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Since the last Chip thread was erased two seconds after I posted in there.
I'll re-post it here.

Thanks for your chip award, it really shows how much respect you have towards me. Since the mods think I post more quantity than substance, I don't see I reason why I should stay here anymore.
Personally I don't see what I've done wrong, sorry for being social.
When I was asked by Marla to change my avatar and sig I did so out of respect. Shows what respect you have towards me.
I actually thought of you guys as friends, sadly I was wrong.
Hopefully my account will be deleted as I asked it to be.
So you won't have to deal with this "chip".
Good bye and take care everyone.

Bye Blink. :(
AIM: IchBinUberAlice.....don't be a stranger, ya hurd?

Awww, don't leave. I had no problems with you. You seemed cool. I have seen a few posts from you where you were a bit sarcastic, but you have done your fair share of helping people out from what I've seen. You can't let things get to ya. :(

stay

Whats this CHiP thing about anyway? I assume it's some title for miserable users, but when/how did it come about? Is there a topic I've missed?

I was worried this would happen.

yeah...a bit confused myself. Someone plz explain what happened to Blink?

Pretty simple in my opinion........

Blink did not like the new rank he was given so he decided to leave the ball-pythons.net community........ His choice.

I wish you well Blink.

What I'm confused about is this new rank...

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Originally Posted by Cody

Whats this CHiP thing about anyway? I assume it's some title for miserable users, but when/how did it come about? Is there a topic I've missed?

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There was a thread about it yesterday, but I think it's been deleted. The mods/admins can probably explain it better, but it was for people who have been posting A LOT in a short amount of time, but not really posting about stuff relevant to the site. Or they may have made some inappropriate posts, or made a lot of posts asking the same question. It's not a bad idea, I just hope they take it as constructive criticism and don't get upset and defensive and leave. I think some of these guys are young and could still use the help of this site, or contribute of course if they take it easy on their posts. Blink, I also don't really have a problem with you.

CHiP was kind of a public warning system put into place yesterday because we've had several users posting a lot of volume and very little content (multiple posts of the same thing, one post split into several posts, threads way off topic for the section they're in, etc.), and wanted to calm things down a bit and get the forum back to normal. It may have seemed a bit harsh, but it wasn't intended that way at all. It was supposed to be a bit of a warning but with a sense of humor about it.

We weren't trying to get anyone to leave and are sorry Blink chose that (despite PMs discussing the situation and asking him to reconsider). I think we're all sorry to see him go. However, the community is what makes this site so much better than other reptile forums, and we don't want to risk changing the quality of the site for the entertainment of a few individuals. Blink was not as much a perpetrator of that type of post as the others so identified, but was, in the judgement of the staff members who were available to discuss the situation, participating to the point a warning was in order.