Speaking of where to draw lines, this sort of exchange I enjoy . . . . (Snip)
Sure we've curbed some drama but we've also lost a number of prolific and entertaining posters along the way ( ie, Badger, Dickson, Hartrick ...some arguably for their own reasons ) as well as some great contributors ( ie, Cherise ) over seemingly trivial infractions. No doubt Badger could be a polarizing figure, but he also contributed dozens and dozens of ( sometimes self-aggrandizing ) reviews but there are at least 5-10 SP's I've seen as a direct result of his reviews.
Maybe some of the Type A egos can't peacefully co-exist on a single board, so why not consider giving some people their own channels or play pens to keep them separated. I'm most interested in the reviews, and the entertaining arguments and am more than happy to self filter the annoying bits.
I suppose I'm at a point in life here on this board where I can somewhat offer a historical perspective based upon my start date, post count (please do not take offence, merely stating a fact) and gulp, my age. I joined up in 2006 and did not contribute a single post until 2010. Perb was, in historical terms The Wild Wild West. A buddy of mine in Washington State told me about it over a beer one night. He was a Marine with a lot of pooning experience from the different tours of duty he had done over the years. No sooner had I joined up, he got banned. I saw his name posted in perbatory (I hope for the day it's returned to the public view!!) and I emailed him asking why he got the boot? His version was he showed support for another pooner's version of their visit to an SP. Draconian? Yes in my view but that's how Perb rolled in those days. Trolls, multiple ID's, fake reviews posted by SP's and their own crew of White Knights etc etc.
It was a very competitive place with other forums in Western Canada competing for the same mind-share as Perb enjoyed. With the mass bannings, I elected to keep my head down and be a leach taking in all the reviews for my own personal benefit.
Then I decided to stop seeing AMP's and went to see my first hot Caucasian advertiser here on Perb. In 2010, $250 per hour was the high end and after getting the boot after the first shot and being back on the street at 35 minutes; I felt quite justified posting a negative review. No sooner had I posted it, the review vanished. I thought wtf? Where did my review go? So I copy/pasted and posted it again. Then I got a pm from another pooner letting me know Perb had an unpublished DNR list. Ironically, positive reviews were acceptable for advertisers, however negative reviews could and were pulled by the advertisers.
This is when I learned the board's double standard (not today the policy changed about 4 years ago) and pooners were kept in check. That changed when a new crew of pooners joined and were given a lot of posting freedom. The posters you 'miss' were all part of that crowd. I would view Perb in the early AM over cups of coffee wondering when the ban hammer would take these guys out? It didn't happen and they had longevity being able to post their reviews of their own sexual prowess to a growing number of fanboys. In my mind, the forum had totally lost it's brains and it's soul.
When they became dominant in the Lounge, in the reviews and when they didn't like one of my posts; they took it to themselves to police the forum; all without the approval of the admin and moderators. Frequently a newbie would be dog piled and run off by this self serving pseudo elite crew. My ignore list grew quite long during this period and I used to LOL when viewing a thread here. Quite often the OP would post and there would be five or more posts I didn't view since they were on my ignore list.
I wasn't the only member here that was unhappy with the way things were going and from what I learned many people reported posts, reported in your face type PM's and frankly they were fed up with the egos and attitudes. The mods acted by banning for a week, two weeks, a month and these people just didn't get it. The anology of giving someone a long length of rope to hang themselves held true.
These people felt they were bigger than the forum and their departure in my mind made this forum a much better place. Note, they did move on to other places and also got banned from there too. Thing was all the baggage they hauled around with them was duly noted at their new digs.
Note: this post does not apply to Cherise. I never took offence from her posting style and found her to be charming and entertaining. Why she is not here is a puzzle to me.
Edit to add: Same with Hatrick! Damn his posts and threads were legendary! I do believe he self banned himself. His legend continues on a searchable blog IIRC.
