[serious] Off Topic Moderation Input - Part 2

[SlowwHand]

Isn't creating a DL kind of like lying?

[Asher]

Only if they deny the DL is theirs. I'm open about it.

[AAHZ]

I'm currently toying with the idea of branching the Off Topic off into a no-rules subforum and a main serious discussion forum.

sounds familiar....

[AAHZ]

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[Lorizael]

BTW it wouldn't work at Poly people would get butthurt on page 2, then a MOD would move the thrade over to the NO-RULES...

No no no. I wouldn't want to move offending threads over to no-rules. People would abuse that and get posts/threads moved all the time, destabilizing discussions. I would simply delete posts that met the criteria for the no-rules forum but not the serious forum.

[AAHZ]

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[SlowwHand]

No doubt, ForumWarz is the place to be emulated.

[MikeH]

You'd be creating a forum where people from other parts of the site would be attacked mercilessly, for one. I doubt that makes for a better community.

Also, there is little enough traffic in OT some days. Splitting it isn't going to help.

This sums up my position too.

Plus we'd have a section we'd actually have to moderate, and often the most serious threads are the ones that cause the biggest arguments.

[AAHZ]

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[Lorizael]

This sums up my position too.

Plus we'd have a section we'd actually have to moderate, and often the most serious threads are the ones that cause the biggest arguments.

Well yeah, but you're a moderator who's not in favor of moderation.

[SlowwHand]

I don't see why some people hassle Ben so much, get him wound up. He's never bothered me at all. I can't think of one time.

[Fve Crathva]

Like the fall of the Weimar Republic, this forum is quickly becoming SidGames.

SP

[Asher]

Like the fall of the Weimar Republic, this forum is quickly becoming SidGames.

SP

I'll be 2 for 2 when it happens.

[Asher]

I don't see why some people hassle Ben so much, get him wound up. He's never bothered me at all. I can't think of one time.

Get him wound up? Get HIM wound up?

If you've ever actually gotten into an argument with the guy, you'd get wound up. When he's not espousing bigoted beliefs, he's slandering people, misrepresenting what people are saying, and disrespecting them by ignoring their posts and inserting nonsense instead.

[Fve Crathva]

I'll be 2 for 2 when it happens.

You are like Hitler, but on the side of justice.

SP

[Fve Crathva]

I agree with Asher's final solution.

SP

[SlowwHand]

Get him wound up? Get HIM wound up?

You kind of sound like Jim Mora talking about playoffs.

[Asher]

Jim Mora! JIM MORA!!!!

[Drake Tungsten]

It's nothing but dickgirls from here on out, folks.

[notyoueither]

It's nothing but dickgirls from here on out, folks.

Did it occur to you that past posting habits like dickgirls, buttnuggets, flatuli, etc would be why it is difficult for people to read when you are being serious?

If most everything else is put on, how is someone like Lori to know when it isn't part of whatever game you may be playing at the time?

How do we know that this issue isn't just another game?

[loinburger]

As I said in the other thread, only a moron would think that somebody would jokingly say "oh hey my grandfather was death-marched here's his account of events." Only a blithering idiot would continue to think I was joking after reacting as I did to rah's malicious posts. Not even rah thought I was joking - he thought I was lying (or he thought I was telling the truth) and decided to act like an *******. If you people are too ****ing stupid to understand the difference between a dickgirl and a death-march then it's nothing but dickgirls from here on out.

[notyoueither]

It's not idiotic to be uncertain where the farce ends and the real person starts.

Would it be moronic to be sceptical when someone's brother posts that a regular has died?

[loinburger]

Would it be appropriate to immediately call that person a lying ***** and continue to insult them after they protested that they were telling the truth, both on the public forums and via PM?

[Asher]

Too be honest, I don't have issues seeing schticks from truth in posters who frequently engage in both.

loin's schticks are patently absurd and ridiculously silly. His claim about his grandfather, in a remembrance day/veteran's day thread, was neither.

Any truly intelligent discerning person should've been able to tell the two apart. Viewing the thread and looking at individual responses from every person will show that.

I'll frequently engage in silliness as well, such as my thread on the Chicago massive shootout. But does that mean people can't tell if I'm serious when I post about AMD getting 1.25 billion from Intel? Does it truly confuse people?

[Asher]

I should take that back. My assertion that NFL players are sissies AND neanderthals has picked up some people and taken them for a ride. Maybe it is hard to tell for some.

[notyoueither]

Would it be appropriate to immediately call that person a lying ***** and continue to insult them after they protested that they were telling the truth, both on the public forums and via PM?

You've received apologies from both rah and Lori.

Have you acknowledged them?

[notyoueither]

I should take that back. My assertion that NFL players are sissies AND neanderthals has picked up some people and taken them for a ride. Maybe it is hard to tell for some.

Yes, it can be tough sometimes.

I see a lot of feigned seriousness and offence taken as well (not speaking of you).

[loinburger]

You've received apologies from both rah and Lori.

Have you acknowledged them?

I don't see how that is any business of yours. Whether I'm still angry or not should have no bearing whatsoever on your assessment of whether rah's and Lori's actions were appropriate or inappropriate. I can tell you right now that if you're tying to convince me that their actions were appropriate or even defensible ("you do make an awful lot of posts about dickgirls, so it is perfectly reasonable to insult you and call you a liar when you post about something completely unrelated and likely of a personal and sensitive nature...") then you won't accomplish anything.

[notyoueither]

Actually, I'm thinking this is yet more farce. It's business of mine since you've decided to make it into a forum drama.

[Drake Tungsten]

Mind your own ****ing business, NYE.