No one has quit solely because of me, so no.

Quote from: Dietrich Six on June 11, 2016, 03:57:13 PM

Nah, no one cares that much about what I say.

Try as I might, verb and class still post. Maybe I can trigger zumi.

Your posts routinely make me want to tie bags of flour to my ankles and jump off a bridge

Wow, that's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me.

Quote from: Prime Kruphix on June 11, 2016, 09:51:26 PM

Nope, I don't banter hard enough to make people leave.

Am I hard enough yet?

Hard-headed

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Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on June 12, 2016, 07:17:09 AM

When I ban them, yeah.
But as a general rule of thumb, if someone earns a heavy enough ban that it gets rid of them I'm not sorry to see them go.

Name one person (can't be Flee) you'd be sorry to see go

I'm sorry to see most people go really, it's easier to name the ones I wouldn't be sorry to see go but that would be a little impolite.

Haha, that's pathetic. Your defense against normies does work though. As long as you don't clearly express dissatisfaction towards something you're innocent. You'd be good in my book too if only you didn't express dissatisfaction at all, or at least not to this level. That's not how a mod should act

It's a little bit simpler than that, mods have to remain somewhat impartial (at least when it comes to moderation) so it's not a good idea to give any potential ammo to would-be troublemakers and agitators so that they can cry about modbias more.

That's a pretty warped way of seeing things, my friend. Sociopathic is the closest word that describes your way of thinking.

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Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on June 12, 2016, 07:17:09 AM

When I ban them, yeah.
But as a general rule of thumb, if someone earns a heavy enough ban that it gets rid of them I'm not sorry to see them go.

Name one person (can't be Flee) you'd be sorry to see go

I'm sorry to see most people go really, it's easier to name the ones I wouldn't be sorry to see go but that would be a little impolite.

Haha, that's pathetic. Your defense against normies does work though. As long as you don't clearly express dissatisfaction towards something you're innocent. You'd be good in my book too if only you didn't express dissatisfaction at all, or at least not to this level. That's not how a mod should act

It's a little bit simpler than that, mods have to remain somewhat impartial (at least when it comes to moderation) so it's not a good idea to give any potential ammo to would-be troublemakers and agitators so that they can cry about modbias more.

That's a pretty warped way of seeing things, my friend. Sociopathic is the closest word that describes your way of thinking.

Me too thanks

Y'know what? Entitled is a better word. This site isn't so overflowing with members that you can act like you're weeding out the bad members from the good members. Your position is there to accomodate the few users that are here. That's the reason why the rules have become so lax lately.

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Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on June 12, 2016, 07:17:09 AM

When I ban them, yeah.
But as a general rule of thumb, if someone earns a heavy enough ban that it gets rid of them I'm not sorry to see them go.

Name one person (can't be Flee) you'd be sorry to see go

I'm sorry to see most people go really, it's easier to name the ones I wouldn't be sorry to see go but that would be a little impolite.

Haha, that's pathetic. Your defense against normies does work though. As long as you don't clearly express dissatisfaction towards something you're innocent. You'd be good in my book too if only you didn't express dissatisfaction at all, or at least not to this level. That's not how a mod should act

It's a little bit simpler than that, mods have to remain somewhat impartial (at least when it comes to moderation) so it's not a good idea to give any potential ammo to would-be troublemakers and agitators so that they can cry about modbias more.

That's a pretty warped way of seeing things, my friend. Sociopathic is the closest word that describes your way of thinking.

Me too thanks

Y'know what? Entitled is a better word. This site isn't so overflowing with members that you can act like you're weeding out the bad members from the good members. Your position is there to accomodate the few users that are here. That's the reason why the rules have become so lax lately.

Except that's what we did, quite a long time ago now.

Certain users constantly broke the rules, spammed and flamed relentlessly. They are now gone and I don't miss them, I certainly don't miss every thread in serious being a shitfest of a flamewar or having to clean up meatspin gifs every other day.

The rules are laxer lately because the people who are still here can generally be trusted to know where the boundaries are, we don't need to keep laying into people with hammers and warnings just to keep things passably civil anymore.

I know you did, a long time ago. There was kind of a focus on that inbetween the lines.

They did, didn't they? Those were the times in terms of quality. Sure there was garbage, but there were also gems. atm were kinda getting a constant flow of iron, which is meh.

Uh, no, the rules are not laxer because people can be trusted. I remember being banned for stupid reasons. Those reasons weren't really there for a reason, they were just there as an excuse to ban people like me; unwanted people. The rules are lax because you don't hate the users on here atm.

You also can't afford to ban people over trivial things anymore due to the low amount of users

Sort of felt that way about Admirals...I liked the guy

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Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on June 12, 2016, 07:17:09 AM

When I ban them, yeah.
But as a general rule of thumb, if someone earns a heavy enough ban that it gets rid of them I'm not sorry to see them go.

Name one person (can't be Flee) you'd be sorry to see go

I'm sorry to see most people go really, it's easier to name the ones I wouldn't be sorry to see go but that would be a little impolite.

Haha, that's pathetic. Your defense against normies does work though. As long as you don't clearly express dissatisfaction towards something you're innocent. You'd be good in my book too if only you didn't express dissatisfaction at all, or at least not to this level. That's not how a mod should act

It's a little bit simpler than that, mods have to remain somewhat impartial (at least when it comes to moderation) so it's not a good idea to give any potential ammo to would-be troublemakers and agitators so that they can cry about modbias more.

That's a pretty warped way of seeing things, my friend. Sociopathic is the closest word that describes your way of thinking.

Me too thanks

Y'know what? Entitled is a better word. This site isn't so overflowing with members that you can act like you're weeding out the bad members from the good members. Your position is there to accomodate the few users that are here. That's the reason why the rules have become so lax lately.

Except that's what we did, quite a long time ago now.

Certain users constantly broke the rules, spammed and flamed relentlessly. They are now gone and I don't miss them, I certainly don't miss every thread in serious being a shitfest of a flamewar or having to clean up meatspin gifs every other day.

The rules are laxer lately because the people who are still here can generally be trusted to know where the boundaries are, we don't need to keep laying into people with hammers and warnings just to keep things passably civil anymore.

I know you did, a long time ago. There was kind of a focus on that inbetween the lines.

They did, didn't they? Those were the times in terms of quality. Sure there was garbage, but there were also gems. atm were kinda getting a constant flow of iron, which is meh.

Uh, no, the rules are not laxer because people can be trusted. I remember being banned for stupid reasons. Those reasons weren't really there for a reason, they were just there as an excuse to ban people like me; unwanted people. The rules are lax because you don't hate the users on here atm.

You also can't afford to ban people over trivial things anymore due to the low amount of users

We still get some good moments, I think as school eases off and E3 fires up there will be a bit more life injected.

Actually they are, we don't have to nanny the forum anymore. We still keep an eye on things but people know what is gonna get them banned these days. The bans you got way back when were mostly for Spam IIRC, which you did do quite frequently. You weren't unwanted by any means, it was just required to make sure threads by more than one poster were on the front page.

The rules are lax because as I've said, people behave these days. We've never really hated anyone on here, disliked a few certainly but that's never been cause for us to ban them. Very often the dislike comes from us having to keep dealing with their shit.

And we don't, It's been a long time since anyone was given a major ban (or any ban even) and I think Kupo was the last one to get a slap. A few warnings and a few locks, maybe the odd serious 1-day ban here and there. It's pretty calm compared to a year or so ago, which is quite pleasant really.

It was unfair of me to say that, because I was thinking back to a time when people who really shouldn't be mods were mods, like Tblocks. I don't doubt that you don't project your own preference towards choosing how to ban people and for what reasons, no, not at all. It's just that it has happened before with other mods. A person would think that what I'm writing in this paragraph is kind of a waste, but as a sep7agon mod you should be ready to receive the angst I have towards the past.

The point I want to make is that you shouldn't say that you dislike users at all. I dislike Pip, but only because he posts stupid stuff. If he stopped posting stupid stuff I would stop disliking him, but if I were a mod I'd say that I dislike his habit of posting stupid stuff, because that's truly what I dislike. To say that I dislike him is too personal. To say that you dislike a user is also too personal, even though there isn't a subject. As a mod you hold a lot of responsibility. The mods are supposed to be there as people you put your trust in. Even shitposters need the mods to be patient with them.

You know how adopted kids hate on their new parents? What do the parents do? They have to show that they're willing to deal with them, and that their hate is what they dislike, not that they dislike their kid. The kid is projecting hate because it wants to see if they're able to put up with it etc, so it's important for the parents to embrace the kid.


Bender is the kid with issues, and the principal is the figure of authority that doesn't embrace him.