First of all, I did not post as moderator, this is clearly an attack against me. Even if I am a moderator on the forum, I am allowed to participate as any other member.
And the thread was OPEN when I posted. I can't even post in a thread without it first override the lock and then post, AND it will be logged. I do not have access to see the logs of who closed it.
I am 99.99% sure that the thread was closed in the moment you posted in in, because exactly yesterday I did gave some rep to someone who posted in that thread (yeah, I'm that obsessive that I think I have to +rep or -rep everyone who posted in the threads that I created and sometimes, because of technical limitations, I can't do that in one go, but I have to get back to old threads to do that; I even maintain a spreadsheet with all the + or - rep that I "owe"). Also, I clearly remember asking for it to be closed back then and had it closed as per my own request.
I am 100% sure that the thread was closed in the moment I made this thread (and at least one hour before that, while I thought on what to write), because otherwise I would have responded there, not made a new thread.
Now you claim you didn't used any moderator tools and you posted as a simple user; if so, I would be grateful to find out how this was possible, as in what moderation actions, by whom and by what time were done to said thread (being opened, being closed again, etc).
DoA explained to people in a thread how she is potentially smarter then 98% of us here on the forum because she is a certified member of Mensa. That is a quite provocative and bold argument to make, so I asked for her Mensa credentials, but she denied.
So based on her public forum information, age, gender and location (Which everyone can see) I simply asked some contacts I have at Mensa to verify her Mensa membership. Verifying her Mensa membership does not mean I have to reveal any personal information, I don't even have to know any personal information. It's a simple "Yes she is a member" or "No she is not a member".
Further more, the records of Mensa members fall under the law "principle of public access to official records" in European countries (Where of DoA's country, Romania) and are not secret or classified in anyway. Anyone can approach Mensa and ask to verify someones membership. What else would the point be of these records? If it was classified, then anyone could say they are in Mensa and use it in their merits.
This was not a hostile move, it was to STRENGTHEN her argument and to help her out. But naturally she immediately assumes it's a hostile move and that I mean her harm.
Yes, I do admit, what I did in that old thread was a mistake and a logical fallacy; intelligence (or any other qualities) should be proven, not claimed and, even when/if proven, they make no difference if you aren't right on the subject discussed at that moment. But let's please be honest... you didn't tried to help me with anything... first of all because, as said, no matter how high or low my IQ is or to what groups I'm affiliated with, none of this would make me more right or more wrong on the subject at hand.
Other than that, you did asked me in private for credentials, and
I explicitly told you that I refuse to do so because said credentials include full name (which, used in conjunction with the other info I already made public, would be enough to help malicious people stalk me down in real life)
and I am not comfortable with you (or pretty much anyone else) have access to that info. There's simply no (official) way to prove / check if "DoA", "Daughter of Anarchy", "Alex" or "a 16 years old girl from Romania" is member or not, you have to either provide or receive at least a full name, and that is an information which for privacy reasons I prefer to keep for myself.
That's why, when you contacted me in private, I told you that, given the options of revealing my last name and being considered a liar, I chose the second option and I suggest you to consider that I lied, that I am not a Mensa member, that I am not smart and anything else you want and just leave me alone. And that is true for anyone else; between two unpleasant things, I chose the one which has a lower impact on my sense of security and well-being. Your replay was along the lines of "I was sure about this. I won't bother you any more.", I didn't added anything else, I considered the subject closed (even deleted the PMs with you), but you kept pushing things forward and made that forum post. Now, sure, you may lie to other people that you just tried to help (and considering that most people here hate me, they will side with you), but that can't be interpreted as "help" or "friendly" in no way.
As far as it concerned me:
- You asked me for some information that I consider personal
- I explicitly refused to reveal said information
- You then publicly posted that you are going for said personal information anyway, using your relations, because there is not official, public way to do otherwise
More than that... anyone can make their own judgement.
PS: I am happy that you didn't claimed it was a joke, though invalidating the claims of all people that "got the joke" in the first place and or pointing fingers at me in this thread because I was so blinded that I couldn't see that you were just joking.
I still do not believe this was a joke (although I sure hope you are right), especially since, before making said "joke", that person tried to force my hand to reveal said information to him in private messages. (...) But (and I repeat that for the third time), I don't think that was a joke in the first place.