because there's nothing or nobody on earth that I own any.

Apology ?
Me ?
To you ?

Name one single, valid reason and you'll win an ATI 2900XT, free international shipping & handling.

If you think I'm that "evil, overlord Admin" that rules poor, "subordinate Forum Members" as I please... Well, you must be the new guy in the Forum I guess.

If the "Twilight Zone" is such a terrible place, well, that is reversible... All can be undone with just a few modifications, and at this moment, I couldn't care less if that's what the majority of the Forum wants.
Maybe it is an illusion to keep up a Forum's Quality standards over such a long time, but maybe not...

Users are not journalists. People have opinions. Technology forums are about debate, information and friendship.

That's the way it is bud.

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An opinion is fine but do bring it as an opinion and don't call other people who use other brands dumb names.

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whats wrong about that?
news about ati from hardware news websites = spam?
for me it is information...the definition of spam is quite different in my opinion...
for me it is not interesting...but some other like it...why not keep it?
ok...he has time to post...whats wrong about that? keeping the forum alive...
he has much enthusiasm...whats wrong about that? that makes him friendly...

sorry but posts like this....smallminded...your reasons are no reasons in my eyes...i guess there happened something face-to-face...

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That's because you're thinking logically

Nice to meet you BTW.

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Repeated copy & paste with bits & pieces from all over the place, over half a year ?. Yes, that eventually becomes Spam in here.

If people want to view massive Hardware Reviews converted into Forum Threads : there are some excellent Pages for that, but not this place.

I'm getting tired of this.

Yes, our definitions of Spam might differ.
Yes, maybe I'm smallminded with my definition

Live with it.
There's a gazillion Forums out there, I'm sure their Admin's definition for Spam varies greatly...
No reason to loose any sleep over a single tiny one like this remote space.

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The Thread was very popular ?

Please provide 10 Links from established external Hardware Review Websites, pointing to it for its unique qualities.

If found valid, I will immediately make it sticky and even give it its very own Hardware Discussion Sub-Forum.

Fact is :
- Only very few people participated.
- Obi talked to himself 'more than once' (politely spoken)
- Others were rather annoyed over time (I've seen people banned before in other Forums for spamming up their Post count)

That's more like the reality of the Thread.

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Actually yes, where you got your definition of "spam" from is indeed irrelevant. You've not responsible here.
Remember, this is a Forum, not a Federal Government.