But in fairness, I also didn't see a link to the story. However, if the story was FALSE.. why wasn't this thread pulled?
We love FR, we are monthly donors. Always will be. But we don't want to see new people run off or smeared when they try to post. So instead of violating the rules on FR, how about hitting the abuse button and letting the Moderators handle things?
I watched as this thread was happening.. post three insulted him/her. It went downhill from there. Would you have responded if you were the original poster of this thread and your were a newbie? I sure as heck wouldn't have!
I kept clicking on the original posters name. They never posted ANYTHING but this original thread. So I'm confused as to how anyone could call him/her a disruptor based on this thread.
I'm not privledged as to WHY they were banned, ..and yes... I DID ask why, but didn't get an answer.
Guess it wasn't my business. I totally respect that decision.
The powers that be obviously know something that I don't.
I trust the site owners decision in this.
But we need to be VERY careful in calling ALL NEWBIES who post something names!! Like "disruptors" or ZOTS and accussing them of being from DU unless they truly display bizarre behavior. In this case, I sure can't see how anyone came to that conclusion based on this thread alone!!
Lately we've even had people accussing freepers with "JOIN DATES" from "1998" of HACKING into the system and stealing OLD FREEP names and using them. "Acccusing" long time freepers of this... ON THIS VERY FORUM!!
Jim Robinson himself told me himself that this is "HORSE PUCKY"!!
So the paranoia has reached all time highs on this forum and needs to stop!
Let the moderators do their jobs.. and stop this madness!
I'm sure there is some sort of system in place that allows them to know who is truly disrupting and who isn't.
I trust the moderators and Jim to know what they are doing.
In the future we should welcome newbies. And if we think someone is a disruptor, hit the "ABUSE Button" and let the moderators do their jobs.
I do however know this much about what the now-banned thread-originating FReeper had posted.
I called Comcast Montgomery County today and, after waiting on hold through a series of menu options, I was able to speak to one gentleman named Luis. Luis confirmed the following:
YES, in fact, Comcast Montgomery is going to remove Fox News from their "Basic" cable service (which costs $14.00/mo.), beginning on March 1st. In order to get Fox News after March 1st, one will have to subscribe to "Preferred" service for $46.97/mo.), which LO-AND-BEHOLD! comes to a difference of $32 and change per month.
And that, BTW, is exactly what the now-banned poster had posted.
As an editorial note here:
I have become more and more disillusioned with the tone and tenor of commentary on FR these past few months, and this thread is a prime example of what is ailing (IMO) FR. The "NEWBIE" posts a vanity-ish thread, not in breaking news - but in MD and your opinion/questions, and the third damn comment on the thread is telling this guy/gal to go back to DU - and a hysterical pile-on soon results.
What the poster posted was legitimate. (call 301-424-4400 and wade through the voice menu, if you think I'm a troll/disruptor/DU'er too)
Everyone who piled on this thread and attacked the poster owes him an apology for calling him a disruptor, a liar, a troll, etc.
Somebody needs to declaw the feral cats around here as well.
If I ever create my own forum, mob-stonings will be something I patrol for.