The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139080   Message #3186860
Posted By: Max
13-Jul-11 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: From Max: State of The Mudcat Address
Subject: From Max: State of The Mudcat Address
So, I'll keep this short. Mostly only relevant to UK mudcatters. I beg of the unaware, unaffected and uninformed to just keep moving, there is nothing to see here...

We have a troll. A very persistent troll. This troll is using a political affiliation (UK) as a very effective antagonizing tool. Actual religious or political affiliations, strategies, adamant personal beliefs, etc. are always uncertain and completely unimportant to the troll dilemma. Their religion and political party is Troll. They identify YOUR most sincere and adamant personal beliefs and stances and become the exact opposite... Sociopathic Judo Rhetoric... they use YOUR energy (dogma) to distress you.

Measures that are being taken until further notice:

Temporarily, we have to delete any mention of the political party or this situation until further notice. Trolls are using searches as a tool, and we cannot allow them to find anything.

New members are not being accepted until further notice.
Well, not completely true. If you come visit me, shake my hand, tell me a story, let me photocopy your passport... then I'll create one for you.

Personal Messages is in lockdown until further notice.
YES, we are sorry that you really need to get in and check something, and NO we will not let you in to get it nor get it for you. Sorry.

We will not discuss this, publicly or privately.
The reaction from members to the Troll has been significantly more damaging to mudcat.org than the Troll itself. We do not have the time to correspond with angry mobs AND fix the problems at the same time. Apologies, but I'm confident that we chose wisely.

*** This does not mean the Troll has won. The troll was already the winner when he got here. ***

Lastly, this is all my fault, my doing and bidding. Joe and the rest of the VOLS are standing down or operating at my direct and specific requests until further notice. They deserve no blame, please treat the VOLS nicely, they are working very hard in a troubling time FOR FREE. Do not engage them in debates or conversations about any of this, they cannot influence the situation and I've asked them not to talk about it.

In short, there's gonna be a lot of deleting going on, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. Our community is in trouble and we need to be aggressive now.

Thank you for your patience and silence during this endeavor.

It is not with pleasure that we wield the heavy hand.