[quote=ātipptops*ā]My Take on it allā¦
afr has backed himself into quite a corner.
There was a major incident in the gaa online community many moons ago and there was what can only be described as a meltdown. the afr site found itself in the middle of this war and after it all died down there was an agreement made between the top dog in Premierview and afr himself. Both sites agreed to block off each others names, to not allow individuals to be named and generally stamp down on all things related to the feud.
There were suspicions raised from both sides as to whether the other side in the argument was holding to the deal. Premierview were adamant afr was in the wrong and made no qualms about it. But there was no hard and fast proof.
Meanwhile,
One fine day it was discovered that the poster āCormacā posted up and article that had originally been sent to an individual named āLiam Cahillā. liamcahill@indigo.com.
This led many to believe that Cormac was in fact afr himself. So what one might say. āCormacā then inadvertantly repiled to a question put to the user named āfallonā. This led many to believe that āfallonā was also afr himself. āGaelic followerā was quicly added to the list of afr aliases along with the long before known alias of āTammanyā which was used to put up soft porn pictures. Nothing wrong with that except why not just use your normal log in instead of using an alias? āTipperhairyā has since been proved to be either another alias os a āhelperā of moderation on the site.
So what, one might very well askā¦the chap has a load of aliases. wow big deal. but here is the crunch. Some posters went digging and found many posts by ācormacāāfallonā etc in which the author of the posts make sly digs at the demise of premierview. In fact premierview was only down temporarily but the delight in the authors posts at its possible demise was unmistakable. Then in a further twist ācormacāāfallonā names the top dog on Premierview by his 1st name and accuses him of underpants obsession and what not. So what?
Not alone had afr allowed such comments to stay up on his websire it has transipired that he himself had made the comments and made them afrās choice! However when it broke that he had been rumbled these threads were quickly demoted and anyone who questioned what had happened has been bannedā¦
You see, the man is in quite a cornerā¦if he admits he made the posts, it shows that the PV crew were right all along, and that the man cannot be believed and is quite a petty individual.
If he doesnāt admit he made the posts he will continually have to contend with people questioning him on his own website. What is he going to do? Ban everyone?
Iād say 95% of posters on afr know it was afr posting under the aliases. He is a bit of a laughing stock really but when you have been posting on one site for such a long time it is hard to press the off button and walk off. If people are quite happy to post away on the site knowing they canāt believe a word of what is said by the administrater, then fair play to them.
My own story. I questioned the big Kahuna and then one day I went to log in and found I was not able to. I asked why I couldnāt and was I banned but it was denied that I had been banned (because there wouldnāt have been a proper reason) I then set up a new username very simillar to my old one and I had many threads closed, replies deleted etc etc. However, its his baby and he can do what he wants with it. The only problem I have is that he wonāt come out and just say āYouāve been banned and I donāt want you posting here anymoreā instead of the usual denials and half truths. Ther are many posters over there that would also like him to come clean about the cormac/fallon affair but he wonāt. Anyone that brings it up is banned.
Anyhooooā¦thats my two cents worthā¦[/quote]
Wasnāt it a case that your username was replaced with something else? He still hasnāt replied to my e-mail asking why I was banned, ot to any posts Iāve made as Dr Zoidberg*. He claims that you only get banned if you break the forum rules, which I most certainly have not. I took issue with cormac or fallon taking delight in the alleged demise of PV, and the other one then answered the question, I pointed this out, and got banned shortly after.
All very petty stuff from AFR. Itās the middle of the GAA championship season, and the place is like a ghost town today, if thatās the way he wants it, fair enough.