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exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Eh! Frank posted:

What happened to XyloJW? I noticed a while back that he's not a admin or mod any more, and hasn't posted in a while. Which is a bit disappointing, he was one of my favorites, mainly because I remember him from the politoons threads in D&D a couple years ago.

He had a kid and started posting less. I hope he returns one day, he's a really good guy!

GonSmithe posted:

It was CrazyLittle who made all the custom mod stars.

I already had an svg of the hammer and sickle saved, thanks very much :colbert:

# ¿ Aug 23, 2016 08:36

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 04:06

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Tough on tbp, tough on the causes of tbp

# ¿ Aug 23, 2016 10:50

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

stringball posted:

Can you show us pictures of what the forums look like to you guys? What's it look like when you probate someone?

Mods have the punish/reward + history buttons, but not the "show IPs" button

This is the page for probations. The options in the dropdown are 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, and 100,000 hours. Anything written in the top field shows up in the Leper's Colony, the bottom field is for notes that show up only in the mod queue.

Admin punishments/rewards go through immediately, while mod ones go into a queue for approval. If there was a private note on this probation request, it'd appear below "origin" at the right.

The 'history' button is a user's personal little modqueue. It's similar to the Leper's Colony but has a list of all thread moves, mod-given titles, private notes etc. for that user.

# ¿ Aug 28, 2016 02:50

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Of course, the custom title reward can be a punishment as well :grin:

# ¿ Aug 28, 2016 05:18

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

AMLOVINIT posted:

I know you all said that reports are awesome but do you come across reports from whiney little self righteous shites on a My Opining Is The Only Correct One journey?

Nota Bene: in my twisted mind, all report-ers are just snitches

If a report reason includes "poster used [logical fallacy]" I will almost always misc it

# ¿ Aug 30, 2016 06:04

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Skoll posted:

Why did you guys accept being mods/admins, and are there any inherent perks of being a mod / former mod or admin besides the forum cop powers?

I accepted because I like posting on the forums, and being able to change thread titles

# ¿ Sep 9, 2016 11:02

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

There's no head phone jack

# ¿ Sep 23, 2016 13:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

chocolateTHUNDER posted:

Do mods/admins have any sort of timeline as to when the forums are moving to xenforo?

It seems like such a crazy undertaking, I can't imagine it would be anytime soon

I think it's be a fair while away

# ¿ Oct 11, 2016 06:08

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 04:06

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

I'm a public servant

# ¿ Dec 2, 2016 06:10

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