1 minute ago, Rian said:

I appreciate @Devin stepping in to try and calm the waters, but @gelato you were out of line. The reminder issued (a reminder mind you) was basically a "chill, you're doing too much". And you were. Coming into HQ assuming that the mod you were in disagreement with and thus taking a hostile tone was also out of line. You aren't the first person to assume such, but I promise you will be the last. Because going forward, if a member assumes a specific mod warns them and tries to make issue with it, they will be warned again and suspended for a week. I'm tired of this team being attacked because some of you cannot handle yourself on the internet.

Now, as far as the alleged Taylor Swift comment goes, where no one can reproduce screenshots of this supposed comment, even if she said it so what. That was over 20 years ago. It's obvious that her politics (that she's spoken openly about) dont align with that anymore (again, if she said it). What's more ridiculous is you deliberately trolling trying to make a 20 year old comment relevant as it relates to what exactly? Like this is the kind of ridiculous, low effort trolling that has become a nuisance here. You know I have no issue with you, but seeing how petty this whole thing was really speaks volumes about and it's not a good look.

You do not have to interact with his posts, you choose to do so. You do not have to engage in back in forth in HQ (which as stated in the OP is not allowed), you choose to do so. Stop it.

As I state in my second reply to Devin, I didn't assume that it was Dear Reader who sent the reminder ("nah it's ok i assumed that [it wasn't Dear Reader]. thank you tho"). The reminder came through a good number hours after the exchange with Dear Reader, so I knew it wasn't Dear Reader or else they would have sent it at the time it was happening. That was absolutely not the issue. I genuinely had never received a blank reminder/WP before and thought it's either some mistake/glitch (Dear Reader had also referred to me as "arrogant" in the same thread, so I wasn't sure if calling them slothful was what got me the reminder if low-level insults like that are posted by staff) or the mod forgot to select enter the reason for it.

A current discussion point on the forum is that I Knew It, I Knew You is higher than would be expected on both the Hot 100 and the Streaming Chart given it has been very low on Spotify and Apple Music for weeks, and a running joke is that it's being payola'd on less significant platforms like Amazon Music, Pandora and Deezer. The thread the discussion took place in was asking why Ophelia was higher than HTIMYLM on Amazon Music and earlier in that thread people had said Amazon Music is more popular with Republicans. All I did, in a base thread, was point to a comment that the Guardian and Vox have reported was made on Taylor's MySpace from 2008 and compare it with Ariana endorsing Bernie in 2020. It was not a serious post from me and not worthy of serious debate

I don't have an issue with you either Rian, but I do feel I am slightly through the looking glass when I ask honest questions in HQ, whether it was asking Dear Reader last month what their reply to my query was given they immediately deleted it, or whether it was why I'd received a blank reminder, and it leads to these kind of situations. I don't feel I'm being petty in asking those questions – I thought that was the whole point of the thread – and I haven't queried the vast majority of my warnings and reminders. Devin was perfectly helpful in that respect, but I don't think it's petty when Dear Reader accused me of dishonesty today that I set the record straight. I appreciate that so-called 'answering back' to a mod isn't allowed in this thread, but I don't think it's reasonable or realistic for anyone to simply sit back and accept a false allegation of dishonesty.

This is my last post on the matter – I'm absolutely not going to drag it out, and in the previous interactions that I posted you can see I made efforts to shut the two exchanges down when they got heated. I just wanted to 1) correct the record on what my query in this thread actually was (and that it was made sincerely), 2) emphasise that my Taylor and Ariana comparison was made in jest in a meaningless base thread (and was very similar to other jokes made earlier in the thread), 3) give some context on why I even made that comparison, and 4) show that I only felt I had to reply to Dear Reader here because they accused me of dishonesty.

Edited August 26Aug 26 by gelato

39 minutes ago, Rian said:

Done.

I love you more than anyone on this site

Sorry @Graffiti

7 minutes ago, blackoutbaby said:

I love you more than anyone on this site

Sorry @Graffiti

all this over a reminder

9 hours ago, Dear Reader said:

As for the ignore feature: you can ignore my posts, but you decide to interact with them still (even downvoting when you don't have an answer for them).

i wish i could ignore mods with the ignore feature but it's not an option

5 minutes ago, lgaga1fan said:

i wish i could ignore mods with the ignore feature but it's not an option

Ugh yess. Theres some mods i wish would just shut up but i cannot do anything about it nor complain about it otherwise they take it as an "attack on their team"

Why was Queen Beyonce banned?

7 hours ago, Prisoner said:

Ugh yess. Theres some mods i wish would just shut up but i cannot do anything about it nor complain about it otherwise they take it as an "attack on their team"

Say their names, say their names

Can we ban the threads about Stella Lefty. She shouldn't happen. Not even as a joke.

Hi @Rian , can you please explain why mods are giving warnings for trolling I'm SYG. I thought the point of the thread was that trolling is allowed there? Thanks.

50 minutes ago, Yes, AND said:

Hi @Rian , can you please explain why mods are giving warnings for trolling I'm SYG. I thought the point of the thread was that trolling is allowed there? Thanks.

It’s possible they didn’t see the thread where the report originated and just looked at the context of the report. I’ll reverse your warning.

Is search down again lol

2 hours ago, Rian said:

It's possible they didn't see the thread where the report originated and just looked at the context of the report. I'll reverse your warning.

2 hours ago, Rian said:

It's possible they didn't see the thread where the report originated and just looked at the context of the report. I'll reverse your warning.

Thank you so much.

A certain dupe user needs their reaction privileges revoked ASAP

should have given him another WP instead of removing the 1

17 hours ago, lgaga1fan said:

i wish i could ignore mods with the ignore feature but it's not an option

Omg yes there's one mod that always quotes me in a certain thread with some shade and I wish I could just mute them so I won't have to engage

Can we create a Stella Radical-Lefty mega-thread at this point? I am SICK.

Edited August 27Aug 27 by DirtyPony87

All these Stella threads. Where is @D.M.F ? Get to posting!!!

3 hours ago, RideOrDie said:

should have given him another WP instead of removing the 1

Actually 2 were removed, bringing my career total to a reasonable 66.

I'd like to become a mod I think.

3 hours ago, Eglė said:

I'd like to become a mod I think.

3 hours ago, Eglė said:

I'd like to become a mod I think.

Me too.

@KPSEX is going through my profile to mass downvote as we speak

21 hours ago, bad guy said:

A certain dupe user needs their reaction privileges revoked ASAP

Not the hit dog hollering.

@StovePrincess4Ever don't expose yourself that easy

can we ban ella, stella, isabella, della, hella, old yella and whoever tf threads for like a year?

remember mods i am a swiftie so you HAVE to listen to me xx

Edited August 28Aug 28 by Bussea

nella furtada can go too!!!