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Bobbie Faulds wrote: begins to wonder if Llazeris us Prok, a well known troll from the former forum. I think Prok would be as insulted as I am amused. Oh, by the way, it is considered a contravention of ToS/CG to mention in public even the remote possibility of someone being another's alt; expect a call from your friendly neighbourhood mod in the near future if you continue to blatantly flout the rules. And while I am posting you might want to consider the differential definition of a "troll" in General Discussion forums compared with what it might be in other parts of the forums; the essence of General Discussions is provocation and the argument of opinions. A large part of the problem with GD is that posters come here expecting the same sort of orderly behaviour as they would find in the forums to which they SHOULD be addressing their questions. There is an easy answer to that: post your queries in the RIGHT place! Personally, I am careful to avoid contrariness for its own sake outside GD, and I expect a more liberal attitude to the expression of my opinions in GD, from other participants and moderators too! Feel free to disagree, but don't label me as a troll because I am not wearing the same rose-tinted spectacles as you may be.

TotesBitchin wrote: Hey all! Just wondering peoples personal perreferences when it comes to (old school) clothing layers vs mesh bras/panties in the lingerie department. What would you buy? Just wanted to gather some info before I start my new biz. thanks! "peoples"? "bras/panties"? This is casual sexism at its worst, rather than overenthusiastic inclusion. Although I suppose in the dim and distant past Storm did have some interesting clothing aberrations.

Well, perhaps things are improving. By my count, as of now (20 February 2015) four of the top ten would seem to qualify as valid General Discussion items. Six to go!

Derek Torvalar wrote: The product of McMasters' contribution thus far. Even with an Infinite Improbability Drive, Douglas was unable to find a use for lint. (Have you ever wondered why, whatever colour the clothes are you put in a dryer, the lint is always grey?)

Celestiall Nightfire wrote: Ancient Greece gave us many socio-political ideas and philosophies...but, not an understanding of economics. Trust me - as someone who studied at the feet of the masters - NOBODY understands Economics. Except perhaps Mervyn King, who dug the UK and USA out of the banking black hole. (Did you know that Cambridge University never change their Economics degree exam questions; every year they just change the answers.)

Pamela Galli wrote: There is a Merchant forum, an Employment forum, a Wanted forum -- the only categories in Commerce. So what better place to get answers about problems with Merchants than in the Merchants forum? Assuming you can't get an answer in the Answers forum. Although on an analogous basis maybe there should be a forum called Customers.

/me presses the Report Appropriate Content button.

Perhaps it sounds like Venus in Dutch . . .

kinda Fallen wrote: Sighs... I still miss TRINGO. I miss all of t'Beatles. (Except McCartney.)

Venus Petrov wrote: OK, I lol'ed. Thanks Venus, it's good to be reassured that I haven't lost it.

Venus Petrov wrote: Don't forget to look at the creator's profile if you have purchased something inworld that was not received. Many have specific instructions how to contact them to get redelivery or if they have a redelivery station in the shop. I agree that this OP should have been in the Answers Forum however the name of that forum has been a source of confusion for many residents. We once suggested they rename it Q&A. Oh well. Perhaps people think that they are not supposed to post questions in a forum called Answers. After all, you don't get people posting about kid avatars in an Adult forum . . do you?

Excellent! Now maybe there'll be a purge of all the Facebook accounts with a surname of Linden.

Derek Torvalar wrote: Awwww, what happened to the picture of the swimming kitty? Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it. (Stealth moderation still applies to art-house depictions of VERY still life, it seems.) (By stealth moderation I am referring to a process by which posts are removed with no explanation made to the originator, despite that being the mandatory protocol that apparently Xiola espouses and promotes; Plus ca change...) (I wouldn't mind, but the pictures of other vermin remain on view in this thread, despite their causing an overt annoyance to me, which is contrary to the Community Standards protocol on Harassment.)

Venus Petrov wrote: LlazarusLlong wrote: Theresa Tennyson wrote: And this thread is a perfect example of why Lindens don't bother with the forums. If only!!! Personally, I'd be delighted if the Lindens stayed completely away from the forums. Especially the moderators. They aint Lindens. Community Linden keeps insisting that they are.

Aislin Ceawlin wrote: Perhaps "Undead giveaway"??? No, that's when a zombie offers to lend you a hand.

Interesting, although he doesn't seem to get that virtual currencies are trivial microcosms, suffering disproportionately from the principal problem of even major state-guaranteed banking systems that there is a greater need for trust than is deserved. In addition, Castronova's opinions would have a little more gravitas if made by a Professor of Economics rather than one whose field of expertise is Media . . .

Is that the canine equivalent of a window-licker?

Ladyartista Labrada wrote: good grief. Is that it? No attempt to explain why you chose to ask a question that has NOTHING to do with a general discussion of any kind in this particular forum? Had you considered posing your very specific query in Answers, and if so, why did you decide not to? Do you actually know of the existence of an entire Subforum relating to Commerce, or perhaps you thought that it was full of a nation of shopkeepers, and deadly dull as a consequence? Would you like to expand upon your rationale for posting here, and thereby develop a potentially informative discussion out of your otherwise inappropriate entry in General Discussions? Probably not, I would guess.

Theresa Tennyson wrote: And this thread is a perfect example of why Lindens don't bother with the forums. If only!!! Personally, I'd be delighted if the Lindens stayed completely away from the forums. Especially the moderators.

Why has this thread been opened here, not in the Commerce/Merchants forum, or even Answers, where cut-and-paste responses are the norm? This is exactly the sort of thing that is destroying the essence of the General Discussion forum, when mundanities of ineffective administration become topics of apparent concern. There is no "discussion" in this thread, merely suggestions as to whether it is the incompetence of the buyer, the seller or the software. I am hoping that a mod takes note and removes it to a more appropriate location.

Well, it's like walking through treacle. I managed to persuade somebody or other to remove the redundant junk that was cluttering up the top of the GD Forum thread list by virtue of somebody with more power than sense pinning a few things then forgetting to remove them when they had passed their sell-by date. I have also managed to have several threads removed (to more appropriate places, not stealth-deleted) which should never have been in GD in the first place, either because of the ignorance of the posters or their attempted conniving at reaching a greater readership than would be the case if they had put their advertisements or pleas for help in a Commerce or Answers section. Nevertheless, at the moment, nine of the first ten threads should not be in GD, despite requests (in some cases repeated requests) from me to relocate them. Perhaps the mods are only allowed a specified number of forum actions per shift, or maybe it's like the old joke about "Why don't you look out the office window in the morning?" "Well, there'd be nothing to do in the afternoon", or possibly the mods work to a quota system and once they have done a certain number of moves, a few warnings and a specific amount of bans, they don't get paid for extras, so why bother... Oh, well, I can but try to fight the good fight, until GD is clear of non-discussion items that are current. If you want to help, please pitch in with a few constructive RICs.

Medhue Simoni wrote: Being busy is not really an excuse. We are all busy, and I bet quite a few of us are much more busy and work many more hours than he does, but here we are. Yeah, but how low is your handicap?

Amethyst Jetaime wrote: a child who wants a box of chocolates and is given only a couple pieces and after eating and enjoying them throws a fit that the chocolate was bad because she didn't get the whole box. That sounds like my daughter. Actually, my wife too.

Syo Emerald wrote: there is absolutly no reason to ban letters from this forum. I think we should have a Welsh language forum, where it wouldn't matter if vowels were banned.

Oh, Lexie wasn't bad, although she fell into the usual PR trap of making promises that she wasn't allowed to keep. Unlike Amanda who just lied. My personal favourite was the one who thought she could administer discipline in the forums by disemvowelling posts.