dave cool is a p mediocre gimmick tbh in large part because he wont/cant commit to the character fully
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
plus I think all the people who have been banned by this system, even if they may have been better posters about opinions on things than most of the board on their good days, honestly, they didn't really help me find music to listen to so I don't really care in the end maybe, probably
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
man be cool to dave cool, he's workin imo
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
lol k3v even i'll admit that that basically happens already
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 12:46 AM (4 minutes ago)
on the board, kind of. this is basically true to an extent with the emailing after 40 thanks to actually decent mods like wmc, forks, and remy, i just don't see why we don't make it into like an open, interactive intervention
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost: speak for yrself, deej, whiney. LJ & even frogbs have turned me on to tons of new music
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
^for god's sake if nothing else think of the potential lols to be had there xp to myself
I still don't like the system for same reasons as before but this seems like a small improvement. The magic number still ignores way too many factors like when the post was made, how many posts has the person made, were they already banned because of that post, what percentage of users does this represent, are the voters even contributors to the board, and on and on.
― bnw, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:56 (twelve years ago) link
they didn't really help me find music to listen to so I don't really care in the end maybe, probably
i can think of at least one sb'd person whose taste in music you rated p highly at one point but i think its impossible to argue that sb hasnt made the board, as a whole, less entertaining even if u dont care abt specific sbd posters themselves
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:57 (twelve years ago) link
Whiney doesn't turn anybody onto shit gr80 come on, his whole deal is "this sucks" all day every day to eternity
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
whiney turned me on to the hauschka album and weve def had productive and interesting conversations abt music
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:21 (twelve years ago) link
well 'productive' but yknow
lamp who is this person
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
basically if jaxon (who doesn't even post now but whose threads in the archive have been p productive) or scott or a bunch of other people were sb'd I would be sad sad prob, but like even then, I don't know, you're probably right, you're definitely right about the entertaining part though
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:09 (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
such a bs post
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:36 (twelve years ago) link
oh i was scrolling too fast and i thought that your post was aerosmith's. i dont really know what kind of music u like tbh - metal? classic funk? - but i guess that doesnt matter i mean i think annoying but passionate posters make ilm better cuz theyre willing to really engage even if theyre stupid or bullying or w/e but i mean most ilm posters have p terrible taste i guess sure
i thought i saw jaxon posting recently??
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:36 (twelve years ago) link
ya srsly
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:39 (twelve years ago) link
lamp while I have you on the line was there a poster named ledge who was exactly like you or were you ledge or something because I swear there used to be two of you
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:39 (twelve years ago) link
two lamps
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:40 (twelve years ago) link
theres a british poster w/the user name 'ledge' who well predates my posting here but we arent v similar he posts readable posts w/caps and punctuation and is one of those v literate london ilb posters who always seems to be reading something impressive whereas a like mangas and books abt elves
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:44 (twelve years ago) link
I say fuck that; flag post on any motherfucker who can't be, bare minimum, respectful to the people he's arguing with. it's not even that hard. I have permanent beef with deej but he knows I respect him and even when I'm needling him I try to stay aware that he's a person and it's gotta suck to have somebody in your community who pretty much always thinks you're dead wrong.
ime your tone is consistently patronizing when you argue with people and that is a lot worse than whineyesque rude hyperbole
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:49 (twelve years ago) link
now I know and will try not to forget
ありがとうございます, may yours ears be as pointy as the tips of your shoes.
xp
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:49 (twelve years ago) link
flopson!
― buzza, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
i've had it buzza--i've HAD it
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:51 (twelve years ago) link
i got your back ; )
― buzza, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:52 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha :D
fwiw uh oh im having a fantasy i have been reading albert cossery lately and i think it was because one of your ilb posts so its not all elves all the time
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:52 (twelve years ago) link
lamp i never read books abt elves, where should i start?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:54 (twelve years ago) link
hey i'mjust glad we could all have another great sb conversation, wish we could all just vibe in peace but some ppl love ilx death penalties it's too bad, frogbs i miss u (i miss u)
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
well, so if this change is all semantics and cosmetics, then i'm kinda bummed because "flag post" is much less hilarious than "suggest ban". where from the suggesteban buttezes of tomorrow?
plus it's so innocuous-sounding. flag post? don't mind if i do! much easier to casually "flag" a gnatlike opinion than to straight-up recommend that the dickhole poster behind it be BAND, right?
everything should always be the way it was, imo
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
for real tho this whole mischaracterization of whiney as a worhtless, pervasively negative bully/ringleader of a cast of abusive posters (i) is hella outdated (ii) doesnt acknowledge that whiney's posts are almost exclusively just jokes. a lot of people like those jokes and find them hilarious, at least 51 people find them obnoxious and distasteful and think they shit up threads with dumb ott controversial opinions. there's no significant bullying anywhere on ilx anymore. i doubt more than a handful of ppl to have ever sb'd since like, 2009, have done so because they felt they were being personally attacked, or sb'd as a response to seeing someone else attacked. that shit doesn't fly anymore afaict
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 07:06 (twelve years ago) link
really? i'm way more reluctant to flag than to sb--with flag i feel like a mod is actually going to have to, like, put on his glasses "...really? that's what you flagged me for?"
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
mods like to be flagged though. it's a gesture of deference to their authority and wisdom. hey, like, i could use your help here in the understanding of this thing here, if you don't mind...
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah contenderizer otm f mods!
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
thread picked up overnight
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:33 (twelve years ago) link
fame at last
― ledge, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:38 (twelve years ago) link
Thank you for your most recent post there, readable with caps and punctuation and tha.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
poll
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed. I feel like my sb habits became increasingly conservative over the years to the point where I would rarely click the button. But in some circumstances, I know I have clicked sb on non-sb worthy (like, minorly confrontational) posts because my negative feelings about the poster were amplified by the perceived strength of past wrongs.
Like for example, Morbs might say something that pisses me off in a thread (which is his thing, I understand) for some reason and I'll remember that time he called me "fascist" once and KA-BLAM...Suggest Ban.
IIRC from suggbann discussions previous, the official mod policy was that it didn't matter which individual post was sb'd (aside from "Renegade" Remy Bean, apparently). It would count in the total against the poster.
I will not be clicking the Flag Post button as cavalierly, knowing that mods will be paying attention.
― beachville, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
I for one would sincerely hope this will bring K4te back to the forum
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
seem to recall posting her name isn't likely to help with that
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
Sigh I know but all these nicknames. Fothering Thomas then
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
I guess where I get really pro-SB is like the people who get repeatedly SB'd are old enough to know better. At their age, they should not need somebody to say "yo, man, check it out, you're really bugging a lot of people & carrying out battles & vendettas long after there's any conceivable value, even entertainment value, in doing so." these are dudes in their thirties. they're not wild kids who just need people to understand their energy levels. they're grownups who think if they can find somebody to be uncool to, that'll be great for them, for whatever reason. I say fuck that; flag post on any motherfucker who can't be, bare minimum, respectful to the people he's arguing with. it's not even that hard. I have permanent beef with deej but he knows I respect him and even when I'm needling him I try to stay aware that he's a person and it's gotta suck to have somebody in your community who pretty much always thinks you're dead wrong. this sort of shit has gotta be worse when it's not just asshole old dude aero but several guys in their thirties who think they're teenagers pokin' & pokin' & pokin'. recourse must be made available against that shit imo.
this is totally otm but let's be real it describes whiney and whiney only
― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:02 (twelve years ago) link
flagging aero's posts for otmness
Lamp for fantasy recommendations, ledge for crossword puzzles iirc
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
uh oh I'm recommending a fantasy
― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
^
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
actually when was the last time ANYBODY besides whiney or frogbs hit 51? i mean if this policy only really effects 2 people anymore we might as well just say so
― lana del rey: everythang's workin' (some dude), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
let's make a list!
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have any hard data to back me up on this, but it's my feeling that the fear of a SB / FP plays part of the role in keeping people acting decently in stressy/het-up situs.
― "renegade" gnome (remy bean), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
FEAR OF A BAN PLANET
― "renegade" gnome (remy bean), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
it's my feeling that the fear of a SB / FP plays part of the role in keeping people acting decently in stressy/het-up situs.
you don't think some people who got sugg-bans (without necessarily getting 51'd) might enjoy the idea of being a controversial poster? that there was never a bragging element to post-yr-sb-number ?
― kale whale (c sharp major), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
I was braggin about how nice everyone must have thought I was since they didn't sb me too much. It was a holier-than-thou thing I admit it.
― beachville, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link