Why use the warn button?

[Flying Mullet]

not to sound like a noob but i am ha what exactly does the warn button do?

When you warn a post, it links to a window where you can enter some text about why you are warning the post: spamming, flaming, advertising, etc... Then when you submit that page an email is sent to all of the moderators for them to deal with it.

I used to use the warn button, but ever since people ganged up on me, and I decided to fight back, and then Rubah called me out, I've decided the warn button is a thing of the past for me. Now, I'll just either fight back or ignore it. Depends on what the situation warrants.

By the way, that's just Rubah's interpretation of what I did. I used the warn button the way they recommend.

No Ceej, rubah called you out because after warning several members in the $200 million thread, you continued to flame, instigate and argue, rather than let a moderator take care of things. What you did is like having some kid at school walk up and and punch you, then you go to the teacher and tell them that you were punched, but rather than leave it alone, you walk back to the kid, pick a fight, then try to claim innocence when the teacher comes over and sees you two wrestling on the ground.

<b>In the future, <i>and this goes for several members on this board</i>, if you warn a post, don't post a follow-up yourself on the issue(s). This means if you warn someone(s) for flamming and harassment, don't flame or harass in turn. If you warn a spam thread, don't spam in it after you've warned it. If you warn an advertisement thread, don't post in the thread about it being an advertisement thread.</b> You're all big kids and this shouldn't be that hard to follow. Act with some maturity and respect for each other.