Thread:Alemas2005/@comment-4964341-20170106193925/@comment-4845243-20170106215302

Keplers wrote: Obi the LEGO Fan wrote: Keplers wrote: Expressions of concern should never be written as "tfw" jokes. I find this a rather odd blanket statement. I use humor to express legitimate critiques of various ideas all the time. If I would make a "tfw" joke about something as serious(ly terrible) as Trump being elected, why can't I use one for something significantly less important?

Keplers wrote: Per what I've said above, with the exception of Roddy's comments, I'm really not buying it, and it's up to my interpretation whether these are attacks on me, not yours. Well if you took it as a personal attack, I apologize. But I'd like to know how it is a personal attack, especially if it's based simply on facts (you've been banned several times, etc.). People have always said stuff like that about banned and blocked users, tbh. True statements cannot be defamation, and it seems that you are seeing these comments as an attack because they may damage your reputation. If that is the case, they are not attacks—because they are true.

If you think they are attacks for a different reason, please tell. Because you're not making such an expression as the Secretary of Defense. As an admin here, bringing up a concern regarding a user in the format of a "tfw" joke is unprofessional, and beyond that nobody could reasonably interpret it as a true concern.

Thank you for the apology and of course you're forgiven; I only view my latter two examples (LED and Cay) as personal attacks or bordering on the definition. I should have made that more clear. It's less to do with hurting my reputation than hurting the reputation of a site that was made by hard-working people who want to save the MBs. It's probably well-known that I'm also an admin on the BIONICLE RP's new forums, and I've been the Roleplay Rep for five MB Roleplays. Nobody has ever made comments about how I run those places, yet I'm "banned here." I don't want people to think the site overall is unsafe because of what a few users have to say about me as "jokes" (especially Cay's completely out-of-line alt-right "joke"). Glad we've sorted this, then. I'd respond to your first point in depth but since we have an understanding on the important issue I'd rather not continue to argue. But suffice it to say that the comment wasn't an "official action." Even as a SoD I might still make jokes like that to family and close friends, while also pursuing more official types of action qua my job. Likewise, in the informal setting of chat I try to be like any other user (unless moderating is needed), but I still carry out official business on admin talk and in forums, etc.