ES Rules - Have your say !

[Green Machine]

I think it's time a rule is made about using turn signals on electric bikes becaues its making us all look like dorks.

Anyone caught using turn signals on a ebike should be first politely warned.

If the abuse continues, this guy is just making us all look bad as a group and jeopardizing the entire ebike community and turning us into some nerdy subculture. We should then as a group ask him to take those damn things off.

After 3 times caught using turn signals the user should be banned from ES forever. At least then he is not making us look foolish anymore.

And if a moderator is caught with turn signals....he should be considered biased...and his moderation status taken away immediately before he abuses his position to perpetuate the obnoxious behavior of using turn signals.

Oh....and the turn signal thread should be deleted immediately before it brainwashes some new safety minded fool.

We should show some lenience however if the rider is over age 70.

[amberwolf]

Pardpn my language, because I jsut about never cuss like this, but I wonder what the frock you have against me?

I think it's time a rule is made about using turn signals on electric bikes becaues its making us all look like dorks.

Anyone caught using turn signals on a ebike should be first politely warned.

If the abuse continues, this guy is just making us all look bad as a group and jeopardizing the entire ebike community and turning us into some nerdy subculture. We should then as a group ask him to take those damn things off.

After 3 times caught using turn signals the user should be banned from ES forever. At least then he is not making us look foolish anymore.

And if a moderator is caught with turn signals....he should be considered biased...and his moderation status taken away immediately before he abuses his position to perpetuate the obnoxious behavior of using turn signals.

Oh....and the turn signal thread should be deleted immediately before it brainwashes some new safety minded fool.

We should show some lenience however if the rider is over age 70.

[TylerDurden]

Maybe he's joking... or maybe the elite optibike failed to include any such innovation.

[Ypedal]

Hmm...

New Rule time ?

" Antagonize a moderator = instant banning "

[Green Machine]

Sorry guys...

I thought it was obvious i Was just joking.

Didnt realize there were so many moderator watching this thread. I better tread carefully

Actually, i was taking a look at the optibike patent...and it was set up to include turn signals...and still has the capability in the controller...so you may see turnsignals in the opti in the future....however i have realized from owning an opti and posting a few times on the opti forums...it is marketed mostly to senior citizens. I do strongly believe that one opti does install turn signals they are finished as a company making ebikes

Have nothing again amberwolf...i really love the guy actually....im following closely his new build and think its awesome what he's trying to achieve. I am big into the recycle thing. in fact didnt even know until just now he was a moderator....woops. But i never meant bad will towards him.

Just trying to get a laugh...in fact the whole turn signal rant of mine in the thread itself i was just pouring it on thick thinking it was funny. i got to start writing JK a lot when i joke because i think its not obv enough.

I just think the concept of turn signals on a bike is so funny...like wearing a flashing police light on your helmet when your snow skiing or something. Its easy to poke fun at...and i do disagree that it makes you safe...but i know i shouldnt disagree so dramatically...but i was mostly joking. I really like people who put turn signals on their bike same way as i would like someone who wore a flashing police hat on his helmet skiing...i think its crazy extreme and i like extreme....but i would never do it.

sorry guys. keep up the good work...this forum is incredible.

And you really should consider taking steps to ban the prolification of turn signals....just joking

[AussieJester]

Hmm...

New Rule time ?

" Antagonize a moderator = instant banning "

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO then i would have
to take up another 'hobby' YPedalMaN

KiM

[Willow]

Taking the piss, moderator focused, would be something I'd like to see.

[amberwolf]

Sorry guys...

I thought it was obvious i Was just joking.

Not really, after the original turn signal debate thread; smilies help with figuring that out, though. Gotta stick those in there for stuff like this, ya know?

Didnt realize there were so many moderator watching this thread. I better tread carefully

It's a thread that commonly gets spammed, so every time it pops up to the top I look to see why (I do almost no moderating except spammer control).

No need to "tread carefully", but if you joke around, sounding so very serious in word/phrase choices, gotta use them smilies to belie it. Disagreement among people brings ideas and progress, often enough, so certainly nothing wrong with it, but if disagreements come to the point of the way your post *sounded* (that they should be banned and that those using them be banned/etc, too, very very harsh), that can be a problem, when an opposing viewpoint (like mine that they can be a good idea to voluntarily install and use, if one wants to) exists.

If everyone agreed on everything, it'd often be a boring world.

[Green Machine]

Amberwolf,

All those smiley faces are cheesy.

There aint many women posting on these forums whose idea was the smiley faces?

Someone should take those smiley faces off of here.

I think that anyone who over uses smiley faces should first be warned..second smiley face on one post they get a harsh heart to heart from a moderator....after 3 they are banned from the sphere forever. They are making us look dorky.

(Just joking)

Just testing...how was that?

[Green Machine]

Hey guys this is going to come out of the blue and i am sure you guys will get a good kick out of this next time your having beers together.

But how about making me a moderator? I want to be in the big guys club. I cant stand having amberwolf having a one up on me. You guys need a different voice like mine to get everyone stirred up....to many enginneers on here and not enough adventurers.

I want to do my own section which you guys are missing called "Electric Adventures"....put it in place of the beer section.

I will post an indepth story atleast once a week. I promise i will get it fired up...if i dont you can just fire me. I am offering to be a writer and moderator for you for free.

Here is my deal...i think people are spending more time on the computer on the sphere then they are going out and riding....

I want to make a forum where people can document there actual rides and there greatest adventures....

Make me a moderator and i will bring that section to life.

ANd i promise i wont abuse moderator priveledges....i just want to walk around wearing that badge so people stop picking on me.

By the way i am highly qualified....i single handedly created some huge chess forums which became pretty big a lot because of my controversial writing....i mean huge like 25,000 reads per thread.

I want to wear moderator on me like some kind of badge...just give me the badge and i promise only to use it against spammers!! Finally i will get some respect around here.

Also note that i am organizing a hill climb ride and will continue to organize events as Endless Sphere events and put in a lot of my time.

Come on guys what do you say...put a rookie in the big guys club...

Oh oh and i want one of those big 10000 gigahurtz electric 3d thing like the big guys have on my name instead of the little battery i got now....I want to be part of that club...my posts are so long its not fair they get counted as just one...one of you big guys over volt my post count and let me join you guys for beers on a mountain top somewhere!

Please let me in.

[TylerDurden]

But how about making me a moderator? I want to be in the big guys club. I cant stand having amberwolf having a one up on me. You guys need a different voice like mine to get everyone stirred up....to many enginneers on here and not enough adventurers.

I want to do my own section which you guys are missing called "Electric Adventures"....put it in place of the beer section.

I will post an indepth story atleast once a week. I promise i will get it fired up...if i dont you can just fire me. I am offering to be a writer and moderator for you for free.

Here is my deal...i think people are spending more time on the computer on the sphere then they are going out and riding....

I want to make a forum where people can document there actual rides and there greatest adventures....

Make me a moderator and i will bring that section to life.

ANd i promise i wont abuse moderator priveledges....i just want to walk around wearing that badge so people stop picking on me.

By the way i am highly qualified....i single handedly created some huge chess forums which became pretty big a lot because of my controversial writing....i mean huge like 25,000 reads per thread.

I want to wear moderator on me like some kind of badge...just give me the badge and i promise only to use it against spammers!! Finally i will get some respect around here.

Also note that i am organizing a hill climb ride and will continue to organize events as Endless Sphere events and put in a lot of my time.

Come on guys what do you say...put a rookie in the big guys club...

I hear they need moderators over at the V. You could rule the roost.

[neptronix]

V is for Voltage still exists?

Hey, what's the origin story on the exodus of people from V/volt to ES?

[Green Machine]

Come on tyler...you were suppose to be my biggest ally. Without you i have no hope.

Make me a moderator and i wont delete anything but spam...

But actually i would classify that whole turn signal thread as spam so i might just delete that thread before it does anymore damage.

And there are a few users i would like to put the clamps on....

Oh no just kidding I will be a good moderator i swear! Give me the badge and pistol!

[TylerDurden]

Hey, what's the origin story on the exodus of people from V/volt to ES?

Over-moderation.

Really.

[Willow]

V is for... is the most frustratingly over-moderated, overly complex (expansive and visually dissapointing), slow, boring, ev forum on the web.

why bother??

[Green Machine]

I love that you guys are such a liberal noninvasive group.

V is for voltage is for nerds...

So i was wondering is there any rule against bribing a moderator?

[Ypedal]

So i was wondering is there any rule against bribing a moderator?

Depends...

(** best dealt with via PM.. :shiftyeyes: )

[TylerDurden]

The guys volunteering to moderate are usually the last ones you want... Particularly if they are on a vendor's gravy-train.

If you don't like what you wrote someplace on ES, you can always edit it to make yourself feel better.

That doesn't guarantee someone hasn't cached it for future reference...

[fechter]

So i was wondering is there any rule against bribing a moderator?

There is no rule against bribing administrators either

[amberwolf]

Just remember that acceptance of a bribe does not guarantee the requested action as a result.

[AussieJester]

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....i just want to walk around wearing that badge so people stop picking on me.

.. it won't stop people picking on you or earn you respect, if you say something retarded, moderator "badge" or not your
going to get told about it.

KiM

[Ypedal]

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....i just want to walk around wearing that badge so people stop picking on me.

.. it won't stop people picking on you or earn you respect, if you say something retarded, moderator "badge" or not your
going to get told about it.

KiM

As it should be !

[amberwolf]

Correct. The "badge" does not earn you respect, nor courtesy, etc. Rather, respect and courtesy (both by you and for you) *could* earn you the "badge". I certainly didn't ask for mine, and I'm not even entirely sure it's a good idea, but it's there.

[AussieJester]

I good new rule would be eliminating any non e-bike references from members sigs
specifically bot-like members with 3 posts and links to WoW gold purchases
in their sig...for example.

KiM

[liveforphysics]

This forum has (had) more bickering and name calling than a forum I mod that is 10x larger, thanks to a very small handful of members.

Holy sh*t talking spam-bot batman. lol