This is SHOUTING-for-MODERATOR thread pt. III!! [derailed: go to thread IV]

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Grrrr... Between Ally's psycho net stalker and Ant getting beat up I'm ready to organize a ILx posse.

Er, IP address?

Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Monday, 21 April 2003 19:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

We're trying to determine again which thread this was on. This sounds like something the moderators need to discuss for future reference should something similar arise, since we'll need that info.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 April 2003 19:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

It was on the THINGS TO BE SAID IN ALL CAPS thread. *shrugs* it was deleted, don't worry about it.

Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 April 2003 19:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

Some people foolishly believe that a few trolls and psychopaths don't affect the board, but stuff like this points to the fact that it does.

Trolls are one thing. They're a fact of life. But when you read something that just makes you feel gross inside... that's altogether different. We gotta get rid of this shit not just for Ally's mental health (although that's the biggest thing), but for everyone's.

Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 21 April 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Discussion on this is kicking in on the ilx-moderators list. All moderators not on this list might want to join.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 April 2003 20:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

(Moderators who lost the invite to the mod email list, or *gasp* never got one, should email me and I'll make it happen.)

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 21 April 2003 20:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Secret discussion of ME! It's so scandalous.

Seriously, guys, I appreciate it, you are the men who will fight for my honor, etc, but it's really ok, just delete the stuff and I might go away for a while if it keeps up, it's not really anything you can do anything about.

Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 21 April 2003 22:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

more calum-ny

Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

actually the argument about being shot in the nuts bears some weight

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

blount you want this deleted?

jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

you guys have taken over half of the recent threads. c'mon now.

Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

hell yeah - take em out brutha!

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sigh. A mod who can look at stuff at work please visit:

British groups storm the American charts. Not.

Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

(done, aaron.)

jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

James, you should register your name.

Ed (dali), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

hey James i took out the offending post as well as "wtf?" style follow-ups

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thanks Jess.

Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

he pulled the same on "geir hongro classic or dud" and i X'd em there too.

jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

That was clearly Mr. C@lum Robert W@ddell posing as James, btw. If you want to give credit where credit is due.

Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 16:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

yeah I registered my name like Michael Jordan or something. sigh. on the other hand, swans.

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 17:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

The operators of this forum know what I object to and I'd ask them to respect it.

I also object to the post I recently made on ILE asking for feedback about a creative endeavour, the thread was hi-jacked by James Blount and I'd ask the moderators to delete most of the posts there as I was wanting serious and considerate feedback. I'd like to see evidence that Mr Blount is producing anything in his pitiful life.

If ILM/ ILE wants me to post serious threads then it should really think about the reaction to said attempts. Whenever I try (recent examples include White Stripes thread on ILM, my other thread on ILE) James hijacks it and acts like the inbred, redneck idiot he is. I have no problem with people voting Bush - it's up to them, but that doesn't mean I need to have their idiocy all over my own threads.

Calum, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 17:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

where did I say I voted for Bush?

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 17:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Calum like I said the mods shouldn't be deleting swans. However more reasonable requests, like keeping your full name out of posts, will probably get a better response.

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

where did I say I voted for Bush?

Probably the same place where I pretended to be a womyn, which is most likely near the same place I advocated censorship, etc, etc.

I suppose thee only metaphor I can think of is this stand-up comic, who plays thee same club again & again & again, despite his act being med w/a response somewhere between indifference & open hostility. Under such circumSATANces, two options present themselves:

1/play at another club

2/modify yer act

But then if you repeatedly rip on the regulars at the club, in an obnoxious and personal manner far, far beyond what most people expect, then after a while people might feel a bit grudgey, like, and it might be a bit too late to modify yer act in any kind ov way that will work. (shrugs) It's a shame, yr obviously not actually stupid, but I find it hard to understand why you act the way you do. I just don't understand.

Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

I honestly respect that, but the point is that I feel I'm damned if I do anyway because my honest threads were hijacked as well...

Calum, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

Cal - I'll make a deal, I won't hijack your 'honest' threads if you don't start any more 'dishonest' thread - deal?

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

James,

I don't think many of my threads have been dis-honest.

To explain - I agree some strange ones have been posted and... well, I can see how they wound folks up - but recent threads such as the one about Emma Bunton and Nicky Wire on an airplane... I thought that might've been just a laugh rather than 'dishonest'. I mean, where do you/ I stop? - the Girls Aloud thread seemed fine to me whereas, yes I agree, a thread on Karen O's personal hygiene was inevitably going to make some folks think I was just being repugnant for the sake of it.

I guess it comes down to what you term 'dishonest'. The thread I once posted on Phil Collins the porn star never got any criticism, but the one on Emma Bunton's new video got loads. Yet which one was really more inappropriate for a music discussion forum?

Calum, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

for dishonest read 'the ones who wound people up'. Think to yourself - could this thread be interpreted as trolling? If the answer is probably yes don't do it. We all know you like titties - EVERYBODY likes titties, and I really think if it had only been one thread that was 'so and so's is/isn't shaggable' instead of EVERY thread (initially) there wouldn't be any kind of conflagration - look at kate's Julian Casablancas thread which was almost as much of a yay for masturbation-athon as your threads but didn't spark half the outrage because 1) kate has been here awhile (a long while) and so people knew she wasn't being a troll and 2) she didn't start five or six similar threads every day and then whine about political correctness when someone called her a bore. Follow the model of your disney thread or your screenplay thread. Avoid image posting threads. Selfcensor diligently at first if need be.

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

(+ dare I say, if using certain language would cause a punch-up in real life, best not use it)

Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

(and your "treat me like a nice boy and I won't flood you with shit" line is pretty naked blackmail, and I'm sure you see how little real respect that will win you)

g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Unable to connect to SQL server. TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE.

I WUV that message.

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 19:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

it is great

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 19:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've done internet law and know that I'm perfectly within my rights to ask for the removal of my full name from the server.

Which is all I'm asking for.

Calum, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 20:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

'internet law' = rubbish

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 22:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

'internet claws'=to be feared

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 23:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

internet coleslaw=tasty!

hstencil, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 23:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

'internet slawdogs'=scrumptious

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 23:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

God I haven't had a slawdog in a long time

James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 23:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

freedom coleslaw = even bettah!

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 23:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

Calum has been Google-proofed in that thread. Sadly, some of the swans had to go before I could save the edit.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 01:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sadly - right

James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 01:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Dan = Swan Killah!

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 01:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Daniel James Perry

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 02:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't see why everyone's so against getting rid of those swan pictures. One is pretty, several hundred are more than annoying. I, for one, find it very easy to skip over the stuff that Calum does, but it's more of a hassle to deal with the swans! I don't have any problem with you James B., but I think whatever it is you're trying to accomplish with the picture pollution couldn't be worth it. It's like you're covering your ears and shouting "LALALA" to not hear something that offends you, but in the process you're also shouting down all other conversation in the room.

Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 02:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Im not against it, I just find amusement in your new role as SWAN KILLAH!

Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 02:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

if I'm not against it I can't imagine anyone else is

James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 03:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Conflating Dans: C/D Vs. doing the same with Nicks???"

Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 03:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

(in the interest of Dan P. not taking any flack (flak?) for my own less moderate preferences)

Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

your forgetting the various 'alex in _____'s!

James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 03:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

although they're actually pretty easy to keep seperate

James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 03:19 (twenty-one years ago) link


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