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FactsAreUseless posted:Keep in mind that his worst behavior was all long before she started moderating GBS. This got a lot of discussion behind the scenes, and it's easy to understand why there was a disagreement. LadyAmbien just had a very different perspective from some of the other mods. Also, at the time, someone who actually WANTED to mod GBS was tempting. Obviously Windows 98 revealed himself to be really crazy again, but I think it's a shame that LadyAmbien stepped away from doing a lot of forums stuff shortly after. I think she was doing good things for GBS. I used to talk to him a lot and if you don't know him he comes across as very polite, intelligent and stable. It's not like he advertises the shovel stuff, weird mod ambitions and life straight out of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia unless you happen to pay entirely too much attention to these forums like many of us do
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He was a massive shitheel on IRC, I know that much.
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Apparently I missed this disaster. I don't mean to derail the thread but is there a summary I could read somewhere? This sounds too good to miss.
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FactsAreUseless posted:I think it's a shame that LadyAmbien stepped away from doing a lot of forums stuff shortly after. I think she was doing good things for GBS. same she was really improving gbs
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Do mods \ admins have the ability to see previous usernames? How do you track an idiot that tries to hide their tracks from being a continuing annoyance?
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How do the mods find reregs of permabanned goons? Some perma'd people are so crazy that they can't help but out themselves every time they post, but there have been several instances of people evading permabans for awhile before finally getting caught.
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Bill NYSE posted:Do mods \ admins have the ability to see previous usernames? How do you track an idiot that tries to hide their tracks from being a continuing annoyance? TheOneAndOnlyT posted:How do the mods find reregs of permabanned goons? Some perma'd people are so crazy that they can't help but out themselves every time they post, but there have been several instances of people evading permabans for awhile before finally getting caught.
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FactsAreUseless posted:This used to happen, not anymore. As someone who this happened to, it is a definite "what the gently caress" moment. I legit thought the forums were just broken at first.
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IOwnCalculus posted:As someone who this happened to, it is a definite "what the gently caress" moment. I legit thought the forums were just broken at first.  They had started a new mod FAQ shortly before I was modded, as I recall. Before that mods just figured it out as they went along.
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Any chance of doing another one of those threads where people guessed a number and either got a cool icon next to their username or a ban? I was always bummed I missed my chance for that
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I was thinking of running a silly game in GBS with an avatar as the winner prize and probations for losers. Naturally I'd pay for the av myself, but who would I PM about prepping probes for the losers? Just a GBS mod?
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jon joe posted:I was thinking of running a silly game in GBS with an avatar as the winner prize and probations for losers. Naturally I'd pay for the av myself, but who would I PM about prepping probes for the losers? Just a GBS mod? just put in the main post as the rules? usually OP can set rules iirc.
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SneakyFrog posted:just put in the main post as the rules? usually OP can set rules iirc. they can't just ask a mod jon joe, i'm sure that they'll help you
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Sep 20, 2016 22:41
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Sep 20, 2016 22:47
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A few years ago all of the mods changed their avatars to household products like paper towels and stuff with labels saying "Nice!" on them. What was that all about, and whose idea was it?
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Spoggerific posted:What was that all about Spoggerific posted:whose idea was it?
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I got a honeycrisp apple.
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How come you guys got rid of GBS? I generally stay out of it cept for the Tech Relics thread but I assume there was an overriding reason.
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Free dogcrash truther bring him back
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Skoll posted:How come you guys got rid of GBS? I generally stay out of it cept for the Tech Relics thread but I assume there was an overriding reason. You know how people talk about LF like it was a magical age when everything was awesome? Give it some time, and they'll do the same thing about GBS.
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Skoll posted:How come you guys got rid of GBS? I generally stay out of it cept for the Tech Relics thread but I assume there was an overriding reason. Also intrigued to hear the answer to this, but I'm guessing it was because GBS was somewhere between FYAD and BYOB and 9/10 threads were terrible, boring gimmicks?
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kedo posted:Also intrigued to hear the answer to this, but I'm guessing it was because GBS was somewhere between FYAD and BYOB and 9/10 threads were terrible, boring gimmicks? Ding ding ding. Speaking of which, the mods should probably prevent the Paranormal subform from becoming the new GBS and deal with the influx of low effort and gimmick OPs.
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I'm not certain why ZDR closed it when he did, but moving or closing or majorly changing GBS has been discussed for a while. It had some good stuff, but it was also a haven for by far the worst posting on the site. I'll be saving some of the good threads and moving them later today.
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Julias posted:Ding ding ding. It would be cool if PC was actually about the Paranormal and not bad Bill Cosby jokes. FactsAreUseless posted:I'm not certain why ZDR closed it when he did, but moving or closing or majorly changing GBS has been discussed for a while. It had some good stuff, but it was also a haven for by far the worst posting on the site. Gotcha. TY for the clarification.
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FactsAreUseless posted:I'll be saving some of the good threads and moving them later today. would you mind moving this to byob: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3788051 i was thinking about continuing it
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FactsAreUseless posted:I'll be saving some of the good threads and moving them later today. Could you also move this: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3790258 to Byob, it would fit our Halloween theme really well.
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I'm not concerned about GBS but is there any talk of sticking E/N under a readable forum? It has some interesting/funny threads and good moderation by defectivemonkey.
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zen death robot posted:It's under BYOB right now 
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Not sure if this is the right place for this but someone else's question brought it to mind. I had an account I first around 2000 that as I recall got hacked back in 2008. Or maybe I just got drunk and forgot my email and password, who knows. At the time I just thought gently caress it and registered a new account, but I'd kind of like to get my old username back (or the account with its sweet reg date if possible I guess). Is there any way that this would be possible given that the username is technically taken on the old account that I can't get into? This was the old account for reference: http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=13277
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I see that the OSHA thread got moved to DIY, thank you. It's not the best place (PYF feels like that to me) but it'll work. PI would be better than Dorkroom for Critterquest, since it's more about the animals than the photography. The only thread I might miss is one that would've been better in E/N in the first place so I'll just take its loss and hope OP decides to bring it there now.
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Reading this thread is neat, even though I don't post much and don't have a lot of interaction with the mods of the, like, two forums I do post in. Do you have mod functionality on the mobile apps?
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Swillkitsch posted:Reading this thread is neat, even though I don't post much and don't have a lot of interaction with the mods of the, like, two forums I do post in. I can view reports and that's about it. Have to switch to safari to mete out justice.
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LivesInGrey posted:I see that the OSHA thread got moved to DIY, thank you. It's not the best place (PYF feels like that to me) but it'll work. I disagree, but that might be because I actually read DIY.
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LivesInGrey posted:I see that the OSHA thread got moved to DIY, thank you. It's not the best place (PYF feels like that to me) but it'll work. PI would be better than Dorkroom for Critterquest, since it's more about the animals than the photography. The only thread I might miss is one that would've been better in E/N in the first place so I'll just take its loss and hope OP decides to bring it there now.
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zen death robot posted:That's why I bought a hugephone iPhone 7+ so I can use the drat browser
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i think i'm going blind from trying to mod on my phone browser so lowtax can expect a big eye doctor bill in my next expense report
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zen death robot posted:You should get the iPhone 7+ Lowtax can expect an iPhone 7+ on my next expense report
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There's no head phone jack
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zen death robot posted:I have lightning headphones it's cool Except when you forget them and your dongle and just have a pair of normal headphones. Happened to me at work the day after I got my phone. 
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