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Yea Man wrote:

Grumpy wrote:

The thread has gone its been taken off

Got a bit carried away there I asked him civily if he'd delete my account and he refused on more than one occasion!

Although if he's saying somebody text him saying I gave my password out then somebody on here is in his pocket

Not necessarily. Anybody could look at ATD without being logged in. He could have seen your post and then lied about getting the text to hide the fact that he has been looking at this site.

Yea Man wrote:

Grumpy wrote:

The thread has gone its been taken off

Got a bit carried away there I asked him civily if he'd delete my account and he refused on more than one occasion!

Although if he's saying somebody text him saying I gave my password out then somebody on here is in his pocket

Well no, he obviously read it himself, despite his denials. Or failing that one of his cronies has read it.

I'll say it again, apart from the arse-licker-in-chief 'Daz', Newells fellow Mods have been conspicuous by their silence.

Most of them are fair-minded - they must be getting mightily pissed off with the way it is just 'all about Ian'.

I honestly thought that Ian Newell owned pasoti is that not the case then?

Only the same size share as any of the other mods, unless things have changed a great deal.

Peggy wrote:

Only the same size share as any of the other mods, unless things have changed a great deal.

What price them having a meet, and carrying out a 'compulsory purchase order' on his stake

Doesn't Dave Gadd own Pasoti?

He certainly covered himself in glory this evening.

I was nothing if not polite, but he still felt the need to antagonise and try to start a row.

Thread deleted because he or Chris were not coming out of it smelling of roses.

The only Mods on Pasoti that are a problem are Newell, Daz and Ponty, but even Ponty has been a good boy lately. What I don't understand is why they are content to allow Pasoti to fall apart like it has, they must all be aware of Newell's dodgy character and antagonistic nature, so why allow it?

Cerbera wrote:

He certainly covered himself in glory this evening.

I was nothing if not polite, but he still felt the need to antagonise and try to start a row.

Thread deleted because he or Chris were not coming out of it smelling of roses.

You might've had more luck if I hadn't completely p*ssed him off!

GOB wrote:

The only Mods on Pasoti that are a problem are Newell, Daz and Ponty,?

Soper not a mod, then?

GOB wrote:

The only Mods on Pasoti that are a problem are Newell, Daz and Ponty, but even Ponty has been a good boy lately. What I don't understand is why they are content to allow Pasoti to fall apart like it has, they must all be aware of Newell's dodgy character and antagonistic nature, so why allow it?

That's why I reckon moves are afoot Gob. Privately, most of them must be absolutely fuming.

Enough people saw it to do damage. Unfortunately there are still enough people who think Newell walks on water for his ego to still be intact. It was refreshing to see a few dissenting voices again though, and all of them mentioned how long it has been going on for, and criticising the way Pasoti has become.

greenjock wrote:

Enough people saw it to do damage. Unfortunately there are still enough people who think Newell walks on water for his ego to still be intact. It was refreshing to see a few dissenting voices again though, and all of them mentioned how long it has been going on for, and criticising the way Pasoti has become.

Despite what I did tonight the last few days/weeks has seen more and more people starting to turn on the site, posters who don't normally speak out are starting to and more people are questioning the site.

But everybody has been brainwashed apparently....i'd made my mind up long before I joined ATD.

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

Doesn't Dave Gadd own Pasoti?

He did. But it grew and grew. I think he was made an 'offer' by Newell and Co and so then his ownership share was diluted.

Peggy will probably know more, having Modded over there in the good 'ol days.

Is it me or has the thread been removed. I cant find it no more in any of the forums

Czarcasm wrote:

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

Doesn't Dave Gadd own Pasoti?

He did. But it grew and grew. I think he was made an 'offer' by Newell and Co and so then his ownership share was diluted.

Peggy will probably know more, having Modded over there in the good 'ol days.

there you go then ian owns the site so he is hardly going to demote himself or even sell it on.

125+1 wrote:

Is it me or has the thread been removed. I cant find it no more in any of the forums

I am sure it's just being 'tidied' up...

Czarcasm wrote:

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

Doesn't Dave Gadd own Pasoti?

He did. But it grew and grew. I think he was made an 'offer' by Newell and Co and so then his ownership share was diluted.

Peggy will probably know more, having Modded over there in the good 'ol days.

It goes roughly like this.

Originally, the site was set up by three people: Dave Gadd, Steve Barrie and Argylegames. I think Dave Gadd was the sole owner, but don't know for certain.

Steve Barrie withdrew some time after I became a mod: nothing nasty, he just had other things to do.

As the site got bigger and more complicated, it became apparent that Dave, who was definitely sole owner by then, simply didn't have the time to run things - although the mod team did all the day to day stuff, and there were some techies who could do the difficult things, some things had to be done by the owner. So, after several discussions, it was agreed that the mods should all become equal shareholders.

I stood down shortly after that, so I've no idea how it all panned out, but as far as I'm aware the mods still own the site jointly.

Something is afoot on there.

The way I got away with what I did for so long tonight and the way Newell openly reacted rather than the usual delete and ban makes me think he's trying to go out with a bang as others have said already.

I didn't receive a single PM warning me of my conduct or anything like that, it was almost as if the mods/newell wanted it to happen and let it run on purpose.

Why I don't know. I crossed the line a bit and i'll hold my hands up but if it's helped expose the way that site has turned then so be it.

Or they might have learnt from here &/or previous such evenings and decided to let posters hang themselves - within the law as shown by their right move in editing the porn link.

funny man wrote:

Or they might have learnt from here &/or previous such evenings and decided to let posters hang themselves - within the law as shown by their right move in editing the porn link.

To be fair to them they could've left that how it was and left it open to some serious consequences but they didn't they edited it.

Hands up here that was a ridiculous thing to do and i'll certainly admit that and apologise.

Although I didn't actually know that could turn out to be illegal if it hadn't been edited

It's been moved to Terraces.

Yea Man wrote:

Something is afoot on there.

The way I got away with what I did for so long tonight and the way Newell openly reacted rather than the usual delete and ban makes me think he's trying to go out with a bang as others have said already.

I didn't receive a single PM warning me of my conduct or anything like that, it was almost as if the mods/newell wanted it to happen and let it run on purpose.

Why I don't know. I crossed the line a bit and i'll hold my hands up but if it's helped expose the way that site has turned then so be it.

I think it was about making ATD look bad. Even if it did backfire a bit.

Edited to add: And you've now been banned for linking to porn.

funny man wrote:

It's been moved to Terraces.

Has it? I can't see it.

Rickler wrote:

GOB wrote:

The only Mods on Pasoti that are a problem are Newell, Daz and Ponty,?

Soper not a mod, then?

I think he's a bit confused as to what he should shout and who he should shout at.