[serious] Off Topic Moderation Input - Part 2

[Broken_Erika]

Why is there still an option for GameSpy ID in user settings?
It's been dead since February 21, 2013

[Ming]

Nope... He last posted in late May.

[The Mad Monk]

Is Dinner banned? He's currently on Counterglow and we don't know why.

[The Mad Monk]

Ah, well. Worth a shot.

[Ming]

That can't be done... unfortunately, when you use links the system screams spam, so it need's approval.
I try to get to them as soon as I see them, but I'm not here 24/7
And if I turned the feature off, there would be TONS of spam across all the forums that I have to clean out one post at a time... that's not going to happen

[The Mad Monk]

Can we PLEASE stop moderator approvals for longstanding members? Dealing with Serb is annoying enough without having every post and edit waiting around for twelve hours to be "approved".

[Ming]

Please remove the link for fundraising from your post or the entire post will be deleted and you will be banned.
Asking for donations is NOT ALLOWED.

[TachyonBlue]

Expect it to be pretty much ALL jokes... I see very little potential interest in what you suggest. In reality, I expect no interest except to use you as a joke fest. You are NOT a member of this community. Enough Said.

Heh, sounds like it will be fun.

Ming is a very cynical fellow, tacyonblue, I think most of us would be very interested. In fact, some of us have very strong opinions on the role of women in the workplace. I recommend PMing a poster named Ben Kenobi and inviting him to participate

Oh boy!

[N35t0r]

Hi Ming, thank you for your response. I half-expected it to be a fair number of jokes, but am still open to giving it the go ahead. The AMA thread would look something like this, if that would be okay?

What I found over the course of these 70+ interviews is a consistent message from the people involved; it was about ethics in games journalism. Nearly everyone involved who supported GamerGate is in agreement that GamerGate was about ethics.

So I don't know much about GG, I tend to avoid the 'internet culture' in general since it's pretty useless, but wouldn't someone investigating about the civil war also say, after 70+ interviews (depending on where he made the interviews) that nearly everyone involved who supported it is in agreement that it was about state rights?

[Ming]

[EPW]

Ming is a very cynical fellow, tacyonblue, I think most of us would be very interested. In fact, some of us have very strong opinions on the role of women in the workplace. I recommend PMing a poster named Ben Kenobi and inviting him to participate

[Ming]

Expect it to be pretty much ALL jokes... I see very little potential interest in what you suggest. In reality, I expect no interest except to use you as a joke fest. You are NOT a member of this community. Enough Said.

[TachyonBlue]

While you are welcome to do whatever you want as long as you follow the site rules and don't spam or provide links to sites selling crap or services...
This an old and dying gaming site with very little traffic. It has been kept alive as a place for a bunch of old friends and enemies to hang out and stay in touch. And frankly, knowing most of the members who are still here, I don't think it would turn out as you might expect. Most if not all/any questions asked would not be very serious and would probably be jokes.
Frankly, I'm sure there are better places for you to spend your efforts and get the results you desire.

Hi Ming, thank you for your response. I half-expected it to be a fair number of jokes, but am still open to giving it the go ahead. The AMA thread would look something like this, if that would be okay?

[Ming]

While you are welcome to do whatever you want as long as you follow the site rules and don't spam or provide links to sites selling crap or services...
This an old and dying gaming site with very little traffic. It has been kept alive as a place for a bunch of old friends and enemies to hang out and stay in touch. And frankly, knowing most of the members who are still here, I don't think it would turn out as you might expect. Most if not all/any questions asked would not be very serious and would probably be jokes.
Frankly, I'm sure there are better places for you to spend your efforts and get the results you desire.

[TachyonBlue]

Hi, I'm interested in hosting an Ask Me Anything thread here -- on Apolyton -- perhaps in Off-Topic. I've interviewed 70+ people involved with GamerGate on both sides for a multi-volume series of books. I'm currently running a Kickstarter campaign to promote these books and have included both Reddit and forum AMAs in the promotion of the Kickstarter and discussion about the topic. I just did an AMA on KotakuInAction on Reddit today and I'll be doing one on Total War Center on Tuesday. I'd be happy to host one here as well, with the permission of the staff. Please let me know, thanks.