Quote from: novacadian on January 31, 2014, 01:02:49 AM

Only two people have posted to the thread, Melodiem. Mine was a vane attempt at humor which fell flat. There is a follow up, which you may have missed, trying to explain the joke. Guess there is no future for me as a stand up if my jokes need explanation. Wink

So please jump in again and try to explain your idea in layman's terms. After reading through the intro on your DevTome entry it still had me scratching my non-economist trained head.
- Nova

I appreciate your response Nova, I did see it and I am sorry if you feel your joke at all responsible because it wasn't.

I abandoned the discussion because anyone following it, would get the immediate impression the moderator thought it a waste of time and possibly even some dodgy scam.

Like it or not, newcomers to a forum place more value on a moderators response than a newbie like me so in the interests of my own integrity/credibility/reputation I abandoned it. I am happy to continue the discussion in PM or via email, or to answer any thing posted on the discussion tab of the article. I think it would be more constructive in the long run.

I also asked the moderator to take the HUGE image in the middle of the discussion down (or at least make it smaller) as I felt it distracted from the conversation for anyone following. I suspect the reason it is still there, is that it supports the moderators comments, not your joke. (which by the way, I would have found funny if I wasn't already feeling like I had to defend my honour as NOT a scammer hitting people up for money, over a discussion I tried to start)