Is that the San Serriffe national newspaper?
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Matt.c has been ejected for attacking other mutants.
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That username rhymes with something. Coincidence?
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I did not c that.
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I am quite font of it.
All those possibilities… do we need a topic of its own for this?
(But hey, no css words, ok?)
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Sure. Why not. We have the technology!
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That’s a bold move.
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Why do that?
In truth we should be expressing our gratitude. Much of the internet is so rotten; thus we Mutants must unite… Let us help our bBS Happy Mutants Majestic, eh, I mean…
We are all fortunate to have such a safe space. We can ALL be happy Mutant types. Ok, good deal.
None the less let’s honor rather than shame our Sheppards. Please?
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I’ve always hated Ariel. She’s always pretending to be something she isn’t.
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don’t hate the players, hate the game.
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Not when she’s Ariel Bold.
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Remember this “something?”
If fonts matter so much how about one that is helpful?
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Out of curiosity, is the “General Moderation Topic” still in use? It’s been over a month since there’s been any posts. I read the posts here to see what naughty things users have done… Thanks.
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None of the remaining handful of longstanding tr0lls have slipped up lately. A bunch of drive-bys and newbies got banned but they’re so pathetic that they’re not worthy of an entry here.
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That’s amazing. Seriously.
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It’s a credit to the moderation here.
[ETA: the clock is always ticking on the regular tr0lls. It’s always a matter of time before they break a rule.]
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In all seriousness, a recent change has made this harder. Regular users can no longer see posts that have been flagged for review. I often looked at those posts to understand the kinds of things that get flagged. It was a valuable tool for understanding the accepted norms of the community here. I’m sad to see that change.
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writebastard anonymized at user request.
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I, too, am sad to see it change, because I, too, would look at the flagged/hidden posts to learn something.
But, knowing that not all posts that are flagged will actually get deleted by the moderators, I’d say that I learned what things some people take offense at and want to see expunged, rather than what the actual norms of the bbs are. So yeah, I think your phrase “norms of the community” does fit to an extent, but at the same time I think flags don’t necessarily tell us the norms of the bbs.
Until the mods make a decision yea or nay, a flag is just someone’s opinion. And since (unless I’m mistaken) just one flag from a Regular will hide a post [Edit: I was wrong about the extent that a single flag can hide a post. See gracchus’s comments below.] it could just be someone who has an ax to grind, or who doesn’t like the other user, or who didn’t take time to carefully read and understand the post they flagged and jumped to a conclusion.
I don’t know if I stated that very clearly…I’m not trying to argue with you, just saying that that distinction matters to me!
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