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I'm surprised you of all people would have the audacity to just post this out in the open for all the "noobs" to see and therefore make them feel bad for finding a community where they can enjoy themselves. What do you want me to do? Kick out all the new people? That's not very nice. And that's certainly not the reason I set up these forums in the first place. It makes me happy every time I receive an email from the forums telling me someone new has joined the community, wanting to participate in the discussions. I'm glad that people are on here and enjoying themselves and that is why the forum is here. Times change, and activity isn't something to be shy of. Also, if you guys want me to listen, I'm going to need a names of the members who are bothering you specifically and I'll see what I can do on a one-on-one basis.
That being said, however, certain members do not seem to be able to contain their enthusiasm for certain things (namely Ben and Nirvana / Smells Like Teen Spirit). It does seem nearly every post turns into something about that, and that does become grating after a while. I understand a passion being a passion, but here is not the place for repeated discussion about it. I will say to the new members right now that it is not unreasonable to expect them to be mindful of what they post, not post more than once in a row in one thread, and if they feel the need to go crazy, they can do it in the Spam Forum. (Because of all this, I for one have stopped reading the Spam Forum. This seems to be an ideal solution for people who don't want to take part in the more crazy antics of the new members.)
If anyone has any thoughts or comments beyond this, they may express them here, but only if they will not offend the new members. From now on I expect Chris and Ross to come to me privately in the future if they have a sensitive matter like this to discuss. You really did not need to spell this out for the new members, and frankly Ross, your comments offended even me. There will be no talk of "GTFO" or calling anyone on these forums "little lowlifes." Talk like that will get me pissed off, not because I'm defending anyone, but because this forum is definitely not the place for name calling and if I see it I'll react accordingly.
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