Misleading Thread Titles

[jonesthecurl]

This thread is not about misleading thread titles.

[pimpdave]

[Army of GOD]

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[mviola]

tl;dr

[BigBallinStalin]

[img][img]http://th02.deviantart.net/fs22/PRE/f/2007/345/a/4/Daaamn_by_DamageCult.jpg[/img][/img]

[thegreekdog]

tl;dr

WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN!!!?!?!?!??!

[Evil Semp]

tl;dr

WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN!!!?!?!?!??!

My guess=to long didn't read

[thegreekdog]

tl;dr

WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN!!!?!?!?!??!

My guess=to long didn't read

Thanks. In the interest of full disclosure, that's probably the fourth time I've asked what that meant.

[natty dread]

<unsightly spam removed>

Please stop spamming the thread with overly long posts.

[Haggis_McMutton]

I agree.

Video related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbr8qNMgCR4&feature=related

[Army of GOD]

<Unsightly spam removed>

Please stop spamming the thread with overly long posts.

You ignored my 400th word.

[notyou2]

It's over, move along people.

[Haggis_McMutton]

Oh, come on.
There was no reason for those posts to be deleted ...

[Army of GOD]

Oh, come on.
There was no reason for those posts to be deleted ...

Guess who got a warning for spamming a joke thread!

[Haggis_McMutton]

Oh, come on.
There was no reason for those posts to be deleted ...

Guess who got a warning for spamming a joke thread!

ffs ...

Mods, was there actually anyone complaining about that post?

[rdsrds2120]

I edited out because of its sheer length. It was pretty bad spamming. If it was a manageable couple of paragraphs, I would have been cool with it. Sometimes too long is too long, though.

-rd

[pimpdave]

Sometimes too long is too long, though.

That's what she said.

[Haggis_McMutton]

I edited out because of its sheer length. It was pretty bad spamming. If it was a manageable couple of paragraphs, I would have been cool with it. Sometimes too long is too long, though.

-rd

See, that's not a reason though.

Did anyone complain?
Was it hurting someone?
Was it offending someone?

The fact that you have to spend an extra half second to scroll down isn't really a reason for moderators to get involved.

And btw, I'm not just saying this to pick on you or something, I just generally disagree with how mods seem to make decisions around here.
The mod's job is to keep the community functioning/improve the community, right?
So how was that long post detrimental to the comunity?

[rdsrds2120]

I edited out because of its sheer length. It was pretty bad spamming. If it was a manageable couple of paragraphs, I would have been cool with it. Sometimes too long is too long, though.

-rd

See, that's not a reason though.

Did anyone complain?
Was it hurting someone?
Was it offending someone?

The fact that you have to spend an extra half second to scroll down isn't really a reason for moderators to get involved.

And btw, I'm not just saying this to pick on you or something, I just generally disagree with how mods seem to make decisions around here.
The mod's job is to keep the community functioning/improve the community, right?
So how was that long post detrimental to the comunity?

I understand that. It was pretty harmless in itself, but if we let that go through, what else should we let through? It's that matter of consistency that everyone seemed to be upset about a while back. Then we do try to be more consistent, and it that doesn't seem to work either. We're trying to find a way and method that will responsibly suit the most people. It's harder than it looks, lol.

-rd

[Metsfanmax]

Clever paradoxes are not clever.

[jonesthecurl]

I do not see how it's remotely possible to spam this thread.
It's not as if you can go off-topic.

[pimpdave]

Basically every problem with consistency in moderation is because of stuff Night Strike did, but none of the administration on this site has been willing to admit or acknowledge that.

Whenever mods tell you that their job is difficult and we don't understand and they aren't appreciated (all of which is probably true), we should just remind them where all the problems began: with the incompetent, petulant, vindictive actions of Night Strike, who even, on several occasions, banned people for having political opinions contrary to his own. When he couldn't get away with that, he'd target those people and look for things to ban them for. The only consistency during his tenure was that anyone he deemed liberal was targeted for expulsion and anyone who fell in line with his brand of violent, jingoistic, neo-conservatism was never wrong.

And of course, amazingly, Night Strike has been shown mercy numerous times when he never showed any to us. Recently (within the last few months) he posted virulently racist comments, but it was edited out by someone higher up than him, and all of our pleas for consistency towards him (let him be subject to the same shit he's put us through) were ignored.

Most sinisterly, Night Strike's gross abuses as a mod can never be overturned. They dog everyone he banned for the rest of the time they're on CC. And he did what he did for the most pathetic reason: to "win" political food fights.

[BigBallinStalin]

I edited out because of its sheer length. It was pretty bad spamming. If it was a manageable couple of paragraphs, I would have been cool with it. Sometimes too long is too long, though.

-rd

See, that's not a reason though.

Did anyone complain?
Was it hurting someone?
Was it offending someone?

The fact that you have to spend an extra half second to scroll down isn't really a reason for moderators to get involved.

And btw, I'm not just saying this to pick on you or something, I just generally disagree with how mods seem to make decisions around here.
The mod's job is to keep the community functioning/improve the community, right?
So how was that long post detrimental to the comunity?

I understand that. It was pretty harmless in itself, but if we let that go through, what else should we let through? It's that matter of consistency that everyone seemed to be upset about a while back. Then we do try to be more consistent, and it that doesn't seem to work either. We're trying to find a way and method that will responsibly suit the most people. It's harder than it looks, lol.

-rd

Actually, it's real fucking simple, but it might be too complicated for certain people.

What part of "joke thread" do you not understand?

Your "slippery slope" argument doesn't hold up in the context of a joke thread; therefore, your moderating actions are unwarranted. AoG's warning for his post should be removed from his record (or at the very least, never count against him in the future in order for another mod to justify a ban).

[Haggis_McMutton]

I understand that. It was pretty harmless in itself, but if we let that go through, what else should we let through? It's that matter of consistency that everyone seemed to be upset about a while back. Then we do try to be more consistent, and it that doesn't seem to work either. We're trying to find a way and method that will responsibly suit the most people. It's harder than it looks, lol.

-rd

You should stop things that are detrimental to the community from going through. I realize the line can be hard to draw sometimes, but that post(as you admit) was CLEARLY not over the line.
Warning a user for a post that is harmless isn't a good move, and it's about on par with saying "well, if we legalize gay marriage, what next? bestiality, necrophilia, we'll have to legalize them all" ...

A similar situation occurred a while back, when AoG was warned(or banned?) for spamming live chat while there was only another user in there who appeared to be inactive.
Again, how is spamming live chat when there's basically no one there detrimental to the community? That warning makes absolutely no sense, just like this one doesn't.

How about this for a system: You only act immediately for gross violations, things that are clearly over the line, like posting someone's private info, clearly bigoted comments, post that are entirely a personal attack, without touching upon any issues, links to porn, etc that sort of thing.
For the rest, wait. If a sufficient number of people complain(and it seems unlikely that they're complaining simply because they don't like the guy), then maybe do something.

[Metsfanmax]

I have a question: why does everyone take this stuff so seriously?