First, I'd like to apologize to the 99% of our members of this site who come here to participate in quality discussion about the construction and remodeling industry and to relax with other contractors after a long days work. For some reason there has been a small number of members who have seen fit to try and disrupt this site and I have let it get out of hand.
I have been slow to ban people and even slow to discipline members. In fact over the past three + years we have been running this site I think we have banned 5 or 6 (can't remember which) members total (besides spammers). I think that is a pretty low number and it's because we always give people a couple of chances to change their ways before taking action.
Of the 5 or 6 members who have been banned one of them sent threats to a moderators about his daughter and at least 2 said they would NEVER obey the rules or stop attacking people so I was forced to ban them. The others were long ago and I have a hard time remembering what happened.
Some of you may not understand why some members do get banned and all I can say is that we remove any and all questionable content that we find. So, you may be looking at a posters history and not seeing what the big deal is about but let me assure you it's there, you just can't see it.
We run this site as simply and as fairly as we can. Are we perfect? Far from it. Do we sometimes miss something? Of course. Do we sometimes remove a thread when we should have edited it.. yup. Fact is that all of us (admins and mods) have full time jobs and do this on the side in our "spare time" if there is such a thing.
So, what determines what is and is not allowed on this site? Glad you asked . We have Posting Rules that we run ever post (that we actually see) by.
Here they are:
So, those are our rules. I'm always open to people giving me feedback on ways I can improve this site so if you see something that needs added/edited/or taken away let me know. But these are the rules and WE WILL ENFORCE THEM.
To the 99% of you guys who obey these rules and come here for quality discussion once again I would like to say that I am sorry for letting things get out of control and I pledge to try and turn this thing around. Thanks for your membership.
TO THE 1% OF YOU WHO SEEM TO HATE THIS SITE AND HOW IT'S RUN:
First, I have to ask... why are you here? I mean, if this site is so bad and the Mods and I are so incompetent they why do you come here day after day? If you have some hope and desire to make this site better than I invite you to CONTACT ME and let me know what and how to change. I am open and willing to listen. I only ask that you be as specific as possible so I can actually correct the problem instead of saying that there is too much BS.
But what really gets me is a small number of you who seem to just be here to cause trouble. Here is an excerpt from one of my most recent hate mails: "Your site (contractortalk.com) is contributing to the demise of the construction industry."
To those of you who are just out to cause problems please know that we are going to start enforcing the rules. I really don't care how many posts you have, how long you have been a member, how unfair you think we are, or how funny you think you are. Enough is enough and you guys are hurting this site with your antics.
Do us all a favor and just leave if you hate this site so much.
Thanks
I have been slow to ban people and even slow to discipline members. In fact over the past three + years we have been running this site I think we have banned 5 or 6 (can't remember which) members total (besides spammers). I think that is a pretty low number and it's because we always give people a couple of chances to change their ways before taking action.
Of the 5 or 6 members who have been banned one of them sent threats to a moderators about his daughter and at least 2 said they would NEVER obey the rules or stop attacking people so I was forced to ban them. The others were long ago and I have a hard time remembering what happened.
Some of you may not understand why some members do get banned and all I can say is that we remove any and all questionable content that we find. So, you may be looking at a posters history and not seeing what the big deal is about but let me assure you it's there, you just can't see it.
We run this site as simply and as fairly as we can. Are we perfect? Far from it. Do we sometimes miss something? Of course. Do we sometimes remove a thread when we should have edited it.. yup. Fact is that all of us (admins and mods) have full time jobs and do this on the side in our "spare time" if there is such a thing.
So, what determines what is and is not allowed on this site? Glad you asked . We have Posting Rules that we run ever post (that we actually see) by.
Here they are:
In addition to the above we also try to keep non-relevant political and religious discussions to a minimum, not because we don't care about these issues but because these debates often get heated and out of control.
So, those are our rules. I'm always open to people giving me feedback on ways I can improve this site so if you see something that needs added/edited/or taken away let me know. But these are the rules and WE WILL ENFORCE THEM.
To the 99% of you guys who obey these rules and come here for quality discussion once again I would like to say that I am sorry for letting things get out of control and I pledge to try and turn this thing around. Thanks for your membership.
TO THE 1% OF YOU WHO SEEM TO HATE THIS SITE AND HOW IT'S RUN:
First, I have to ask... why are you here? I mean, if this site is so bad and the Mods and I are so incompetent they why do you come here day after day? If you have some hope and desire to make this site better than I invite you to CONTACT ME and let me know what and how to change. I am open and willing to listen. I only ask that you be as specific as possible so I can actually correct the problem instead of saying that there is too much BS.
But what really gets me is a small number of you who seem to just be here to cause trouble. Here is an excerpt from one of my most recent hate mails: "Your site (contractortalk.com) is contributing to the demise of the construction industry."
To those of you who are just out to cause problems please know that we are going to start enforcing the rules. I really don't care how many posts you have, how long you have been a member, how unfair you think we are, or how funny you think you are. Enough is enough and you guys are hurting this site with your antics.
Do us all a favor and just leave if you hate this site so much.
Thanks