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.
No, it's fucking not. I can rules lawyer with the best of them, and I'm the one that crafted the final rules. This kind of shit from the admins/mods is absolutely unacceptable.
-Cursing in any capacity is fine, as long as there's more to the post than that.
-Outside of preview forums, there is no such thing as necros, useless posts, and temporary threadjacks.
-Insults we don't give a fuck about.
-Racial slurs? Only if the reportee can prove it was intended harmfully.
-Personal attacks? The person who was attacked must report... and even then, attack is just edited away and a warning given.
The entire point of the rules we voted for was to keep oTFF's style, while adding teeth to our self-moderation. Now, I understand that this is a transition period, so things are a bit wonky- that's why I haven't started jumping asses and why I think gafgar is a retard.
But if we start getting warnings/bans for being colorful, ANYWHERE on the board, I'm going to be
unspeakably pissed. I've put a lot of fucking work into this board- I expect the common decency of others to not fucking ruin it.
And yes, you all need to start posting in the moderation forum, and stop acting without a report. Posting the (sanitized of personal information) report wouldn't go amiss either.