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SirTripAlot
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Our Forum
#27950949 - 09/15/22 08:36 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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It's not so much the topic that makes this place our Forum, but the people that contribute here. In a differnt thread , our Mod stated in a thread, that he is open to suggestions and also clarifications on the rules for this forum.
This has always been a chippy place, however, the recent events in our world has magnified this and it seeps into all of our posts. The Mod(s) even admitted to such themselves weeks ago.
With the above in mind, please contribute if you feel compelled to do so. Let's try and not to make this a bitching session.
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I think bans should be longer . It appears that your first ban is only a week? That doesn't seem very significant , I'll forget to comment here longer than that . I think it should be at least 3 months and just double every time from there .
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I generally give a day as a first ban, and that's only after multiple warnings.
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Enlil]
#27951268 - 09/15/22 12:05 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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That's pretty lenient . Do you think it takes time for people to understand the rules ? Thats the only power you have to affect our behavior . I guess you don't want to be to harsh or aggressive , they may not come back and you may turn off people who don't break the rules, but if your too cool about it people won't respect you or even care that rules exist.
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The two of you are the exceptions, though. I've had to ban most of the people in this forum. There's a reason people don't debate politics in polite company, and it's because that can get very heated. It is a tricky balance between encouraging robust debate and keeping it from turning into a flame fest. Most people I ban PM me and acknowledge that they lost their shit. In the end, this is a site dedicated to rule breakers...we have to have some flexibility.
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SirTripAlot
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Enlil]
#27952027 - 09/15/22 08:38 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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Well, bans are straight forward, dont know if anything could be added to the 19 year old forum rules thread....maybe reporting the post and/or discretion of the mods.
Ideas to make it better, surely there is some input. I would like to inform, that there has been "Thunderdome" in the past.
Basically two men enter, and the thread is restricted to those two posters that debate on an agreed topic. There could be a judge which results in a "winner" or poplar concensus. Although it should not be a popularity contest, sometimes it does help to see an issue without direct involvement and see were other people stand.
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Enlil]
#27952464 - 09/16/22 07:33 AM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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It's a reasonable idea, except nobody will agree on a judge because we know where everybody stands.
I like this though:Quote:
Enlil said: In the end, this is a site dedicated to rule breakers...
It's better than boredom and apathy.
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Far as I know, bans are 1 day, and then increment an additional day. Except my fourth ban was for a week.
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SirTripAlot said: Well, bans are straight forward, dont know if anything could be added to the 19 year old forum rules thread....maybe reporting the post and/or discretion of the mods.
Ideas to make it better, surely there is some input. I would like to inform, that there has been "Thunderdome" in the past.
Basically two men enter, and the thread is restricted to those two posters that debate on an agreed topic. There could be a judge which results in a "winner" or poplar concensus. Although it should not be a popularity contest, sometimes it does help to see an issue without direct involvement and see were other people stand.
Interesting idea, which I would combine with mine:
Ability to turn on anonymity, but for others. So when I click on a thread, I see the thread but not the usernames of who said what. That prevents the popularity contest aspect, to those willing to use anonymity. Might also cut down on partisanship, as there are definitely a number of assumptions present on this forum about certain people, where reference to them is essentially used as a stand in for an argument.
So, like, a thunderdome with enforced anonymity, which is lifted after like, 48 hours or whatever? Probably need to have a pretty rigorous mod presence, what with anonymity and all.
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Kryptos]
#27953076 - 09/16/22 04:00 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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My first ban was for a week.
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You're lying dude. I just looked. Not only was your first ban less than a week, all of your bans have been less than a week.
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Enlil]
#27953133 - 09/16/22 04:33 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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3 days?
It’s been a while.
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Enlil
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yeah...3 days...and it was a particularly offensive post, dude. We don't need to rehash it now
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Enlil]
#27953467 - 09/16/22 07:21 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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I missed it what was the poast
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Enlil
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It was a picture of your mom naked with trump photoshopped on her clit.
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Re: Our Forum [Re: Enlil]
#27953474 - 09/16/22 07:24 PM (1 year, 7 months ago) |
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I'm reporting your post to Enlil
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Enlil
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I'm not the one who posted it, dude. I'm just telling you what it was. Dude was banned for it long ago. I got your back, bro
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