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I'm not sure how much time passed there but for me it seemd that all of a sudden there was an I'm sorry thread. I don't think she gave her the time to respond. Regardless, I think we've hashed and rehashed the whole thing, and I think all points of view have been expressed and re-expressed. Ugh! Quote:
We really do try to be fair. Also, strikes and such are private matters so people are only going to hear from their friends when they get them. If someone they don't like gets one - they won't even know! We have issued warnings and strikes to people that would probably surprise some.
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Also, I don't think this was the first time there eff you sigs meant for mods in sigs. So in a way JS was partially justified in the temporary ban. He felt he had to do something drastic and quickly because things had gotten so out of hand. We all know he usually doesn't have knee-jerk reactions. So in my opinion that is a reflection of how bad things were.
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When to moderate, what to moderate...it's not so cut and dry. Remember this is a board where the members call for a complete freedom of speech for everyone...except for Ethan...because he's annoying. We are accused of "selectively enforcing the rules." For the record I don't belong to any group or clique that I can percieve, so I'm not sure who I would be "selecting." But here's some of those rules: If all you have to add are harrassing, insulting, taunting, nasty remarks or name-calling, you'll be asked to go somewhere else. Any statement that defames, abuses or threatens others Material that advocates illegal activity or discusses illegal activities with the intent to commit them. This includes any threats including death or bodily harm Material that contains vulgar, obscene or indecent language Sexually explicit language, images or other content (pornography) Imagine if we went after every post, and poster, that could fit into one of these categories. Aside from the immense amount of time and effort that would take, there's very few of you that wouldn't end up with warnings and strikes at the end of the day. Perhaps that is how we should move forward. My hope, is that we go after the really egregious cases and kind of have faith that the rest of you are adult enough to handle the lesser cases. Either that or we intervene when someone asks us to or when someone seems to be ganged up on. Is that wrong? IDK, you tell me. Perhaps we are guilty of sending out too many warnings and not enough strikes. Sometimes there are posters who have gotten a number of warnings from us in the past and then, when they finally get a strike or a ban, to the group it's percieved to be for a small infraction, when there has actually been a history of, for lack of a better word, "abuses." (Please take my words at face value; they apply to people not involved in this case and don't apply to some who are.) I really don't want this to become a novel, but I'm telling you that we do the best we can. No one wants this to be an unwelcoming place, for long-timers or newbies, and while there's been a lot of talk about what the mods have done wrong (and mods admitting and apologizing for those things) I see very little talk about personal responsibility on behalf of the rank and file. Something to think about, and I'm sure I'll be hearing from those of you who think I'm wrong. That's OK. We're just talking, here.
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I can relate...
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Another message board I am a member of (It is such a well known website that it was listed in a recent VH1 countdown lists Top 10) recently posted a picture of a blue haired Perez Hilton (I think that's his name, I see his website listed here lots of time) and the stuff posted to remark about that picture (99.999% negative) makes what has EVER been posted here look like the Pope's bed-sheet by comparison- and yes (??!!) surprisingly that website is moderated...How it is moderated is beyond me |
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"I can remember...
"back in the old days I had to walk 15 miles barefooted, in a t-shirt & shorts one-way uphill in 12 feet of snow & 50MPH winds just to post what I was listening to at that moment..."
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I'm currently thinking about radioactive decay and the Mathmatical modelling of it. I have to write an essay on it and the Maths part of it is fine, but trying to write about radioactivity is taking all my concentration since I'm a terrible essay writer. I chose to do Applied Maths and Physics for a reason! All numbers no words!!
I'm also being distracted by the announcement of Black Sabbath playing a UK tour! So excited that I get to see Tony Iommi at last. The fact that Dio is singing is just what makes it my most anticipated concert ever. Pity it isn't until November... |
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I'm thinking about the suckitude of springtime allergies.
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Thats all it takes. To admit to some mistakes and try to behave a little better. But it takes courage to do that and a little self realisation too. Maybe some are not ready yet.
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Oh gee...
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this reminds me of the mathematics equations for half-life decay amounts for radiation - now my brain has gone FUBAR'd again (I am NRC/Nuclear Regulatory Commission certified to handle radioactive material for Radiographic Examinations of Pipelines) I wished they (Black Sabb...err, "Heaven & Hell") would play around here somewhere - I'm more of a Dio era fan of the band than I ever will be of the Ozzy era (Matter-of-fact my favorite singer in Black Sabbath was/is/always be Tony Martin - dude has a hellacious set of pipes and "Headless Cross" is one hella heavy album).
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One of the docs I work with told me that 1 shot of Depo Medrol (a steroid) will give you at least a month of relief. He'd rather do that than keep prescribing Zyrtec or Claritin. |
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No insurance. I haven't taken legitimate medicine for years, and street pharmacists don't really offer prescription plans.
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Suck. Ummm......drink lots of water & pop Benadryl & sleep all day?
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