fc2112 said:

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If Brandon wants to monetize this site, he should let us buy back an old username and/or our Ag Tag. I would be open to negotiations on either one of those.

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Staff is very courteous when it comes to unbanning old usernames with AgTags after a significant amount of time has passed. From what they told me very few permabans are actually permanent.
Email them and ask. Doesn't hurt.

MonkeyKnifeFighter said:

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Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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i would pay alot to have my entire existence scrubbed from texags servers.

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Manually editing out the first 6,000 posts were the hardest. The other 20,000 went way easier. Now it's routine maintenance that I do, usually on the first weekend of every new month.

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I hope this doesn't mess up the AI I'm building to recreate the GB circa 2006-09

Teslag said:

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fc2112 said:

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If Brandon wants to monetize this site, he should let us buy back an old username and/or our Ag Tag. I would be open to negotiations on either one of those.

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Staff is very courteous when it comes to unbanning old usernames with AgTags after a significant amount of time has passed. From what they told me very few permabans are actually permanent.
Email them and ask. Doesn't hurt.

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Define "significant"

What if the permas were handed out by your old high school classmate, the one that is not popular on the Tine board?

Did she go to high school with Karandrew?

That's the story.

maroon barchetta said:

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What if the permas were handed out by your old high school classmate, the one that is not popular on the Tine board?

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I don't know anything about their particular moderation style. What I believe is that if there is a group that feels as though there was an unfair heavy hand, then it deserves to be evaluated, full stop.

Now, if TexAgs comes back and says "lol deal with it," that's also their right as private business owners. Would that be my approach or the way I would want to run my business? No, and I don't have to like it or continue to post. But it would be their right.

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with enough money, you can be above the rules

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Isn't it this way always though?

Not debating the merits on what should or shouldn't be, just the way things are.

713nervy said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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fc2112 said:

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If Brandon wants to monetize this site, he should let us buy back an old username and/or our Ag Tag. I would be open to negotiations on either one of those.

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Pride will never ever let them do that.

Remember, a couple of posters (or one at least) were going to fund one or two wheelchairs for Iraqi kids back when b.blauser was in Iraq working as a contractor and helping kids there.

They told Staff they would donate something like $1500-$2000 range if they would lift a perma or two.

Nope. Sorry, Iraqi parent. Keep carrying your kid forever.

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That's not pride, it's principle.

And it's not fair to put that on TexAgs staff. Letting people buy back their old usernames post abusing forum policies to the point of a permanent ban indicates that, with enough money, you can be above the rules.

Charity being conditional on WIIFM is not charity; it's marketing. And that's not charity at all.

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If they want to prevent the name from being used, fine. But at least free up the Ag Tag.

Had a bunch of posts scrubbed last night with no explanation because I disagreed with a local elected official.

Shocking.

I think STAFF does a great job

Yeah, that was a big one. And there's only two people who know how that came to be and the rest is speculation. We don't know what was said or what deal was made and as a privately owned business, it's none of ours. Even if there appears a double standard.

713nervy said:

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Yeah, that was a big one. And there's only two people who know how that came to be and the rest is speculation. We don't know what was said or what deal was made and as a privately owned business, it's none of ours. Even if there appears a double standard.

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Making excuses for hypocrisy.

maroon barchetta said:

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Had a bunch of posts scrubbed last night with no explanation because I disagreed with a local elected official.

Shocking.

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Townie board? They kick my posts or my ass out of there all the time…

TyHolden said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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Had a bunch of posts scrubbed last night with no explanation because I disagreed with a local elected official.

Shocking.

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Townie board? They kick my posts or my ass out of there all the time…

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Yep

It's online Pravda

maroon barchetta said:

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713nervy said:

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Yeah, that was a big one. And there's only two people who know how that came to be and the rest is speculation. We don't know what was said or what deal was made and as a privately owned business, it's none of ours. Even if there appears a double standard.

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Making excuses for hypocrisy.

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Why would I bother? What will I gain? I get banned just like everyone else.
My point is that we make assumptions about things we don't know. I wasn't part of the conversation, none of us were. That was also, what? 2011? A very different set of forums back then. Just as each board is governed differently, things were different then, too.

And lastly - I really DGAF. It's an Internet forum. There are rules. There are humans that moderate the forums. They're doing their best just as we are. Grace costs us nothing.