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Need I say anything else? Feel free to attempt bringing the thread back on track. Or off-track. Or whatever.
-chronodekar
chronodekar said:
I'm satisfied with answers I got for my original question - so I'm game. Going to sleep now, but if there are at least 2 pages (ideally 4) of nothing but comic talk in this thread when I wake up, I'll edit the OP and move the thread over to this section,
http://thefanfictionforum.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=45
For poster-y I'll even leave the thread title alone. Should be fun.
-chronodekar
http://thefanfictionforum.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=45
For poster-y I'll even leave the thread title alone. Should be fun.
-chronodekar
-chronodekar
First off, let me get down on my knees and BEG you all (the TFF community) NOT to turn this thread into another shit-storm.
That ESPECIALLY means NOT linking/referring to examples.
We all get angry. It makes us do stupid things. Something I really liked about oTFF was the fact that no-one got on our throats when we got ... colorful. It wasn't exactly fun for the people involved, but it sure was entertaining for those on the side-lines!
We don't seem to have the same atmosphere here anymore. It looks to me that the moment anyone starts a verbal argument, within a page or two the admin/mod comes in and asks everyone to shut up. Is this a good thing? I don't know. But it IS in-line with the rules voted in.
After some thinking, I'm wondering about making a new 'RAEG' sub-forum exclusively for ranting. You can do whatever you want in there - spam a thread, throw insulting remarks at a fellow member ... etc (within our host, icyboard's rules). The idea is that absolutely NO moderator/administrator action will be taken for anyone's behavior in there. Obviously, if you attempt to "accidentally" spill that anger on some other section of the board, the warnings/ban-hammer will fall on you, but otherwise a lawless land (within icyboards rules!).
If any of the admins/mods see ... uncomfortable general behavior in a certain thread, it will simply be moved to the 'RAEG' sub-forum - where people can fight it out all they want.
Years ago, when I was part of the anandtech forums, there was an issue of certain members who went posting everywhere just to get their 'post count' up. They were granted a single 'spam thread' where they could post as they liked and the rest of the community was thankful - no bans/moderator action involved and everyone was happy. It was a rule that unless someone posted age-inappropriate things in the spam thread, any complaints from it were ignored (it was a public forum).
A single thread won't be enough for us. We like to throw anything, including the kitchen sink, at everyone (this isn't spacebattles, after-all!). So, I feel a separate sub-forum might be in order.
Think of it as a way to preserve the freedom we had on oTFF alongside the 'rules and regulations' of nTFF. What do you say?
Obviously if you have any better ideas (or improvements), feel free to voice them.
-chronodekar
PS: Just because my username has a purple color does NOT in any way make this suggestion semi-approved or the like. Heck, I haven't even spoken it to anyone before posting. I'm looking for a BROAD consensus BEFORE taking any kind of action - PLEASE work with me people!
PPS: I'll keep modifying this first post with ideas/suggestions as they get voiced (and as I get time)
That ESPECIALLY means NOT linking/referring to examples.
We all get angry. It makes us do stupid things. Something I really liked about oTFF was the fact that no-one got on our throats when we got ... colorful. It wasn't exactly fun for the people involved, but it sure was entertaining for those on the side-lines!
We don't seem to have the same atmosphere here anymore. It looks to me that the moment anyone starts a verbal argument, within a page or two the admin/mod comes in and asks everyone to shut up. Is this a good thing? I don't know. But it IS in-line with the rules voted in.
After some thinking, I'm wondering about making a new 'RAEG' sub-forum exclusively for ranting. You can do whatever you want in there - spam a thread, throw insulting remarks at a fellow member ... etc (within our host, icyboard's rules). The idea is that absolutely NO moderator/administrator action will be taken for anyone's behavior in there. Obviously, if you attempt to "accidentally" spill that anger on some other section of the board, the warnings/ban-hammer will fall on you, but otherwise a lawless land (within icyboards rules!).
If any of the admins/mods see ... uncomfortable general behavior in a certain thread, it will simply be moved to the 'RAEG' sub-forum - where people can fight it out all they want.
Years ago, when I was part of the anandtech forums, there was an issue of certain members who went posting everywhere just to get their 'post count' up. They were granted a single 'spam thread' where they could post as they liked and the rest of the community was thankful - no bans/moderator action involved and everyone was happy. It was a rule that unless someone posted age-inappropriate things in the spam thread, any complaints from it were ignored (it was a public forum).
A single thread won't be enough for us. We like to throw anything, including the kitchen sink, at everyone (this isn't spacebattles, after-all!). So, I feel a separate sub-forum might be in order.
Think of it as a way to preserve the freedom we had on oTFF alongside the 'rules and regulations' of nTFF. What do you say?
Obviously if you have any better ideas (or improvements), feel free to voice them.
-chronodekar
PS: Just because my username has a purple color does NOT in any way make this suggestion semi-approved or the like. Heck, I haven't even spoken it to anyone before posting. I'm looking for a BROAD consensus BEFORE taking any kind of action - PLEASE work with me people!
PPS: I'll keep modifying this first post with ideas/suggestions as they get voiced (and as I get time)
