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TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Lately, bitching about the moderators’ actions have been doing more to discourage me from visiting ot.com than the moderators’ actual actions.

This.

Indeed, it’s just too much. The forum is fine, we’ve had several months to get used to a few changes, but I feel like we hear the same thing over and over again for a few actions that occurred in September… September!

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Handman said:

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Possessed said:

Dude you really need to chill. He told you to stop sighing without explanation. He didn’t ban you for expressing your opinion.

actually he did once. Remember the 2nd temp ban he gave me?

I’m surprised you went with that instead of the recent “comparing someone to a Nazi will result in a ban” post in response to the “No one was banned for comparing us to Nazis” post. But that’s just me 😛.

I was trying to make the point that we’ve traditionally been very lax when it comes to receiving criticism and typically haven’t responded by banning members even when thoroughly provoked (and the 2006 “forum Nazis” incident was specifically designed to get us to ban the offenders just so they could make their point).

But yes, comparing another forum member to a Nazi is a problem. It’s hyperbole that allows its user to avoid presenting an actual argument. Of course, context is a factor (i.e., “Soup Nazi”).

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MTFBWY…A

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I appreciate that clarification and I agree.

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Handman said:

Warbler said:

Possessed said:

Dude you really need to chill. He told you to stop sighing without explanation. He didn’t ban you for expressing your opinion.

actually he did once. Remember the 2nd temp ban he gave me?

I’m surprised you went with that instead of the recent “comparing someone to a Nazi will result in a ban” post in response to the “No one was banned for comparing us to Nazis” post. But that’s just me 😛.

I promised I wouldn’t talk about that anymore.

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Handman said:

The forum is fine

This.

we’ve had several months to get used to a few changes

Also this.

I have a few minor quibbles here and there, but that’s nothing new. So I guess I don’t see what the big deal is.

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Possessed said:

yhwx said:

I’m very tired.

You’re pretty all the time.

Made funnier due to misreading the quoted post.

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HA. Idk How I misread that as “I’m pretty tired”. I guess I’ll just take myself to the durnk thread in shame…

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Comes into Off Topic thread not visited for 24 hours…

Has a quick look through it - thinks, yep, that’s about right… exits thread.


 

Goes home, nueralizes himself.

😃

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Possessed said:

HA. Idk How I misread that as “I’m pretty tired”. I guess I’ll just take myself to the durnk thread in shame…

No harm in expressing ones’ feelings 😄

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oojason said:

Goes home, nueralizes himself.

I see what you did there. Since it never actually turned on, you haven’t forgotten anything. We’re on to you.

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Jay said:

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I am for being kinder to people and I admit that I wasn’t always nice to the new members. I don’t mind some stricter enforcement. But the constant weight of a potential ban for a bad day like today is ridiculous. We should all be able to prop each other up during challenging times.

The first sentence in this quote is, by far, my biggest driver for stricter moderation — not because I want OT.com to be a sterile Disney theme park ride where we welcome everyone by singing “It’s a Small World”, but because nobody deserves to be harassed simply for showing up and not immediately blending in.

And yes, moderators may step in if it looks like senior members having a spat don’t appear to be on the path to resolving it themselves. The months-long grudge matches are over. If a “bad day” turns into “bad days” and there’s no end in sight, you can expect us to talk to you about it.

However, no one will ever be banned for expressing their opinion about this place as long as it doesn’t get personal. A little over 10 years ago, we were being compared to Nazis due to some moderator actions, and yet no one got banned. You can feel safe knowing that you can be the same jerks to us you’ve always been (winky…face?).

I have made greater efforts to help new folks feel welcome (though admittedly, sometimes I struggle–sometimes there are some really strange people who pop in and share their antics for a bit). I appreciate what you are going for, and will strive to adjust to the new rules without further griping. I do appreciate the laxity and that I still am able to post here. The moderation team’s willingness to accept harsh public criticism from me or anyone else without banning.

Thanks for your reply. Nice to see you pop in and help explain the reason for the increase in strictness. It’s just nice to have your presence from time to time to add clarity to a situation.

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Oh. Back to your regularly scheduled bitching.

I invited a few friends to do something over the holidays, but I don’t think any of them will follow through. After driving five hours to a con simply to be abandoned by some of them, and other such shit, I’m getting sick of these people.

I want new friends.

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TV’s Frink said:

oojason said:

Goes home, nueralizes himself.

I see what you did there. Since it never actually turned on, you haven’t forgotten anything. We’re on to you.

Damn. Erm… it did a firmware update half way through. That’s the excuse and I’m sticking to it!

I’m okay - though my goldfish says his memory is now fantastic 😉 What he has seen… cannot be unseen…

(well, until the firmware update on this damn neuralizer finishes anyway 😃)

 

Back on topic…

Pesky Russians - I’d like to bitch that the friendliness on show last night at the footy between Liverpool vs Spartak Moscow fans just wasn’t on. When I go meet Russians I want to see cold, stoic authoritive types, in their cool hats with the floppy ears - not all this singing with each other, handshakes and laughter.

It’s just not cricket…

Which is a subject I’ll be avoiding as the cricket currently on display be England is truly worthy of a bitching-fest.

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I’m getting pretty sick and tired of IMDb’s software updates. The people-that-be seem dead-set on making the site as user-unfriendly as possible.

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I’ve barely used it since they shut down their message boards. Sure, it was a troll infested wasteland, but occasionally there were informative posts.

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Where were you in '77?

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SilverWook said:

I’ve barely used it since they shut down their message boards. Sure, it was a troll infested wasteland, but occasionally there were informative posts.

Since then, they’ve disabled the user’s ability to selectively search through their own ratings (You can use advanced title search to do that, but it’s a tedious pain in the ass.) and you can no longer sort user reviews by preference; they’re all automatically and permanently sorted by “helpfulness” now.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

I’m getting pretty sick and tired of IMDb’s software updates. The people-that-be seem dead-set on making the site as user-unfriendly as possible.

Same here - and like Wook I think there were gems of info in there - yet IMDB chose to lose it all - conveniently ignoring they too were responsible for the shitefest the message boards became in the first place.

For me, the site has nosedived after shutting down the boards too.
 

It wouldn’t have been that difficult to get some strict killjoy / Thought Police mods in to clean up the place… apparently 😃

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What I miss the most about the IMDb message boards were the boards for obscure titles/actors. They had info which literally can’t be found anywhere else on the web.

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oojason said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’m getting pretty sick and tired of IMDb’s software updates. The people-that-be seem dead-set on making the site as user-unfriendly as possible.

Same here - and like Wook I think there were gems of info in there - yet IMDB chose to lose it all - conveniently ignoring they too were responsible for the shitefest the message boards became in the first place.

For me, the site has nosedived after shutting down the boards too.
 

It wouldn’t have been that difficult to get some strict killjoy / Thought Police mods in to clean up the place… apparently 😃

Sound like all they would have needed to do was ban the trolls.

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It is more difficult than many think mate - they often come back, hiding and biding their time - and also in greater numbers. Though there were seemingly too few mods on there to make a dent - let alone a difference - and it became part of the culture of those boards.

For me, there needed to be enough mods on there to try and change that culture - to effect that change.

Some the racist, sexist, homophobic posts on there were awful - only when the higher-ups at IMDB started to feel the pressure (and the brand was started to be considered as toxic) did they try and seriously address the situation… (they had infected foot - which needed some care, effort and attention - instead they chose to cut the body in two and throw away the lower half).

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