[GreenKeys] Ed Sharpe

[Paul Heller]

Wow, I had no idea. Moderation is surely a tough job.

Gil, thank you for all that you do. I fully support your decision. That was way too much energy for you to exert for a single member.

You deserve a good sleep.

Paul

> On Dec 19, 2016, at 11:29 PM, Gil Smith <gil at baudot.net> wrote:
> 
> I hate dealing with this stupid shit.  I have work to do, bills to pay, and life is too frickin' short...
> 
> For years now, "many" greenkeys members have been complaining that Ed Sharpe has been bogarting this forum.  I have had to intervene and try to patch things up, to keep things running smoothly.  A couple of years ago I put him on moderation to calm things down, and a few months later let him wander free in the wild again, hoping he learned a lesson.
> 
> A few weeks ago it came to a head again when someone called him out on all his vague rambling posts.  He called my cell phone at 9:30 that night to "talk about it."  I did not answer.  But I put him on moderation.
> 
> He had 138 posts in November, an absurd number of posts for any member.  Most were one-liner nonsense.
> 
> For several weeks, I have been quietly discarding 3/4 of his (now moderated) posts, but letting a few rational posts through.  
> 
> He was today again on a rant with many posts (you did not see most of them, since I have him moderated), and after not getting his way, he called my cell phone at 10:30 tonight, and left a 3-minute message about this tty shit in California.
> 
> That did it.  10:30?  Really?  I need to leave my cell phone on in case my 86-yo mother has a problem, and I do not need to be woken up by this silly nonsense.
> 
> Ed# has been deleted from greenkeys.  This is only the second time I have taken such drastic measures -- years ago some joker would not stop with personal-opinion political posts, and I deleted him.  This makes two times in 20+years as moderator that I have asserted greenkeys executive power.  I try to stay out of things -- I really do.  But don't piss me off.
> 
> So, you can call me an ass, vote to have me replaced, or whatever, but I have no more patience for this nonsense.  
> 
> If this was a modern forum, everyone would be able to easily block crap from specific individuals, and never see it.  But this is an old-school email list, a "reflector" as some call it, and there are no such controls.
> 
> I need to get some sleep.
> 
> gil
> 
> 
> 
> gil smith, AF7EZ
> greenkeys moderator
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