What forum issues are you most concerned about?

I think Toast is just saying that he doesn't like the idea of the staff disclosing personal information, such as location, to everybody else.

I don't consider myself paranoid. I don't really mind having my location posted either. I just don't like the idea of using somebody's location to justify banning them, even if they did lie about it in the first place. I just considered it a bad thing to do when it came to Matt and his location. I think justifying banning somebody from their IP address only is only justified when it comes to multi-accounts and not much else.

Oh wow. I just tried tracking my own IP address to see how accurate it was, and it was 150km off.

But that's not that point. Toast is upset that Stalin decided to tell people that Matt's location was a lie.

All IP addresses are collected passively for security & legal reasons & don't worry toast the staff aren't going to reveal that you live in Michigan!

Who's justifying banning people who lie about their location?

Matt isn't banned. He left, deleted his account.

Sigh. I've already addressed this issue HERE, but it looks like I'll have to do it again.
Matt was never banned because he lied about his location. He had his moderator status provisionally removed, because Stalin had doubts about Matt's legitimacy. Stalin took it public because Matt kept dodging the issue in private and Stalin wanted answers. What you're saying is manipulative rubbish. No normal forum member would be punished at all for lying about their identity or location, but Matt wasn't a normal forum member. Stalin didn't just lend Matt a book. He entrusted Matt with great deal of control over the site, which Stalin has poured a countless amount of hours and effort into. I see absolutely nothing wrong with Stalin wanting to clear up issues with a person in that situation of control over treasured property. When confronted with these accusations, Matt gave a false and flimsy explanation, and then left entirely of his own accord, like a coward. He was never punished at all, his account was deleted upon request.

thx bro that put me at ease hopefully they'll never know

In truth, I haven't looked at it from the moderator responsibilities point of view and it does make sense. I think Stalin really should have thought about his real location first before making him a moderator in the first place. I don't think it warrants calling him a "coward", however. He seemed relatively embarrassed by the whole ordeal. In fear of derailing the thread, I'll leave it at that. There was quite a bit of confusion surrounding the event and I didn't really understand what was going on and decided to spam the thread instead of read your explanation.

Apart from that, there aren't much issues that I have with the forum. Maybe people have to get a better sense of humor.

This is a must.

Cheflegel and Napolean issue still bugs me, from time to time..

Cheflegel is active on the /r/ Communism sub-reddit.

You can't be serious.

And the Lesbians,gay,bisexual,transexual (LGBT) sub reddit.. So... we already knew that..

I agree with you there.

Maybe coward is too harsh, but something similar. He could have admitted his mistake and come clean, like a man. Instead, he took the easy way out by weakly maintaining the lie in a nonchalant and flippant manner (as if he thought that would work), and then fled. He couldn't face the issue head on. I guess people do that all the time, but in my eyes they're all cowardly when that happens, and deep down inside they know it too.

I think enough has been said about the issue, and I'm going to drop it too. Please, no one else raise it again.

As for forum issues, there isn't much. Mine are just minor personal issues.
I don't like the way some discussions can get heated, pedantic, spiteful or personal, but this seems to be happening quite a lot less in the past few months.
I don't like how some people just come along and shit on other people's ideas, without giving reasons.
I don't like how some forums members are just pessimistic and negative all the time, and always only focus on the bad side of things.
I don't like how some (seemingly intelligent) forum members believe and accept the rubbish certain other forum members spew out. I know that people can have different opinions, but almost all of the stuff Kali said in his comeback post was so incorrect, unfair, biased, manipulative, crazy and straight up filth that it made me sick. Yet quite a few people here swallowed it right down.

I too am concerned about the activity levels on the forums.

And Shaw, I am not 'pissing my pants' right now. Why should I?
I have been aware that the mods could track my position ever since I joined the site.
The Kura Affair cemented that fact.
I only hold my concern for ****s who cannot keep their mouths shut and insist on blabing to everyone.
If they choose to devulge their own locations, that is not my problem.
My location is another matter.
I have already spoken to a number of the moderators on the issue and am reasonably assured that THEY at least have some semblence of honesty and honor and will not betray my position for their own gain.
I have furthermore reviewed the rules and had a discussion with Stalin about the worst-case-scenerio and am reasonably satisfied with what he assured me would be the administrative response to a violation of my information.

Bear in mind that those who have already joined this forums have already consented to giving an email address to the administration when they logged in. I highly doubt that many of the forum members took the security measure of creating a new email account for the sole purpose of joining this site. Therefore, what damage can be done to an individual by handing out their email address like candied nuts on winter solstice can easily be visited upon the members of this forum by the whim of the administration or any of its arms. However, I do not fear this, because I have already placed a modicum of trust and faith in the administration to respect the privacy of others.

As for Matt, I do not blame Stalin for his departure, but I do not agree with what Stalin believes.
I hold that the proof presented is insufficient to really determine either way. The curse of the internet.

People forget that Matt was kinda trying to fade away and leave anyway. It's not like Matt was the most active member at the time and then just went high tail and ran all of a sudden. He just saw it as the perfect time to actually depart the forums.

People don't praise enough to Stalin or me! That is the issue and I suggest we should have a Stalin Rally Post!

Shaw, you filthy mexican hippy. Don't be so smug. It is obvious what they meant, and you are hardly the person to criticize someone for bad grammar.
And, maaaaaaaan Im like so fucking high maaaaaaan XD is not a valid excuse.

You may be right, but it is impossible for you to know for certain whether Matt lied about his location. It is utterly ridiculous for you to claim that he was. Your evidence is inconclusive, and this is a baseless assumption.

Hey man, I didn't get high today! And grammar does piss me off, I've just never called people out on it because other people usually do. Or did.