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just out of curiosity

futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited February 2004 in H.Q. Reception Desk
who so far has been given the power to kill (stupidity) within the foruming population? I mean we can clearly identify our master and our overlords, but now we also have, what? A secret police?

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  • MachineHeadMachineHead Registered User regular
    edited January 2004
    Ramius wrote:
    Just because someone is a troublemaker doesn't mean we have to give them the boot. I think that for a long time now there has been a culture of pandering to the "popular" culture of the forum and "putting down" anyone that disagrees. In the early days of this forum, we had strong-willed mods that didn't operate that way. Loser, for example, wouldn't really ban anyone short of a goatse post. And if someone else did, he would start hell in the mod forum, or sometimes just unban them himself. Nowadays, people get banned just because they are "annoying". Well, suck it up. This is Penny fucking Arcade. You're going to have a touch of brash annoyance every now and then. Deal with it.

    I'm also sick of coddling the poor saps that can't break free of this place of their own will. So they do something like posting porn or giving away their password. Well, fuck them too. They can go to jail and keep their fucking account.

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2004
    yeah perhaps I should rephrase the question then. Who's been given the power to jail?

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2004
    the mods.

    no one else right now.

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  • RamiusRamius Joined: July 19, 2000 Administrator, ClubPA admin
    edited January 2004
    munkus beaver wrote:
    the mods.

    no one else right now.

    this is correct.

    I will start signing up deputies AFTER we go through a break-in/testing period with just the mods having the ability.

    I also still have yet to implement the unjailing code, and I need to mark the jailed people in such a way that it cannot be spoofed ( which I've seen done at least 3 times now )

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2004
    Ramius wrote:
    munkus beaver wrote:
    the mods.

    no one else right now.

    this is correct.

    I will start signing up deputies AFTER we go through a break-in/testing period with just the mods having the ability.

    I also still have yet to implement the unjailing code, and I need to mark the jailed people in such a way that it cannot be spoofed ( which I've seen done at least 3 times now )

    if you could add a graphic to the title or location, then wouldn't that fix it?

    or you could pass a rule that says 'if you are impersonating a jailed member, then we can remedey your problem quick."

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  • BesigedBBesigedB Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2004
    or you can make their username show in light grey letters that nobody can read (as their post doesnt matter)

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    this is a small sig to not get in your way
  • ArtoriaArtoria Registered User regular
    edited January 2004
    You could have grey bars appear over their avatar showing all that they have been jailed.

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  • bone daddybone daddy Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2004
    dragonsama wrote:
    You could have grey bars appear over their avatar showing all that they have been jailed.

    Porn with grey bars over it is still porn, and jailed asshats are still asshats.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2004
    i think he means above the avatar.

    right now, the avatar is already replace. some small pic or something around the avatar/title/location/name should solve everything

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  • ArtoriaArtoria Registered User regular
    edited January 2004
    munkus beaver wrote:
    i think he means above the avatar.

    right now, the avatar is already replace. some small pic or something around the avatar/title/location/name should solve everything

    You hit the old nail on the head.

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  • FinnMcCumigganFinnMcCumiggan Registered User regular
    edited January 2004
    I like Munkus' idea of jailing people who are just faking it.

    Or, do you think that you could put a little jailed icon right by their quote button?

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  • PetroPetro Registered User new member
    edited February 2004
    gez, i go away for a month and you add a whole new feature:)
    what happens to someone who is jailed and is it permenant? is it just a nice way to say Ip banned?

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2004
    Petro wrote:
    gez, i go away for a month and you add a whole new feature:)
    what happens to someone who is jailed and is it permenant? is it just a nice way to say Ip banned?

    i think there is a thread about this.

    not permanant
    jailed = no bbc code, avvy, title, or sig
    posting abilities are limited
    making new threads is also limited

    some deputies are assigned just in case a mod is gone to jail people

    this was added because ramius was tired of people getting banned becaause they were complete and utter idiots

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  • PetroPetro Registered User new member
    edited February 2004
    okay thanx for clearing that up

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