Forum: DAZ|Studio


Subject: The end is near

manleystanley opened this issue on Dec 27, 2011 · 80 posts


blondie9999 posted Thu, 29 December 2011 at 12:32 PM

Ha, Male_M3dia, you just haven't had enough coffee yet.

Of all the various obnoxious and disruptive behaviors people in forums can engage in, one of the most annoying-- yet hardest to define in a ToS-- is simply being a pest.  Making a request is fine and dandy-- but if you've been told "no" many times, and still insist on making the same request over and over and over, bringing it up again and again even in threads where it's not relevant, then you're not engaging in "constructive criticism"; you're just being a pest.

Real-world stores don't put up with pests.  Try this:  Go to your local supermarket.  Complain about some aspect of the check-out process and demand that it be changed.  You don't like the brand of cash registers the store uses... or you don't like the fact that the clerks use electronic scanners rather than keying in the numbers by hand... or you don't like the color of the store's logo on the bags... or... whatever.  Whatever it is, complain about it and demand that it be changed.  Ask to speak to the store manager.

The first time around, the store manager will listen and nod and explain why things are done the way they are and why the store isn't going to change them.

Refuse to accept that.  Go back again and again, day after day-- or better yet, several times a day-- and complain to anybody and everybody, whether they want to hear it or not.  Pester the clerks.  Pester the other customers.  Pester the guy behind the meat counter.  Pester the stock-boy.  Pester the security guard.

See how long it is before the store manager warns you that if you keep it up, you will no longer be welcome in the store.  Ignore that, and keep it up.  Then see how long it is before you're told to leave and not come back.

DAZ has put up with far more crap in its forums than any real-world store would ever tolerate.  And then, when DAZ finally does become fed up and bans someone, DAZ is accused of "censorship," of violating people's "right" to free speech (even though, on a commercial web site, they have no such "right" to start with), of trying to suppress any and all criticism, and blah-blah-blah.

 Look at the whole .zip file thing.  How many times now, over a period of YEARS, has DAZ said that it WILL NOT switch to using .zip files?  How many times does DAZ have to repeat that?  What part of "NO" don't people understand?

And yet, some people go right on ragging on and on and bloody ON about .zip files.

Well, sorry-- if you've been told "no" over and over and you keep on harping about the same thing, then guess what?  YOU have a problem. 

Maybe you just can't accept that you're in a minority and don't speak for THE MAJORITY!! of customers.  Maybe you think YOUR convenience should take precedence over all other considerations.  Maybe you just can't stand being told "no."  Maybe you're paranoid and terrifed that that nasty old intsaller is "doing things" to your computer behind your back.

Whatever your problem is, accept that it is YOUR problem, and get over it, already.

I mean, hell's bells!!  We all have things we don't like about this or that.  I don't like the fact that my damn online banking service keeps asking for me to answer the "security" questions every time I log in.  I don't like the fact that a lot of online businesses don't take PayPal but instead require me to use my PayPal debit card.  And speaking of that, it pisses me me off that transfers between PayPal and my bank take anywhere from two to four days or more to go through.  Why?  It's a damn electronic transfer; it ought to happen instantly.  As for real-world businesses, I don't like the fact that nearly every store and restaurant insists upon playing crappy "Christmas" music from December 1 until December 26 or later.  I don't like the fact that NONE of the grocery stores near me carries Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning... or El Guapo Pollo Asado seasoning... or Tabasco Chipotle sauce... or... or... or...

I don't like the fact that the one decent furniture store in my area had to close because the greedy-ass landlord decided to double its rent.  I don't like the fact that my favorite little neighborhood restraurant is closed on Mondays... or that another favorite little restaurant is closed on Tuesdays.  I don't like the fact that the producer of one of my favorite products appears to have gone out of business.  I don't like the fact that off-street parking in my area costs so much that only very well-off people can afford to have cars.  I don't like the fact that the cost of everything (well, almost everything) just keeps going up and up and up. 

Life is full of annoyances.  You just deal with them and find a way to get around them. If you don't-- and if you keep harping on and on and on and bloody ON about one of those annoyances, then.... YOU have a problem.  Whether you want to accept it or not is up to you-- but expecting others to put up endlessly with your ranting and complaining about it is simply not reasonable.