Post #296730 by hanford_lemoore on Wed, Apr 4, 2007 3:01 AM

Actually, perhaps I should clarify, because it was not the person's insult to me that tipped me over the edge.

This particular banning is about the attitude of the person as much as it was the threat. We have over a thousand regular vistors who never post. And we have hundreds more who do. And all of you people have proved to me one simple thing:

It's so easy to decide to spread good vibes on a site like Tiki Central.

Think of Tiki Central as a wall in a public place. The stuff you're writing on it -- unless you choose to take the time to go back and change it -- is going to be here for a very, very long time. So what are you gonna write?

You can write a poem, or you can scribble obscenities. You can do a beautiful mural, or you can trash one.

Now, since I own the wall, I'm hoping people aren't gonna trash it. And typically when trashing occurs, a bit of behind-the-scenes emails occur and it's all straightened out. Now, if in the process of me trying to straighten things out a user decides to go against the grain, well that's pretty much a sign to me to let differences be differences and send the user on their way. I need people to want to be here, and to want to get along with everyone. I need people who are aware that they have a determining factor in what they bring to the site, and decide to bring good things.

That just wasn't happening here in this case.