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| Tim from AL | Feb 19 2012, 12:01 AM Post #1 |
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MIKE, IS THERE NOT SOME WAY THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT SO THAT THE PERSON WHO STARTS A THREAD CAN CONTROL AND KNOCK OUT ANYONE WHO STARTS THEIR ARGUMENTS? I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSION THREADS AND REPOST THEM AND IF PEOPLE DON'T STOP ARGUING OR NAME CALLING, I CAN KNOCK THEIR BUTTS OUT SO THE REST OF US CAN HAVE A CIVILIZED DISCUSSION. IF I SEE A THREAD WITH A TOPIC I'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, IT DOESN'T MATTER, AS BEFORE IT GETS A SINGLE PAGE, THERE WILL BE NAME CALLING AND GENERAL ANARCHY. YOU CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION OR, AS I'D LIKE TO DO, TALK ON A THREAD WHERE I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET TO LEARN SOMETHING BESIDES THE FACT THAT EVERYONE'S BALLS ARE TINY OR THAT THEY'RE ALL LIARS AND CHEATS OR WHATEVER. PERSONALLY, I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU THINK SOMEONE HAS SMALL BALLS OR ONLY POSTS LIES. I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE YOUR ARGUMENT ELSEWHERE SO I CAN DISCUSS AND LEARN AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL SUBJECT INSTEAD OF HAVING A PISSING CONTEST BETWEEN THE MORONS AND THE KNOW IT ALLS. THANKS. LET ME KNOW, MIKE, IF YOU WOULD. THEN, I'LL TAKE THE THREADS WITH SUBJECTS THAT SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN WITHOUT THE CHILDREN COMING IN AND FIGHTING AND NAME CALLING AND JUNK AND HAVE AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION WITH THE GROWN UP AND CIVILIZED PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO ANOTHER FORUM TO DO SO. Edited by Tim from AL, Feb 19 2012, 12:02 AM.
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| Deleted User | Feb 19 2012, 12:03 AM Post #2 |
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I admin 3 forums, none of them allow that. It is why you have moderators. however on a political forum moderation itself causes issues. |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 12:07 AM Post #3 |
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Fairly certain this is impossible on ZetaBoards. You might look into forum blogs. |
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| Sea Dog | Feb 19 2012, 12:09 AM Post #4 |
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Possibly, a ban on Latin would be a good start! |
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| Tim from AL | Feb 19 2012, 12:13 AM Post #5 |
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I'D LIKE SELF MODERATION, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS. HERE, TO NOT HAVE NAME CALLING AND PISSING CONTESTS BETWEEN MEMBERS INSTEAD OF ACTUAL DISCUSSION, HEATED OR NOT, IS JUST AS IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S BEGINNING TO BECOME NOTHING BUT A FORUM OF FIGHTERS AND NAME CALLERS AND LIARS AND TINY S AND ALL THAT JAZZ. NOTHING GETS DISCUSSED OR LEARNED. I HAVEN'T LEARNED A SINGLE THING HERE EXCEPT HOW SMALL EVERYONE'S S ARE AND THAT THEY ARE ALL LIARS AND CHEATS AND CRAP. I GET MORE INFORMATION IN OTHER FORUMS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE DISCUSSIONS. AND, THERE ARE SOME I'M A MEMBER OF WHERE NO ONE ARGUES LIKE THIS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS I DIDN'T POST FOR A WHILE. IF I LEARN IN A PARTICULAR PLACE, BUT NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN I'M NOT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. I KNOW SOMETIMES POLITICS CAN CAUSE HEATED DISCUSSIONS. BUT, THESE AREN'T DISCUSSIONS. THEY'RE PLAIN AND SIMPLE PISSING CONTESTS BETWEEN WHO CAN POST THE BEST CUT DOWN OR WHO CAN CALL THE BEST NAMES OF THE GROUP. THIS IS GETTING OLD. AND, IF THIS DOESN'T STOP, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS TIRED OF THE PISSING AND JUNK, THEN NO WONDER THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OTHER OFFSHOOT THREADS. PEOPLE GET TIRED OF THE SAME STORIES, THE SAME JUNK EVERY DAY. I GET MORE INFORMATION WITHOUT ARGUMENTS LIKE THESE AND NAME CALLING FROM FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. WHY CAN NO ONE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITHOUT THE NAME CALLING AND THE PISSING? I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET THIS MANY OLD TINY FARTS IN ONE PLACE, THEY CAN'T TALK WITHOUT JUMPING ON EACH OTHER. WHO KNOWS. BUT, IT'S NO LONGER A DISCUSSION FORUM. IT'S JUST AN ARGUMENT FROM ONE THREAD TO THE NEXT WITH THE SAME STORY AND SAME AGENDA...TO DOWN THE PERSON BEST. WHATEVER. I'M FED UP WITH IT. I CANNOT LEARN A SINGLE THING HERE ANYMORE. NO ONE LEARNS ANYTHING. NO ONE DISCUSSES ANYTHING. AND, IF YOU CALL THIS DISCUSSION, I HAVE A KINDERGARTEN FULL OF KIDS DOWN HERE WITH LESS FIGHTS OVER CRAYONS YOU CAN COME VISIT. |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 12:19 AM Post #6 |
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This is what I suggest, Tim. Put together a set of guidelines for discussion, discussion that sticks to the point and doesn't stray into insults and such as well as off-topic wisecracks and such--whatever. Post it, and ask people to sign on, to simply give their word to abide by those guidelines. |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 12:20 AM Post #7 |
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Could you take the caps off, hard to read, really. |
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| Chris | Feb 19 2012, 01:09 AM Post #8 |
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A suggestion for such guidance would be no personal remarks, stick to politics, or economics, or science, or etc. --One thing an admin could do to enforce that would be to use the same tools used to remove cursing, simply replace any instance of "I", "you" etc with "***". |
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| Mountainrivers | Feb 19 2012, 01:25 AM Post #9 |
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Then go to ATC, Tim. They don't allow these kinds of things to go on. It's why most of us are here or on some other political forum. We don't want to be censored. If you do, ATC is your place. |
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| Thumper | Feb 19 2012, 01:37 AM Post #10 |
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Got to admit, this is a good place to learn everyday useful diddies like statist, libertarianism, ad hom, anarcho capitalism and class warfare. My barber is really impressed when I lay one of these puppies on him. My wife says get a like. Hummmm good recommendation. |
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