General Discussion Is Gone

I sincerely apologize that you had to witness that arguing. I was frustrated and confused at the time, but I recognize that it was unprofessional to bring those frustrations into the discussion server. I could have handled the situation much better, and I regret that our conversation escalated into a back-and-forth exchange.

That said, my perspective on the situation remains unchanged. While I accept responsibility for how I conducted myself, I still believe there are aspects of the situation on which we simply have different viewpoints, and I respect that we may have to agree to disagree.

 

and yet he is still arguing…. You have my utmost sympathy and respect Candace if this is what you have to deal with day in and day out.

 

I realized that now and I apologize. It was completely unprofessional to put that in a discussion setting in the public for everyone to be forced to witness.

 

I understand you don't want to give hopes, but at least you try to do you best. Thanks for that!

 

Candice and I both agreed to stop arguing. Let's move on, please.

 

I dont understand why a ban on one DTG medium doesnt equal a ban across all. Not issuing a carpet ban just means problems move over to another medium and youve said yourself the bar for banning is higher on the forums then it is on discord. Might explain a few things.

 

Nah it's all good and old business now, thanks!

 

I'd guess because they're not interconnected, people use different names and it'd be a helluva lot of work to chase the same person across 6 different platforms.

 

So the General Discussion section will STILL remain in the Train Sim Classic forum. D'oh!

Whilst posted in humour I think this is both a brilliant and viable option!

With all due respect Candace, closing down the GD section for TSW customers means many of us won't even want to use this forum afterwards so you waving the ban hammer around as a deterrent is a comically impotent threat.

 

Closing General Discussion would kill this forum near instantly.
Dovetail would not do any more damage than it already plans to.

 

Has abusal potential, too. Someone could just make accounts and "run amok" in the name of someone else on one of the other platforms, just to get them banned everywhere.

 

LMAO true

 

Can't remember where I read it, but I rather like the idea of merging the GD and OT forums and calling it 'Community Corner'. Especially if that forum has some additional community moderation (of which those of whom are responsible, cool-headed adults).

 

…I guess what I was trying to get across is that forum members are posting that some of DTG product(s) are broken/not fit for purpose and this is causing potential buyers NOT to part with their money AND this is happening on DTG’s OWN forum ! it makes good business sense to shut this forum down…not agreeing just saying !

 

So much drama. It's their forum and if they decide to have a pole dance section in it, what gives. I'd only miss the inputs from hundreds of beta-testers which guide me to a purchase (or not) decision.

Good thing SimRail went Playstation.

 

Community mods is a good idea, as long as theyre the right ones

 

Threatening to ban people because they disagree with a decision DTG are making just shows the attitude DTG has towards it's customers.

 

I would also like to state that Wikipedia, one of the largest sites on the Internet, is largely but not exclusively run by volunteer administrators.

I understand that Wikipedia is based in a different country and works on a different business model, but it shows that a site that the public can edit can be successfully moderated by its community.

 

Thats not a threat. Lol

 

Indeed, many of the thousands of 'independent' forums and sites across the internet.
I imagine Dovetail's concern is if anything happens in their name - although if they hand the forums to the community their name would likely be removed anyway. So I fail to see the issue with that one.

 

Exactly. I have no issue with moderators issuing a warning if someone makes a mildly distasteful joke. However, immediately threatening a ban over a lighthearted joke, without first providing context or a warning, feels excessive and unprofessional. A simple explanation or warning would go a long way toward resolving the situation respectfully.

 

JJ-dogg,
Could you please just stop it now!!

One post from you would have been enough, but no – it’s precisely because of people like you that DTG decided to remove the General Discussion forum.

And all the users here spent 12 pages pleading with DTG not to do it, and pointing out that it might also require banning a user.

And what are you doing here? You want to have a pointless discussion about why you were banned – are you actually all right?
If I’d been candacedtg, I’d have given you a 24-hour ban here.

And please just reply to my post.

 

OK, can you please calm down?

I was just replying to someone in a way that was not related to anything me and Candace had said. Besides, we both have decided to stop talking about it, so why are you bringing it up?

I just made a simple reply to someone, and I was going to keep it that way. Dude, just relax, OK?

 

This guy will never learn .. so I just gave him a “Perma-Ban” myself - jj-dogg ——> ignore list. There are times one must take matters into their own hands and not wait for higher authorities .


I feel if more would take similar actions to the chronic offenders rather than reacting and engaging, many of the more “salty threads” would peter out quite quickly.

Edit - After thought - before someone comes in and starts they have the right to talk or criticize in any manner they want , I agree wholeheartedly with your freedom of speech - Spent 22 years in uniform protecting that right. But Freedom of speech does not mean I have to listen to nor read it.

good day

 

Can you guys just calm down?

I'm not trying to start anything. I just replied to someone's comment, and I don't plan on taking it any further than what I did. I just responded to someone, and I did nothing more.

And when I apologized and agreed with Candace that I was not going to take this silly drama any further, I meant it.

So, let's all take a chill pill and simmer down, okay?

 

Okay.....thanks?