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luxury handset posted:the only effective way to test to see if someone will be a good mod before they're given a star is to make them an ik. this isn't viable if you need a whole subforum mod asap. the pool of potential mods is also small as many refuse when offered - i've been asked before and i said no because i thought i would be a bad mod and at the time i had offsite weirdos tracking my posts Something that's maybe not getting stressed enough in all this is that reporting is the most meaningful window we have on forums problems as a whole. Every report is seen by an admin, because they are the only ones who can process them. The mod decides what to do, the admin does it.
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FactsAreUseless posted:When was this? I think the support bot account was radium but my memory is a sieve
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Didn't we have a friendly coder between radium and ZDR? I think he was here long enough to get his own custom emote.
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Krankenstyle posted:I think the support bot account was radium but my memory is a sieve A Moose posted:Didn't we have a friendly coder between radium and ZDR? I think he was here long enough to get his own custom emote.
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VanSandman posted:Is it the code that drives men mad or do only madmen attempt to gently caress with the code? That abyss stares back hard
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A Moose posted:Didn't we have a friendly coder between radium and ZDR? I think he was here long enough to get his own custom emote. Yeah but he was only here because Lowtax was paying him to be here, and presumably that didn’t last long because this place is already a money pit. Well it might not be a money pit anymore, but the rest of Lowtax’s life sure seems to be so I doubt we’ll be seeing another Choochacacko (?) anytime soon.
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It's also worth noting a bunch of 'the bad mods' weren't always bad, just combinations of culture shifts in the forums or their own growth/descent into madness left them a poor fit eventually. Abe's mod challenges really were fun and most of the users liked them for some time. As much as everyone loves dunking on hendron now, 'mr mouth eat the egg' was pretty funny in the moment and I had friends drive down to see the actual event when it happened. I think it makes sense for folks to step down or flame out or whatever eventually. It's also okay for y'all to look back at stuff from 10-15 years ago and cringe, it's probably good we're not still 'ironically' using slurs.
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I propose two year terms for all mods.
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:Wait it's gotten even more hilarious as it sticks out like a huge sore thumb in the neighborhood that sprouted up around it LORD OF BOOTY posted:does grover still live in the haus Do you really think anyone else would buy it? kids in the neighborhood probably dare each other to walk past it on halloween. Legend goes the tormented ghost of the county building inspector appears on foggy nights trying to warn people away. The neighbors call it "the building in-spectre"
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cock hero flux posted:it could be useful in determining why people continue to become mods despite having obvious red flags and then remain mods for extended periods of time despite being universally hated It's probably the excellent pay and outstanding benefits; to say nothing of the title as a resume builder. Like most jobs of this caliber, it comes down to knowing somebody.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:it's gotten even more hilarious as it sticks out like a huge sore thumb in the neighborhood that sprouted up around it This phrasing makes it sound like its the focal point of the community. Like a 19th-century railroad line or a company town coal mine. People travelling through just saw the haus, dropped their bags and settled down.
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VanSandman posted:Is it the code that drives men mad or do only madmen attempt to gently caress with the code? You have to be pretty crazy to go into software development in any capacity in the first place. Even if you aren't our stupid meaty ape brains are bad at the kind of logic being a programmer needs so you end up forcing your hardware to do poo poo it was never designed to. I don't think it's possible to do that sort of thing for any significant period of time and come out sane. Internet poo poo in particular is...well let's just say you might as well just summon Cthulhu and pledge your eternal souls to the Old Ones right when you start to get it over with. Source: I'm a software developer. The most true sentence ever typed in the English language is "all code is bad."
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My Shoes posted:Yeh. Me too? Please give me money. Ill eat cold spaghetti. whatever. Don't steal my gimmick
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:i just think spreadsheets are neat 
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VanSandman posted:Is it the code that drives men mad or do only madmen attempt to gently caress with the code?
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When this site finally dies, Lowtax should donate its code to science to study. Mostly because I want software engineers to suffer.
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FactsAreUseless posted:When was this? back in 08-09, I believe it was literally GENERIC ADMIN as the name and he tried to play himself off as a woman to hide himself when he posted. Edit, also best SA forums saga was when someone managed to probate Support bot and welp it does extremely bad things to the forums UCS Hellmaker has a new favorite as of 03:08 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Didn't windows 98 get a second chance with a fake mod account where he poorly concealed his identity only to go mad with power? Also it's kinda neat to see just how often the whole "well that was overly dramatic and a bad idea, let's give you another chance with a secret identity" hasn't worked out with the various front page writers, admins, and mods but we keep trying it.
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BW was one of my favorite E/N posters, she would patiently explain things to people using techniques from her social worker background and was spot on about 90% of the time. Once she was modded, she would do this hilarious thing where she would gently try to correct someone in the wrong 3-5 times, then give up and just dunk all over them. I love it, one of my favorite mods ever, but I also see how that style doesn't work with people who are actual abusers and shouldn't have been given more than a second chance. I see it more as a sign of the times: When she showed up there weren't actively horrible people confessing to bullshit on E/N. For every LLkjsilk there were 50 threads about having boyfriend troubles, or brain troubles, or job troubles, so a funny, light, sassy mod was in place. Now that it's like, mods need to actively involve the police on shitheads, yeah, funny-light-and-sassy doesn't work anymore Drunk Nerds has a new favorite as of 04:38 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Drunk Nerds posted:BW was one of my favorite E/N posters, she would patiently explain things to people using techniques from her social worker background and was spot on about 90% of the time. If she had a social worker background then it's even more damning.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:If she had a social worker background then it's even more damning. She doesn't.
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xcheopis posted:She doesn't. Yeah, I just found a relevant post: Mocking Bird posted:Det Mo asked me to mod with her because of being hella pregnant at the time, and I was, shall we say, vocal with my opinions at an inopportune moment during the mod crisis. Neither of us recommended Bobbie.
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I'm done. I just want to be the one to post it in this thread. e: that last bit was a joke but frankly it sounds off anyway FactsAreUseless has a new favorite as of 06:20 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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If you read the QCS thread, it seems this isn't the first time she hosed up. Edit: ^ I had just considered quoting you stepping down, but it didn't seem right. I think you're being hard on yourself, but burn out sucks and you have to take care of yourself. Araenna has a new favorite as of 06:21 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Araenna posted:If you read the QCS thread, it seems this isn't the first time she hosed up. Ghostlight posted:the sass gloves are off
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FactsAreUseless posted:I'm done. I just want to be the one to post it in this thread. I appreciate the work you've done, and if stepping down as admin lets you stay on as a poster, godspeed.
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Thank you Smythe for permabanning Bobbie Wickham. Also for the record, I do think you're being too hard on yourself FAU but glad you're sticking around as a normal poster at least.
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Can we end this conversation? Let me go on the record saying i appreciate BW - personally shes been nice to me so why shouldnt i? and FAU and the other mods.. whatever the gently caress they do isnt really my business.. im here to post not loving judge what mods do. idgaf. who should give a gently caress. drat.. seems obvious thy're doing a service. loving enjoy what we have here and who gives a gently caress what mods do when. idk maybe its just me. but gently caress... chill.. just sayin. we're here to post not judge volunteers who keep this poo poo alive for us. drat. shits getting crazy. post. chill. stay out of business that has nothing to do with you and find something relevant to say.
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My Shoes posted:Can we end this conversation? Let me go on the record saying i appreciate BW. and FAU and the other mods.. whatever the gently caress they do isnt really my business.. im here to post not loving judge what mods do. idgaf. who should give a gently caress. drat.. seems obvious thy're doing a service. loving enjoy what we have here and who gives a gently caress what mods do when. idk maybe its just me. but gently caress... chill.. just sayin. we're here to post not judge volunteers who keep this poo poo alive for us. drat. shits getting crazy. post. chill. stay out of business that has nothing to do with you and find something relevant to say. Lmfao
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ArfJason posted:Lmfao all this drama is pissing me off. got enough irl. i just dont care about this poo poo. 
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You're in the wrong thread for that, friend. SA's great sagas almost always are dramatic as hell.
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Peak centrism in the something awful mod and child abuse conflict
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Malachite_Dragon posted:You're in the wrong thread for that, friend. SA's great sagas almost always are dramatic as hell.  The ones who say that they don't like drama are usually the ones who end up causing the most 
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welcome to my block list, troll
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I think it's a bit weird to try and quality control the mods. People on this forum are bizarrely obsessed with them. Mods, it's time for all of you to choose a Kardashian name, cuz you are apparently worshipped and damned with equal fervor, and also you all have nice big butts!! E: Turtlicious posted:welcome to my block list, troll I love the block function, no shame. Not only does it keep crazy fuckers away from my eyes, but it was a source of great hilarity during the most recent Zaurg drama. Fleta Mcgurn has a new favorite as of 07:28 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I think it's a bit weird to try and quality control the mods. People on this forum are bizarrely obsessed with them. what about those of us that just dont give a drat? although... interested in the butts.  liked your post tho. as always Fleta 
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I think it's a bit weird to try and quality control the mods. People on this forum are bizarrely obsessed with them. There are a lot of good mods, but they don't generate as much attention. A spectacular meltdown like El Spider's brief run on GBS is more memorable than long periods of good moderation.
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