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Sclark08 wrote:Why do you worry so much about old posts???

The OP did not say they were "worried", they said they were "peeved".

This peevement may have come about from the concern that the old posts are brought to the forefront not by a sincere forum member, but rather than from a individual whose intention is to disturb, disrupt, aggravate, etc.

I'm not sure which is more humorous: the old polls being revived or the posts complaining about them.

If reviving old polls anonymously is a problem, then the board owners can incorporate available code in the PHPBB software that will identify the anonymous trolls doing it. All they have to do is request the PHPBB Group to add it in and we get to see who's doing what.

Amen! Everybody surfs the web for different reasons. Maybe someone new to cpap might gain valuable insight from old posts! None of us are the posting police are we! Lighten up!!

Sclark08 wrote:Amen! Everybody surfs the web for different reasons. Maybe someone new to cpap might gain valuable insight from old posts! None of us are the posting police are we! Lighten up!!

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49er wrote:

Goofproof wrote:

kona0197 wrote:

No, it wouldn't. And, it ain't gonna happen. That subject has been cussed and discussed for about nine years.

Reasons?

People are going to do whatever they want to do, UNLESS provisions are put in place to stop them. That's the down side of human nature. Jim

Totally agree Jim.

And not to sound like a broken record but we could have nice neat clean forums like the apnea support board that stifle most relevant discussions. I will deal with the trolls on this board any day who want to bring up old polls to the front.

Jen, your post hasn't offended me at all. It is just not something I can get upset about with all the other issues I have to worry about in my life.

49er

49er.... as someone mentioned further on in this thread that we don't need cpap police and you agreed with him ------- obviously you think that you are since you will deal with the trolls as stated above. If you have too much to worry about in your own life why don't you stop worrying about everyone else...... it will make your life so much easier in the long run. You may have been a moderator on the other forum, but we don't have or need moderators on this forum, we get along just nicely. Just ignore what you see and hear that you don't like and your life will settle into a very happy one.
Not trying to upset your apple cart, just trying to get you to forget what other folks do or say and concentrate on yourself.

nanwilson wrote:

49er wrote:

Goofproof wrote:

kona0197 wrote:

No, it wouldn't. And, it ain't gonna happen. That subject has been cussed and discussed for about nine years.

Reasons?

People are going to do whatever they want to do, UNLESS provisions are put in place to stop them. That's the down side of human nature. Jim

Totally agree Jim.

And not to sound like a broken record but we could have nice neat clean forums like the apnea support board that stifle most relevant discussions. I will deal with the trolls on this board any day who want to bring up old polls to the front.

Jen, your post hasn't offended me at all. It is just not something I can get upset about with all the other issues I have to worry about in my life.

49er

49er.... as someone mentioned further on in this thread that we don't need cpap police and you agreed with him ------- obviously you think that you are since you will deal with the trolls as stated above. If you have too much to worry about in your own life why don't you stop worrying about everyone else...... it will make your life so much easier in the long run. You may have been a moderator on the other forum, but we don't have or need moderators on this forum, we get along just nicely. Just ignore what you see and hear that you don't like and your life will settle into a very happy one.
Not trying to upset your apple cart, just trying to get you to forget what other folks do or say and concentrate on yourself.

Sorry Nan, I wasn't clear. I was talking about myself and not in the role of a cpap policeman.

Me a moderator on the other forum that I got banned from? Surely, you jest.

49er

nanwilson wrote:49er.... as someone mentioned further on in this thread that we don't need cpap police and you agreed with him ------- obviously you think that you are since you will deal with the trolls as stated above. If you have too much to worry about in your own life why don't you stop worrying about everyone else...... it will make your life so much easier in the long run. You may have been a moderator on the other forum, but we don't have or need moderators on this forum, we get along just nicely. Just ignore what you see and hear that you don't like and your life will settle into a very happy one.
Not trying to upset your apple cart, just trying to get you to forget what other folks do or say and concentrate on yourself.

Every time I read one of your posts I can count on it being mean spirited - and for no reason at all. 49er was never a moderator on the other forum. Where did you get that information? You're the one who sounds like a moderator. Read your post! Ummm... not trying to upset your apple cart.

So by posting in old threads without realizing it I am a troll? Interesting.

Denial Dave wrote:I'm not sure which is more humorous: the old polls being revived or the posts complaining about them.

+1

However, I might have used the word "irritating" rather than "humorous". As I've said before, I really don't have a problem with them being resurrected (I just ignore them), but the complaining about them is becoming like fingernails on a screen door or chalkboard.


Den

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kona0197 wrote:

No, it wouldn't. And, it ain't gonna happen. That subject has been cussed and discussed for about nine years.

Reasons?

This is basically an unmoderated forum and the providers TRUST most of us to sort of "ride herd" on what goes on here. A forum with all kinds of subcategories is a nightmare and requires moderators to see that people are posting in the PROPER category.
Maybe the "Poll Troll" will resurrect some of the MANY polls that have been started with that subject over the years. The folks who wished for the subcategories lost.......BIG TIME.

For those who wish for multiple categories, there are plenty of other forums on the Internet. But, most are becoming "ghost towns" because they're OVER-moderated and the amount of information available is not worth the effort.
This forum is, by far, the BEST.


Den

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ems wrote:

nanwilson wrote:49er.... as someone mentioned further on in this thread that we don't need cpap police and you agreed with him ------- obviously you think that you are since you will deal with the trolls as stated above. If you have too much to worry about in your own life why don't you stop worrying about everyone else...... it will make your life so much easier in the long run. You may have been a moderator on the other forum, but we don't have or need moderators on this forum, we get along just nicely. Just ignore what you see and hear that you don't like and your life will settle into a very happy one.
Not trying to upset your apple cart, just trying to get you to forget what other folks do or say and concentrate on yourself.

Every time I read one of your posts I can count on it being mean spirited - and for no reason at all. 49er was never a moderator on the other forum. Where did you get that information? You're the one who sounds like a moderator. Read your post! Ummm... not trying to upset your apple cart.

Perhaps Ems, I didn't get my point across to 49er like you would have wished. I know that she has had lots of health problems lately and that alone can make a person worry about things that they should not. I was trying to point out that she worries about things that she need not to, she needs to concentrate on herself and not let other's posts get to her. About the moderator thing, I thought (and you know what thought did) that I had read on another thread that she volunteered over there... I assumed (and yes I know what assumed means) that she meant she was one of the moderators I was not posting to be mean spirited or anything of the sort... I was trying to get 49er to realize that she needs to let things go that upset her, I do know that when you are worrying about yourself that it tends to go into a spiral and you unknowingly start worrying about everything. Which makes things worse all round.. and Ems.. I don't need you to start on me for not being explicit or not saying something in the way you would have liked to hear it..... I say what I believe and try to say it in a way that comes out of my mouth in a good way... so now I will be mean spirited... if you don't like my posts.... DON'T READ THEM, OR BETTER STILL PUT ME ON YOUR FOE LIST. .... thank you and good bye.

Apparently I really pissed someone off. I can't log in & am not sure if I can post this. Worth a try. Sorry to all who don't agree with me, I was just plain peeved when I put this post up. Wish I hadn't, but there it is, you can't 'un-say' something & I still get peeved when I want to see if there is something that I might contribute to, help someone, or find helpful info for myself & hubby. I'll learn to just ignore old stuff, should have ignored anyway.

Still I must stand in part by my initial words, I AM PEEVED BY THE OLD POLLS.

I know it happens that someone new replies to an old post - I did make that mistake when I was new too, someone nicely pointed that out, so I learned to watch dates. I've pointed it out nicely to other newbies as well, IN THE SPIRIT OF HELP, NOT TO BE MEAN OR NASTY.

As I said in the original post, I'm SORRY, if I've offended anyone, just trying to point out that either we have a troll, or some newbie innocently is answering old polls & doesn't realize the outcome.

I don't want to see this forum become 'over moderated' - I like its current format. This forum is one of the best on the web IMHO. We can truly express our feelings & problems openly. As for it becoming a social forum, I think there is a 'family & friends' atmosphere about this forum, so that we do sometimes post OT. In at least one OT post, someone's life was saved. That alone is reason enough for allowing off topic posts, many relate in some way to OSA & other closely related problems.

We are here to help one another & I feel I may have contributed to strife among us & again I'M SORRY.

Jen

Hope I can get my login back.

Jen,

Try cleaning out your "cookies" and "temporary Internet files" in your browser.

Don't worry about the other part of your post. We all have things that irritate us.


Den

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Agree with Den...don't worry about it. You have a right to feel the way you do and to be honest...for the most part I am a bit "irritated" myself as it costs me a bit of time (that sometimes I don't have) to check out an unread post in an old thread that really doesn't warrant a reply or my time reading it just in case it might be a real cry for help and not just chit chat.

I spot resurrected polls with no new comments easily so I don't even bother opening them.

In regards to someone's suggestion of sub forums...been there and done that on other forums and I know what people would do...they would still post in the wrong sub forum anyway. Tried it once myself on my own forum for computer help in removing bad guys/viruses...people still didn't follow directions and would post in the wrong sub forum.
So might as well have one main forum and just sort through the posts that way.

To be honest...the only time I wish we had a sub forum here and a moderator with cahonies...is to move the pissing contest argument/fight threads to their own sub forum...called Pissing Contests.
That way all the political/religious/whatever pissing contests could be totally easily ignored...out of sight and out of mind.
And yes, before anyone brings it up...I know that I have been involved in some pissing contests myself....I am only human.