Pointless Mutual Antagonism

The reasons threads like the last one are being locked is because this is the Mod Request forum and we're trying to keep it clear for actual mod requests, hence the creation of I Must Protest. If someone wants to move it to that board that'd be great.

Enrique, you've been engaging in this debate and you haven't been banned. Because even if I don't agree with you, you've at least been raising points rather than using a troll sockpuppet to be pointlessly confrontational.

It's very, very difficult to apply 100% consistency across all cases of mod action because ILX is so enormous and so much goes under the radar. There isn't a single person here who has time to read every single thread and take every single poster's behaviour into account, and I wish people would take that into account when talking about inconsistency.

I agree there should be something in the FAQ about the sort of behaviour that will definitely get you banned, but there's always going to be a bit of grey area about what does and doesn't step over that line.

The other thing is that Stet and Keith have always been very clear on their line that, if you engage with them politely then they'll answer you. If posters just act outright rude from the start or go "lol Nazis" it's understandable they're going to be less inclined to respond immediately.

If indeed at all.

Also sadly I don't have time to get into an enormous meta-debate about this today because like all the other mods I have a job and a busy life and actual work to do. Mod numbers are depleted enough as it is right now (yes we need more of them, yes we need more US mods) - I'm sorry if it appears high handed on uncommunicative but I'm not going to say any more on this subject until this evening at least.

quitney you're full of shrek

damn, custos thread revive friday is going to be a solo gig then?

basically my mod req is unban passantino and the other guy (assuming they are still banned) coz their four days are up; and unban acrobat cos none of this stuff would have started if the mods had engaged reasonably with them/"us". this is the first time i've felt like i've belonged to an ilx streetgang -- when my soldiers are gunned down.

I have been fine this week, Passantino may be gone for some time though.

i'm glad you're bearing up, fellow droogie.

Just me and you fending for ourselves now, chief

ilx streetgang

!!!!!!!!

.......

none of this stuff would have started if the mods had engaged reasonably with them/"us"

this is some ridiculous bullshit dude

I USE SARCASM SOMETIMES

xpost

is it? ol' dom p's ILM ban took about three days to be explained.

hence the creation of I Must Protest

sounds like free speech zone

at least questions were thrashed out, and mods would engage in arguments. There's a tendency to lock any threads questioning them now
This is ideally still the case. Should've explained the ILM ban earlier, you're right, was up to my eyes and still am. We don't lock threads questioning us, though, or shouldn't.

But we do move them to IMP, not because it's a free speech thing, but because without admin log it can be hard to tell what requests are already done, so anything open on ModReq should really only be a bug/mod request still needing action. I'll move this to IMP now.

basically my mod req is unban passantino and the other guy (assuming they are still banned) coz their four days are up; and unban acrobat cos none of this stuff would have started if the mods had engaged reasonably with them/"us".
Dom emailed me, and we've talked about his ban. 597, eh, sockpuppet trollery be frowned upon.

you've also received an email from someone else tho?

no, not carmody!

though robin does send his support.

you've also received an email from someone else tho?
No...?

but because without admin log it can be hard to tell what requests are already done

Part of why I still think this is a key feature.

Just trying to cement my "broken record" reputation.

So, Dom = permabanned, 597 = banned (maybe perma, maybe not), right?

It seems 597 actually *was* Dom, in recent days anyway.

Ok, that's bizarre.

Hi

Just to set the record straight, 597 was an account I registered ages ago. When Dom got banned he asked me for the details so he could state his case. I logged in a few times whilst he was doing his thing and posted things like "Ooh aren't I rascal" which was sort of piss taking sort of meant to make his more aggressive comments seem a little less serious. Anyway I would like to distance myself from the more offensive comments made by 597. I don't generally go around calling people "Nazis" or "aspies" and have very little interest in Guardian columnists or the physical appearance of Amy Winehouse. Dom's an interesting person but I really wouldn't want to be him.

For my part, I engineered this whole thing as a drastic means of derailing the "jokes, bruv" meme.

http://www.badreputation.de/boysBBC_cover1.JPG

I kept confusing "597" with a totally different poster with a numerical username. This does quite a bit to remove my tremendous bafflement of the events of the last few days.

I'm not actually sure that last bit qualifies as a sentence, but whatever.

yeah i thought 597 was gareth. this is all very entertaining, keep it up!

Ha! Well, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that's who it was.

god I'm glad that's sorted out. all the lengthy bits seemed very dom and the one-liners clearly weren't, for a while, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what in the fuck was going on at all, unless dom had some kind of goofy twin who was just like him except for saying things like "I've eaten all the cakes!" or whatever

hahahahaha how did I miss the interesting parts of this

this board used to be pretty good

How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend

How can people be so heartless
You know I'm hung up on you
Easy to give in
Easy to help out

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who say they care about social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no

^ ban

you're getting the hang of this.

wow, what went on with doglatin?

he changed his name to the next grozart.

!!!!