In Light of Cyborgs Demands...

[indigosoul]

yes, his sn is cybog.. rsk never gets anything correct.

raverboy

Raverboy, are you derailing this thread...???


I didn't get it right either (on purpose). Cyborg is some kind of SF robot, I think...

PS (deliberate derail) - Hawaii is beautiful. I'm jealous you live there year round.

[Cybog]

I don't normally respond to this sort of madness, but this time I will make an exception.

As soon as a thread goes 'off topic', then the MOD should 'mark the thread'.

Therefore, as soon as the thread has been 'marked', it is known that the thread is no longer a discussion, except 'whatever' talk not related to the title of the thread...

For this to Work, Mods must be doing their job!

First of all, given the type of interface mods have dealing with the forum, this is impossible to do, other than me hand-selecting each thread and making myself a post-it note to remind myself to keep an eye on it.

Forget it.

Mods must be "doing their job"? Would you like to see a screenshot of the amount of garbage myself and the other mods cull around here?

The fact of the matter is - NONE of you see the shit that has been edited, but we mods do. The idea here is that everything looks find and dandy and on topic and (mostly) free of spam and advertising.

We do our best to keep it this way around here. Some of you post so godamn much, you don't even realize some of the crap you have posted and I have deleted. The "rofl" or "hahaha" or "......." replies usually get deleted on the spot. The random thoughts in the middle of a post are crushed. The e-hitting and personal messages and "Old Timer" chat goes away fast. There is so much of this that is gets old real fast, but I still delete it and try to do my best.

Why do we do this?

Nothing is more annoying for a "newbie" looking for help or advice and having to sift through stupid crap. We edit and moderate for the MAJORITY, not for the 5-10 of you with thousands of posts under your belt. There are TONS of people who come to this site a day and NEVER register. They come for help and advice. Not to sift through 10/12 crappy posts to find 2 good ones.

Should we change the "General" Discussion" forum to something more fitting with stupid stuff?

Why? The intelligent browser will look at the list of places to post stuff, and HOPEfully post it in the correct area. We all know this doesn't always happen, so us mods get to move shit around.

I don't have a problem with starting a NEW "Free For All" forum. I will talk to Loveadmin about adding this. But for the time being, General chat is STILL a thread for people to talk about General TOPICS. Sure, the ones that I listed were vague and boring, but that wasn't the point. The point is to keep things relatively on point.

Right now I don't moderate the General chat much at all, so for me to be compared to a "Forum Nazi" is a bit of a stretch. I moderate the Dating and Dumping and Sex 95% of the time. If a General gets WAY out of hand or people start flaming each other, then I might step in and make some stuff disappear.

Don't worry about me suddenly erasing everything that moves around here. The fact of the matter is that for General Chat, most of it will stay - But when RSK or others just start randomly posting "Increase your Post count here!" type of threads that serve absolutely no purpose other than senseless yammering, it serves no purpose here, or in ANY area and will likely disappear as well.

[Cybog]

As you have noticed, General has changed to Off-Topic.

It will still be moderated for spam and porn and whatnot, but if topics get out of hand, so be it.

It wont be moderated for moot content for the most part.

[Lloyd95]

As you have noticed, General has changed to Off-Topic.

Awesome! I think this will help, at least those new non-members looking for "love" advice; they shouldn't go in there, and if they do, well, they asked for it.

Another thought: On another site where I go, the "Off Topic" posts don't count toward Members total post count. I imagine this might clean up any useless stuff that some may be inclined to post ("Increase your post count here")

Again, I'm all for eliminating post counts all together.

[Tone]

Sweet, thanks Cybog.

[Cybog]

As far as post counts go, as I stated in a different post, I have no control over this. Unless a majority of the members really wanted some kind of changes in how post counting works, then maybe we can talk to Loveadmin about it, but otherwise I don't think it is such a big deal...?

[Rosebud]

See, that's what I say but I get harrassed a lot because of my post count. I just talk a lot though...

[RSK]

if we get rid of post counts, then how do we know WHO to respect around here, and who is just blowing HOT AIR?

i mean, we need some kind of Ranking system...

i was gonna go a step further, and suggest:

the MORE posts one has, the MORE power that person should have...

this qualifies Loveadmin as a newbie, and it makes me (or soon to be) King!



so, what da ya say?

[Tone]

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[RSK]

lol Tone, that put a huge smile on my face...

...the day i become mod, would be the day the earth stops rotating, and spins the other way...








...but if I WAS Mod, the first thing i'd do is get rid of the 'LOVE FORUM', and expand the 'FUN FORUM'............lol





jk

[Illusional]

all the members need to remember just one thing. that i'm the ruler of LF. LA is my trusty sidekick that accompanies me on my many journeys to the far east. he keeps me company and guides my donkey when i'm searching for new methods to further develop my unique fighting styles.

however, as for the off-topic section. i feel that things won't really be any different just because we changed the name of a section. it's all still talk about nonsense to me.

raverboy

[alice]

however, as for the off-topic section. i feel that things won't really be any different just because we changed the name of a section. it's all still talk about nonsense to me.

raverboy

but now we are entitled to talk about nonsense.

[Tone]

Yeah, you're a few days late raverboy.

[Illusional]

well i'm sorry for not being able to be here on a daily basis tone. i have other things in my life at the current moment.

and alice, basically this whole general discussion/off topic section is basically about nonsense.

raverboy

[AdminOnline]

Thread closed. No flaming at moderator. Any member found opening another thread talking about moderator will get a straight temporary ban from the forum.