Atom Smasher said:
Come on, ArcBound, look back at my posts and read what I quoted. He's in my sights for blatant derogatory name-calling.
Under your guys' paradigm HE would be banned right now.
I NEVER said people should be banned for name calling. WE never said that. I was saying if you're going to delete my post because of "name calling" that better damn well be a rule! And it better not just apply to mods.
I believe: You deleted my post because I insulted mods (which is not an ad hominem attack by the way; ad hominem attacks are on individuals and not a group of people).
Not because I insulted people on this board.
It's because I insulted mods; a group you are a part of. That's why you deleted it; not simply because it contained name calling.
If i had said, "Trolls are pieces of sh!ts" you wouldn't have cared for a second.
Name calling is all around on this board! People insult each other all day on here. I made a post about fvcking a woman while she was on the phone with her boyfriend (who was buying dishes for their new house together) and I had a million insults thrown at me. I remember the epic post by that guy who was fvcking a man's wife while that woman's husband fought over in Iraq... I'm sure he was called a piece of sh!t too (among other things such as "hope you get killed" etc)...
Hell one of the angriest, nastiest, "quick to insult people" posters I saw on this board years back is a Mod now (he knows who he is).
And just to clarify my remark about how well I think you guys are doing your job.... I was talking specifically in an "as mods" sense... Most of the mods here are some of the few remaining people who add to this specific board (not Mature Man)... but that does not mean I think you guys are good mods. I don't see you guys doing anything other than moving threads occasionally. There's been no overall improvement to this board content since they brought on all the new mods months ago.
However, since you guys are handcuffed by what you can ban or not ban... Well... Then perhaps the mods aren't as big of a problem as the system itself is.
Atom Smasher said:
I'll bring up to the boss to perhaps come up with a set of guidelines for banning. In the meantime, hear me well, guys. Any further posts similar to the insulting, low-class one that bm made will result in a delete and a banning.
And now you suddenly have the authority to ban and set rules for what will result in banning?
If that's so - GOOD you guys should have it and should use it... But you're saying it's not like that.
Which is it?
Atom Smasher said:
If I see a post like the one bukowski made directed at anybody (not just a mod) it will result in appropriate consequences.
Perhaps.... You should make a sticky about this???? You know, warn people they will be banned for insulting each other now??? (notification is a step in the right direction). Otherwise, i don't know how you can justify banning someone who hasn't read this thread.
For all intent and purpose - almost everyone believes this site has no rules! And... They act like it. (myself included when i feel like being a fvcking low life piece of sh!t... and no the "low life" didn't offend me.. I'm quite turned on by it baby.)
Atom Smasher said:
I'll let you know what the owner says about guidelines. They might be made public, they might not. That's his decision. We have a set of guidelines we follow now,
And you have no authorization to share them?
As far as I can tell there's only 2 rules and they are:
- No religious debates.
- No racial debates.
Clause 1.4: If ample amounts of mods are themselves participating in the above debates (or agree with the context) - the thread may remain open at the mods discretion.
Clause 2.6: If no mods log on for a week and don't see the big thread with 206 responses on the first page - the thread may also remain open.
I believe Clause 1.4 is what happened with the "looks" threads not being allowed. There was a time they'd get closed pretty fast. Then.... Some of the mods started endorsing that looks matter... And since then - it's no longer a lockable offense to start a "looks" thread.... So we're blessed with 80 debates a month...
Traffic for some
Trash for others
Atom Smasher said:
and respectful conversation about annoying posters is always welcomed. A person can always PM me or another mod and I can look into it.
Well, there's been 2 people mentioned in this thread who are CLEAR trolls; no question about it. And im sure i've seen mods in their threads. So it's not like you're unaware they exist.
I have messaged mods or used the report button at least 5 times since i've been here. To report CLEAR trolls. To the best of my knowledge: only one of them was ever banned (The asian guy who was posting 200 youtube videos a day and had all the front page topics of this forum as his own youtube traffic funnel.) And it even took like 3 weeks before he was finally banned!
Hopefully you get that sticky up with the rules...