A very open letter to Mathmatix, Ratucker and SteveDave
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1. Why are we letting people remain here who obviously can't handle themselves? I would be scared to death if I was told some of the things that went on in that conversation.
2. Are meta threads NSFW? Because some of the pics aren't SFW. And there are a couple of pics in the front paged threads that aren't. I'm not trying to be prissy, but I personally am not interested in seeing the NSFW pics - and I like to have my images on.
Thanks in advance for the info, please don't hurt me.
1. Why are we letting people remain here who obviously can't handle themselves? I would be scared to death if I was told some of the things that went on in that conversation.
2. Are meta threads NSFW? Because some of the pics aren't SFW. And there are a couple of pics in the front paged threads that aren't. I'm not trying to be prissy, but I personally am not interested in seeing the NSFW pics - and I like to have my images on.
Thanks in advance for the info, please don't hurt me.
Well, the reason for them is as follows:
1: This is really the first time SJohnson's gone on a bender like this. I'm fairly sure hard liquor was involved. We're also big on the "community moderation" thing. Grahams, IPE and Cranky all have lives, and don't need to babysit us when we can do it ourselves. Does it always work? Eh. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In this case though, this is a first time flub. Don't get me wrong, I think he's a tool and don't generally read what he types, but some love him.
2: Meta threads aren't necessarily NSFW. I've got images off, so I'm not sure what the issue is. If you see something you think is NSFW in an SFW thread, downvote it. If enough folks agree, the image'll be zapped. There's always the likelihood though that somebody'll post something that won't get caught in time, and you'll end up with an HR incident. Better to browse with images off if you're at work.
1. Why are we letting people remain here who obviously can't handle themselves? I would be scared to death if I was told some of the things that went on in that conversation.
Certainly I can appreciate your fear, or at least, your aversion to having a nutjob chase you down with an axe or cigar cutter.
This is a question for grahams to answer, really, but I think he's really trying hard to make community moderation work. Absolute power and all that... the mod'mins at TOS weren't always soulless pricks. At least, I like to believe that.
This is a question for grahams to answer, really, but I think he's really trying hard to make community moderation work. Absolute power and all that... the mod'mins at TOS weren't always soulless pricks. At least, I like to believe that.
This is true, but like I said, this is really the first time SJohnson's gone on a bender like this. I'd like to think that if one day I got lit and I went on a raving nutter episode, folks would slip me a pass.
1: This is really the first time SJohnson's gone on a bender like this. I'm fairly sure hard liquor was involved. We're also big on the "community moderation" thing. Grahams, IPE and Cranky all have lives, and don't need to babysit us when we can do it ourselves. Does it always work? Eh. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In this case though, this is a first time flub. Don't get me wrong, I think he's a tool and don't generally read what he types, but some love him.
FWIW, after everyone downvoted his posts here, his STFU index is approaching 6. He'll be away for a while.
Yeah, that's a good thing. Maybe he'll cool off and take some aspirin or something.
1. Why are we letting people remain here who obviously can't handle themselves? I would be scared to death if I was told some of the things that went on in that conversation.
2. Are meta threads NSFW? Because some of the pics aren't SFW. And there are a couple of pics in the front paged threads that aren't. I'm not trying to be prissy, but I personally am not interested in seeing the NSFW pics - and I like to have my images on.
Thanks in advance for the info, please don't hurt me.
1. For the LULZ. ericjohnson0 and his alts are the only users who are "permabanned." He called grahams on his cell phone, among other things. That's generally the line... believe it or not, SJ can continue to post. Chances are we'll just make fun of him a lot.
2. No, but they can be. They're just regular threads that get sent here if we tag it "meta" enough times. It's sort of like when a trainwreck gets so out of control that the admins zap it on Fark. Here we just send it to the metto.
1. Why are we letting people remain here who obviously can't handle themselves? I would be scared to death if I was told some of the things that went on in that conversation.
2. Are meta threads NSFW? Because some of the pics aren't SFW. And there are a couple of pics in the front paged threads that aren't. I'm not trying to be prissy, but I personally am not interested in seeing the NSFW pics - and I like to have my images on.
Thanks in advance for the info, please don't hurt me.
Also, this is seriously the worst meltdown the site has ever seen. Mathmatix and ratfucker aren't really worried about SJ coming in and cutting their fingers off.
While I somewhat agree to this, threats of physical violence, "tracking you down", "I have your drivers license", while drunk or not, makes you wonder what kind of person that really is. Drunk or not, I know that I would never threaten physical violence. Maybe it's a guy thing. I don't think we should give someone a pass just because they're drunk, but that's just me. From what I could tell, he never backed down, and what's to keep him from doing something while drunk that he might regret when sober?
As for the NSFW stuff - I'm not at work. I would like to be able to be in SFW mode and not see pictures of people doing sexual acts. I'm no prude, but I just don't care to see that stuff. Maybe what's SFW for me isn't to you guys and I just need to be more vigilant. I'm not for downvoting anyone, which is why I asked if these threads were NSFW. If they are, I'll stay out of them.
As for the NSFW stuff - I'm not at work. I would like to be able to be in SFW mode and not see pictures of people doing sexual acts. I'm no prude, but I just don't care to see that stuff. Maybe what's SFW for me isn't to you guys and I just need to be more vigilant. I'm not for downvoting anyone, which is why I asked if these threads were NSFW. If they are, I'll stay out of them.
On the first bit, that's one of the perils of the internets. That's why I try to avoid keyboards when angry drunk. ;)
And as far as the SFW/NSFW, if you see NSFW content in an SFW thread, by all means vote it down. That's the purpose of the downvote button! Seriously, if you feel it would be considered NSFW in a standard work environment, click the button. It doesn't hurt, and you may just be doing someone a favor.
We've had some pretty hysterical (in the dramatic sense, not the funny sense, though both meanings of the word has applied at the same time at times) meltdowns before, but yeah. I would certainly say this was the most over the top and brazen one so far.
SJ has been around long enough to know that myself and Mathmatix are two separate people but reading through the thread, you can see he was having enough trouble making that distinction. Seriously, I'm surprised he was sober enough to even type our names right.
I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine a situation where I would make a conscious effort to obtain a phone number for a guy who runs a website where people post comments and proceed to actually call him at that number to discuss the comments posted. Un-fucking-believable.
And as far as the SFW/NSFW, if you see NSFW content in an SFW thread, by all means vote it down. That's the purpose of the downvote button! Seriously, if you feel it would be considered NSFW in a standard work environment, click the button. It doesn't hurt, and you may just be doing someone a favor.
I guess the reason I don't like to downvote anything is two fold - one, I don't want to come off like I'm killing anyones fun and two, people can see your votes. Somewhere along the line, that will come back to bite me in the ass.
As for the NSFW stuff - I'm not at work. I would like to be able to be in SFW mode and not see pictures of people doing sexual acts. I'm no prude, but I just don't care to see that stuff. Maybe what's SFW for me isn't to you guys and I just need to be more vigilant. I'm not for downvoting anyone, which is why I asked if these threads were NSFW. If they are, I'll stay out of them.
It's not a guy thing. I'd never do such a thing - even in the most fucked up state.
As for the NSFW stuff - I'm not at work. I would like to be able to be in SFW mode and not see pictures of people doing sexual acts. I'm no prude, but I just don't care to see that stuff. Maybe what's SFW for me isn't to you guys and I just need to be more vigilant. I'm not for downvoting anyone, which is why I asked if these threads were NSFW. If they are, I'll stay out of them.
Believe it or not, SJ is generally a swell guy. He hangs out in IRC. He's just TANKED. Besides, ratfucker and mathmatix haven't made their personal information readily available. We're all laughing about it in IRC, including ratfucker and math. Indeed, SJ is our new LULZCOW.
This isn't normal. It's so far outside the norm that it's caused serious LULZ.
And I mean really, what can we do? Call the police on him? His posts were removed, he has a timeout, all his stuff is logged (IP addy from IRC, grahams has his IP address, etc). I'm sure he'll apologize and we'll continue to make fun of him and his brown orphan babies.
Er. I've been pretty rough on the "HEY! That shit's NSFW goddammit", and nobody's come back to bite me in the ass about it.
Matter 'o fact, I think the only posts I've had downvoted were ones I requested to be downvoted (double posts, fuckups, etc)
Don't fear the downvote. Use it if you see a need for it. Grahams coded it for a reason. Also, I don't think anybody but Grahams can see downvotes on posts.
I have to say...that's really nice to hear. I'd hate to think that someone could actually do something violent while drunk and get a pass because it was "their first time".
Oh, and I realize right now it's just words on a board, but so is the first slap in a relationship. If it isn't nipped right there, the next is a punch. Maybe that's a bad analogy, but hell, I'm a girl.
BTW, Merry Christmas everyone.
As for votes, the best thing to do is to abstain unless the topic is totally lame. Vote up what you like, don't worry about stuff you don't unless it's spam, clogging the queue, meta, drama, etc.
People can only see your votes in the queue. In message threads, nobody sees anything.
As for votes, the best thing to do is to abstain unless the topic is totally lame. Vote up what you like, don't worry about stuff you don't unless it's spam, clogging the queue, meta, drama, etc.
Well, the thing is, one down vote won't make it go away, so what's the point?
Folks watch the downvote page and check on the things that are voted down. If anything, one vote will raise the post's visibility and make it more likely to get more downvotes. You only need 3 to hide something.
SJ has been around long enough to know that myself and Mathmatix are two separate people but reading through the thread, you can see he was having enough trouble making that distinction. Seriously, I'm surprised he was sober enough to even type our names right.
Do you know he was drunk? My ex wife did coke and would say batshit crazy stuff, she was fucked up but in a different way. Maybe SJ wasn't drinking.
So you CAN see the downvotes?
Just that it was voted down, not by who.
Nope. The link he's talking about is HERE
As you can see, it's only the posts that have been downvoted, not the people who did the downvoting.
:)
He said he was "high on life" after coming back from a show. I suspect cocaine and beer but whatever. He obviously wasn't right. Whatever that means, who knows...
zabadu: So you CAN see the downvotes?
Not on posts, only stories.
http://www.bannination.com/cgi-bin/downvotes.pl
However, you can't see who voted them down or what the comment was.
One vote won't make a post go away to prevent abuse.
It takes 3 people to downvote for a post to be zapped.
+1 for each number when a score is higher than zero. So it's both an effective number to prevent abuse and to deal with rule breaking stuff.
That's been the most sound theory so far. I was wondering the same.
You're just saying that to tempt me to go to IRC.
From what I read and how well he was typing my money would be on coke or meth. The alcohol is irrelevant because even if you are drunk a couple lines of coke will sober you right up.
Lots of people are guessing that. He said he was "high on life." I wonder if he wasn't dabbling in something nastier than blow.
Meth was what I was wondering.
Yeah, it means someone untagged it "meta." To untag you put in -whatever.
So if someone tags something "meta" you can untag it by tagging it "-meta."
Yes, our site is very quirky. :)
We kicked him from IRC but then he, uh, brought his drama here. Against his better judgment.
That's just sad. Meth really fucks with a person's life.
We kicked him from IRC but then he, uh, brought his drama here. Against his better judgment.
IRC isn't a free-for-all either. We have ops and admins sitting in the channel to try to keep the peace. We're pretty laid back but when you start crossing the line behaviour wise, like SJ did earlier, yeah, don't be surprised if you get a temp ban or a server gline.
So if someone tags something "meta" you can untag it by tagging it "-meta."
Yes, our site is very quirky. :)
I've been here from the beginning, but the things I don't know are staggering.
I'm just guessin'. He just seemed to go so far off the deep end. I've only seen a couple people on blow get that wild.
And yeah, meth is basically a death spiral.
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No Christmas card
rage sj
rage swingingjohnson
ima chopoff your fingers
Indeed. I can't believe I missed out on this one.
I suspect there was a lot of poop flinging involved which really makes me mad I missed it.
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We can't have people summoning their alt brigades to erase valuable and hilarious historical artifacts, now can we?
Boo to memory holes!
rage sj
rage swingingjohnson
ima chopoff your fingers
Third tag too long.
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my fingers
i thought we only got that on irc.
i thought we only got that on irc.
I thought this spilled over from IRC.
i'm kinda disappointed i wasn't targeted for finger-lopping.
I HAS LOGS! I AM TEH DEBBIL!
Tagged: high on life
Are you feeling well, ut? Because you just wrote something I agree with wholeheartedly.
Oh, and a Merry Christmas to all!
I'm looking forward to reading this thread, and hope that all those deleted posts were quoted so I can see what they were.
Apparently, someone wrote an open letter to some people, including me. What did it say?
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'cocaine-fueled poop flinging monkeys' is too long. :-(
...but more accurate.
Apparently, someone wrote an open letter to some people, including me. What did it say?
As far as I can tell, you didnt do shit. He was talking about something on the chat, that ratfucker and mathmatix did. I didn't ever see you referenced except for the headline.
NEVAR!
BUMP THIS FUCKER FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!
don't be cluel.
brrraaaaiiiiinnnnsssssss
In related news, congrats to dasboot, 2012 banniNation.com SuperLeague Yakuza Elvis Cigar Cutter Bowl Champion
In related news, congrats to dasboot, 2012 banniNation.com SuperLeague Yakuza Elvis Cigar Cutter Bowl Champion
Was this really necessary? :/
Yes. You should see facebook. HE's very proud of his achievement.
Who? Sj? What achievement?
dasboot. He's very proud of his win.