I don’t presume to “run the place”
If SB wants a “Rude Points ” system, I’ll go with it.
The man does all the technical work to keep the sight going, and apparently
some policing as well.
Me Think Thou Doth Protest Too Much
I’d say both are what market allows them to be.
Western companies can get away with way higher prices (and way higher costs) because western buyers trust them more. They sell fewer lights, but with higher price (and margins). In China competition is much fiercer and so margins are lower.
But this is not a steal, Chinese pricing still enables the sellers and the manufacturers to make profits.
Hi everyone, I recognize that there are occasionally problems with misuse of the Rude! button, but such cases are the exceptions rather than the rule. At the moment, the amount of all BLF users that currently have rudeness points is 4. Of them, SubSailorVet is one, as he mentioned here, and his is indeed a case of abuse where another user is mad at him and is misusing the button on him. That user can be easily identified and will be dealt with accordingly by me. As for the other three users that have rudeness points, one of them just has 1 point for a post they made in this thread that was not at all rude, so I’m willing to chalk that up to a joke or somebody trying to prove their point that it hurts when you get a Rude! hit. (Please don’t do that.) The other two users that currently have a rudeness score made posts that were clearly and indisputably rude. So there is no wide-scale abuse of the button, and the system is of great use to me when moderating in order to determine whether posts that I believe to be rude are also perceived as such by other users.
There was also an interesting use of the Rude! button just the other day when a vendor accidentally posted a screenshot with customers’ personal information, probably while I was offline and unable to respond quickly. But that post was quickly and gracefully removed by other users that hit the Rude! button on it, which was definitely the appropriate action.
I think its rude for any of us to post in a thread about rude people wanting to take away a rude button, and rude people using the rude button :partying_face:
Speaking of rude, what happened to the please dont quote quote thread?
Saw that… It was marked with 4 new posts that I could not see when I noticed. Was wondering if one of them 4 posts was the culprit, or the general nonsense that led up to the last 4 posts lol
Personally, I don’t usually care which words people use… I care more about the underlying message. I mean, slurs are still to be avoided, particularly ones with a bloody history, but common “four letter words” seem pretty harmless. And some pretty harmful things can be said with flowery words.
I recognize that goes against both local convention and mainstream culture though, so it’s generally a good idea to follow that instead. As they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do…
… even if the Romans were invasive imperialist jerks.
I had no intent to belittle anyone, I was only suggesting to let it stay so people that won’t call someone out can get the last word. I guess my wording made it sound belittling. I call it how I see it and don’t sugar coat what I say. Sorry if I offended anyone.