' Wrote:I am many things to many people. To you, Villain, I am a jerk. That's cool. You're welcome to judge me like that all you like. (thumbsup)
Actually you're not a jerk at all , it was just a jerk thing to say.
Well me calling you a jerk is also a jerk thing of me to say.
that makes us both jerks.
But to be completely honest I think neither of us is a jerk.
enough about that.
I agree with restricting ''death'' threads.
When I see one I feel socially obliged to give my condolences.
Though a lotta people seem to feel socially obliged to troll it.
And then off course there's also the douche bags making up a sad story just to get attention.
All in all enough reason to restrict it I'd say.
But what about those people who actually feel the community as their world.
(Oke I'm not among those , in contrary to what people might think i have a very active social life.)
They could feel like this is the only way to express themselves , maybe they deserve a bit of attention in hard times.
This spring alone I have had two friends die, one of them murdered. Why should any of you be bothered with it? It's not like it's going to change what happen. Or somehow making you feel somewhat the way I felt is going to give you the answer you're looking for or I am looking for.
Frankly, I find the banning of threads that don't break the forum rules quite stupid. Like it's that hard to lock a thread if it gets out of hand, geez.
If someone's irritated by certain types of threads, then they can simply, I don't know, not read them or something.
As for mods, if some threads irritate you, tough luck, man. You accepted the job so sack up and moderate threads in general and don't go about banning the opening of threads that you find annoying just because you can't get over it.
And here's a crazy idea... If people abuse a thread, why not just go ahead and give those people a temporary ban or some other kind of warning or punishment and let the thread go its course, and if it really gets bad, then just lock it. Like it's that much of a hassle to click a few buttons.
Or, while you're at it, just ban absolutely every sort of thread that doesn't pertain specifically to Freelancer and stifle all sort of discussion that makes a community an interesting and warm place to be a part of, so you have a fancy title and do as little work as possible.
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' Wrote:Death is a natural thing. It's not a catastophe. Everyone dies. Why do the dead people get some kind of "immunity" to insults?
I mean, criminals get this kind of immunity too when they die?
What does any of this have to do with what I'm talking about? I fail to see any connection.:unsure:are you saying that since death is perfectly natural then it should be allowed to take a piss on their grave for the fun of it?
:rolleyes:
Edit @ Swift: Listen to Rdy...this is a gigantic community & there is a whole forest behind the few trees you're looking at.
You can lock those threads or not read them at all, yeah, Swift, but what're you going to do about what's already happened? The banning of political and religious discussion threads was to prevent a flame wars about those. It's not hard to lock a thread, but it's always a nasty sight.
People will fight in those threads. If you don't ban them beforehand, we'll have some people looking down at others for their opinion. Well, many are not that narrow-minded, but I never cease to be amazed at what ridiculous stuff people can come up with.
I'm not even around that much, but I'm all for making death threads a taboo of sorts. There are other, better means of informing those with direct personal ties to the person than a forum.
I get what you're saying, guys, I really do, but it's just that I find that just banning discussion on certain things isn't that better than the fact that some people flame and write various takes on the concept of idiocy.
I simply find that even though bad stuff you're talking about happens, the fact that I can read interesting opinions and arguments in those threads compensates for it.
Anyways, look, do whatever you want to do, it's not like I can do anything about it, but I'm just suggesting to give some threads a chance and not just apply a blanket ban on a whole group of discussion topics.
It's not even about particular stuff like death threads, religious threads, or whatever people come up with next. It's more about principle, hidden gems and all that kind of wishful thinking crap.
Anyways, no hard feelings or anything. If my post up there seemed to be angry or something, it wasn't meant to be that way.
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The thing is, I never could understand why people would bother to argue so strongly about not being allowed to talk about certain things here on the forums.
As far as I can recollect, No Mod or Admin has ever restricted anyones ability to post on the net about any topic under the sun. Legal, illegal, adorable, subversive, deviant or disturbing. Not a single one...ever.
The staff just restrict what can be posted here.
There's the whole world at y'alls fingertips to spout any opinion about anything. Just not specifically here
' Wrote:What does any of this have to do with what I'm talking about? I fail to see any connection.:unsure:are you saying that since death is perfectly natural then it should be allowed to take a piss on their grave for the fun of it?
:rolleyes:
Edit @ Swift: Listen to Rdy...this is a gigantic community & there is a whole forest behind the few trees you're looking at.
No, I'm saying people are making to much of a deal about it. People die, people get borned and so on. Perhaps tomorrow I die too, and people will talk about me as bad. Maybe they do talk me when I'm alive too. Why should they stop if I died?
PS: Also I agree restricting these threads since they're pointless. And they cause these discussions that are useless and stupid.
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Why stop at banning things we don't like? Let's ban people we don't like as well. Everybody write up your list and send it into the admins. By the end of next week, we'll all be banned and this will be the sterile, proper, harmonious place it is supposed to be. Things - people - Fair is fair after all.
Or maybe we should work on gaining the understanding that a community doesn't only include the things we like. It includes the good, pretty, bad, ugly, and humorless equally. And since it's all subjective, everything is good and bad, pretty and ugly, depending on your own prejudices, perspective, and values. What's dull to you is precious to someone else, and what is precious to you is a load of imbecility to someone else.
People want to blame politics, religion, race, sexism, etc for the world's problems, and go about trying to eliminate those "causes" wherever they find them, but most of the world's problems really boil down to small, self-absorbed, self-affirming groups of know it alls locked in their microscopic bubble of a world view who keep trying to control everyone else's lives "for their own good", and being willing to use force to do it. All the while they call it being enlightened and sophisticated. I just call it tyranny; small, medium, or large scale, it makes no difference.
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