Thread: Talk Gold Mods On A Banning Spree

Originally Posted by Finix

People who have no interest in the industry other than critique would be by definition trolls. It's not an insult, it's a fact. Yes, they do bring traffic, but how much of it is useful and to whom is a different question.

Yet, the main issue with trolls on HYIP forums is in my opinion their tendency to operate in teams. It clutters the threads and is annoying. If you guys spread around the programs a bit more (one or two for each or so), you might see few issues with being banned on forums. But again, just my opinion.

Sorry. I was participating on only one thread on TalkGold. I was much more sedate and agreeable than usual and after a handful of posts exposing Broker Jones with facts and incisive questions I was shown the door. No amount of reasoning and graveling has gotten TG to unban me. So, I had no gang and was unceremoniously sent packing without so much as a warning! Boohoo!

Soapboxmom

We gang up? You truly are delusional. In any thread all of us "trolls" as you call us, are outnumbered 30-1, and that is when there are 6 of us in a thread.

While the forum owner is a businessman, when they advertise Ponzi's, the admin's who pay for this advertising do have a big say in what is and what is not tolerated. The moment us "trolls" start costing them money with our exposing their Ponzi de jour, the warnings start and the bannings begin.

You need to wake up. It was openly admitted on the forum in TG that the mod was looking for "any excuse" to ban me, and was bragging about it. Not only me, but others "perceived" to be part of Eagle. You can try to sugar-coat this all you want, but that is what happened.

The only thing you, and the people who promote these Ponzi's don't like is our exposing these Ponzi's for what they are. If I called anyone on any forum 1/10 of the names I have been called, I would have been banned immediately. Fair and unbiased my tush.

Originally Posted by Finix

Look, we all can disagree about HYIP forums, their policies and usefulness for the industry. What I think we'll all agree on is that there will be a lot of scam victims around the holidays. Some of them will have lost everything, and what they need to hear is to not give up trying to get back on their feet. No matter how hard it is now, it will get better. I know because I've been there.

Happy new year Finix and welcome to real-scam, nice to have you here

I did hear on the grape vine that you hit some tough times....Nice to see you picked yourself up and got back on your feet

Originally Posted by EagleOne

In any thread all of us "trolls" as you call us, are outnumbered 30-1, and that is when there are 6 of us in a thread.

If you insist on putting yourself in the line of fire between addicts and objects of their addiction in a place where they practice that addiction, what do you expect exactly?

Originally Posted by EagleOne

Fair and unbiased my tush.

Do you want to be a perfectionist or do you want fewer people getting involved in scams?

Originally Posted by okosh

Happy new year Finix and welcome to real-scam, nice to have you here

Happy New Year to you as well.

Originally Posted by Soapboxmom

No amount of reasoning and graveling has gotten TG to unban me.

What can I say? Try again, you might all get unbanned this happy new years day. If saving kittens from the toilet is important to you, then stepping on foolish pride would be no big deal.

Originally Posted by Finix

What can I say? Try again, you might all get unbanned this happy new years day. If saving kittens from the toilet is important to you, then stepping on foolish pride would be no big deal.

So did you send in the email and ask to be unbanned like Geoff suggested??....

Originally Posted by Finix

Happy New Year to you as well.

Finix was funny and she had plenty of brain cells but she throws mamouth wobblies like Yours Truly! If she can keep her balance and knows what side of the fence she is on, she could be a great asset here. Her dealings with Festa were very entertaining.

Uncle Festa is crying his heart out for some attention on WLD Finix. Take a look over there and see what you think. Festa's Latest Bellyache!

Originally Posted by okosh

So did you send in the email and ask to be unbanned like Geoff suggested??....

There is no point for me to do so. To unban me from TG would be essentially saying that forum rules don't matter. It wouldn't be good for anyone. I'm not banned on MMG, so that's where I'll be doing my part.

Originally Posted by path2prosperity

knows what side of the fence she is on

The way I see it, there are no fences. There are huge numbers of lonely, hurting and isolated from their previous lives people who are much better off with the HYIP forums in the industry than on their own.

Originally Posted by path2prosperity

Her dealings with Festa were very entertaining.

He might be funny and even right more often than he is not right, but his views on the victims exclude any possibility of redemption for them. It's cruel, and only God knows what possessed me to open up my big mouth and proclaim the same views without knowing what the hell I was talking about.

Originally Posted by path2prosperity

Finix was funny and she had plenty of brain cells but she throws mamouth wobblies like Yours Truly! If she can keep her balance and knows what side of the fence she is on, she could be a great asset here. Her dealings with Festa were very entertaining.

Uncle Festa is crying his heart out for some attention on WLD Finix. Take a look over there and see what you think. Festa's Latest Bellyache!

He has been temporarily banned there for off topic crude personal attacks. The thread he started is just another attempt to continue those attacks. Notice he can't even stay on topic in his own thread.

Originally Posted by Finix

He might be funny and even right more often than he is not right, but his views on the victims exclude any possibility of redemption for them. It's cruel, and only God knows what possessed me to open up my big mouth and proclaim the same views without knowing what the hell I was talking about.

So you opened your mouth and put your foot in it. JOIN THE CLUB. I am president of that one. Festa is nothing but stale beer from the bottom of a dirty barrel and nobody welcomes the dregs of cyberspace here. You were funny and clever and that is something people do not forget. Hope to see more of you here than on MGM. That place is boredom personified in my opinioin.

Originally Posted by laidback

He has been temporarily banned there for off topic crude personal attacks. The thread he started is just another attempt to continue those attacks. Notice he can't even stay on topic in his own thread.

Banned from WLD!! Is it New Year or April Fools Day? I think Eagle has a very good excuse for a few swigs of his favourite tipple, if that is true.

Originally Posted by path2prosperity

ou were funny and clever and that is something people do not forget.

That only made me more dangerous than useful or happy for that matter. Being funny and clever without a good purpose is like sailing a ship without steering mechanism: not only it will not reach the destination, it's also a hazard to other ships.

Originally Posted by Finix

There is no point for me to do so. To unban me from TG would be essentially saying that forum rules don't matter. It wouldn't be good for anyone. I'm not banned on MMG, so that's where I'll be doing my part.

Sure what you did deserved a ban....What I did also deserved a ban....The question is, how long of a ban....
In both our cases a 30day or even a 60day would be ample punishment....
A perm ban is just more proof of some TG mods working an agenda....

On the up side....Traffic at TG has dropped big time since they banned me....And the number of complaints about warnings shows that Joseph's Nazi method of modding has rubbed off onto others...

On the bigger upside is that after I was banned I managed to take a super mod out....
On the downside had I played it smarter I could have taken out Twit-Tack as well....
Was my only regret that I didn't get rid of him at the same time....

Originally Posted by path2prosperity

Finix was funny and she had plenty of brain cells but she throws mamouth wobblies like Yours Truly! If she can keep her balance and knows what side of the fence she is on, she could be a great asset here. Her dealings with Festa were very entertaining.

Finix knows what side of the fence she's on...She's on her side....Just like I'm on my side of the fence...

It all comes down to agenda....And why each of us do what we do....
For some it's about educating newbs....For others it's about closing down scams and bringing them to justice...
I've done both those things and I found it all to be pointless....Now I do it for me and my own entertainment....I don't care what anyone thinks or says about me....I do it for the fun of it now....And the more scammers and reff-whores and pom-pom wavers I can upset the better....

Finix loves to argue...She loves to push the boundries through her posts....The thread at WL became great entertainment when she started to drive them all nuts with her arguments...Real funny stuff....I'm sure she really enjoyed herself there...

Uncle Festa is crying his heart out for some attention on WLD Finix. Take a look over there and see what you think. Festa's Latest Bellyache!

LOL...Festa is the village idiot....He is just so stupid.....If I get bored later I might go over there and slap him around a bit

[QUOTE=okosh;14300]Finix knows what side of the fence she's on...She's on her side....Just like I'm on my side of the fence...

It all comes down to agenda....And why each of us do what we do....
For some it's about educating newbs....For others it's about closing down scams and bringing them to justice...
I've done both those things and I found it all to be pointless....Now I do it for me and my own entertainment....I don't care what anyone thinks or says about me....I do it for the fun of it now....And the more scammers and reff-whores and pom-pom wavers I can upset the better....

Finix loves to argue...She loves to push the boundries through her posts....The thread at WL became great entertainment when she started to drive them all nuts with her arguments...Real funny stuff....I'm sure she really enjoyed herself there...



LOL...Festa is the village idiot....He is just so stupid.....If I get bored later I might go over there and slap him around a bit [/QUOTE

Well put Okosh.

Finix was a colurful character from TG. I can't remember her trying to promote money making opportunities but my brains may be rusting up a bit.

The best of the TG squad are migrating to this neck of the woods. That was a real fun place in its hey day. The one I miss most is "GoldKitty" who devoured Jack Cobb with her cornflakes and gave us all the laugh of the day. Do any of you remember Brookie/Wiseowl/Butch from TG? What a laugh!

Originally Posted by okosh

Sure what you did deserved a ban....What I did also deserved a ban....The question is, how long of a ban....

I dunno about you, but in my case for as long as it takes to prove that I can participate in discussions without pushing rules sounds about right.

Another happy camper at TG.....The actual rule this person is complaining about is there for his/her own good......

Poster is "Sovereign Investor".....Don't hold back...Tell us what you really think!!!!!

I received another private message in my box today but it was not good news. Apparently, listing an email address on a forum post is prohibited; I did not know this. Nor was I aware that I would receive a point for doing this.

Of all the years of being on various forums, I have never encountered a more stupid forum than this one. This is by far the dumbest forum I have ever posted on. The rules are beyond retarded.

The control freaks and psychos who moderate this forum should be ashamed of themselves. Not only is this a fraudulent site, pandering to the nearest almighty buck, but it is akin to a virtual police state.

Don't bother banning me, for my remarks; I myself resign from this forum. I will leave with my head held high.

I will not pander like the other members here for mercy and clemency from the control freaks on this forum; I leave on my own accord, never to return to this garbage forum.

You people disgust me...

I was wondering about his complaining when, as you said Okosh, the rule was there for his protection. But some of his other comments were spot on, and those alone would get him banned.

Deviating from the topic of TG for just a moment, I want to thank the staff, admin, and mods at MMG for removing my ban on their forum. They didn't have to do it, and I appreciate them doing so.