Not a joke poll.

[SharkmanBMW]

Have to say I agree with Paul in NZ on this one Gayle.

All we need is to tell these people off, however others must see this for what it is, not inflammation rather putting people in their place.
They will eventually go away when they are subsequently ignored.

Nothing wrong with a good, spirited, argument.

ditto,
we blasted ukm5,he got out of here, and it took a year for him to return as cschollum!
now he seems to be gone too, we did ok!

Thankfully, these clowns are few and far between.

[Gayle]

Sharkman, Zeuk, Jeff, and some of the rest of you--ask yourself why you want the current system of vigalante justice to continue. To quote Dacoyote, some of the stuff we do as vigalantes is "just too funny".

I have been one of the people involved in adminstering "justice" around here. I tried to reason with UKM5. I snitched to Ed on the woman who screamed thief and lyer. I started a poll intended to shame cschollum. And I have to say "it was all fun".

It is fun being a bully. It is fun ing over a jerk. It was kind of a wicked pleasure. The part of me that has viewed dealing with the jerks as fun wanted the old system to continue.

It seemed more ok when it was a smaller group of regulars. We all understood what was going on. Now there are so many newbies, I don't think that system is right anymore.

I still remember how nervous I was posting for about the first three months I posted. I was afraid I would say something stupid. I was afraid of offending people. Can't you guys remember how intimidating it was when you were newbies?

Can you imagine how intimidating it is for the new people to see us crucify someone? They don't know the norms well enough to know what is ok and what someone is going to get spanked for. To make my point, Nat (angry pancake) was asking me about the rules just a few weeks ago. Jeff (632 regal) is always talking about getting banned. If pancake and Jeff can't figure out what the limits are and what they are going to get spanked for, who can?

Think about the newbies. They don't know the rules and they see us deal with offenders by crucification by so called moderators. I don't think it sets the right tone for the board.

If you doubt what I am saying, look who voted yes so far. For the most part it is not people in the post whore club (we know who we are). We need to be more civilized for the newbies. It is not just our little club anymore.

[DanH]

Agree with Dave, some of Nicks rules are a bit too strict, i see nothing wrong with f/s ads once in awhile on the main forum.

We also should be feel free to complain about oppression by the mods if it occurs. All mods are not created inerrably omnipotent...

I have withheld my vote since the definition of "inflammatory post" varies depending upon the interpretation of who is reading it. Obviously at some point everyone will agree that we need Mods to stop an out-of-control forum terrorist.

Some things may have been censored in the past, which i think could have been just as easily left up for everyone to interpret and ignore on their own.

There should be a high bar set to determine what deserves censorship.

Agree with Jeff,

We can't be "cut and dry". I for one would enjoy throwing a 'for sale' add up on the main page every now and then.


If there is a way of distinguishing between the malicious threads and those that are otherwise well meaning, then I say we go for it!

Nothing short of difficult if you ask me. If we can deal on a case by case basis with the ars-pics, which i think we have done, then lets continue on our merry path.

it ain't all that bad. Ive been here for 4 years and i'm not goin anywheres soone. I didn't mind mind ukm, I just thought he was a prick

Dave M

[632 Regal]

i just dont know the candidates well enough for an informed descision...

Sharkman, Zeuk, Jeff, and some of the rest of you--ask yourself why you want the current system of vigalante justice to continue. To quote Dacoyote, some of the stuff we do as vigalantes is "just too funny".

I have been one of the people involved in adminstering "justice" around here. I tried to reason with UKM5. I snitched to Ed on the woman who screamed thief and lyer. I started a poll intended to shame cschollum. And I have to say "it was all fun".

It is fun being a bully. It is fun ing over a jerk. It was kind of a wicked pleasure. The part of me that has viewed dealing with the jerks as fun wanted the old system to continue.

It seemed more ok when it was a smaller group of regulars. We all understood what was going on. Now there are so many newbies, I don't think that system is right anymore.

I still remember how nervous I was posting for about the first three months I posted. I was afraid I would say something stupid. I was afraid of offending people. Can't you guys remember how intimidating it was when you were newbies?

Can you imagine how intimidating it is for the new people to see us crucify someone? They don't know the norms well enough to know what is ok and what someone is going to get spanked for. To make my point, Nat (angry pancake) was asking me about the rules just a few weeks ago. Jeff (632 regal) is always talking about getting banned. If pancake and Jeff can't figure out what the limits are and what they are going to get spanked for, who can?

Think about the newbies. They don't know the rules and they see us deal with offenders by crucification by so called moderators. I don't think it sets the right tone for the board.

If you doubt what I am saying, look who voted yes so far. For the most part it is not people in the post whore club (we know who we are). We need to be more civilized for the newbies. It is not just our little club anymore.

[wingman]

Who will moderate the moderators? There will have to be a set of rules drawn up by the board for the moderators to work within. The last thing we need is for the moderators to adopt the "this is a democracy but if you want an opinion I'll give it to you" attitude. I'm a relative newbie but a little common sense has got me by so far. Just MHO.

[632 Regal]

To quote Dacoyote, some of the stuff we do as vigalantes is "just too funny".

It is!

Can't you guys remember how intimidating it was when you were newbies?

Not in the slightest...

To make my point, Nat (angry pancake) was asking me about the rules just a few weeks ago. Jeff (632 regal) is always talking about getting banned. If pancake and Jeff can't figure out what the limits are and what they are going to get spanked for, who can?

If you think I didnt catch the rules the first day I came to this place and checked it out you havent done YOUR homework. The threats of being banned can and does curtail assassins...Even Dacoyote thought I could ban him...LMFAO, he was on very good behavior and I still didnt tell the little secret about banning to him. Besides, who in the hell is Dacoyote anyways?

We need to be more civilized for the newbies.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! You CAN'T be serious?

[632 Regal]

and yes I did get a PM from Ed to curtail saying the word S_ut because some whiny baby couldnt mention it to me first and instead went crying to the owner of the board. Over the years I have got 1 PM regarding something not appropriate and went further to explain that their daughter might see what was written...I complied.

[632 Regal]

you are dead nuts on here

Who will moderate the moderators? There will have to be a set of rules drawn up by the board for the moderators to work within. The last thing we need is for the moderators to adopt the "this is a democracy but if you want an opinion I'll give it to you" attitude. I'm a relative newbie but a little common sense has got me by so far. Just MHO.

[Traian]

Most other boards have mods with similar privileges. Doesn't lead to mayhem. Just depends on the mods themselves. Maybe we could hold a vote for them.

[angrypancake]

Pancake for the people!