A Follower who just linked my blog
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@shawnajroberts
lol :D I also have empty test that were registered and made private within minutes of registering them but that have spam followers. I just roll my eyes when I experience spam followers like Emily and Don Charisma. -
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@musicdoc1
This a technical support forum. It is not a chat room. As you do not have this issue posting here simply increased the email load for those of us who are subscribed. -
@ timethief,
Perhaps you have selective amnesia. I recall recent posts by yourself in which we were provided with the following personal details, which I suppose were germane, with an aim to contribute to the solution of the topic:
a. Your age,
b. You had to leave immediately to take your dogs to the vet,
c. Your internet service had been down for a day or two,
d. You live on an island off the coast of Northwest Canada. I remember that this information was provided during an exchange of greetings to another member and had no relation to the topic at hand.Then there was the following business:
Dec 26, 2014, 3:13 PM staff-happychia,
Just saying hello there and I hope you have a good day. :)Nov 27, 2014, 1:18 PM Hi there,
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@musicdoc1
There are many threads to answer, so please don’t devote your time commenting to an “Emily” that you don’t have an issue with on your blog. I consider that and then posting yet again to drive up everyone’s email load a second time to personally attack me to be creepy behavior. -
It was just a joke which took all of three words. You made a big thing out of it. In my second post in this thread I was just illustrating the fact that you have socialized in various ways on numerous occasions in this forum, the very thing you have here criticized me for.
I do not ever spend any time trying to tell people how to use these forums, have never done so, and never intend to do so. The same, however, can not be said of you. You’ve used these forums in part to repeatedly lecture myself and others on how we should use them, scolding us like little children as you do so, and I’ve never until today said a word about it. I’m not going to do anything to try to stop you. Go right ahead and exercise your freedom of speech.
The little joke above in this thread was not representative of my typical way of contributing to the forums, but I meant no offense and it was likely received without disapproval by all who read it except you. You have repeatedly taken offense at my behavior where none was intended, as I suggested in a post on your topic “Bumping threads after modlook tag is in place,” where I said, “One may imagine motive or intention that isn’t present.” I also described the following scenario, which explains why I sometimes might post a comment when you think nobody should:
Suppose someone enters a thread, and after reading the initial topic title and post, and any significant later posts, finds that he/she possesses knowledge, insight, or speculation which might contribute to resolving the issue or issues, And hasn’t even considered reading the tags. Reading post tags as a first step, or precautionary measure, particularly for someone not accustomed to using tags very often, is not necessarily an instinctive response.
I see your point though, and intend to be more careful about such transgressions. However, it’s difficult for me to imagine having enough free time to routinely devote not a small chunk of it to criticizing the behavior of other contributors to these forums, whose knowledge, experience, habits, internet connection and typing speed, etc. may differ widely from my own.
In the same thread, Justjennifer added the observation that posting after a modlook tag has been added is not necessarily a bad thing, saying,
If I have something to add to a thread, I will – modlooked or not. It may be that I might read the OP’s question in a different way than the person who originally answered. Modlook isn’t written in stone.
to which I responded,
If you don’t see it — and some don’t even know where to look for it — essentially it’s not even written.
That topic wasn’t directed at me alone, but just before you published it you had yelled at me about precisely the same perceived transgression. I’d seen you ranting about it a few times before that but really had no idea what you were talking about until you directly yelled at me a couple of times in early December, including once only six minutes before you posted the aforementioned topic, though I’ve just recently lost some bookmarks and have been unable to find it.
Since your yelling at me in early December, I’ve generally tended to refrain from posting on a thread where there is a modlook tag, but I still may do so for the very same reason I gave on 7 December. I don’t always look at the tags. When did reading the tags become a requirement for entering a forum thread discussion?
Your criticisms of me always come out of the blue, as a surprise, because I’m just proceeding to respond to topics where I think I might contribute something pertinent. Who else might have also contributed a comment on the same thread is irrelevant to me.
For reasons which do not withstand scrutiny you have criticized me directly in the following recent topics:
- 5 December — old/new dashboard/stats designs — I made a perfectly legitimate analogy, and you criticized me for moving the timestamp. I didn’t know what you were talking about, but it gradually became clear over the next few days. Scolding me as is your wont, you said,
I don’t know why you posted into this thread and moved the timestamp forward so it will take longer for lulu13 to get a Staff response at all.
- 7 December — Thread not found. You shouted “Stop It!” to me, and implied that I was intentionally upsetting things by commenting on a topic with modlook tag. One of the first things I did in response was to look up “modlook tags” to find out what you were yelling at me about.
- 7 December — why can’t I get on wordpress.com — Your criticism wasn’t specifically addressed to me, but it appeared in a post which followed one of mine in which I apparently neglected to see the modlook tag. You said:
I tagged this thread for Staff 2 days ago and sadly the back and forth thread bumping with added information has led nowhere. All it has resulted in is two days without an answer. I’m hoping the back and forth will stop now, so the timestamps stop moving forward which guarantees it takes longer to get Staff help. I’m hoping the same bumping after tagging pattern on other threads tagged for Staff will also stop.
This comment by you was published six minutes before your Bumping threads topic was begun.
- 7 December — Bumping threads after modlook tag is in place
- 26 December — Did you notice the recent mega peak of spam comments
- 26 December — A Follower who just linked my blog
On another thread back in November you described my comments regarding a topic I began as “faff.” Nobody else in these forums has adopted a condescending, scolding, and critical tone towards me as you repeatedly have.
Funny that you should find my behavior “creepy” when you’ve been attacking me repeatedly for over a month, shouting at me, instructing me and others on the proper etiquette regarding when we can and can not post without drawing your ire. I’m considering reporting you for harassing me.
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@musicdoc1-TL:DR
Sometimes there may be interpersonal banter as a part of a real answer. So what. What I find difficult is when there’s only banter without an attempt to actually provide assistance, like this reply:
OP:
Sometimes wordpress will automatically switch me to the “improved” posting experience…
You:
I find this occurring too, but it’s not random. The classic editor turns into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight, just as Cinderella’s coach does.
I try to ignore such replies and work to help the person who needs assistance. Sometimes, however, in spite of a large body of generally helpful replies, it’s difficult to ignore, especially if this behavior repeats itself.
I’ll just end with this: when you choose to reply to people seeking help in a Support forum with a flippant answer, it doesn’t help anyone. If you’ve already chosen to assist, then assist. If you don’t know the answer or can’t work it out, then let someone assist. Simple as that.
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I’ll just end with this: when you choose to reply to people seeking help in a Support forum with a flippant answer, it doesn’t help anyone.
There was no disrespect displayed toward the member seeking help. I informed the OP that the time at which it would change from one editor to the other is predictable. It happens at the same time every day, for me at least, and I’ve got WordPress.com cookies allowed.
I thought nearly everyone was in agreement that the new editor is a pumpkin. There are presently 945 posts on the topic Beep Beep Boop screen is a joke. Is this a glitch? I’m guessing that the cons rather outnumbered the pros in that voting pool.
One thing you’ve glossed over about the OP’s statements was that he complained about the switch, and the effect it had on a post in the works:
Sometimes wordpress will automatically switch me to the “improved” posting experience…the new post editor page will delete all paragraph breaks from my post I am working on.
and yet knew how to switch back to the classic editor:
I’m well aware I can switch to the classic editor. Not the response I’m looking for nor is that any kind of closure to the issue I am having.
Takes a few seconds to switch back. That’s my first thought after reading his opening statements. But in the very next post he tells us that he knows how to switch back. I guess if I had this moment to live again the change I would make would be to provide the link to the relevant topic with 945 posts.
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It was just a joke which took all of three words.
You are quite right. I could have ignored your three word intervention into this thread that resulted in unnecessary email just as I could have ignored this parroting here as well https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/did-you-notice-the-recent-mega-peak-of-spam-comments?replies=10#post-2184416
Rest assured that I shall ignore very thread you post into from here on except to add modlook tags when appropriate.
Girls, girls, you’re both pretty. Don’t hijack threads.
Everyone who doesn’t already know I’m the fairest in all the land has simply not met my husband yet. lol :D
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Well that escalated quickly.
You folks are all amazing and we don’t say that nearly enough. You should definitely take any and all frustrations out on someone who deserves it.
Like me. ;)
I’m going to go ahead and close this thread. If anyone needs to chat/vent some more, I’m usually around and you know how to reach me!
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