Melanie.....this is exactly why I have a low tolerance for dickheads who think they have a right to comment irrespective of whether they actually have a brain or even the slightest inkling of what they are looking at.
What is worse, they will embark on a journey that sees themselves trying to be even more creative with the next 'put down' than they were with the previous....and then enlist a following of arse-licking yes-men followers to illuminate their genius.
Eventually, through one artifice or another the admins are made aware of the miscreants in our midst and steps are taken.
Step one....respond to obvious problem comments.
Step two...put them on the 'watch list'.
Step three....watch and wait.
Step four...warn.
Step five....silence....via 'Exile' or 'Visitor' status.
Wincustomize.com is a skinning site....for skinners...to display and distribute their skins.
Users of such skins come second.
Commenting on works, as with all interaction with the site is a privilege, NOT a right.
Rights 'may' be inalienable....but privileges can be removed.
Now....I'll post 2 comments in their entirety that caught my eye....and were removed.
These are general examples of considerably more which were much alike, and several were far worse [also removed].
Freaking ugly. What can I say?
In addition, I believe that the skin quality reflects on the creator's appearance in real life. Therefore, I believe that baybboy is a excrement-covered, spotty, diabetic, overweight piece of lard that leaves behind a train of slime when he walks.
by Citizen Transcendence - 4/24/2004 9:23:34 PM
embarrassing. Why did you make this skin?
You seem to have made a TON of skins in a few days - they are all REALLY REALLY bad. stop making skins in a day or two by simply taking graphics found on the internet and pasting them together and submitting it as a 'skin.' Seriously, who the f*ck uses this sort of skin? It's bulky and ugly. I don't care if you make bad skins - it is your reputation that suffers, not mine.
by Citizen LoverOFPoo - 4/24/2004 10:56:27 PM
Now, these fine gentlemen, along with Sadaam Insane and Osama Bin Laden have been 'removed' so further comment will not be happening. It's notable that their UserIDs are from 1.05 mill to 1.13 mill.....making them 'new', as in this year.
See....I personally couldn't give a toss about these 'users' who are not skinners....not when they indulge in personal attack and insult which results in a fellow skinner removing her works.
IT IS THIS WORK'S REMOVAL THAT REFLECTS POORLY ON THE SITE, not the bunch of 'children' whose status is now between 'exile' and 'visitor'.
This sort of crap has no place on Wincustomize.com.....and won't be tolerated.
Sure, constructive criticism is good....even 'this sucks' is legitimate....but personal attack in particular will see you gone and your feet won't touch the floor.
Melanie.... sanity has been restored with certain comments being removed from your works....if you would like them back up again....[the works, not the comments] let me know and I'll fix it...
