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Hanky
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Poll based ban system for OTD! EDITED
#6567612 - 02/14/07 04:31 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Details in this thread...
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/6565329/an/0/page/0
In short...
Polls would be started by mods only after popular demand and would be stickied and open for 24 or 48 hours. A 75% majority would lead to a 1 week ban from OTD.
Yeah, I thought about the puppet problem.
Maybe each vote could be registered by the voting user posting in the thread so that any anomalies would be easily apparent?
If you're lucky well vote OTD out of existance, that should please Anno and a few other mods/admins!
What do you think?
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Edited by Hanky (02/14/07 09:41 PM)
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568082 - 02/14/07 06:24 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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That's a very bad idea Hanky.
Using longterm and permanent forum bans to silence members who are not favored in OTD, depriving them the chance to change their ways by taking their rights from them is a magnificent example of fascism.
OTD regulars have often accused moderators or the entire staff of fascist decisionmaking and bias, yet you guys now want to actually create such fascism, and unprecedented bias, to deal with your personal "undesirables".
This is wrong. It is bias, it is contrary to the spirit of tolerance and acceptance and all those freedom concepts the Shroomery is founded on.
OTD has never been about using mod tools to silence unpopular members.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Asante]
#6568144 - 02/14/07 06:40 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'll register you as a no vote.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568155 - 02/14/07 06:44 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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A longwinded no, but a no it is
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568157 - 02/14/07 06:44 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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At the very least, I think it is an interesting idea.
OTD doesn't exactly exist as any other forum on this website does. Its very much a clique, a clubhouse for a certain kind of person that wants to converse with others in a certain type of way. There are users who simply get on the nerves of everyone. One would think that the ignore user function should be enough, but perhaps its not? After all, they are still posting, and it thus has its effect on the forum.
It wouldn't really be as though a ton of people would be banned from OTD through this method. If the vast majority (I think that it should be at least 80% of votes) cannot stand the way someone else is constantly posting, then they really are serving as a detriment to the forum. In other forums, such as P&S, flaming is not permitted and the discussion is encouraged to stay on-topic. Users who disrupt the discussion can be processed and prevented from further disruption in extreme situations. The simple fact that a forum is off-topic does not necessarily mean that there is not standard mannerisms and flows of discussion, and there is currently no method by which individuals who serve to constantly piss others off and irritate the vast majority of posters in that forum can be prevented from further irritation.
OTD essentially exists as "the people's forum", does it not? We might reserve the right to enforce rules if necessary but it doesn't happen, because it shouldn't (unless there is a threat to a user or this website that needs to be removed). Trolls who seek to consistently ruin the experience for a vast majority of regulars can act with impunity, and I wonder why they should be able to.
OTD is a community, just as P&S is a community, and some have no regard for that community, fucked up as it is ( ), and simply seek to destroy and disrupt it. I think that this proposal would be an ideal solution to these isolated situations.
In order to truly be effective, the percentage of voters would need to be high (like I said, at least 80%). Secondly, a certain amount of posts would be required to vote, and a poll should not be used to collect votes. One would simply place one's vote by posting what it is in a thread, and one could only post once in that thread - to place one's vote. If there are concerns about others seeing how one voted, perhaps another approach would be in order.
I'll go out on a limb here and state that I think it is probably a great idea.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: fireworks_god]
#6568171 - 02/14/07 06:47 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Also, perhaps a notice about an upcoming vote could be created and would have to remain posted for a minimum amount of time to ensure that no one is banned on impulse. Not necessarily a really long length of time, just enough to ensure that the system would only be used for those who are truly pissing everyone off consistently.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: fireworks_god]
#6568229 - 02/14/07 06:59 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thanks for your input.
It's still obviously in the ideas stage and ban durations and the idea of a third permanent ban are just ideas. The duration of bans could be as little as say three days and the permaban idea could be dropped to avoid ostracizing people completely.
It sure would make OTD more fun though.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568243 - 02/14/07 07:01 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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"OTD is a community, just as P&S is a community, and some have no regard for that community, fucked up as it is ( ), and simply seek to destroy and disrupt it. I think that this proposal would be an ideal solution to these isolated situations. "
This is my basis for proposing such a system, keeping harmony in our dysfunctional forum!
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: fireworks_god]
#6568520 - 02/14/07 08:13 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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fireworks_god said: OTD essentially exists as "the people's forum", does it not?
Sounds like a load of drama to me,, though i'll admit some people act like fuckin idiots in there.
I nearly ignored Rahie and i don't even post in OTD, just from reading,, Mongo was a fuckin joke. Maybe it's OTD that makes people act like that because they just don't get it ? But people are kicked from other rooms for the same reasons so i guess it's ok.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! *DELETED* [Re: Hanky]
#6568738 - 02/14/07 08:59 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568753 - 02/14/07 09:03 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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This still needs some tweaking, but I think it's a fun idea. Better than the gay ass Ban Lotto we got.
I agree with making the bans a little less long and cutting out the perma, otherwise sound idea for Krishna to work on while on the nod!
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: DIRTYMAN]
#6568863 - 02/14/07 09:28 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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its making a forum that totally reeks of nothingness into something important
ridiculous idea
why dont the 'regs' just leave the shroomery altogether and chat on aim instead? now thats an idea if ever i heard one
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: wazza]
#6568882 - 02/14/07 09:32 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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You used to be quite happy to spend all your time posting in OTD.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Scott Bennett]
#6568902 - 02/14/07 09:38 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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ThaiLipaYai said: That way, when we all get bored, we can read OTD and find new people to hate.
it really shows how out of touch you people who onlyy post in otd are. i dont think the idea of this site is to "find people to hate" ...my god 
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568909 - 02/14/07 09:39 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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was i?
if i was i wonder what changed my mind
its pretty immature stuff in there that only raises blood pressures
i dont see the point but i got it
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: KingOftheThing]
#6568910 - 02/14/07 09:39 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
KingOftheThing said:
it really shows how out of touch you people who onlyy post in otd are. i dont think the idea of this site is to "find people to hate" ...my god 
I think this statement only demonstrates that you might not have a sense of humor, regardless of how many times in a row you use the same emoticon.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! EDITED [Re: Hanky]
#6568923 - 02/14/07 09:42 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ok, I've edited the initial idea to remove the permaban option and reduced the ban period to one week.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568925 - 02/14/07 09:43 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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as for you...all the children in otd just want a person to throw rocks at. you pick the guy they all pile on. this is really just a ploy to give yourself the power to run people out for good. its not going to happen. just because otd has become a haven for angry bored people with nothing else going on in their lives doesnt mean they should now hand the forum over to you people. some sort of sanity needs to prevail. plus anybody you ban out of there is just going to come back as a puppet. there are enough puppets in otd already without the shroomery adding in some pea brained new system to increase the number
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: KingOftheThing]
#6568945 - 02/14/07 09:49 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Seeing as this system will be controlled by the OTD mods, how will it give me any power?
I stopped reading when I got to that fantasy of yours.
PS: How can we run them out for good when it's only a weeks ban with no perma option? Can't you read, I edited the framework for the system five minutes before you made this post.
Please don't post if you're not going to think first.
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Re: Poll based ban system for OTD! [Re: Hanky]
#6568953 - 02/14/07 09:53 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Hanky said: Seeing as this system will be controlled by the OTD mods, how will it give me any power?
I stopped reading when I got to that fantasy of yours.
PS: How can we run them out for good when it's only a weeks ban with no perma option? Can't you read, I edited the framework for the system five minutes before you made this post.
Please don't post if you're not going to think first.
should we link people to all the polls you already make? this is a veiled attempt from a professional troll to add a new level to your trolling people.
oh and btw there is a difference between insulting members who've been around and you trolling the fuck out of newbs.
basically im saying you being a troll has nothing to do with insulting me or toaide or whoever. this is you trolling the fuck out of newbs and now trying to forcibly run them out of a public forum...only because u deem them unworthy
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