{Resolved} Mod has warned me but apparently it’s not a warning?

The on-thread instruction to move on from the topic was due to you derailing many threads with the same line of reasoning and your statement on the post that you would repeatedly go down this rabbit hole. Whether or not I agree with your opinion was irrelevant to the on-thread instruction, I felt it's time to move on and that it's no longer conducive to good discussions to have you re-visit the topic on a monthly basis on many threads.

Post history on the topic

23rd Oct on this thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121276574/#Comment_121276574

20th Oct (and pretty much monthly on that thread) on another motors thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121261528/#Comment_121261528

26th Jun on the EV Price war thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120767652#Comment_120767652

20th Jun on a Battery thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120745615#Comment_120745615

24th May on an EV average prices thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120635100#Comment_120635100

11th April on an Unhappy with owning EV's thread https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120466871#Comment_120466871

If you are going to make false assertions about me as below, then I think I'm entitled to explain why expressing your particular pov repeatedly will be treated as off-topic, that way anybody assesing the situation can do so knowing the full facts.

Generally, I'll give people a fair bit of rope with drifting off-topic as you were given on multiple threads. On thread instructions are usually enough to get it back to order. If someone makes the statement that they are going to pull the topic repeatedly in the same way, then a more specific clarification that the direction will be treated as off-topic is warranted.

The thread that resulted in the intervention via a mod note is titled "This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying" the thread is for people to discuss EV's posted for sale and whether or not they are a good price. A bargain having somewhat been defined as offering a good price compared to similar car's available for sale. I.e. if the going rate for an Ioniq EV is €18k and someone find's one on offer for €14k then it can be viewed as a bargain.

Getting into the weeds on whether you should factor in monthly loan payments or depreciation + interest when calculating total cost of ownership is a discussion that's already been had by yourself on the thread and is irrelevant to the ongoing discussion. It's a topic that you clearly care a lot about, if you do want to discuss it further then I'd recommend you post a thread about it. I don't believe it's an EV related thread so perhaps you'd enjoy a broader audience by doing so on the more general Motors forum.

A common test I apply is if I replace a given EV with a Ford Fiesta does the substance of the topic change, for instance people looking for insurance get redirected to the Insurance forum. If people want to talk about how to drive an EV around a roundabout, I'd redirect it to the Motor's forum as roundabout usage may be controversial, but the drive train doesn't matter.

I've had 3 mod interactions with tom1ie. 1 to tell them to move on with the topic, 2 follow on warnings to tell them to not discuss the mod action on thread. All 3 interactions were in single day and are effectively a single incident. If you think a single incident being moderated is someone being singled out then you clearly have no understanding of what moderating a discussion involves.

Most people's reaction to a warning for discussing mod action on thread is a "sorry didn't realise" followed by PM's discussing the actual mod action. In this case the "discussion of mod action" warning usually gets reversed. To post further discussion of mod action on the thread (as you did) after the first warning appears to show that at the time you still didn't understand what the formal warning was issued for.

You have a pattern of posting the same conversation on multiple threads, including the same thread where this mod instruction was posted a month earlier. What triggered the mod action this time compared to others was your statement:

This indicates to me you clearly intend to repeatedly bring threads back to the same place, which will result in the same circular conversations. The mod action is designed to avoid this and indicate that further discussion along this line will likely be treated as off topic. If it is a topic you feel needs discussion, then post a thread about it on the motors forum that way the conversation isn't buried on a number of threads, meaning that people who don't feel like reading the conversation again can choose not to.

The instruction to move on and not post the discussion will remain. I've suggested to you a few times to create your own thread on the topic if you feel it's a worthy topic of discussion.

If you do feel someone is pushing the counter point on a thread in the EV subforum feel free to report it. As much as the mod instruction was aimed at you for instigating it this time, I'll apply the same to other posters where I feel it's necessary.

If you are willing to acknowledge that you were incorrect to discuss the mod action on thread and in future deal with mod interaction via PM I'll happily drop those warnings.

As I stated earlier the on-thread instruction will remain.