tueidj Wrote:(Shonumi's Dolphin Pro thread vs. the warning I received for "off-topic" and the Star Wars debacle)
I suppose you really can't get over the fact that the forum was run differently in the past, and that Forum Staff had different expectations set before them. Again, that sort of behavior was permissible under SS. If neither he nor neobrain said anything to Forum Staff about that sort of stuff, it was condoned. The climate has shifted. We don't edit posts unless it's an outstanding situation (e.g. thread titles with > 85 characters, forum software won't allow users to respond). We don't hijack or impersonate forum members as pranks (something neobrain did to AnyOldName3 for a short while). And we don't participate in "Dolphin-Pro-esque" threads anymore.
About MaJoR's post, I've already extensively explained my position. You can read it above again, but in summary, it did not qualify as Flaming, regardless of how you took offense. If indeed users do see you as being labeled an ass and shape their interactions with you based on that, they are still going to be held responsible if they participate in Flaming. To reiterate, not everything you find offensive automatically counts as Flaming. We look at intent, tone, and the overall level of hostility (as explained previously) to judge that.