I don't want a two tier infraction system based on length of time here, post count, friends in high places etc. There are already enough threads about mod bias regardless of which mods have been in power.
We have an ever changing set of rules (as Galspanic pointed out) where the staff try to place the good of the site over any individual users needs. Sometimes, these rules need tweaking because they don't work well once they are applied.
We will never satisfy the needs of all users at all times, the best we can do is hope to find a ratio that is acceptable to most users. More than anything, I want to see a system that is fair to all users, consistent in it's application, allows for moderator discretion when needed AND is RESPECTED by our user base.
That....... is a tall order indeed
Disallow threads whining about mods, problem solved.
Someone's cumulative post quality should be considered, not number of posts. Someone with a high posts per day is probably just posting absolute garbage. But someone who is one of the best members of the forum calls someone a ****ing idiot? Some leniency should exist. On the other hand, though, if someone is a nonstop terrible poster, they should get the book thrown at them for a missed piece of punctuation
Reading this thread makes me want to kill myself. The fact that Commons and other people are bringing up bull**** about ~rape law double standards~ in relation to a case where women were gang-raped while unconscious is an absolute shame upon the Magic community as a whole.
I've always thought this was a bad policy, because it creates a Twilight Zone between posts that are allowed on the forums and posts that are punishable (ie against the rules). If something is spam, then infract it as spam, because that's what the rules for spam are for. If something isn't spam, then leave it.
How is Joe User supposed to know that a certain type of post is unacceptable if he never sees anyone punished for it?
If you're going to delete every Rumor Mill post that doesn't contribute, that forum will end up with maybe a half-dozen replies total.
well thats cool... atleast you dont listen to nicki minaj or lil wayne.. i suppose? Faith in humanity restored!
they're both great actually*
*nicki minaj's last album was half-amazing half-garbage, fortunately all the amazing stuff was the first half so it's super easy to not hear the rest. lil wayne had some fantastic songs and mixtapes but is no longer relevant unfortunately. come on, the man wrote the line "real Gs roll silent like lasagna"
and wow your just 23. how sure are you about the things you know?
i'm sure that there are huge amounts of music i haven't heard and that i would enjoy quite possibly millions of artists whose names i'll never see. i know that there are entire genres out there, waiting to be explored, and that's extremely exciting to me. i'm looking forward to the huge new genres and innovations that are about to happen.
however, when you talk about music i know really well like the punk/post-punk/indie canon, i can say with reasonable certainty that i know what i'm talking about
Oh my god, are you advocating phrenology now?
This is extremely offensive. Their mailing list is bi-weekly.
Disallow threads whining about mods, problem solved.
How is Joe User supposed to know that a certain type of post is unacceptable if he never sees anyone punished for it?
If you're going to delete every Rumor Mill post that doesn't contribute, that forum will end up with maybe a half-dozen replies total.
sure, i guess, i listened to 30 seconds of one municipal waste song and it's thrash and i don't like thrash
i listen to gay bands. i enjoy gay bands. there are some great gay bands.
stop using "gay" to mean "bad" because a) i'm 23, not 12; b) come on
they're both great actually*
*nicki minaj's last album was half-amazing half-garbage, fortunately all the amazing stuff was the first half so it's super easy to not hear the rest. lil wayne had some fantastic songs and mixtapes but is no longer relevant unfortunately. come on, the man wrote the line "real Gs roll silent like lasagna"
i'm sure that there are huge amounts of music i haven't heard and that i would enjoy quite possibly millions of artists whose names i'll never see. i know that there are entire genres out there, waiting to be explored, and that's extremely exciting to me. i'm looking forward to the huge new genres and innovations that are about to happen.
however, when you talk about music i know really well like the punk/post-punk/indie canon, i can say with reasonable certainty that i know what i'm talking about
only tangentially related, here's something i wrote about music a while back http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/women-rock-article.php
some of her songs are pretty good!!