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Hey Does Anybody Besides Me Miss The Politics Section...?

Started by EDF , Dec 21 2009 10:43 PM

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#31 mylo

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 10:43 AM

QUOTE (JBailey @ Dec 22 2009, 10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

How do I find this "warning level" that you speak of?

It's super secret. Here's your history:

davburr Warned on Oct 6 2009, 06:05 AM
Removed from warn level, setting this user's levels back to normal

mylo Warned on May 4 2009, 09:27 PM
Added to warn level, Because I feel like it...

I guess I was bored back in May

"Ah, yes, those Gucci extremists and their Prada jihad!" --ducky

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#32 bordercolliefan

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 11:05 AM

QUOTE (mylo @ Dec 22 2009, 10:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Warned.

Are we in China? Dissent gets punished??

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#33 mylo

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 11:07 AM

QUOTE (bordercolliefan @ Dec 22 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are we in China? Dissent gets punished??

I didn't want you to feel left out!

"Ah, yes, those Gucci extremists and their Prada jihad!" --ducky

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#34 UncleVinny

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 11:08 AM

What!!!

Right in the middle of the Christmas season . . .

When the Prince of Peace advises us "Peace on Earth, Good will towards man"

that we are prevented from heaping hatred and discord on our neighbors,

How Ironic!

"In this world of trouble and strife, bring some peace to someone's life"

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#35 Bill Z

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 11:13 AM

QUOTE (bordercolliefan @ Dec 22 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are we in China? Dissent gets punished??

mylo is on his dry sarcastic wit mode, I'm sure you're fine BCF

I would rather be Backpacking

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#36 cw68

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 11:19 AM

QUOTE (Bill Z @ Dec 22 2009, 11:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

mylo is on his dry sarcastic wit mode, I'm sure you're fine BCF

No worries, I just warned him for his efforts.

I take that back, I couldn't warn him, he was already warned for it. He's awfully close to that edge of being kicked out...

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#37 mylo

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 11:22 AM

lol, my warn history is amusing

"Ah, yes, those Gucci extremists and their Prada jihad!" --ducky

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#38 supermom

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 12:16 PM

QUOTE (Robert Giacometti @ Dec 22 2009, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've been around longer than most on this forum and have NEVER gotten any warning from any moderator.

They gotta word for that:

BROWNNOSER

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#39 mylo

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 12:20 PM

QUOTE (supermom @ Dec 22 2009, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They gotta word for that:

BROWNNOSER

Warned. Personal attack.

"Ah, yes, those Gucci extremists and their Prada jihad!" --ducky

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#40 eVader

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 12:29 PM

QUOTE (cw68 @ Dec 22 2009, 10:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's not just the 50 posts a day that was the problem.

It's the "you're-a-cotton-headed-ninny-muggin-because-you-don't-believe-the-way-I-do" attitude that's a problem. It is the blaming everyone else, don't look at me - see what they did, you're a wimp if you can't take it, whine whine whine, complain complain complain, that is the problem.

99.9% of the time it wasn't constructive dialog, debate or even conversation. That was a drain on the site, a drain on the moderators and just not what John wanted (or wants) for his site.

While I used to like the politics section, I hated what it turned into. I'm glad it's gone.

I agree. It wasn't a debate or presenting fact possibly persuading a change in opinion or theory or coming to a mutual compromise or seeing each sides point. Often time both sides had a point but the polar opposites would fail to see a common ground.

It can be a good discussion and not every topic will bring consensus or compromise but many were as you said, "I'm right, your ideas are carp" or name calling.

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#41 supermom

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 12:58 PM

QUOTE (mylo @ Dec 22 2009, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Warned. Personal attack.

D'oh!!!

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#42 Robert Giacometti

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 01:26 PM

QUOTE (supermom @ Dec 22 2009, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They gotta word for that:

BROWNNOSER

A brownnoser is someone who kisses butt and I don't think any Mod is going to agree with you I'm kissing their Butt.

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#43 supermom

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 03:17 PM

QUOTE (Robert Giacometti @ Dec 22 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A brownnoser is someone who kisses butt and I don't think any Mod is going to agree with you I'm kissing their Butt.

Ah, I'm just playing with you, Robert.

No one, here, who knows you, would believe for a second--that you're a brownnoser.

on the otherhand.........

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#44 (MaxineR)

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 03:23 PM

It's easy enough to deal with the complaints from posters who feel they have been abused by another poster, without trashing the whole political section:

Write in a condition to entering the politics section by making them agree to a "Ego Damage Disclaimer".

Which means one must agree that to enter into the politics section, they agree they may be offended or insulted and won't complain if that happens.

If it would be more comfortable for the moderators, to NOT babysit the political section at all.... let's NOT have any do that.

If there are no moderators taking any action, that will make me feel that there are also none that will act unfairly when deciding who to delete or who to warn. Under those conditions I would feel that to place an offending poster on "ignore" to be enough to deal with the problem of being offended by them. I had decided to do that, and did, just before the politics section was shut down. It worked for me.

I'm an adult and would rather be treated like one, than have to be babysit like other posters, who continuously break the rules.

Let's drop the rules in the political section, relieve the moderators of having to go to the politics section and place the disclaimer up in large red letters for all to see, so they know they can't run to John or the moderators with hurt feelings.

Will it get ugly? Not if mature members who have a mature attitude place the offenders on ignore and don't respond to their ugly posts. The offenders will go away when they can't get under anybodies skin and others ignore them. But another way to deal with that is for them to be advised they can be banned, without warning, if they become too nasty to other posters.

No warnings, no time out, no points taken away....just banned, without notice.

Surely something can be put into place that automatically deletes their account when they go beyond a certain number of cuss words.
That would at least get that problem taken care of. Or any cuss words would automatically reject a post from being posted.

If not moderating the political forum isn't attractive to John, then have a moderator who WANTS to do the job, put in charge of it. Give them full responsibility and the power to enforce the rules, if there are any. Forcing a moderator to do a job they dislike, with no wages isn't going to work, it's clear. So, find one that WANTS to do it.

I have a member in mind, who I feel is very fair and also objective. I'll tell John their name if he wants to PM me.