Dear Kos and Members of the Command Staff:
Please consider reinstating Mahakali Overdrive, or, at least, stating in public what she has done to deserve the banhammer. She has, so far as i can tell, been on vacation since June 6, with the ban coming down more recently, so its not clear what she did or what caused this banning.\
She’s been around for a long while. She, so far as I have seen, hasn’t done anything the warrants a ban (particularly when she’s been on vacation). I’m not trying to create a meta situation, but she seemed like a good egg, even though we did not always agree. Maybe there’s something out there that I don’t know about, but please consider this a polite request to reinstate her account or provide some context for this decision.
Thanks very much. I am not trying to be offensive or demanding; I am making a polite request, and if there is something I don’t know about, I apologize.
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2017 · 4:45:23 PM +00:00
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Cthulhu
First update: Just for the record, no one asked me to do this diary or mentioned it to me. This is entirely my own idea. I am not in the pay or employ of M.O. nor am I saying that I have any particularized knowledge about M.O. This is just me, asking the powers that be to consider reversing a decision. No one asked or implied I should write this diary.
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2017 · 4:47:37 PM +00:00
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Cthulhu
Second Update: Some have asked why I’m supporting M.O. but not “X.” I’m not trying to be a jerk: I don’t know “X” well enough to write a diary. I am familiar with M.O.’s work, and want to try to get her reinstated, or at least have some explanation given on what is going on, if there is someone who is willing to comment.
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2017 · 6:24:07 PM +00:00
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Cthulhu
Third Update: I must return to work, and cannot continue to post for some time. Please continue to recommend if you think this diary worthy.
At this point, all I can say is that I gave it a shot. I have no idea why this ban happened, or why it happened now, or whatnot. All I can say is that I see people from all different strains of the democratic party and this site recommending the diary. Perhaps the Powers that Be will listen; perhaps they won’t — it is, after all, their site, and they control the intellectual property here.
I hope that someone in power will address the cries in this diary for reinstatement or an explanation. If….as the rumor has it….this is truly about culling outspoken Bernie supporters (which I doubt), then I fear that it will be difficult for anyone to post anything during any primary season, for fear of backing the wrong side.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 1:41:25 AM +00:00
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Cthulhu
Update 4: Back from work. Thanks to everyone who recommended and commented. Perhaps Kos or one of the administrators might kindly read the diary and consider a response. When a diary like this spends primetime on the rec list, with a flood of positive comments and recommends, perhaps it shows something about what a portion of the active users thinks.
God, I hope this decision is reversed or explained.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 11:37:30 PM +00:00
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Cthulhu
Final Update: Thank you. Over 900 comments, 399 recommends (plus me, obviously, so 400). That’s 400 people who generally agreed with the idea in this diary.
I’m not sure, quite frankly, that any of this makes a difference. I’ve heard nothing from the powers that be, and I must assume that they either are not listening or do not care to intervene.
To mahakali overdrive, if you can read this (or care to) — you are not forgotten. I think you did a lot of great work, and even if we did not always agree, I think you were a good fighter and I hope we can end up together on the same team again. I urge you to at least try to log in when you get back and find out, if you can, why the hell this happened, and share it with us, if that seems acceptable.