– DECLASSIFIED –
I'm breaking spy protocol by telling anyone this.
This is me.This too.I've also
started a thread on cats.These posts, and all the others that I've made so far, are in service to one goal: to gain admittance to the politics board. The last time I tried was December 2022,
the lesson being that honesty isn't always the best policy; I already knew they didn't have much of a sense of humour, but apparently needed a refresher.
Shortly after registering this past September and making it through security (changing my IP address must have helped), I contacted the powers-that-be
as instructed and waited while nothing happened. Upon contacting a moderator via PM I was told
we usually wait until we have a reasonable 'feel' for a new member's behaviour until we grant access to NCAP. Suggest that you make a request a couple of months down the line.
This was annoying. Mein Tool, for example, got in after about a week and a dozen posts. Did his subsequent behaviour, or somebody else's, prompt a change in policy? Who knows.
Requiring a minimum term on the main site is not unreasonable, but it would be nice if they mentioned this at the beginning. Then again maybe they want to catch out eager beavers like me.
Anyway, I set about establishing myself and
bided my time impatiently watched the calendar. All pretty uneventful, though I did earn a rebuke for posting the following in a since-deleted thread:
"Sexist and racist" according to the person who presumably reported it. "Totally inappropriate" said the mod, which was factually incorrect as it was entirely appropriate given the context (another equally "sexist and racist" post by forum big swinging dick
Drago). Oh well.
It's not much fun not being able to
be yourself, watching everything you say. My too apt choice of username is as risky as I want to get. Best not to go on about
bunnies. Or misfortunes with titanium. Or any of the things I normally like to post about here. As further cover, I show little restraint when it comes to
likes/reactions, and have "
earned" a good number myself, which you'd think would grease the wheels...
Today I
made the mistake of trying to speed up the process. I had considered contacting the same mod and privately pleading my case based on a pressing need to comment on the US election, but decided to see if I could slide in along with the OP. No such luck; turns out I'm not the only one calendar watching. Ooof, that was embarrassing.
As a final blunder – where did I go to spy school anyway? – I got in touch with Spokey one last time about the possibility of starting a neutered post about the election. His response:
If you need to discuss the matter I respectfully ask you to join a political forum.
What the fuck do you think I was trying to do? I replied using somewhat more moderate language, with a smiley attached for good measure. Way to get myself on the radar as a person of interest. Look, I know the only reason Shaun set up NACA was to get certain people out of his hair, not out of any commitment to free political speech, but jeez louise.
