I'm pretty sure she's one of the new mods.
The symptoms are undeniable - extreme prudishness, deleting every image that shows any kind of skin...
... it's as if this lady has never been to
- a beach
- nightclub
- live theatre
- heck, even to a CZone party!
She's like DV's Taleban: Everything is done according to the strict interpretation of the Sharia...
This also explains perfectly the reluctance of mods to reveal their regular DV names. Because these were candidates that were initially shot down by the community as being unsuitable to become a mod. That's why they don't want anyone to know who they are.
Funny thing is, I have nothing against her: The majority of my past interactions with her have been courteous. I have benefited from some of the links and references she's provided in the past. However, I think our views on morality, freedom of expression, as well as what constitutes pornography, might be quite different.
Raging Poodle! wrote:
I'm pretty sure she's one of the new mods.[/div] [div] The symptoms are undeniable - extreme prudishness, deleting every image that shows any kind of skin...
That's her alright. Apparently she has some major issues with, well, anything and everything that doesn't fit her narrow little world view. See, if she posts something then by definition it must be "okay", but everything else comes under review by Grand Ayatollah Academe.
She needs to get laid, drink a beer, and STFU. She's so f*cking tense even her hair is clenched.
Interesting. It has just been brought to my attention that academe is back as a mod. I thought she had quit her modding job.
At least.... that was what I got from her last email. *confused*
Lise wrote:
Interesting. It has just been brought to my attention that academe is back as a mod. I thought she had quit her modding job.
DID SHE QUIT OR WAS SHE FIRED?
She said she quit. "Real life" calls according to her and now I find that she's back.... presumably under a different handler name. I am confused about the real academe now.
Whatever it is, I have no grudge against her. She's done nothing to me so I wish her only the best.
Oh also she's such a noob...
Check out this salvaged bit of exchange just before the thread got deleted:
[TABLE id=Table2 style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: midnightblue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0] [TBODY] [TR bgColor=whitesmoke] [TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" vAlign=top align=left]WHATAJOKE[/TD] [TD colSpan=2][img title="" height=15 alt="" hspace=3 src="vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_posticon.gif" width=15 border=0][FONT size=1]Posted - 6/11/2006 7:50:31 PM[/FONT] [HR noShade SIZE=1] Don't think for a minute that I won't recognize your "dv speech!" [img alt="" src="vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon/hae18.gif" border=0] Seriously, don't say that you'll be leaving and then come back!
[FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size=4]Are you going to f*cking delete this thread too?[/FONT]
[DIV align=right][A href="vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=90305#top"][img height=15 src="vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_go_up.gif" width=15 align=right border=0][/A][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR bgColor=gainsboro] [TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" vAlign=top align=left]YVR_Mod[/TD] [TD colSpan=2][img title="" height=15 alt="" hspace=3 src="vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_posticon.gif" width=15 border=0][FONT size=1]Posted - 6/11/2006 7:51:28 PM[/FONT] [HR noShade SIZE=1] Relax WHATAJOKE, curses' IP is listed in the mod database along with various aliases. That's how I knew it was curses.
Now as for you WHATAJOKE, your IP is new, but the first four digits point you to someone named Raging Poodle! I could be wrong. [img alt="" src="vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon/icon_smile_wink.gif" border=0]
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Ok, there're a number of issues here:
For one, obviously there're other DVers who can see right through her as well. I was not that whatajoke character. I saw only bits of this exchange before I had to go back to the kitchen.
When I returned, the thread was long gone. (The above was salvaged from cache).
This brings me to another point: What's with this new habit (that came with the new mod) of creating a "mod in da house" thread leaving it 15-20 mins, and then deleting it? It's annoying.
Sometimes there's an exchange that I want DV owners to see... but it doesn't stay around long enough.
You can always contact Mike.
[A href="mailto:
[email protected]"]
[email protected][/A]
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I forgot to add the funny part - the part that shows what a noob she is:
> Now as for you WHATAJOKE, your IP is new, but the first four digits point you to someone named Raging Poodle! I could be wrong.
Not only was she dead wrong, but she also proved that she's totally clueless when it comes to reading and interpreting IP numbers.
I'm no expert myself, but at the most basic level - IP numbers are read and displayed in segments of 3, not 4.
So looking at the first 1 or 2 segments of anyone's IP would only tell her something about a person's general domain, and nothing else.
So what she's saying is no different than walking up to someone walking down the the street downtown and telling them:
"You look like you're walking in downtown Vancouver."
Duh. [A onclick="addImg('icon/icon_smile_shy.gif')" href="jvascript:void(0)"](//vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_smile_shy.gif)[/A]
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purelife wrote:
Raging Poodle, WHATAJOKE was me! I'm sure that deep down inside her, she knows that I completely despise her.
Ha ha, of all people WHATAJOKE was none other than the infamous poolife! [A onclick="addImg('icon/icon_smile_big.gif')" href="jvascript:void(0)"](//vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_smile_big.gif)[/A]
But can't she tell the difference in our styles? You don't write like me at all!
Also, I've been meaning to ask you: Why do you hate her?
For me she's noob, prudish and all - but I harbor no ill feelings against her. I don't take her seriously, but then I don't take DV seriously either...
So, why the h8? [A onclick="addImg('icon/icon_smile_cool.gif')" href="jvascript:void(0)"](//vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_smile_cool.gif)[/A]
Academe is a cow. She can try and have me banned.
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I could write like you if I wanted to Raging Poodle! (//forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif)
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Lise wrote:
She said she quit. "Real life" calls according to her and now I find that she's back.... presumably under a different handler name. I am confused about the real academe now.
That was the original plan: to confuse you. She knows that you're in contact with other DVers, so if she said to one person that she was back then everyone else would know about it... (presumably, through you)
So what she did with you was kind of like a botched PR attempt: to plant seeds of doubt, to keep people wondering: Is she a mod or not...
But it didn't work out - not for long anyway.
> You can always contact Mike.
By the time Mike looked at anything, the thread would be long gone.
purelife wrote:
[SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"]I could write like you if I wanted to Raging Poodle! [/SPAN](//forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif)
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[DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"]Ha ha! Nice try.
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[DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"]But that toolbar is not perfectly aligned now - tsk, tsk...
> You can always contact Mike.
yeah that's always worked so well in the past. :) writing him is inneffective at best from what i hear.
i believe DV's formula is to keep the forum in a perpetual state of controlled chaos so as to maximize hits and revenue.
If enough people bitched about it he might do something. [A onclick="addImg('icon/icon_smile_shy.gif')" href="jvascript:void(0)"](//vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_smile_shy.gif)[/A]
Purelife . please email me . you should still have my email from the former dv party. get togeather. i need to hear from the other side of things.
i have heard all sorts of things . just what in the hell is going on these days . i miss so much shit cause of work .
Raging Poodle! wrote:
I forgot to add the funny part - the part that shows what a noob she is:
> Now as for you WHATAJOKE, your IP is new, but the first four digits point you to someone named Raging Poodle! I could be wrong.
Not only was she dead wrong, but she also proved that she's totally clueless when it comes to reading and interpreting IP numbers.
I'm no expert myself, but at the most basic level - IP numbers are read and displayed in segments of 3, not 4.
So looking at the first 1 or 2 segments of anyone's IP would only tell her something about a person's general domain, and nothing else.
So what she's saying is no different than walking up to someone walking down the the street downtown and telling them:
"You look like you're walking in downtown Vancouver."
Duh. [A onclick="addImg('icon/icon_smile_shy.gif')" href="jvascript:void(0)"](//vny!://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/icon_smile_shy.gif)[/A]
This is the clincher. It smacks of academe's habit of pretending to speak conclusively about things she doesn't know anything about and her tendency not to read a question or post properly and instead just to give her preferred, though irrelevant view.
[DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"]Ha ha! Nice try.
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[DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"]But that toolbar is not perfectly aligned now - tsk, tsk...
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There's no pleasing you, huh? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Sad/2.gif)
[FONT color=#a040ff]Orik, you can always register here so that you can PM me. I prefer it that way but I did manage to email you.[/FONT]
You know, I said I was going to leave her alone because it was my understanding that the twat had been sacked. Now she's back apparently. I can't imagine that DV is so hard-up for mods that they are keeping this rabid fascist on the crew. I think it's more a case, again, of Mike's complete disregard for the state of DV and what his representatives on it do in the name of his organization.
So who's more to blame, Academe, who's only following her rather warped, prudish and obsessive nature, or Mike, who was stupid enough to sign her up?
Speak on it, Swot4, speak on it.
tenkani wrote:
So who's more to blame, Academe, who's only following her rather warped, prudish and obsessive nature, or Mike, who was stupid enough to sign her up?
Funny thing is everyone can see her presence on board, simply because of the way the place is being moderated, yet mods and admins are vehemently denying that she's one of the mods.
As for Mike, I think he's just looking for an easy way out. I don't think that he gives a rat's arse about the board, unless it starts causing him more headaches than it's worth. Then he makes a usual brief appearance... which really doesn't lead to any changes anyway.
I have 0, absolute zero, faith left in DV. They're inconsistent and unreliable. I don't respect them. I don't trust them.
Posting anything worthwhile on DV is the biggest waste of time and energy. Simply because all your efforts could be wasted by some psycho mod who has no respect for the thought you've put into creating that thread.
damn, yo
damn name works here good night Raging Poodle!
(//forums/richedit/smileys/8.gif) .
Aha, I was just passing through DV...ok, honestly I was looking for the kind of pointless babble I've come to expect late night at DV, anyway I just found something interesting.
X has acknowledged that Academe was a mod, but stated that he had been told she stopped modding recently. So there you go. It's no longer idle speculation. And by extension, Academe lied when she flatly denied being a mod (repeatedly). You know, if it was me I would just try to avoid answering, because once you've comitted to an untruth, when the real deal comes out you end up looking like a sleazy manipulator.
But maybe I'm being too harsh...
EDIT: I just read the posts again and I was off a bit. X said that he had been [span style="text-decoration: underline;"]told Academe was a mod by someone he knows. He didn't say that he knew for a fact she's a mod, so I apologize for the misquote. It's late?? [/span][img style="font-weight: bold;" src="vny!://www.motleycrow.com/ImageHost/icon_smile_blush.gif"]
In any case, based on her own comments, the type of threads that have been deleted so far and the testimony of her friend Orik, she's a mod. There is more evidence that she's a mod but unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to disclose it at this time.
...and then again, maybe not.