God, I love forum schisms. I've been around for so many. I think the Technorati one was my favorite, but then there was the post-G&T-chat-thread schism too. They went off to some shitty little forum and made fun of a number of specific posters here (myself included). I don't even remember what it was called. The---something. The R-something. Fuck I can't remember.
also given what certain mods here let certain not banned forumers here get away with, glass houses and stones
you have gotten a pretty easy ride senj i won't lie
it's true
but the truth is kusu went on a tear for the same reason tynic got fed up and left and a bunch of other people came close to ragequitting, and that whole incident was more or less because the people causing all the drama were tight with the mods
Mods are human like everyone else, so maybe kusu or teefs gets away with shit in SE++ that they wouldn't get somewhere where they aren't friendly with the mods, but that is undeniably true here too is all I'm saying
i don't really remember what was up with that. I was a newly-minted mod when all that was going down, and i think i didn't really understand what was going on. I remember a couple of dudes almost made us shut down the chat thread because it was nothing but a series of semi-ironic gay come-ons.
Who were those guys? I don't even remember their names.
I never really knew why Tynic left. We could ask Dyna in his capacity as forum archivist i guess.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
God, I love forum schisms. I've been around for so many. I think the Technorati one was my favorite, but then there was the post-G&T-chat-thread schism too. They went off to some shitty little forum and made fun of a number of specific posters here (myself included). I don't even remember what it was called. The---something. The R-something. Fuck I can't remember.
I won't name it but I posted there for about a year!
When I'm in the the peak of my depression or anxiety, I imagine that you guys all have a secret subforum in which you just quote things I've posted and mock me mercilessly.
apparently my posts get reported to the mods a lot
i have heard this from more than one mod
there's a lot of people who report my posts to get me in trouble, and it's actually a lot of the same people
the mods do very little about it, because most of the reported posts are just people who don't like me anyway being sour about whatever, and not actually infraction-worthy
also given what certain mods here let certain not banned forumers here get away with, glass houses and stones
you have gotten a pretty easy ride senj i won't lie
it's true
but the truth is kusu went on a tear for the same reason tynic got fed up and left and a bunch of other people came close to ragequitting, and that whole incident was more or less because the people causing all the drama were tight with the mods
Mods are human like everyone else, so maybe kusu or teefs gets away with shit in SE++ that they wouldn't get somewhere where they aren't friendly with the mods, but that is undeniably true here too is all I'm saying
i don't really remember what was up with that. I was a newly-minted mod when all that was going down, and i think i didn't really understand what was going on. I remember a couple of dudes almost made us shut down the chat thread because it was nothing but a series of semi-ironic gay come-ons.
Who were those guys? I don't even remember their names.
I never really knew why Tynic left. We could ask Dyna in his capacity as forum archivist i guess.
When I'm in the the peak of my depression or anxiety, I imagine that you guys all have a secret subforum in which you just quote things I've posted and mock me mercilessly.
When I'm in the the peak of my depression or anxiety, I imagine that you guys all have a secret subforum in which you just quote things I've posted and mock me mercilessly.
When I'm in the the peak of my depression or anxiety, I imagine that you guys all have a secret subforum in which you just quote things I've posted and mock me mercilessly.
I think that is more or less how the mod forum works when someone gets reported.
Incidentally, Irond Will, I don't know if you were around for this yesterday, but I've totally come to see your side of the warglbargl nerd thing.
We were talking about it some this weekend. I think it's mostly a combination of me getting older and a little ossified in my thinking, and also I want for nerdy kids to just engage the world better - like encouraging them to double down in their little reality-schisms and alternative sub-communities is just doing them a disservice.
Sure play the dungeons and dragons but leave the fuckin cape at home okay?
I guess it's a little patriarchal and isn't especially my place. I guess being both an old dude and a moderator in a kinda nerd-flavored internet forum makes me feel a little responsible?
may i add that will is such a rad fucking dude- i'm not even kidding
all the japanimation shit he lambastes on here, he seriously isn't malicious about it. hearing him discuss it in person is actually an edifying view of his character. he is very fraternal, maybe even traces of paternal. he taught me stuff about physics, ordering liquor, boston, going back to school, et cetera. even his ribbing about my weight was very friendly.
though, he did immediately frisk me upon introductions, wondering whether i'd carried across state lines in defiance of MA law
i was very happy with everyone i met at PAX, but will was probably the guy who surprised me the most with how much i liked him versus what i expected
Incidentally, Irond Will, I don't know if you were around for this yesterday, but I've totally come to see your side of the warglbargl nerd thing.
We were talking about it some this weekend. I think it's mostly a combination of me getting older and a little ossified in my thinking, and also I want for nerdy kids to just engage the world better - like encouraging them to double down in their little reality-schisms and alternative sub-communities is just doing them a disservice.
Sure play the dungeons and dragons but leave the fuckin cape at home okay?
I guess it's a little patriarchal and isn't especially my place. I guess being both an old dude and a moderator in a kinda nerd-flavored internet forum makes me feel a little responsible?
Also I sometimes just find them irritating.
Super fucking irritating.
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When I'm in the the peak of my depression or anxiety, I imagine that you guys all have a secret subforum in which you just quote things I've posted and mock me mercilessly.
I warned Hippie what would happen. I liked him, but I was unsurprised.
tee hee....
Glass houses dude.
tee hee... go crawl back under your rock.
I warned Hippie because I got banned multiple times for exploding on people. I told him "you're going to befall the same fate as me. The only reason I'm still around is because I've tried to control that. If you don't, you're going to get banned. The mods keep a closer eye on people like you and me because we've caused drama here, so they have a lower tolerance for our behavior." The PMs I sent him are long gone, but that was the gist of it. Hell, I might have told him that in public, so you may even be able to find the post(s) I'm referring to.
So what stones was I throwing there, RiemannLives? It was friendly advice based on experience. Because I didn't want him to get banned.
How about you keep your ignorant, passive-aggressive snide commentary to yourself.
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edited March 2010
Man, I would really like to go to school in Boston but I don't know about not being able to see any stars.
Even if I don't have a telescope I just like looking at them.
Incidentally, Irond Will, I don't know if you were around for this yesterday, but I've totally come to see your side of the warglbargl nerd thing.
We were talking about it some this weekend. I think it's mostly a combination of me getting older and a little ossified in my thinking, and also I want for nerdy kids to just engage the world better - like encouraging them to double down in their little reality-schisms and alternative sub-communities is just doing them a disservice.
Sure play the dungeons and dragons but leave the fuckin cape at home okay?
I guess it's a little patriarchal and isn't especially my place. I guess being both an old dude and a moderator in a kinda nerd-flavored internet forum makes me feel a little responsible?
Also I sometimes just find them irritating.
will this is pretty much how i am
i am not no internet moderator or nothing but
you'll notice that a running theme in a lot of my subcultural criticism is telling people they need to back up a little and get a breath of fresh air and have some nuance to their hobbies and lifestyle
it comes across as far more boorish than i intend
not sure what to do with that, really, i talk how i talk
apparently my posts get reported to the mods a lot
i have heard this from more than one mod
there's a lot of people who report my posts to get me in trouble, and it's actually a lot of the same people
the mods do very little about it, because most of the reported posts are just people who don't like me anyway being sour about whatever, and not actually infraction-worthy
I've told you this before, but you've gotten so much better over the past while Pony.
For a while I would kind of cringe when you popped into D&D because you had like a wake of SE people who would just cause all kinds of trouble.
But I have really come to appreciate your postings and your perspectives!
Posts
Done with D&D. She still goes into AC occasionally.
just be prepared for the volume
I remember Kusu being specifically banned from D&D.
Obviously not Tynic because she's the greatest thing since Noom.
i don't really remember what was up with that. I was a newly-minted mod when all that was going down, and i think i didn't really understand what was going on. I remember a couple of dudes almost made us shut down the chat thread because it was nothing but a series of semi-ironic gay come-ons.
Who were those guys? I don't even remember their names.
I never really knew why Tynic left. We could ask Dyna in his capacity as forum archivist i guess.
I won't name it but I posted there for about a year!
Then I wised the fuck up and I came back here.
Best decision of my God damn Internet life.
You're right, they didn't like you at all!
Yeah, but I spend zero time in AC so she may as well be on the PVP forums. :P
you have no inside voice?
i have heard this from more than one mod
there's a lot of people who report my posts to get me in trouble, and it's actually a lot of the same people
the mods do very little about it, because most of the reported posts are just people who don't like me anyway being sour about whatever, and not actually infraction-worthy
Uh
Pony and making noise is like a shark and movement. If he's not talking, he DIES.
That would make a good plot for a movie.
Glad it worked out for you.
PAX meetups are so much less horror-inducing than one would suspect.
Okay, who told?
tee hee....
Glass houses dude.
Fluffy you posted this in the wrong thread!
I think that is more or less how the mod forum works when someone gets reported.
pretty much
i am a loud, aggressive dude
i am actually pretty jovial and cheerful most of the time!
but i pretty much have one interaction volume and that volume is 11
some people like that!
some other people, especially people with say, insecurities or anxiety problems, find me really unpleasant
i can tone it down, if i make a deliberate effort to do so
and sometimes, i do that
We were talking about it some this weekend. I think it's mostly a combination of me getting older and a little ossified in my thinking, and also I want for nerdy kids to just engage the world better - like encouraging them to double down in their little reality-schisms and alternative sub-communities is just doing them a disservice.
Sure play the dungeons and dragons but leave the fuckin cape at home okay?
I guess it's a little patriarchal and isn't especially my place. I guess being both an old dude and a moderator in a kinda nerd-flavored internet forum makes me feel a little responsible?
Also I sometimes just find them irritating.
may i add that will is such a rad fucking dude- i'm not even kidding
all the japanimation shit he lambastes on here, he seriously isn't malicious about it. hearing him discuss it in person is actually an edifying view of his character. he is very fraternal, maybe even traces of paternal. he taught me stuff about physics, ordering liquor, boston, going back to school, et cetera. even his ribbing about my weight was very friendly.
though, he did immediately frisk me upon introductions, wondering whether i'd carried across state lines in defiance of MA law
i was very happy with everyone i met at PAX, but will was probably the guy who surprised me the most with how much i liked him versus what i expected
this is eerily accurate
i am a fucking chatterbox
Super fucking irritating.
OIC
ohshi-
I have never met anyone, but my friend who has met PA folk speaks very highly of their being generally pleasant folk.
tee hee... go crawl back under your rock.
I warned Hippie because I got banned multiple times for exploding on people. I told him "you're going to befall the same fate as me. The only reason I'm still around is because I've tried to control that. If you don't, you're going to get banned. The mods keep a closer eye on people like you and me because we've caused drama here, so they have a lower tolerance for our behavior." The PMs I sent him are long gone, but that was the gist of it. Hell, I might have told him that in public, so you may even be able to find the post(s) I'm referring to.
So what stones was I throwing there, RiemannLives? It was friendly advice based on experience. Because I didn't want him to get banned.
How about you keep your ignorant, passive-aggressive snide commentary to yourself.
Even if I don't have a telescope I just like looking at them.
will this is pretty much how i am
i am not no internet moderator or nothing but
you'll notice that a running theme in a lot of my subcultural criticism is telling people they need to back up a little and get a breath of fresh air and have some nuance to their hobbies and lifestyle
it comes across as far more boorish than i intend
not sure what to do with that, really, i talk how i talk
So the "shut the fuck up" part of your brain was the first to go, eh?
Sad.
:P
Also I have like half that much hair right now.
I exist beyond the hair, man.
I've told you this before, but you've gotten so much better over the past while Pony.
For a while I would kind of cringe when you popped into D&D because you had like a wake of SE people who would just cause all kinds of trouble.
But I have really come to appreciate your postings and your perspectives!
naw bro
that would imply that this was a change after i had a stroke
pretty sure i was just born without that part