[GBS MODS ONLY] Discussion thread.

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Mod ROLE CALL: Which mod are you? This poll is closed.
Butt Wizard	19	5.85%
Jean Splicer	19	5.85%
A Star War Betamax	98	30.15%
Gnarly Hotep	36	11.08%
Ralp	76	23.38%
Abe	77	23.69%
Total:	325 votes

[Edit Poll (moderators only)]

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Yo, what is up fellow mods of GBS. Thought I'd post a GBS MOD only thread here in the mod forum. Other mods are free to chime in i guess. Main idea is for this to be a place for us to discuss new ideas about how to make gbs great again.

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

Reward vs. Punishment. It's easy to use negative reinforcement... but could we get better results from POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.. like making sure to sticky good threads, cool mod challenges, etc! Maybe mailing people little prizes? I have no idea.

Bad posters: what should we do?

Moderator BONUS CHECKS: How to maximize our earning potential. With the new point based system, it would seem that just banning and probating up to the daily minimum would be the best strategy, but I've run the numbers through a simple spread sheet and there is quite a bit to discuss yet!

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 16:24

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 05:48

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Ok so I made a mistake and put this in the wrong thread and the admins will be moving it soon but in the meantime please lets keep this to GBS MODS ONLY....

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 18:30

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Also what goofus changed my av??????????????? what the heck guys

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 18:43

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Good grief this is a fiasco

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 21:41

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

www posted:

i like your new AV betamax, it is very cute.

well enjoy it while you can because i'm working on changing it as we speak................

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 21:49

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Ok we're getting this sorted out.....weve got radium on skype!

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 01:13

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Blurry Gray Thing posted:

What's he wearing?

A pained expression! just kidding...

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 01:17

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Would somebody mind buying my old avatar back? I am a little strapped for cash right now.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 01:38

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Maoist Pussy posted:

Like, by "good" he just means more photoshop threads, right?

No there are lots of kinds of good threads. But yeah, bad threads should be gassed. "BUT WHY??" You ask... well, not just to keep Gibbs clutter-free, but also to let people know what kind of thread we're looking for.

Here's the kind of stuff I've been gassing:

Threads where the OP is just a couple of words or a single sentence. When there seems to be no intention to start an interesting discussion or to be anything beyond a one shot "joke". Usually these are easy to spot because they have something to do with farts, poo poo, buttholes, peepee, poopoo, cucking, dicks, etc.

Threads where the OP is just "haha look at this youtube video" or "haha look at this picture" usually everyone has already seen the video or picture in question when their grandma liked it on facebook so its kinda redundant to have it here.

Neato threads with nekkid babes for jerkin' and tuggin' with your pals at work.

Mean spirited, uncreative attacks on other GBS posters. Usually this consists of a screen cap of a forum post where the OP totally OWNED some other person.

Here is stuff I HAVE NOT been gassing:

Threads where people are legitimately wanting to discuss things like: gamer gate, doobies, fat people, politics, cop violence, twitter, whatever.

Anything that seems to be fostering legitimate, or humorous discussion, while abiding by the handful of rules we have round here.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 08:44

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Parallax Scroll posted:

im ralp

Me too.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 15:42

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Spanish Manlove posted:

atta boy

thanks friend

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 16:01

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Except... I can't help but feel that this is the part of the movie where i catch a glance of my reflection in the mirror and it's your face staring back at me and I scream in rage and smash my fist into the glass and then I'm just left gazing into my own shattered visage.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 16:02

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Spanish Manlove posted:

It's more like when Luke Skywalker was training, went into that cave, fought Vader, and when the mask blew up it was Luke's face under the helmet.

Good grief spoilers!!!

# ¿ Jan 18, 2016 20:40

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

big shags posted:

Hey mods! No complaints on my end so far. You're all doing a great job for the forums and I appreciate the hard work, patience and long hours you're putting in for a better Something Awful.

I do wish there were more "Easter Eggs" hidden throughout this site though. It'd be nice to see a little greeting from the mods hidden in a profile link, or maybe there could be each day a random person's avatar could change to a cryptic symbol that I could decipher, leading to an even more obscure clue that takes you off site via yospos and into the real world and beyond

That sounds like a good idea........

# ¿ Jan 19, 2016 19:47

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

gnarly was a good man

# ¿ Jan 19, 2016 22:37

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Jailbrekr posted:

Is the mod forum still fun? I enjoyed the knitting threads.

It's wall-to-wall el spider posts now.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 10:18

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Hector Beerlioz posted:

Does Applewhite post there?

Yeah but he mostly sticks to the speed skating megathreads.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 10:31

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

genespilicer is a good man and a good mod but he is very old and out of touch with the modern youth culture we need to attract thats why i suggest he dye his hair and start riding ska boards

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 15:12

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

I am 32 years old

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 15:58

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

I've lost 30 pounds since july!

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 21:47

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

a bone to pick posted:

Aww you're going to look just like your anime av soon

Thanks for reminding me about that... still waiting on franco to upload the fix!

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 21:59

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

BTW guys I'm gonna start moving all election theads to the Election Erection subforum or whatever its called these days because that place is looking pretty wild these days you should check it out if you got a minute.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 22:36

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

sout posted:

I think it's a DnD subforum now or something.
By the way what does RSF stand for?

Rim, suck, gently caress.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2016 22:39

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Ork of Fiction posted:

LEGIT REQUEST 2 MOD:
Could one of you chaps change Frog Act's AV back to it's previous thing or blank it out or whatever. It's been months, and he don't deserve that txt.

I don't know who that is but you could purchase him an av cert! It's only 5.00 dollars the price of a cup of 'offee

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 09:50

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Ork of Fiction posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=184126

I don't see the difference between red text that breaks forum rules and a picture that breaks forum rules. Like, if it was a butthole then someone would change it.

But, w/e. Just wanted to make sure you and Gene knew there's a guy posting around the place with I HATE NIGGERS in big red text.

Thanks friend. I'll delete the red text :-)

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 11:05

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Hogge Wild posted:

i seem to have misplaced my goldmining button, so could someone else goldmine this thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3760639&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1#post455134699

Thanks for reminding me! Done.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 11:08

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Matoi Ryuko posted:

Are you still running?

No. I think I have an intestinal worm though.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 13:23

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Matoi Ryuko posted:

What's the worm's name? I'm sad you're not still running. I was hoping we could be marathon buddies once I actually get to run a marathon...

I had to stop runnning a year ago because i have a torn meniscus in my right knee.....i need to get it fixed but i keep putting it off. when the torn piece gets displaced it gives me lots of pain and makes my knee swell up... but i found one weird trick to fix it. I find the lump on side of knee where the cartilage is sticking out and i push on it with all my force and it pops back in!

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 13:34

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

whoflungpoop posted:

We should have Helot Day wherein some godawful permanent resident thread is declared Helot Thread and reminded of its place (toilet) lest it entertain notions of freedom (from sucking) and for 24 hours we go in and sack the place and steal the harvest and call them fuckin nerds

What is a Hellot?

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 23:26

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

gnarlyhotep posted:

I tried the reward system (I even rewarded you with some socks at one point). It doesn't seem to work as well as negative reinforcement, unless you're willing to put a ton of work into it (thinking up challenges/rewards/fun trinkets). Maybe that's where you will succeed. I know you have the potential to be great, I just hope you also have the stamina to keep it up after months of these people's crap.

I wear those socks every day gtep ill never take them off

# ¿ Jan 22, 2016 13:23

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Grody posted:

i demand to know what happened to my thread about my pedophile neighbor

I moved it to the gold mine you goof

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 23:16

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

I guess i sent it to the comedy purgatory instead

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3761332

# ¿ Jan 23, 2016 23:16

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Hey guys what is your take on casual racism in the china\russia\etc type threads?

# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 10:15

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

dad gay. so what posted:

its also funny to me how fast starwar transformed into spanish manlove

It's not funny to me. It's frightening

# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 17:12

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Rambling Robot posted:

i wonder who'll be the new mod?

Whoever posts "I'm gay" the most.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 17:51

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Ok so what do you guys think should be done about posters wishing "death threats" on each other? It's something thats been getting reported lately. Things like people saying "Oh ok well then I think you should kill yourself" etc? Normally I think, whatever.... but its been bothering some people so I dunno...what do you other mods think?

# ¿ Jan 25, 2016 13:22

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

whoflungpoop posted:

if it is funny then it should be treated as a joke. if it is said by effectronica then it is not funny because only its poster is a joke.

I don't know anything about this effectronica individual.... should it be banned?

# ¿ Jan 25, 2016 20:46

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Franco, Gtep........ come on guys lets all take it down a few notches. a few notches...ON MY BELT because you both are cruising for a bruising!

# ¿ Jan 26, 2016 17:22

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 05:48

a star war betamax: Sep 17, 2011; by Lowtax; Gary’s Answer

Just kidding... do whatever you want. Post about yourself.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2016 17:23

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