Public warning to Tiki Bong; everyone please read - General Tiki

H hanford_lemoore Tiki Socialite Tiki Central Joined: Mar 23, 2002 Posts: 1899	H hanford_lemoore Posted posted on Wed, Oct 20, 2004 4:44 PM I really hate resorting to this, but this has been a long time coming. This is a public warning to Tiki Bong, and a notification to all Tiki Central members. Starting today, Tiki Bong will be permanently banned from Tiki Central if any of the following occurs in the forums or in Shout: Tiki Bong posts any joke aimed at a new user (insulting or not). If someone (new member/old member) Tiki Bong has directly targeted in a joke (insulting or otherwise) protests to me about it. If someone (new member/old member) protests about Tiki Bong rekindling any of the actions or language pertaining to old, existing complaints between him and the member. There’s nothing wrong with joking with a new user per se, but because Bong has no concept for “acceptable humor” vs. “unacceptable humor”, I’m simply saying ALL jokes to new users. The same goes for member protests. Bong apparently has no concept of acceptable vs. unacceptable, so if someone complains, he’s banned. It would be best of him to steer clear of jokes targeted at anyone, and not post anything about new users at all. Now before you say “Wow Hanford, that’s harsh” remember that these rules should be the easiest rules in the world to follow. There’s nothing difficult about it. In fact, virtually every Tiki Central member follows these rules every day without a warning. And before you say “But I like Bong, I think he’s funny” I have to say that it’s not about that. I like Bong too. I think he’s funny. When he’s crossed the line, I’ve cut him slack again and again. I’ve at times given him the benefit of the doubt. I’ve also temporarily banned him for days and weeks at a time. We’ve had countless serious discussions about how he has to stop. However, he always says the same thing: that he won’t do it again. But the bottom line is he has repeatedly broken his word to me, and simply doesn’t follow the rules. I refuse to believe he’s incapable of following them, so clearly he is either playing me, or not taking me seriously. Neither are acceptable. This is not about whether or not he’s funny, or a good guy, this is about following the rules. It is 100% within Bong’s own power to stay on Tiki Central and not get banned. It’s all in his hands. These rules are easy to follow. I really hope that he won’t do anything to get banned because I want him to stick around. But the days of me cutting him slack are over. It has gone on too long. Feel free to PM me if you see Bong break the first item, or if you are directly involved in either of the second two items. Mahalo, Hanford [ Edited by: hanford_lemoore on 2004-10-20 19:28 ]

I really hate resorting to this, but this has been a long time coming.

This is a public warning to Tiki Bong, and a notification to all Tiki Central members.

Starting today, Tiki Bong will be permanently banned from Tiki Central if any of the following occurs in the forums or in Shout:

Tiki Bong posts any joke aimed at a new user (insulting or not).
If someone (new member/old member) Tiki Bong has directly targeted in a joke (insulting or otherwise) protests to me about it.
If someone (new member/old member) protests about Tiki Bong rekindling any of the actions or language pertaining to old, existing complaints between him and the member.

There’s nothing wrong with joking with a new user per se, but because Bong has no concept for “acceptable humor” vs. “unacceptable humor”, I’m simply saying ALL jokes to new users. The same goes for member protests. Bong apparently has no concept of acceptable vs. unacceptable, so if someone complains, he’s banned. It would be best of him to steer clear of jokes targeted at anyone, and not post anything about new users at all.

Now before you say “Wow Hanford, that’s harsh” remember that these rules should be the easiest rules in the world to follow. There’s nothing difficult about it. In fact, virtually every Tiki Central member follows these rules every day without a warning.

And before you say “But I like Bong, I think he’s funny” I have to say that it’s not about that. I like Bong too. I think he’s funny. When he’s crossed the line, I’ve cut him slack again and again. I’ve at times given him the benefit of the doubt. I’ve also temporarily banned him for days and weeks at a time. We’ve had countless serious discussions about how he has to stop. However, he always says the same thing: that he won’t do it again.

But the bottom line is he has repeatedly broken his word to me, and simply doesn’t follow the rules. I refuse to believe he’s incapable of following them, so clearly he is either playing me, or not taking me seriously. Neither are acceptable. This is not about whether or not he’s funny, or a good guy, this is about following the rules.

It is 100% within Bong’s own power to stay on Tiki Central and not get banned. It’s all in his hands. These rules are easy to follow. I really hope that he won’t do anything to get banned because I want him to stick around. But the days of me cutting him slack are over. It has gone on too long.

Feel free to PM me if you see Bong break the first item, or if you are directly involved in either of the second two items.

Mahalo,

Hanford

[ Edited by: hanford_lemoore on 2004-10-20 19:28 ]

Post #120654 by hanford_lemoore on Wed, Oct 20, 2004 4:44 PM