[dohboi]

My access to TOD has recently been blocked, and I'm not sure why or how to get back on, or if I am welcome. I haven't been posting anything particularly offensive. Is there a way to get in touch with somebody over there that could at least explain what the issue was?

Has anyone else experienced this? Is the some kind of purge going on? Is it turning more pro-industry? Anti-GW?

Is it related to this?:

http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2012/05/conservative-thinktanks-step-up-attacks.html

[sjn]

I can still login there, but I mostly lurk. For what it's worth, my impression is it certainly seems more pro-industry, and if not anti-AGW, it certainly plays it down.

[AdTheNad]

I can log still log in, but don't post very much.

Looking at 9th May Drumbeat, the bottom about 10 articles are all about climate change, so I don't think they have suddenly received a cheque from the Heartland Institute.

[dolanbaker]

I can still log in OK, I seldom post there, perhaps they want to narrow the scope of discussion down to just oil depletion and its affects.

[dohboi]

Well, gw is certainly an effect of burning hydrocarbon fuel sources.

I think it must be something that I wrote that triggered some spam filter or something. (But of course it's always more fun to consider more sinister motives--paranoia being the spice of life, after all )

But it is not clear what one needs to do or who one has to contact to get reconnected. This happened once before and leanan explained that I would be back in within a day or two. So at first I just waited, but now its been over a week.

I mostly wondered if they had a new, more sensitive spam filter that I somehow tripped, and whether others have had similar experiences. It sounds so far like it's just little ol' me.

[seenmostofit]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dohboi', 'M')y access to TOD has recently been blocked, and I'm not sure why or how to get back on, or if I am welcome. Is the some kind of purge going on? Is it turning more pro-industry? Anti-GW?

[dohboi]

Yeah, Gail has some nice posts and insights sometimes, but she can certainly come off as an industry shill sometimes, or at least as incredibly naive wrt corporate interests, influence and power.

[Cog]

Some of us like going to the one place on the internet that we can get away from your scare-mongering GW posts. It was all rather boring and I support your banning from there so the adults can have a reasonable conversation without you spamming every thread with your doom scenarios.

Isn't spamming five different boards enough for you?

[dohboi]

LOL. Well, I hope you enjoy the respite from me there. Meanwhile, I will continue "spamming" this and other boards with truth (which, to paraphrase Harry Truman, apparently sounds like hell to you).

[WebHubbleTelescope]

Dohboi,
If it is any consolation, I constantly get booted off of TOD and sent to the corner for a week or two. I spend a lot of time second-guessing what I will write about. What I have found out is that the worst thing you can do is complain about a post getting deleted, so I don't --- except here where I can now complain without fear of banishment

Moderator's Note: COC 3.1.8 Messages devoid of content: This includes posts with nonsense characters (ie. flksdhf). This also includes posts with a single word or only containing emoticons. This includes posts on "why was my post deleted", off-topic posts, threadjacking, complaining about links, unedited reposts, repeated mod evasion, and trolling. -FL

I am glad you posted this and always read your comments. I appreciate the AGW discussions because anything to do with climate has a strong relationship to sustainability issues.

[BobInget]

Make sure you STAY logged on. I doubt there is any anamus toward a particular poster.
TOD's entrance gate is rather dodgy and falls off a cliff from time to time.
Having too many passwords, I sometimes mix them up. This could happen.

I find the level of discourse at TOD, on energy matters, some of the best on the web.
So awed by expertize represented, I keep opinions to myself, lurking and learning.

[Cog]

It is the best place on the internet to discuss energy precisely because they drop the ban-hammer from time to time on people who continually high-jack threads with their own agenda.

Something Dohboi should take heed to.

[dolanbaker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BobInget', 'M')ake sure you STAY logged on. I doubt there is any anamus toward a particular poster.
TOD's entrance gate is rather dodgy and falls off a cliff from time to time.
Having too many passwords, I sometimes mix them up. This could happen.

I find the level of discourse at TOD, on energy matters, some of the best on the web.
So awed by expertize represented, I keep opinions to myself, lurking and learning.

[rockdoc123]

well my view here is that TOD is large on science and facts and doesn't put up much with "perception or feeling" which is about 180 degrees from this site. The "experts" who post there don't always get it right, they often are talking about subjects they are not expert in but it does attract people who are actual experts who will make comment and as a consequence it is a great place to go and learn if you aren't knowledgeable in that area. There is less tolerance on that site for people who are scientifically challenged and that's a good thing.

[Expatriot]

Every site is going to have its gives and takes.
It seems that 1/2 the content on this site is AGW stuff, with the CC crowd being militant and loud.
If one were only interested in discussing FF issues or the PO issue, the oil drum would make a good choice, I suppose.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Expatriot', 'E')very site is going to have its gives and takes.
It seems that 1/2 the content on this site is AGW stuff, with the CC crowd being militant and loud.
If one were only interested in discussing FF issues or the PO issue, the oil drum would make a good choice, I suppose.

[dorlomin]

Most of the climate stuff is kept in the enviroment forum. It is a major part of future choices for energy at the policy level and for people who are prepping to keep tabs on various opinios of where we are headed, and by hell there are a lot of opinions to chose from.

Cant really see anyway to complain about on topic posts in a sub forum designated for them.

People going off topic outside that forum should be politely corrected and suggest they explore that branch of the issue in the relevant forum.

[dolanbaker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ctually, as I look at the new posts I'd say more then half of the topics have to do here with politics, the economy and pop culture. At least AGW is related to our hydrocarbon use.

[Loki]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'w')ell my view here is that TOD is large on science and facts and doesn't put up much with "perception or feeling" which is about 180 degrees from this site. The "experts" who post there don't always get it right, they often are talking about subjects they are not expert in but it does attract people who are actual experts who will make comment and as a consequence it is a great place to go and learn if you aren't knowledgeable in that area. There is less tolerance on that site for people who are scientifically challenged and that's a good thing.

[Expatriot]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Expatriot', 'E')very site is going to have its gives and takes.
It seems that 1/2 the content on this site is AGW stuff, with the CC crowd being militant and loud.
If one were only interested in discussing FF issues or the PO issue, the oil drum would make a good choice, I suppose.