The arguments thread

That is obviously your opinion, not mine because I never said that.

Again, if you take the time to get your facts straight before posting, you would have seen that I posted elsewhere that even if only 50% of what members have posted is true then it is a poor reflection of the overall moderation that went on at DPReview.

Sorry, I should have known better than to start wrestling with a Pig. Everyone gets dirty, but the Pig loves it. Apologies

You're proving my point I made earlier 😄

Come on Alan, admit it. The smile has been tugging at the corners of your mouth, threatening to escape :)

I've had my trouble with Mako2011 and found him difficult to please. I was never actually banned or sandboxed, but had my share of posts deleted.

Never the less, I find this barrage of personal attacks rather discouraging. I hope this site will prove more friendly in the future and that everyone will calm down. Remember that some of us come here with the purpose of enjoying photography and sharing information, not to fight until all resistance ceases - it never does, anyway!

Good luck and good light.

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Given that the previous US president's campaign set up a website to instruct his followers how to win arguments with "snowflake liberal relatives" around the Christmas dinner table, I'd say it's more revealing of reality than a slur.

Her.

May must be "far right trope month" at DPRevived.

Toxic masculinity captures some aspects of that outlook. It's really more about fear of change, fear of society becoming more diverse, and the effort to retain perceived power and authority at any cost.

If you've come here to enjoy photography and share information there's really no need to be in Open Talk. A simple rule to enjoy / share is to stay out of Open Talk. It can be a cesspool. In 11 years and 12000 post on DPReview, I made a total of 6 post in Open Talk. Three of those were in one thread. And very, very few visits there.
Friendly is here; you're expecting it in the wrong place.

I'm only in Open Talk here as I'm interested in what's happening with moderation, not really what's happening with Mako. And there's not much happening yet in the other forums that I'd be interested in,

Personally, I'd make one rule on mods. No regurgitated mods from anywhere. Problem mainly solved.

He acts as if he grew up in an era any different than the rest of us.

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interesting that you deflect. This sub-subject arose after someone made a plea for what I'd call common courtesy and got a reply containing the snowflake word. Now I got the impression that you had no problem with that.

you're irritating. does that make you far right?

I would prefer if ad hominem attacks and politics be strongly discouraged on this and any photography forum.
Anyone who still persists, is sabotaging DPrevived effort.

Thing is, "far left" in the US is "right of middle" elsewhere.