Originally Posted By Mr X This kinda stinks, imho...he didn't really do anything wrong, and was a good contributor for many years here on LP! I thought it was particularly crappy that he tried to sign back on just to post a "good bye" message, and within that message indicated that he wouldn't post more against the managements wishes. They erased that. Twice. It was really very petty, and crappy. I'll leave it at that. Jon is gone, I for one will miss his interesting comments.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 You will be missed jon, you may be controversial, but you actually made me think about my opinions and rethink some of my views...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I'm very surprised to learn this. There must be more to the story.
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow, the erased like TEN posts...NONE of which violated the community standards whatsoever! Guess this is how Doobie has decided to "handle" the situation. Really crappy, if you ask me. I wouldn't even care so much if they would've at least let the guy (a poster of many YEARS) say goodbye!
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow, the erased like TEN posts...NONE of which violated the community standards whatsoever! Guess this is how Doobie has decided to "handle" the situation. Really crappy, if you ask me. I wouldn't even care so much if they would've at least let the guy (a poster of many YEARS) say goodbye!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I'm very surprised to learn this. There must be more to the story.*** There isn't. Pathetic though it is to write, I read every post. He did NOTHING outside the norm. He tried to make some "goodbye" threads under another name, they were aggressively erased. He also said he'd respect their ban, though he didn't understand it. And everything since has been aggressively erased.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Again, I don't know if he actually did cross the line. I'm hoping he will tell me. But, if he didn't, and this was just a reaction to a persistent complainer then that does seem wrong. It isn't my site and I fully understand that. As I have said, he and I didn't see eye-to-eye on much, and I certainly never thought he should be banned.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^There are a bunch of ADMINs in WE this morning, but none of the deleted messages they usually leave behind. If this is a joke, the Doobster or other Admin is in on it, I'd say.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I hope so... I get a kick out of jonvn. He's outspoken; I don't always agree with him, but sometimes do... and he's got a great, dry sense of humor. If he's gone, I'll miss him.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I don't think it's an April Fools joke... I think an Admin is power tripping hardcore...
Originally Posted By jv3 Just here to thank you for your support. This will probably also be erased, but: I said absolutely nothing different that triggered this, as far as I know. This was basically out of the blue. I sent multiple emails to the people running this site asking why, and have gotten no response at all. This is not a joke. Unless it is being played on me. My suspcion is that I said something to offend someone at a corpration, and they leaned on people here to do this. There is no other explanation I can think of. And now, as I posted on Mouseinfo, I'm going to officially retire from posting online.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Hey Jon... I hope you'll reconsider, but do take good care - whatever you decide. Kim
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Utterly rediculous, we may not have gotten along all the time jon but I have a great deal of respect for you.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***And now, as I posted on Mouseinfo, I'm going to officially retire from posting online.*** Man, that sucks! ***My suspcion is that I said something to offend someone at a corpration, and they leaned on people here to do this.*** Perhaps the directive came from the Vatican?
