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Originally Posted by Nitehawk013
Not to change the subject, but this is an interesting twist to me. Canam is brash at times, and obviously VERY opinionated and unafraid to voice it. For this he is often criticized, rebuked or simply mocked. I've even been party to it I'm sure.
What I find interesting, telling of this forums overall ideology perhaps, is that we see Canam being told he needs a better "filter" and that he should think before he types. Also an appeal that he makes good points at times, but it is overshadowed by his terrible candor. While I agree...here is the interesting part to me.
NOt too terrible long ago a certain EXTREMELY popular poster here did the same things and to my knowledge pretty much NEVER faced any of the backlash Canam gets. This poster personally insulted people CONSTANTLY, not insulting their ideas...insulting the PERSON. He had an insane ego and every word dripped with "im better than you". Whether he was this way in person is of no regard, he carried himself that way here. Constantly he mocked anyones beliefs that were not in line with his own. He went out of his way to badger certain other posters. Yet until this poster announced on the316 that he was infact no longer OP or otherwise alligned with Apolstolica any criticism towards him was so miniscule you couldn't find it with a microscope.
So it is interesting to me that here we see so many telling Canam he needs a better filter, etc etc while for years this other guy got away with character assassination, badgering and all around ungodly jerk behavior on the forum and nothing was ever publicly said about it. In fact, admins and well known forum folks STOOD UP for him.
So is the atmosphere around here simply getting more controlled where people will be better moderated and warned when they get out of hand? Or was it simply that Canam is pretty much an outcast of sorts around here and the other guy was Mr Popularity?
Hmmm...
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Not sure all your facts are straight. Said Mr Popularity poster was infracted, repeatedly banned and even quarantined... before exiting.
I don't think anyone is being singled out. I personally like Canam. I think he overstates things sometimes to get a response.
Individual posters are welcome to have opinions - whether they are Admins or not.
As always, if posts are reported, Admin will review and take appropriate action.
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