Todays thread topic is:

poll: do you approach sex headfirst?

The discussion is on oral sex. Oh, excuse me - "head" .

I find it offensive, don't see why OMNI needs an age disclaimer and why we have decided to make FlyerTalk an adult site.

I'm not willing to surrender this website to these people.

Thumper, have you emailed the moderators? IMHO, if not that should be your first step before posting on Randy's board?

Thumper... please dont forget to also complain about this thread...

http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/019560.html

To close, those of us that belong to 'these people' wish you a nice day...

Thumpy, what about this thread...?

http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/019532.html

I tried to post on the headfirst thread, but found I wasn't able to. Is there a reason why?

Funny thing that I found this thread by a link posted by Gaucho.

Why don't you guys email us instead of posting questions in here.

In the future, please let us know that way.

Exactly. If you have complaints, don't waste Randy's (and others) time in this forum - e-mail the mods first - and give them a bit of time to at least respond.

Dear Gauch,
Since you feel the need to challenge me directly, I will reply.

You have been a member of FlyerTalk for as many years as I. You are aware of the many trials and tribulations associated with this site. People will go as far as they are allowed. Unfortunately, most people will continue to push those limits as long as they believe that there is someone else looking who will say "attaboy".

I like FlyerTalk, and have recommended it to my college age children as a good source of travel information. I have no intention of surrendering this site to posters who feel they want to drag this site down. If you feel you're amongst a group that believes otherwise, then we are in direct opposition. I have not labeled you as such, but I think it niave of you to believe that I am the only person on this site who felt that there was only one direction the thread on "headfirst foreplay" could have gone.

As to the others chiding me for using this particular forum - I'm not exactly certain who appointed you hall monitor. Shouldn't you be spending your time phoning the police about people who didn't shovel their sidewalk after the last snowstorm? We have moderators, who for all you know contacted me privately and courteously with the same message. As if it were their job or something - and not yours.

Thumper, I emailed the mods about it and they took care of it quite expeditiously. The system in place works.

Maybe this post by Randy is of interest to you:

I think it is pretty clear that Randy does not want to deal with issues that he has appointed moderators for to take care of them. I am one of the people who is very interested in what Randy has to say on questions of mileage devaluation, Flyertalk relaunch (vbulletin) or discussing targeted promotions on Flyertalk. Therefore, I have an interest in people not flooding him with simple moderation requests that should not be a big deal anyway.


And as a sidenote, chances are, if your children are in college, they would not be shocked by a little thread like that.

No comment. What the hell is going on in OMNI ???

It all began when ScottC closed the long game and association threads. Now the fun is no longer there. And most of the new other topics that are IMO off the FT limit... <-

Not a promising development.

Edited for spelling!

[This message has been edited by flamboyant 1 (edited Jan 30, 2004).]

Please note that Randy has asked that the moderators be e-mailed for these requests, rather than complaints posted in this topic.

That seems like the most sensible way to do it, IMO.

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?? I'm not sure I understand this at all.

I'm not sure why "fun" is compromised when a savvy moderator, in concert with the other moderators, decides to help preserve the integrity of everyone's posts by prudently splitting -- not simply closing, but splitting and beginning a second thread exactly where the first left off! -- threads that have been shown to possibly lead to corrupted threads and slowdowns.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">And most of the new other topics that are IMO off the FT limit...

On this we tend to agree.

To add even more - the Flyertalk Technical web team (the system admins who monitor/fix/make better the servers) have specifically asked NOT to post in those threads. Check out the suggestions/technical problems forums for more info.

There is no need for anyone to do that, mymiles2go, as I have provided the link here to the thread which you are referencing for everybody�s convenience.

Everybody at WebFlyer and FlyerTalk have a plethora of other issues (the migration of FlyerTalk to vBulletin, the Freddies, etc. � please refer to the link that I have provided above for more information) with which they need to be concerned. Let us please be patient, cooperative, respectful and considerate by not bothering them and inundating them with such trivial issues that are little more than counterproductive at best.