i mean, cool, you were busy. fair enough. you're not the only mod.
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, October 20, 2012 12:08 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm switzerland on this shit but seriously jjj responds to every post about modding as if he is the only mod or the locutus of mod or something. if he IS the unofficial mouthpiece of the mods y'all need a press secretary who doesn't seem constantly enraged by even having to respond and if he isn't obliged to respond maybe he shouldn't?
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
fun sub-board!
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
I think what happened here was that there simply weren't enough mods present at the time of the comment - with their ranks thinned by one more, the problem is only going to be exacerbated from now on. the obvious answer is that we need more mods. I nominate some dude.
― 乒乓, Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
"with their ranks thinned by one more"
http://dickgraves.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/all_quiet_on_the_western_front2511.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
kinda hard at first to know who to root for when your crazy cousin in the basement verbally attacks your crazy uncle in the attic, but i guess i'll go with uncle morbz. amz is a pill. i mean they both are...oh i don't know...see what i mean???
and i flagged someone (for only the 2nd time) last week or whenever for aomething not as bad in theory.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
tldr - i resent d-mac's implication that i agree with mods more lately :)
<3
― 乒乓
rotating randomly nominated mods, full decision-making autonomy for the duration of their stewardship, thrown back to the mercy of the masses upon cessation of same.
― the oft-posited third fisherman (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
Can I just go on record as saying (if my hilarious posts itt haven't effectively done the job already) that anyone who complains about the mods being really slow or ineffective (at performing the thankless, non-paying ILX tasks which take them away from, like, their real lives) is being really effing petty.
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
we don't have the owrst mods in the world, we don't have the worst backlash against mods in the world, ilx as a board is gonna have the anti-authoritarian streak present and correct after any mod action.
tho tbf it's a change to have them turn up early and have to wait for the protest to begin
― the oft-posited third fisherman (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
Trying to remember...yeah, that must've been the reason.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 21 October 2012 09:25 (1 hour ago)
:(
I respect your valiant service, sir
― set the controls for the arse of your mum (sic), Sunday, 21 October 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
Me too. Sorry to hear you've hung up the modhat Rock but I dont blame you,frankly.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Sunday, 21 October 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
i'm switzerland on this shit but seriously jjj responds to every post about modding as if he is the only mod or the locutus of mod or something. if he IS the unofficial mouthpiece of the mods y'all need a press secretary who doesn't seem constantly enraged by even having to respond and if he isn't obliged to respond maybe he shouldn't?― my mansplain songz (some dude)
― my mansplain songz (some dude)
with all due respect, suck my cock you dumb asshole.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Sunday, 21 October 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link
hugglez!!
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Sunday, 21 October 2012 06:40 (eleven years ago) link
ok i should probably clarify that erudite point.
i respond to stuff because my #1 reason for taking on modding is that i felt that as an ilx user, clear and transparent descriptions of what was happening and why it was happening wrt mod decisions were a key aspect of this community. tbf as a dude that was a total pain in the ass about why ilx should not require registration (since have realized i was wrong abt that) i was kinda shocked to get asked to mod. so my basic tenets as mod have been 1)explain what is/isn't happening and why and 2)not become a cipher as a poster, because if i have to self-edit and be nicey nice when shit is stupid, i stop being an ilx participant. I make great pains to be clear abt when i am speaking as MOD and when I am speaking as me, and when I am speaking as me as mod, so catching shit about not being above the fray and keeping some sorta mod decorum when peeps are howling for my head is just not a thing i am going to do. i dont really get the point of some dude coming in here after j0rdan and k3v and i had all worked out our shit and the situation had worked itself out already, but hey, whatever makes your saturday night i guess.
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Sunday, 21 October 2012 07:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5BlBE.gif
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 21 October 2012 07:10 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Sunday, 21 October 2012 07:12 (eleven years ago) link
did someone chum the water here this week or something?
― a punch-up at a web zing (NickB), Sunday, 21 October 2012 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
jjj i see where you're coming from as far as not wantimg to be a cipher and keep the lines of communication open and all that. but y'know, hulking out over a question about you always hulking out, alright, jeez. i just felt like saying something because when someone asks why none of the many mods were on top of an issue and you take it all personal and I WAS AT A WEDDING GET OFF MY BACK, that's a pretty crazy response even given that the thread was not very friendly to begin with.
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Sunday, 21 October 2012 11:01 (eleven years ago) link
like handing out tix at the Indy 500, eh.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 October 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
shorter version: "Even though I have nothing of substance to offer on the current situation, I think I'll slide a little bamboo under the fingernail of one of the mods purely on a matter of posting style." For the record, it was the cumulative effect of this sort of stuff that made me decide to hang it up. It builds to a point where a mod's stomach lining says "either you go or I go, pal."
― WilliamC, Sunday, 21 October 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sorry you had to quit, Wm
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
same wmc. one mod less is a victory for the usuals. arm the police imo.
― the oft-posited third fisherman (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
Time to enact modtial law.
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:20 (eleven years ago) link
why did wmc quit modding?
― racewar driver (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
oh i didn't read his post, lol
this is not a good development imo
― racewar driver (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
always been in favor of rotating mods but i don't think we have enough mentally stable volunteers to do it.
― atlas sug (bnw), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
WHAAAAAT U SAAAAY I WILL MOD U AND BAN U
sorry sorry, crying and so sweaty now
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
― racewar driver (k3vin k.), Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:05 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol
― 乒乓, Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
good job k3v
― 乒乓, Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
in front of mod & everybody
― *triumphant sauce horns* (crüt), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
can we vote on a new mod to replace him w/ a ballot poll, or, preferably a knockout tournament poll?
― iatee, Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
hahahaaa
― WilliamC, Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGKO7Be6nc
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Sunday, 21 October 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
''k3v and j0rd don't honestly care about the post in question or about morbs, they're just using it as a wedge to fuck with the moderators''
this is obviously untrue and i'm surprised somebody who reads the boards as much as, and is as sensible as, wmc agreed with it.
― zvookster, Sunday, 21 October 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
My m.o. for the last few years has been to leave most of my opinions unexpressed.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 21 October 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
(unexpressed: please die now)
― flopson, Sunday, 21 October 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
― WilliamC, Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:49 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ehh i never remember you getting much of a hard time about being a mod, probably because of said unexpressed opinions? basically i'm needling jjj on the same tip i used to needle tombot and djp: "you seem to either really hate being a mod, or enjoy it for weird reasons, either way maybe you don't need to keep doing this?". sorry if it was tacky to pile on itt but it's not like there's ever a 'good time' to say these things where mods are like oh good it's complaint box day, let us have it!
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Sunday, 21 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
It's true, I avoided a lot of the ill will that JJJ has caught, that DJP caught in the HI DERE era, and especially that Tombot caught. But every time somebody pushed what I considered an undeserved needle into a mod, I felt it a little bit too, and had a brief "oh lord, when will it be my turn" moment. I won't speak for any of the other mods, but it sure wouldn't surprise me to find that they felt it too. That's probably why I've crapped out as a mod after a relatively brief stretch: I'm too goddamn sensitive.
I will say that I never felt the needle when I thought the criticism was deserved, and there have been times when that was definitely the case. But it seems, looking back, that so much moderator criticism has boiled down to "I don't like your style, and somehow that's your problem, not mine." Posting style aside, and tendency to post "FUCK YOUUUUU no wait, that was injudicious and badly phrased, here's a more reasoned answer" aside, I think JJJ is one of the best mods ILX has ever had, and I always trusted his instincts over mine about what specifically needed to be done in any particular situation.
Let me just clean that up a bit and repeat it: for all you folks who think I was a good mod but JJJ is terrible, I followed his lead, and I don't think it ever led me wrong. Everything else is just cosmetics.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 21 October 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
basically i'm needling jjj on the same tip i used to needle tombot and djp: "you seem to either really hate being a mod, or enjoy it for weird reasons, either way maybe you don't need to keep doing this?"
Come back next week for more of some dude psychoanalyzes the mods.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
I just found it impossible to discern who the mods were or what the criteria for moderation were, bcz we don't have a constitution and I had a life.
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
― WilliamC, Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:52 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well i can't speak for everyone making every criticism but in this instance i was purely talking cosmetics; we don't know all that much about who makes the big mod decisions and how, we just see the guy who says "suck my cock you dumb asshole" so y'know, you deserve some credit for not being that guy.
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
I'll admit, the idea of a MOD BOARD C-SPAN holds some appeal
― 乒乓, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
One time, I peed on this dude until he started screaming at me and then I was all, "that's really unprofessional, guy".
― false pie promises (Old Lunch), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't realize what was going on in this thread was equivalent to urinating on mods and shoving bamboo under their fingernails, but now that it's been pointed out i guess it's pretty obvious
― my mansplain songz (some dude), Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
can a mod please rename
― iatee, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
as in rename ILX?
― fish frosch (seandalai), Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
"I Love Urinating on Mods and Shoving Bamboo Under their Fingernails" lacks a certain je ne sais quoi imo.
― fish frosch (seandalai), Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
i love punji sticks
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
You can't piss on mods cos they'll just block your I Pee address
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
^lol
― bansplain (electricsound), Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link