For reference to what was changed: http://sep7agon.net/index.php?topic=11257.msg477684#msg477684

So anyway, now that it's been several days since the trial run rule change in the Serious board, what do you think of it? Like it better? Hate it?

Leave your comments below, please.

There was a thread I made that got moved out of Serious and I'm still bothered about that because I feel like I can't bump it back up since it's in the Flood now, so I ended up just asking for a lock. Psy said it's one of those things that's kind of grey area I guess.

The video thread?

So what exactly are the changes to the Serious board you're going to be making some time tomorrow that Mr P had mentioned?

- Same types of threads allowed as before the trial (In terms of topics)
- Serious forum would still not allow "discussion of any topic seriously"
- Bait threads are no longer allowed

But IcyWind and Mr P think it's dangerous and open minded (they see open-mindedness as a bad thing) to allow people to discuss certain political stances with the sole reason being that they get offended at it. If I were to make a thread advocating against gay marriage, it would get locked because the those two staff members do not know how to ethically and fairly run the Serious board. They think the whole Serious board revolves around themselves and their feelings.

No - it's that whenever you choose to discuss topics like gay marriage, you do so in a way that is nothing more than a bait thread. If you'd like, I can pull up your last attempt at it and show you exactly why this is true.

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 10:57:15 PM

What you ought to do is say that threads must be conducted in an academic fashion. You have a topic, a stance, and your arguments, if a thread can't manage that then it wouldn't belong in Serious.

A good chunk of your threads still wouldn't meet that criteria, Dustin.

But you still blatantly told me that it was 'illegal' to discuss a certain topic because of its offensiveness it has on you.

 

Where was this alleged statement, Dustin?

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:11:39 PM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 11:10:27 PM

But you still blatantly told me that it was 'illegal' to discuss a certain topic because of its offensiveness it has on you.

 

Where was this alleged statement, Dustin?

I think it was the thread Meta made about how liberals are close minded.

You and Mr P said that I'm not allowed to make a thread on homosexual genocide.

 

1.) It wouldn't have gone in Serious under the trial rules
2.) If you can honestly discuss it seriously, fine. Talk about how we should murder all the gays. That doesn't mean you simply go find some backwater internet source that's from 2002 and try to present it as concrete evidence. Shit like that gets it locked and/or moved.

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:18:05 PM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 11:13:23 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:11:39 PM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 11:10:27 PM

But you still blatantly told me that it was 'illegal' to discuss a certain topic because of its offensiveness it has on you.

 

Where was this alleged statement, Dustin?

I think it was the thread Meta made about how liberals are close minded.

You and Mr P said that I'm not allowed to make a thread on homosexual genocide.

 

1.) It wouldn't have gone in Serious under the trial rules
2.) If you can honestly discuss it seriously, fine. Talk about how we should murder all the gays. That doesn't mean you simply go find some backwater internet source that's from 2002 and try to present it as concrete evidence. Shit like that gets it locked and/or moved.

Why can't I use God and Science as a source? What's wrong with Christian conservative citations?

Bias.

If you want to use that shit, sure. Back it up with something that isn't as biased to support your viewpoint then. You are welcome to skip that and simply use "God and Science" if you wish, but none of the staff is going to step in when people ridicule you.

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:22:29 PM

Bias.

If you want to use that shit, sure. Back it up with something that isn't as biased to support your viewpoint then.

So if I made a thread arguing in favor of homeopathy and I used biased sources it would get locked? Isn't it a bias as to when to consider something biased?

Not at all.

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:29:26 PM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 11:26:58 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:22:29 PM

Bias.

If you want to use that shit, sure. Back it up with something that isn't as biased to support your viewpoint then.

So if I made a thread arguing in favor of homeopathy and I used biased sources it would get locked? Isn't it a bias as to when to consider something biased?

Not at all.

But it would get locked if I wrote it with the intent to get a rise out of other people?

More likely moved.

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:31:17 PM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 11:30:44 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:29:26 PM

Quote from: Dustin' on January 26, 2015, 11:26:58 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 26, 2015, 11:22:29 PM

Bias.

If you want to use that shit, sure. Back it up with something that isn't as biased to support your viewpoint then.

So if I made a thread arguing in favor of homeopathy and I used biased sources it would get locked? Isn't it a bias as to when to consider something biased?

Not at all.

But it would get locked if I wrote it with the intent to get a rise out of other people?

More likely moved.

I don't like that.

Take it up with a mod then. The Serious policy will continue to be tweaked and should hopefully be up later today (The 27th)