Randy, Where are my Posts?
 

Randy,

I thought you had indicated to me that my post count would be returned and that you simply wanted to send a message to others that 'post padding' was out of order here. Well, it's been 6 months now and you've not kept YOUR promise.

Not that I really give a **** about posts, it's about YOUR word.

Please let me know what you decide on this issue so that I may take appropirate measures given the circumstances.

(negotiator)

Erm, excuse me for interrupting here negotiator, but this is completely inappropriate for this forum. This is a personal issue and as Randy says in his sticky about this forum, PM him if you have personal issues.

LOL

I would love to know what those "measures" are :D

2x4, kneecaps ;)


BTW, I also have some 5,000 - 6,000 posts missing

Which means that tomorrow when I wake up instead of 15,008 I am going to have 15 :eek:

Mr. Champagne (Sir);

I have emailed Randy at least a half a dozen (6) times and he has yet to have the courtesy to reply back to me.

I, for one, will hold him [Randy] accountable for his sharp practice here on this board and I would suspect that had the same 'promise(s)' been made to you, the same or greater reaction would apply.

Cheers.

(negotiator)

It's OK guys, this member is a bit rough on the edges from time to time.

Actually I did say something but contrary to what you posted negotiator, I did not "promise" nor did I set a specific date and while I hate to point this out, the original date was 4/5/06. Not sure how to figure it has bee n6 months but hey, not everyone is perfect.

The background: This member was playing a game with post padding, demonstrating to others that he could up his post count with short unrelated posts. Well, we obviously have advice for our members to not do this. In fact the TOS states this: "Padding Post Counts - Posting meaningless information in an effort to increase one's post count is not permitted. Posts will be removed and the post count reset. Members who engage in this are subject to disciplinary action."

I did reset his post count - just like the TOS says. But I tried to be a good guy and did not apply any disciplinary action. In fact, I even enlisted him to play along as I busted him.

Here's the PM I sent to him advising of the action and asking him to play along: "a confession: i just altered your post count on FlyerTalk to a single post based on my post (#56) in the thread you started about post padding. Now before you get upset, it's really just a bit of a joke and hope you'll play along. I'll restore your post count (I wrote it down somewhere.... HA!) to the original plus whatever you earn until then, at some point in the future but thought it might put a subtle scare in a whole bunch of members who have posted to that thread. I'd ask that you play along for now and we'll have a little fun with it but i will delete the thread later on. I'm all for a little fun from time to time but know from experience that it sometimes leads to a lot of extra work for me online from time that i already really do not have. Hope you understand and that your day is going great."

Anyway, the future is the future and for someone who doesn't care much about post counts, this seems a bit extreme. And as was pointed out, is this really the interest of all of FlyerTalk? Seems likely that a short PM or email to me would have sufficed. Only thing I can think of is that this member wasn't happy with me when i moved a thread he started about striking Wal-Mart in the U.K. from the Air Canada forum to OMNI. I just could not the get the connection to Air Canada, but hey, everyone has their own opinion.

For what it is worth, your post count is what you have now plus 1,235. Add that to your signature and you'll be 100% whole. Everyone will now know:
1) you violated the TOS with trying to post pad and suggesting such in a thread you started,
2) You think that employees striking Wal-Mart in the U.K. is very much relevant to the Air Canada Aeroplan forum;
3) you live a charmed life since you did not fact disciplinary action as a result of your call for post padding per the TOS and;
4) you think that from Apr 5 06 to Jun 27 06 is 6 months.

I think we've got this clear now. Remember, hat post count you have plus 1,235.

Thank you.