Nimnim
The Nim
I've just noticed over the past week like 4 people who now have the little black dot instead of the green or red dots for rep meaning they turned it off. Just a curiosity thing for me.
How come? Department
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I've just noticed over the past week like 4 people who now have the little black dot instead of the green or red dots for rep meaning they turned it off. Just a curiosity thing for me.
ajblakejr
Age quod agis
<---------------------- like this?
cachsux
Wah
Nimnim
The Nim
ajblakejr
Age quod agis
They`re like mood rings, changing color. Or in A.J.`s case mood pasties.
How come pasties don't come with instructions on how to twirl the tassels like the eyes in Nimnim's thingy?
... with my screen resolution that arrow points at a distracting part of your avatar.
Nimnim
The Nim
I daresay it's because it's more fun for people to cheer on those learning how to do it.
grgrcr88
No It's not green grocer!
Tell ya what, you video yourself practicing and post it here and we will all let you know how your doing!!
I bet you pass with flying colors!!
DS
Fenderbender
You vill not qvestion ze fahrvergugen uf za mods.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
I have not seen any questions that Cheryl has asked him.
cachsux
Wah
Probably because he relocated them along with the "questionable posts" to the Klein Box. What? You actually think he let`s Cheryl have free thoughts?
dannyboy
From the promised LAND
Might I suggest something.
I have been a member of many forums and chat sites over the years. Some are still bopping along, others, who at one time were the top of their type, have either disappeared, or are doing fund raisers to stay on the web. One in particular was huge in the late 90's, early 2000. Had close to 160,000 people as registered members, and 250-500 new posts a day. Today, they have may 5 new posts a week. and maybe one new thread a week. And the owner of the site has sent out 5 mass emailings to have contributions made to keep them on line. As we all know, as action on a website declines, so does the revenue it creates.
So what was the problem that caused these sites to decline? For most, it was over modification. For some of the others, it was no mods at all.
This is Cheryl site. This is her baby. What ever she want to do with it is up to her. And so far at least, her way has been successful.
But one of the things I have noticed on the other sites, even the ones that were over moderated, if the mods pm'ed the person as to why the post was removed, or parts of it deleted, usually the behavior that was targeted declined. But with no information passed on to the poster, problems began to occur. Posters instead of having a logical reason for their posts being deleted, claimed to be targeted for no good reason, or their view point being squashed in favor of someone elses.
A good example. IF your child is doing something wrong, you tell them no. You could slap them on the hands and tell them no as well. But what happens to the process when they are doing something we dont like, and all we do is slap their hand? No word out of your mouth to say no, just the slap on the hand.
Did the kid learn anything? Was the targeted behavior identified? OR does the child only come away with "dont be around dad, he likes to slap my hands for nothing"?
Anyway, that is my take. And while I enjoy posting and reading, this is still someone elses home.
d
I have been a member of many forums and chat sites over the years. Some are still bopping along, others, who at one time were the top of their type, have either disappeared, or are doing fund raisers to stay on the web. One in particular was huge in the late 90's, early 2000. Had close to 160,000 people as registered members, and 250-500 new posts a day. Today, they have may 5 new posts a week. and maybe one new thread a week. And the owner of the site has sent out 5 mass emailings to have contributions made to keep them on line. As we all know, as action on a website declines, so does the revenue it creates.
So what was the problem that caused these sites to decline? For most, it was over modification. For some of the others, it was no mods at all.
This is Cheryl site. This is her baby. What ever she want to do with it is up to her. And so far at least, her way has been successful.
But one of the things I have noticed on the other sites, even the ones that were over moderated, if the mods pm'ed the person as to why the post was removed, or parts of it deleted, usually the behavior that was targeted declined. But with no information passed on to the poster, problems began to occur. Posters instead of having a logical reason for their posts being deleted, claimed to be targeted for no good reason, or their view point being squashed in favor of someone elses.
A good example. IF your child is doing something wrong, you tell them no. You could slap them on the hands and tell them no as well. But what happens to the process when they are doing something we dont like, and all we do is slap their hand? No word out of your mouth to say no, just the slap on the hand.
Did the kid learn anything? Was the targeted behavior identified? OR does the child only come away with "dont be around dad, he likes to slap my hands for nothing"?
Anyway, that is my take. And while I enjoy posting and reading, this is still someone elses home.
d
The suckiest thing about modding is how the members blast you if you mod too much, and blast you if you mod too little.
How many times do you PM the same person that his behaviour is unacceptable? You know they know their posts were in violation of TOS, so you just delete the garbage. They know why it was deleted!
How many times do you PM the same person that his behaviour is unacceptable? You know they know their posts were in violation of TOS, so you just delete the garbage. They know why it was deleted!
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
That has always worked for me.
Often times my only hope is that the post stays up long enough for Tie to read it.
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
Now he fashions his rants parallel to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel???
Apparently he doesn't realize the rest of the community sees it as back alley grafitti.
cachsux
Wah
If it was truly a violation of TOS, fine. But having it be someones OPINION as a violation of TOS is something else. When a majority approve the message or its theme and no complaints were issued then leave well enough alone. If its one word, edit it or delete it. But whole posts or chunks of threads?
The latest statement of "Moved a bunch of off topic posts in this thread, and someone is going to start getting warnings for "thread derailment" if they keep it up." is false if one reads the entire thread and sees the "derailing" posts that remain. This says that despite the Mods claim of cleaning up the thread anyone can see it was done selectively and is biased if one knows the posts that were removed.
iowa boy
Well-Known Member
iowa boy
Well-Known Member
Over,
This is a quote that Jones posted in another thread:
" and someone is going to start getting warnings for "thread derailment" if they keep it up."
Now, we all know who this was directed towards, but this is what I was referring to. If this is done to one person because he interjects something irrevelant into the thread, can this not happen to every other poster in every other thread on this forum?
If it a "flame" of another individual then I agree, a warning should be forwarded to the offending party, but to do it because there were off topic posts in the thread and no reported offenses within the posts, where does it stop?
What I'm saying is that is a precedent can be set with actions like that, and when setting precedent, it can be construed as a "power grab" if not done carefully by those involved.
