MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
I thought this was going to be a thread about JY.
Not many people in the US or UK mourned the sad death of Osama Bin Laden, either. He was also a leaer of stature.
[quote=aracer ]I thought this was going to be a thread about JY.
[s]State[/s] Military Honours surely due?
Junkyards gone?
He is 🙁
I was going to resurrect the Cyprus/Euro thread in light of this morning news of another 6 billion needed for the bail out. But what would be the point? I simply don't have the will! I miss JY 😥
Junky cant be gone surely?
What happened, did he overload the quote function?
i blame thatcher.
Gorn? You mean as in dead? Or as in banned?
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-left/page/3#post-4874053 is the most obviously confrontational of his last posts - though nothing I can see there which is any worse than what is posted all the time. Maybe the mods deleted the offending post - though I suspect it might be for similar reasons to TJ, that he provoked others into writing naughty things, though I'm not sure I've even seen much sign of that recently.
Though I imagine I'm being very naughty discussing this.
I'm holding 2 mins silence at 12:00 for JY.
I honestly dont get why I should show respect for someone who is dead when I didnt respect them when they were alive... does that make me evil. Ding Dong etc 😆
I'm holding 2 mins silence at 12:00 for JY.
Agreed, although I have no one here to talk too anyway
[quote=aracer ]though I suspect it might be for similar reasons to TJ, that he provoked others into writing naughty things,
It's a bizarre one right enough. For some of us it's hard enough being responsible for our own mutterings, let alone someone else's.
The weird thing is, I find out about who has been banned and why from the 'infamous' FB page of the greatest living banned STWer. Posting here is a bit living under a South American Dictatorship, people just 'disappear' and no one knows why or where......
How do you know he's been banned?
Sorry, but this is getting ridiculous.
Junky is no more offensive than the majority of posters who hold strong opinions, political or otherwise.
I'm also a bit flummoxed as to why the 'And this week's number 1' post was closed with the comment
We've let one thread on this topic remain for people to express their varied opinions on this matter so this one is now closed.
I never knew we were only allowed one thread per topic.
I've e-mailed the mods last night for some clarification but not received a reply as yet.
How do you know he's been banned?
I have a trusted source aka the [url=
]'STW Oracle'[/url]
[quote=Rusty Spanner ]
I never new we were only allowed one thread per topic.
Ironic then that this thread was an attempt to start another and hasn't been closed (yet 😉 )
VACANCY:
Applications sought for new dog to chew the bone, must have 36 hours per day available, internet access at all times. Blinkers provided. 😀
Has be really been banned?
That would be a great shame, I struggled with the typos at times but at least he discussed things in a reasonable and sensible fashion, unlike some from both sides of the recent debate who still seem to be around.
Hope it's TTFN not Goodbye.
mleh world receives another refugee?
Is mlehworld still going?
Ah, just googled it and it is.
Just to clear this up... a bit..
It was not an individual post that served as the final straw rather evidence we were supplied that showed that JY, along with others were coordinating a planned trolling campaign by email in the background. ie. deliberately setting up threads to 'kick off' so to speak.. mostly with the explicit intention of winding up the moderators.
That's happened in the past and we won't tolerate it. That sort of immature, time wasting behaviour has a direct impact on our ability to do our jobs. People behind the scenes here are paid to produce Singletrack and this kind of crappy, low level, scheming means I have to pull staff off more important jobs to back up our volunteer moderators to monitor and act to stop these idiots.
I mean, come on! Who plots and schemes to disrupt a forum about bikes. It's a forum about bicycles - perhaps some perspective and help is needed. It's time all the stupid coordinated trolling nonsense that happens on and off this forum stops.
[i]These are the editorials the Daily Mail ran[/i]
Nuff said.
Now, about JY? Is he really banned?
[quote=Mark ]Just to clear this up... a bit..
It was not an individual post that served as the final straw rather evidence we were supplied that showed that JY, along with others were coordinating a planned trolling campaign by email in the background. ie. deliberately setting up threads to 'kick off' so to speak.. mostly with the explicit intention of winding up the moderators.
That's happened in the past and we won't tolerate it. That sort of immature, time wasting behaviour has a direct impact on our ability to do our jobs. People behind the scenes here are paid to produce Singletrack and this kind of crappy, low level, scheming means I have to pull staff off more important jobs to back up our volunteer moderators to monitor and act to stop these idiots.
[b]I mean, come on! Who plots and schemes to disrupt a forum about bikes. It's a forum about bicycles - perhaps some perspective and help is needed. It's time all the stupid coordinated trolling nonsense that happens on and off this forum stops.[/b]
I wasn't even aware that type of thing went on 😳 Why am I never invited to these things?
Me neither 😯
if that's true (plotting via email), then yes it's absolutely ridiculous and shows a total lack of perspective on the part of some people.
JY back at his lair
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It was not an individual post that served as the final straw rather evidence we were supplied that showed that JY, along with others were coordinating a planned trolling campaign by email in the background. ie. deliberately setting up threads to 'kick off' so to speak.. mostly with the explicit intention of winding up the moderators.
That's a bit naughty. I wonder who grassed him?
Given the 50+ comments I saw on fb about STW by the big hitter bannee list, I'd say that lack of perspective is a given 😉
How did it come the attention of the Mods?
who are the others?
Lets do a role call:
here sir
If true it's pretty pathetic really. I mainly stay out of the "big argument" threads now due to the obvious trolling, not to mention the posters who grab hold of a bone and then never let go. Is that really how people get their kicks these days?
Mole?
Mark - Seriously? That's the most desperately sad thing I've ever heard!
It makes the everyday use of my time look positively constructive! And that takes some doing! 😯
speaking of kicks, i need to update the naked home working thread
Oops. Double post
STW; argue can kiss my ass (and the poster is invited to do the same).
Edit; ah, it's Fred. Still a cock then. Let it go, man. People don't like you. My email is in my profile if fred would like to discuss it further.
And for the record, I did not report JYs posts. I never have. I am sorry that he's banned, we bickered a couple of times but have also exchanged perfectly pleasant emails.
I certainly have no reason to bare a grudge, it was fair sport and I for one would like to see him return.
y'know, i actually know johnnie/JY in person and i find it difficult to believe that background collusion took place. i think it's more likely he's been set up somehow.
binners + 1 😯 it takes shirkingtrackworld to a whole new level
VACANCY:
Applications sought for new dog to chew the bone, must have 36 hours per day available, internet access at all times. Blinkers provided.
molgrips appeared to have started auditioning for that even before the previous incumbent left - did he know something we didn't? 😉
hmmmmJY, along with others were coordinating a planned trolling campaign by email in the background
Was Junkyard the one that used to quote dozens of time per post? Seemed harmless enough to me....although I never really had any exchanges with him that I can recall. He did seem to take the internets rather seriously though!
That's a shame. Most of the time JY was fun to have a discussion with, so a pity he has gone. I am very surprised by what Mark reported. What is the point of that sort of stuff?
Back to the OP - that is a good point. Respect should be mutual indeed.
[quote=xherbivorex ]y'know, i actually know johnnie/JY in person and i find it difficult to believe that background collusion took place. i think it's more likely he's been set up somehow.
Or that something said/written in jest has been taken more seriously than it was intended. I've learnt not to use "subtle" in anything involving STW and/or the mods as it is too easily misconstrued.
JY, along with others were coordinating a planned trolling campaign by email in the background
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Wow! Do some people have anything else happening in their lives?
Seemed harmless enough to me....although I never really had any exchanges with him that I can recall.
I had plenty, and can't recall him saying anything I objected to - if anything he was actually rather more polite than I was expecting some of the time, and actually more willing to see other people's POV than many on here.
Of course I can't comment at all on anything Mark said.
I hope ST Towers have provided protective custardy to the snitch. I wouldn't want to be him on a cold night in the internet... 😀
If true... wow. That's a whole new level, as above, makes my pointless timewasting look better by comparison though, so, errr, thanks. I guess.
yossarian +1 😆
protective custardy
Hmmmm, custard! 🙂
If there's even a sniff of truth to Mark's post (And i see no reason to doubt him so far, I mean, why post that on his own forum if it's not true?), that's rather sad.
Tutankhamen!
And back on topic...
mleh world receives another refugee
mleh has no problem dealing with self important internet ego chariots
fred lasted less than a week.
mleh world?
mleh world
its an alternative to stw with less posters but more swearing and in-jokes from memory. I didn't know it was still going tbh
I'm disappointed I wasn't invited to the trolling party! What does a chap have to do? Perhaps I disqualified myself by owning a bicycle.
Talking of the departed - where has 'Jamie' gone? I miss his amusing quips. A definite positive on the forum.
Wow wouldn't have put JY in the category of loony, people really plotting to cause arguments on a bike forum?????
Forgive me but it all seems way to far fetched
10 year ban apparently.
It was not an individual post that served as the final straw rather evidence we were supplied that showed that JY, along with others were coordinating a planned trolling campaign by email in the background. ie. deliberately setting up threads to 'kick off' so to speak.. mostly with the explicit intention of winding up the moderators.
Really? Can we see the 'evidence'? 🙂
Seems unlikely. I never saw anything from JY I would call trolling - unlike some others on here.
Did all the e mail plotters suffer the same fate?
what sort of evidence did you have in mind.....
To: rebellious singletrackers
Subject: Op EndBellDear Comrades, the thyme has cum, unleash petty squabbling, All the best
that sort of thing?
Really? Can we see the 'evidence'?
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Actually, surely if there was a conspiracy to troll the board Kaesae would have posted a collection of 90 minute youtube vids about it at some point.
Somewhere in the STW squabblers bunker....
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Sheesh, like the gunpowder plot...only in April...and a few century's later....
Junkie is the one in the foreground
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Well if the moderation here wasn't so anal there wouldn't be anything to react against.
I think Cougar does a good job of moderating things the only other one I know of is Drac. Modding just seems random to me.
i genuinely do blame thatcher for this
that bloke hasn't got enough hair to be JYJunkie is the one in the foreground
Evidence?
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/profile/junkyard ]exhibit A[/url] topics started in last 12months 2 WTDs, 1 STW ride arranged and one thread gently mocking STW community, and on page 1 seemed to be going well and taken in the spirit I think it was meant, dunno if it went downhill later I.N.R.A.T.S and all that 🙂
STW; argue can kiss my ass (and the poster is invited to do the same).
Edit; ah, it's Fred. Still a cock then. Let it go, man. People don't like you. My email is in my profile if fred would like to discuss it further.
I would suggest you could do with taking some your own advise
I would suggest you could do with taking some your own advise
I haven't given any. Pointless emailing myself, isn't it?
I'll thank you to keep your suggestions to yourself, particularly where it doesn't concern you.
*emails self with stern words about continuing to read this thread*
Wrecker why don't you and A-A have a fight? We could get Steve Walsh to ref 😀
I'll thank you to keep your suggestions to yourself, particularly where it doesn't concern you.
You do know this is a public forum don't you?
It feels distinctly like a goading to me. Probably with the intention of getting me walloped by the banhammer. Also probably not all A_A's work either....
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you.....
You do know this is a public forum don't you?
how I laughed.
So who were the other members of the e-mail plot,or is Junky about to be exposed as having multiple log ins?
It feels distinctly like a goading to me. Probably with the intention of getting me walloped by the banhammer. Also probably not all A_A's work either....
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you.....
What would you say if I told you I could produce emails proving the conspiracy?