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It was stated once that the objective here was to create the Calmest Hitler. How far along to that goal are we and who are the current candidates?

# ¿ Mar 11, 2024 23:02

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 20:08

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Koos Group posted:

Everything I say in D&D is meant seriously, but things I say about D&D on other boards may be joking or trolling.

I can't believe you don't take SAD seriously :smith:

# ¿ Mar 11, 2024 23:54

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Papercut posted:

That wouldn't change the fact that they were a pro Russian poster in the thread under discussion

They also felt safe posting that there instead of in the GBS or DnD threads which suggests to me a moderation job well done in them.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2024 17:47

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Esran posted:

I have a passing familiarity with Majorian's posting, and I don't consider them to be usually employing the tactics you mention.

I think it is unrealistic to ask for moderators to take post history, and the prior discussion, posts and positions of a poster into account when dishing out probations, especially when the posts you point to as examples are so non-obviously problematic that you have to retreat to "ah, but it's not these posts specifically, you have to consider the posting history" when I ask why you're calling these posts "sealioning" or "just asking questions".

Isn't the whole point of ramping probes that they take post history into account?

# ¿ Mar 13, 2024 23:33

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Esran posted:

Sure, but I would expect the probed post to be problematic.

Which the ones Raenir linked weren't.

I'd like moderators to not probe for completely normal posting, just because someone disagrees with the opinion being expressed or is holding a grudge from earlier.

The dreaded rapsheet should not prevent posters from countering arguments, asking for elaboration or simply disagreeing.

I was really only contending your idea that it is unrealistic to consider post history and prior posting into consideration, but since we agree it's not, problem solved forever :v:

# ¿ Mar 14, 2024 00:41

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Fister Roboto posted:

Leave the thread open permanently, but every post gets an automatic 6 hour probation to discourage grudgeposting.

This is a really good idea

# ¿ Mar 14, 2024 19:40

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Valentin posted:

i retract my current support for the koos moderation regime. while i support trying to reduce the volume of posts so mods don't have to look at reports, i fear he has only concentrated and intensified the backseat-modding posting gene in this particular petri dish.

He's simply trying to create the Koosatz Haderach, let him cook

# ¿ Mar 15, 2024 21:58

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 20:08

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The last two pages have shown me that anyone who is trying to argue if something is technically a genocide should be forumbanned, regardless of the genocide

There's an actual definition, this isn't hard

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 03:39

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