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The Chairman: Jun 30, 2003; But you forget, mon ami, that there is evil everywhere under the sun

bracketed word + topical joke is a good format, that�s basically what I do with the FFXIV discord channel names

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:28

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 00:48

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Zurtilik posted:

I just find it concerning the amount of ablest and homophobic terms used to get mad about chat threads. Someone literally said the chat threads were "gay" at some point in this mess. Lots of weirdly dehumanizing poo poo too.

That was also me, I called it gay, which I'm allowed to do, because I think that's a funny thing to do

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:29

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

Elephanthead posted:

Can we change the chat thread back to the trump thread since he is campaigning again and almost died meaning we almost got 15,000 Donald J Trump named schools. He deserves at least a thread named after him for his service.

If your asking for admin permission, sure.

If you think it will add to cspam and it's something people want?

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:30

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

thank you Admin people for listening to our incredibly overwrought opinions about posting .

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:33

Tiler Kiwi: Feb 26, 2011

im gonna be a heel and name it the joetown hoedown

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:33

Ardennes: May 12, 2002

Schnorkles posted:

i have no idea why this is presented as a "bad thing."

It is more just unwieldy and also every thread with a recognizable community absolutely needs an active IK at all times.

Oh Snapple! posted:

It seems like a simple, on paper, way to handle this would be for the mods to largely just run the queue on largely basic, general forums rules and to consult thread IKs when something kinda eh comes up in a thread they largely have nothing to do with.

More important, though, would be an openness to realizing that the way one thread runs does not necessarily translate to all others (nor should it) and a willingness to act with some level of contrition when they clearly clash with a thread's culture. This is not a "thread regulars get anyone out of trouble" thing so much as a "just read the room" thing.

The problem is when a mod needs to come into a thread he doesn't frequent and can't really "read" the room. One solution would simply just have different mods with at least a little bit of a diverse background that can respond to at least some of the threads they know and then have IKs under them that can fill in the gaps. Some of it is just a recognition that the different threads can't be administered in a general manner.

I guess you would have to have at least one "megathread mod" (it seems like the area threads/climate change/doomsday econ/the Marxism thread and maybe the Succ thread have a fair amount of cross over (I am sure someone will contest this)) , a "lifestyle" mod, and a "Trump" mod. (This is just theoretical not an actual suggestion of what to do.)

Ardennes has issued a correction as of 00:41 on Jun 29, 2021

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:34

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

Ardennes posted:

It is more just unwieldy and also every thread with a recognizable community absolutely needs an active IK at all times.

The problem is when a mod needs to come into a thread he doesn't frequent and can't really "read" the room. One solution would simply just have different mods with at least a little bit of a diverse background that can respond to at least some of the threads and then have IKs under them that can fill in the gaps. Some of it is just a recognition that the different threads can't be administered in a general manner.

Just to clarify, by "read the room" I mean "if the thread reacts poorly, find out why". I absolutely understand that some things can require immediate action and the moderator might be the only person around to deal with something.

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:41

Tiler Kiwi: Feb 26, 2011

id say "just have agreed upon, boring rules and enforce them with utter disdain" so people can fight over rules instead of personalities and maybe get some consistency, but if the people of cspam wanna have the IKocracy soviet council then hell, go big

people seem to prefer having less formality and that'd be one way to stop things feeling regimented

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:43

Zurtilik: Oct 23, 2015; The Biggest Brain in Guardia

some plague rats posted:

That was also me, I called it gay, which I'm allowed to do, because I think that's a funny thing to do

Real 2004 hours over here. Can't believe Bush got reelected.

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:47

Cpt_Obvious: Jun 18, 2007

Please repeal the rule not to make fun of DnD. This is a fyad lite, after all.

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:49

swimsuit: Jan 22, 2009; yeah

the current mods are complicit in the ald/squizzle bullshit, and were similarly complicit in flavius's terrible modding of the marxism and china/eurasia threads

demod the current mods, find chill new mods

more than 1 page worth of posts in the trmup thread should be instant disqualification for modship (and grounds for death)

more than 1 gangtag should be instant disqualification for modship (and grounds for death)

most of the iks atm are fine and if more iks are needed then i guess given threads can choose their own

let the trmup losers have their dumb rear end thread for their lovely catch phrases but they should be probed if they transport that garbage into other threads

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:52

swimsuit: Jan 22, 2009; yeah

the one mod people spoke well of was brutalistmcdonalds and thats because they never used their buttons and regularly made (make) effort posts in interesting threads

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:53

Spergin Morlock: Aug 8, 2009; Fun Shoe

swimsuit posted:

more than 1 page worth of posts in the trmup thread should be instant disqualification for modship (and grounds for death)

more than 1 gangtag should be instant disqualification for modship (and grounds for death)

my feedback is that this sucks

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:54

The Chairman: Jun 30, 2003; But you forget, mon ami, that there is evil everywhere under the sun

I think the Eurasia thread should be moved to Coupons so we can get discounts on Eurasia and Eurasia accessories

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:55

smarxist: Jul 26, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

i'm just glad we have all this level headed feedback about chat threads so we know who the real brain damaged people on CSPAM are

# ? Jun 29, 2021 00:59

kronix: Jul 1, 2004

Cpt_Obvious posted:

Please repeal the rule not to make fun of DnD. This is a fyad lite, after all.

CSPAM is FYAD for losers who like politics and have no sense of humor. None of us (myself included) could have handled FYAD in its heyday.

Also, please let us make fun of DnD. Pretty please mods.

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:00

The Chairman: Jun 30, 2003; But you forget, mon ami, that there is evil everywhere under the sun

I think we should split the Glen Greenwald thread into a "Glenn" thread (for all Glenns) and a "Greenwald" thread (for all Greenwalds). Glenn Greenwald discussion now goes to TV IV

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:01

Epic High Five: Jun 5, 2004

Elephanthead posted:

Can we change the chat thread back to the trump thread since he is campaigning again and almost died meaning we almost got 15,000 Donald J Trump named schools. He deserves at least a thread named after him for his service.

We should rename it the moment that he stops being a feeble old loser whose rallies suck so much rear end that event the Q freaks cant get pumped up from them.

Until he has earned it there is the primary thread

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:02

Zurtilik: Oct 23, 2015; The Biggest Brain in Guardia

This isn't a thread for feedback on FYAD.

Zurtilik has issued a correction as of 01:08 on Jun 29, 2021

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:03

Son of Thunderbeast: Sep 21, 2002

This isn't a thread for giving feedback on FYAD

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:04

Unoriginal Name: Aug 1, 2006; by sebmojo

I believe we should make the following sweeping changes to things that displease me, personally:

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:08

ram dass in hell: Dec 29, 2019

euphronius posted:

thank you Admin people for listening to our incredibly overwrought opinions about posting .

# ? Jun 29, 2021 01:09

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy