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Post by infant on Nov 30, 2021 0:03:18 GMT
I just noticed that all of Ken’s posts on the forum are now being shown as “Deleted”. Was this an admin thing or something he did?
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 30, 2021 3:23:03 GMT
I just noticed that all of Ken’s posts on the forum are now being shown as “Deleted”. Was this an admin thing or something he did? Oh no, I hope not!
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Post by zontar on Nov 30, 2021 7:01:16 GMT
Miss him already
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Post by laristotle on Nov 30, 2021 9:21:48 GMT
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Post by Die Bullen on Nov 30, 2021 13:58:33 GMT
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Post by Bill h on Nov 30, 2021 14:48:07 GMT
From what I understand, he had some issues with something in the political section. Don’t have a clue what the issues were but that’s part of the reason that section is on an island away from the main board. Hopefully he returns. To be clear, we had nothing to do with it as far as I know.
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Post by infant on Nov 30, 2021 18:49:28 GMT
From what I understand, he had some issues with something in the political section. Don’t have a clue what the issues were but that’s part of the reason that section is on an island away from the main board. Hopefully he returns. To be clear, we had nothing to do with it as far as I know. That’s what I figured. One of the reasons I stayed away from it.
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Post by Colchar on Dec 1, 2021 17:40:03 GMT
Apparently he wasn't comfortable with something that was said over there. One does have to question why you would go there knowing it might contain stuff you are uncomfortable with rather than just ignore its existence.
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Post by jazzhams on Dec 1, 2021 21:44:41 GMT
I've noticed a few people leave the forum. Unfortunate
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Post by Colchar on Dec 2, 2021 2:36:30 GMT
I've noticed a few people leave the forum. Unfortunate You've been here for ten days, how the hell would you know who had left?
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Post by george on Dec 2, 2021 2:50:33 GMT
There's nothing in the political section that you couldn't see in a newspaper.
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Post by infant on Dec 2, 2021 3:32:24 GMT
Apparently he wasn't comfortable with something that was said over there. One does have to question why you would go there knowing it might contain stuff you are uncomfortable with rather than just ignore its existence. Or he could have taken exception to a response to one of his posts. There’s a reason why political and religious discussions are usually frowned upon in forums. But as has been said, this is an unseen part of the forum and you don’t have to sign up for it if you don’t want to see it.
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Post by johnreardon on Dec 2, 2021 9:16:35 GMT
There's nothing in the political section that you couldn't see in a newspaper. Haven't seen it, but probably true George.
Issue I've found with political and religious discussions, on other places, is not so much the initial content, it's when arguments start between people who insist their opinion is 'correct'. That's why I try to avoid them
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Post by laristotle on Dec 2, 2021 11:55:16 GMT
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Post by Sinster on Dec 2, 2021 15:19:14 GMT
I try to avoid the political/religious topics/section for the most part. I have stop visiting and deleted my accounts recently on forums that I was part of for almost 15-20 years because of it and have deleted "friends" from Facebook who only post political stuff. It doesn't matter if I agree with them or not. I use Facebook as it was originally intended for. Not a political soap box.
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Post by allthumbs56 on Dec 2, 2021 19:24:44 GMT
Apparently he wasn't comfortable with something that was said over there. One does have to question why you would go there knowing it might contain stuff you are uncomfortable with rather than just ignore its existence. Just be be clear, he was participating over there as well. There's not that much activity. Can't think of what would have caused him to go to the lengths of deleting his whole past. I must have missed that.
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Post by jazzhams on Dec 2, 2021 23:06:21 GMT
I've noticed a few people leave the forum. Unfortunate You've been here for ten days, how the hell would you know who had left? Since I joined up I've seen two people leave. Prior to that I lurked for while and saw at least one other leave. It's fairly easy to tell judging by the amount of deleted posts and empty spaces in the threads all while seeing them still exist when they get quoted by someone else.
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Post by johnreardon on Dec 3, 2021 9:10:44 GMT
You've been here for ten days, how the hell would you know who had left? Since I joined up I've seen two people leave. Prior to that I lurked for while and saw at least one other leave. It's fairly easy to tell judging by the amount of deleted posts and empty spaces in the threads all while seeing them still exist when they get quoted by someone else. I've been here since Nov 2020 and only seen one, i.e. Ken, leave, so who are the others?
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Post by infant on Dec 3, 2021 11:53:28 GMT
There are a few “deleted” members on here but some of their posts are older, from longer running threads. However, their actual posts do not get deleted when they close their accounts. Spellcaster posts are still visible are far as I can see.
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Post by markr on Dec 4, 2021 13:41:28 GMT
Haven't been here for a while and was having trouble figuring out who deleted their presence? Too bad, seemed like a good guy!
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 5, 2021 0:02:52 GMT
Haven't been here for a while and was having trouble figuring out who deleted their presence? Too bad, seemed like a good guy! He is a good guy- it is a shame he left
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Post by Sgt Rock on Dec 6, 2021 3:59:02 GMT
I just noticed that all of Ken’s posts on the forum are now being shown as “Deleted”. Was this an admin thing or something he did? as Bill said, "To be clear, we had nothing to do with it as far as I know."
Rob, Ken's leaving was a surprise to us, too. we hate to see the good guys leave us. I'm sure you remember when we didn't have that many people here on the forum. we haven't had that many "bad" guys, but they are dealt with without much, if any, drama. I think the "Deleted" phrase is something built into the forum workings that may happen when someone leaves us. or the forum member deletes their posts to erase their existence of being here. anyway, we miss Ken, also.
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Post by infant on Dec 6, 2021 5:02:21 GMT
I'm sure he'll be back at some point!
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 6, 2021 12:59:09 GMT
I'm sure he'll be back at some point! I need to e-mail him one of these days- I'm sure you already have
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Post by markr on Dec 6, 2021 20:58:34 GMT
I try to avoid the political/religious topics/section for the most part. I have stop visiting and deleted my accounts recently on forums that I was part of for almost 15-20 years because of it and have deleted "friends" from Facebook who only post political stuff. It doesn't matter if I agree with them or not. I use Facebook as it was originally intended for. Not a political soap box. I do not partake or never will in bookface, twits, chatsnaps for this very reason!
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Post by zontar on Dec 10, 2021 3:18:55 GMT
I'm sure he'll be back at some point! I need to e-mail him one of these days- I'm sure you already have Go for it. I don't have his email. If he didn't delete his profile at Guitars Canada I could PM him from there though. But like most of us, if not all of us here, he marched to beat of his own drums. And that's cool. Very different than anybody else I've met--and I appreciate that. Too bad it's been years since I was on the Island, and the last time I was there it was last minute & I didn't have time to check on meeting up with him, otherwise I would have tried.
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Post by Die Bullen on Dec 10, 2021 13:31:51 GMT
I need to e-mail him one of these days- I'm sure you already have Go for it. I don't have his email. If he didn't delete his profile at Guitars Canada I could PM him from there though. But like most of us, if not all of us here, he marched to beat of his own drums. And that's cool. Very different than anybody else I've met--and I appreciate that. Too bad it's been years since I was on the Island, and the last time I was there it was last minute & I didn't have time to check on meeting up with him, otherwise I would have tried. I sent him an email a couple days ago asking him to reconsider his decision. I haven't heard back and I assume he's pretty torn about this whole thing. For all we know he is lurking here and reading our posts, so if that's true, spellcaster we're still here for you!
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Post by spellcaster on Dec 11, 2021 0:02:15 GMT
I dropped by to lurk earlier today and seeing this thread, decided I should give this another try. dB, I did receive your email and it was appreciated. I'm also grateful to all the members who contributed posts to this thread and made me feel as if I'd be welcome if I decided to come back.
I think there's an element of truth in the fact that the main things that were troubling me were related to the political forum and I'm going to try to stay clear of it at this point. To a certain extent, the fact that the Canadian election was interesting to me was the main reason I chose to be involved there, but I may have wandered into other topics as well, which clearly was a mistake. Of course, once I'd contributed to a thread over there, that thread showed up on the main page whenever I visited and checked the section at the top that showed updates on threads I'd participated in. Incidentally, the straw that broke that camel's back for me was at the bottom of the main page, listing a new topic from the political section that had a pretty raw heading with language that left me a bit disgusted. I made the mistake of clicking on it and found the content particularly unpleasant and that's when I bowed out of the forum. At this point, I'm just going to stay with the conventional guitar-related and conversational sections and stay out of the political section, but the administrator and moderators might want to rethink whether those political topics should be exposed to the average reader who comes here looking for guitar-related content.
I've missed being here. I regularly read and sometimes participate in TDPRI and Squier Talk, but I don't feel the closeness and friendship that I get from this place, and coming back is like coming home. So, I'm back, and I hope it's to stay this time.
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Post by infant on Dec 11, 2021 1:00:26 GMT
Welcome home Ken, we were all hoping that you’d return. I’m not in the political thread but I found a back door entrance to see what was in there. I didn’t like some of the things in there and I figured that I made the right decision to stay away.
Just stick with us here in the regular forum and everything will be fine! We missed you buddy!
PS: you gotta change your avatar back to your old photo….the happy, smiling Ken!
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Post by spellcaster on Dec 11, 2021 1:36:22 GMT
.............PS: you gotta change your avatar back to your old photo….the happy, smiling Ken! LOL, I figured the first picture I posted was a little more realistic since I stopped shaving about a year ago. But, okay, I guess I can use a Screen image to go with my Screen name....
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