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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107775 on: August 15, 2016, 04:04:30 pm »

I really respect the number of hard decisions Toady has made though. Back before the big forum split, I opposed it on pure fear of change, but he did good in splitting up the forum in a way that encouraged civil discussion. As well as breaking up those stupid 'floating fortress' things we had going on, even if they were fun for a bit.

Plus he made no distinctions on popularity. Even the most popular among us got banned if we were incessant troublemakers. I was scared at the time when some big names among us started getting banned, fearing it would be the death of our little community, but in the long run I think that that has actually been what has allowed this forum to survive and remain healthy as long as it has. It's a lesson I've always kept in my mind, on the usage of wise adjudication and valuing integrity over popularity.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107776 on: August 15, 2016, 04:11:48 pm »

Dunno, a big part of it is that there's no permanent record of mutes[Or at least, not one as prominent as the ban list is] and the posts/threads that get people being banned/muted/warned are deleted. Doesn't leave the most transparent "paper" trail ever.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107777 on: August 15, 2016, 04:13:58 pm »

Can't say I didn't see OW's ban coming. I just didn't expect him to be the next one.

In unrelated WTF, people on the road seem dumber and crazier than usual today. Can't remember the last time I saw a big rig going 80mph in a 55 zone, or a car passing me on the right-hand shoulder.
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« Reply #107778 on: August 15, 2016, 04:14:25 pm »

Mutes and tempbans do show up in the moderation log but are removed when they expire if I recall.
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« Reply #107779 on: August 15, 2016, 04:15:26 pm »

Mutes and tempbans do show up in the moderation log but are removed when they expire if I recall.
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« Reply #107780 on: August 15, 2016, 04:47:06 pm »

Can't say I didn't see OW's ban coming. I just didn't expect him to be the next one.

In unrelated WTF, people on the road seem dumber and crazier than usual today. Can't remember the last time I saw a big rig going 80mph in a 55 zone, or a car passing me on the right-hand shoulder.
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« Reply #107781 on: August 15, 2016, 04:48:27 pm »

Have I said my stepdad is an asshole? Probably. He took several things I bought today out of the fridge and left them on the counter. He did this because he wanted to clean out the fridge, and that I "don't need" what it was he took out - despite a lot of what's taking up space is his crap that he just leaves in there including a goddamned watermelon that nobody's eating. He said that if the stuff really needed to be cold(it does), I can just put ice in a bucket. He also suggested that I have no right to be angry about it.


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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107782 on: August 15, 2016, 04:53:22 pm »

I really respect the number of hard decisions Toady has made though. Back before the big forum split, I opposed it on pure fear of change, but he did good in splitting up the forum in a way that encouraged civil discussion. As well as breaking up those stupid 'floating fortress' things we had going on, even if they were fun for a bit.

Plus he made no distinctions on popularity. Even the most popular among us got banned if we were incessant troublemakers. I was scared at the time when some big names among us started getting banned, fearing it would be the death of our little community, but in the long run I think that that has actually been what has allowed this forum to survive and remain healthy as long as it has. It's a lesson I've always kept in my mind, on the usage of wise adjudication and valuing integrity over popularity.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107783 on: August 15, 2016, 05:13:54 pm »

I drove on the sidewalk (backwards and forwards!) and over a kerb and still passed my road test.

I also went to an immigration office for help with immigration. They took the letter I was sent and read it back to me. Thanks, real informative.

Also +1 re: mad drivers today, saw a lot of weird shit on my way to and from the immigration folk.
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« Reply #107784 on: August 15, 2016, 05:24:39 pm »

At first I figured OW must have been banned for some Ameripol bants I wasn't aware of, and whilst sad it'd really be his fault for posting in such a thread. But now apparently it was for that joke? In response to that other joke? Was there a second joke after OW's first joke on the subject, or was it just the one joke that got him banned? Is this a bad time to admit to laughing at it?

Maybe he'd been warned for racist jokes in the past, I don't know.
The only group I'd ever seen him "bigoted" against would probably be North Americans as a whole.

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107785 on: August 15, 2016, 05:44:41 pm »

YOU CANT LEAVE US THOUGH!
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107786 on: August 15, 2016, 06:02:02 pm »

What, II is gone?

Darn, that's sad. I'd never have called him bigoted. Ever.

Unless, as Yoink said, it was some poking at Americans. But come on, that's pretty much Europe's full time job.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107787 on: August 15, 2016, 06:19:57 pm »

I drove on the sidewalk (backwards and forwards!) and over a kerb and still passed my road test.

I also went to an immigration office for help with immigration. They took the letter I was sent and read it back to me. Thanks, real informative.

Also +1 re: mad drivers today, saw a lot of weird shit on my way to and from the immigration folk.
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who says you have to stay on the road! :P
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« Reply #107788 on: August 15, 2016, 07:06:33 pm »

Hmm. Can't say OW/II's ban is that surprising. I get the feeling he had a difficult time finding a good balance in his shitposting, and probably stepped over the line once too often. Especially in such a contentious political year. He wasn't that bad by general internet standards, but B12 tends to be a bit stricter about that kinda thing.

Nevertheless, he will be missed.  o7
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #107789 on: August 15, 2016, 08:09:23 pm »

What, II is gone?

Darn, that's sad. I'd never have called him bigoted. Ever.

Unless, as Yoink said, it was some poking at Americans. But come on, that's pretty much Europe's full time job.

You're thinking of Old Zeeland. He was from the New one.
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