I have met ranjitraut in person and I talked to smoothvibes when he was in Pune. Unfortunately smoothvibes and I could not meet but we shall definitely meet the next time.
@chinmay, Thank you for the understanding. There is nothing to forgive from your side. All I intended was to make you a good human being. If I have succeeded (as I have), then that is more than satisfying - it will satisfy me more than solving 2000 broadband issues.
@milan, Each member is given a default title as per the number of his/her posts. When someone reaches 800 posts the person gets 'Platinum' status. Beyond that there is no classification. A number of members including me had suggested to Admin that we should allow members to have personalized titles after 1000+ posts - anything they like except 'Administrator' or 'Moderator'. Admin has given this right to whitestar_999, superprash2003 and me. I gave myself the title as 'Guardian Angel' - actually now I think that it is quite pompous on my part.
Other than the above I have no special powers. Probably because I am the highest poster I have developed a special friendship with 'admin' and he will listen more intently. I am very grateful to him.
@smoothvibes, Yes I am generally serious but I can be fun too. Please make it a point to meet me when you come to Pune and we shall have a lot of fun. My sister used to live in Gurgaon two years ago - they have a flat in DLF Ph V. If my bro-in-law takes a job back in Delhi, I may be able to visit Delhi in future and meet you folks.
Note to self: must do something about the image.
In a few topics I came too strongly on the subjects of piracy, neo-fascism (this one) and langauage. But the feeling behind each was always coax the other party to improve - the intent was right but the method was probably not. My method started at a high pitch with a lot of self-righteousness and tellling the others that they were bad. No human being likes to be told that he is wrong. It hurts the ego. There are ways to make people see the light but on distant chats and forums it is difficult. Such threads turn quite nasty and hence admins and moderators stop such threads.
Since I am a senior person in my organization mentorship is a part of my job. Guess some of it is rubbing off here. I must bring some moderation in my own posts.



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