Hi. I'm a mostly-lurker whose only contributions of note to ILX is a) voting in the Comic Strip poll for the comics that cop the most scorn from sic, and b) for coming third in the most recent season of Marvel Puzzle Quest for ILX's alliance.
Can I please be provided access to 77?
― Vernon Locke, Monday, 20 July 2015 08:09 (nine years ago) link
Anyone with a registered ILX username can request access.
In that case may I have access, please. No malicious intent, just curiosity after seeing constant references to it.
― dubmill, Monday, 20 July 2015 12:12 (nine years ago) link
Sometimes I think about posting but most of the time I just lurk ILX. Am very curious about 77 and would love to gain access (though I would understand if you guys are a bit careful right now).
― video2000, Monday, 20 July 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
lurkers idgi just post it is not a big deal
― marcos, Monday, 20 July 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
I had a lurker call me a cunt the other day. It's fun. It's great. Go on, get your name out there and start posting!
― pplains, Monday, 20 July 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link
ha!
what did you do that was so cunty?
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 20 July 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
Poked fun at the British.
― pplains, Monday, 20 July 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
god almighty if I was gonna drop c-bombs every time that happened
― Live Aid: JFC (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 July 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
...I would pretend to be a lurker, is how that sentence finishes
― Live Aid: JFC (Noodle Vague), Monday, 20 July 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link
^^ just out of curiousity, is there a way to determine whether this is happening? if someone says "hey i'm a longtime lurker but just started posting" when really they are an old timer posting under false pretenses?
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 July 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link
oops i spelled curiosity wrong
― La Lechera, Monday, 20 July 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link
vernon locke is an anagram of klevor nonce, just sayin'
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 20 July 2015 14:02 (nine years ago) link
noneck lover
― irl lol (darraghmac), Monday, 20 July 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
Bravo. Looks like 77 has never been more popular, any publicity is good publicity obv.
― This Year's Model Victim (Tom D.), Monday, 20 July 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
hey let me on 77 i wanna see what kind of sick shit you ppl have been posting (plus teacher thread i guess is of personal interest)
― balls, Monday, 20 July 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
also i hear gawker is hiring
Out of curiosity, pplains, where did this come from, because it's new to me and not the way (as a mod) I understand the 77 rules?
"Popular Misconceptions About 77:
• It is a private board for elites. Anyone with a registered ILX username can request access. Entrance is granted by mods as long as the request isn't made by a bot or a spammer or someone who appears to be malicious.
• It is a private board. Board 77 is hidden from Google searches and links to it do not automatically show thread titles. I can post a wacky screencap of my racist cousin's Facebook account without him somehow doing an image search on his own profile and finding it. I can post things like my work phone number – (501) 433-1037 – and not worry too much about some poor schmoe actually calling it up to receive an ass-kicking.
But what I can't prevent is anyone granted access to 77 taking that information and distributing it back out into the world wide web. The limited access to 77 grants ILXors reasonable safety from having sensitive material stumbled upon by outsiders, but does not protect them from having that information seep through the cracks anyway."
Especially the first paragraph - lots of new/recent/unknown posters get blocked.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Or I guess, anyone, since it seems to be a quoted something from somewhere.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
wait, so that isn't pplains' actual work phone number
― pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
i have always been under the impression that access to 77 was confined to pretty active members of the community, not just any old rando.
― just1n3, Monday, 20 July 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
not necessarily
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
The point of 77 is that invitations are NOT just handed out.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:01 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Eric, that changed like 2 years ago...?
― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:03 AM (5 years ago)
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
that requests are sometimes denied is not proof that it's not easy to get in, because it is, provided you're not brand new/suspicious
it's been a long time now, but iirc this policy changed as a result of someone (probably continually and with disregard) posting 77 content on non-77 threads. a mod (iirc jjusten) made public all of 77 in retaliation, everyone yelled at him, the mods undid that, and as a result the policy is basically anyone can get in who wants
one imo instructive thing from the max/jordan/77 thread is that, aside from cleaning up spam and such, mods aren't really needed here in a decision-making capacity. in another era, the first several posts of that thread would have led to someone hastily banning max and jordan from the board, which would have led to a 1000-post shitshow. what happened instead is that the community discussed the issue, a couple of important players said their piece, and a rough consensus was reached, with which no one seems to take issue
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Monday, 20 July 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
(Nov 3, 2008 fwiw. I'm not brand new, but will cop to suspicious.)
― Vernon Locke, Monday, 20 July 2015 23:30 (nine years ago) link
Yeah but someone claims to have lurked since ____ but there's no way to verify lurking, so my q was: are there other ways to determine veracity of such a claim and/or eliminate possibility of false pretenses? My guess is no.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
VL I wish my tiny gentle snarking would prompt voters to cast paeans or make cases for or post splendid examples of their choices, not hide deeper in the lurky shadows!
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
Sure, but (for example) saying "I read and re-read the collections as a kid and enjoyed them" isn't a valid defence when caught by surprise at Murray Ball's misogyny. The work you're doing in that thread is appreciated and informative - I'll be sure to chip in when Penny Arcade wins over Calvin and Hobbes/Hark! A Vagrant.
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:19 (nine years ago) link
in another era, the first several posts of that thread would have led to someone hastily banning max and jordan from the board
It did! Or so it appeared.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 10:52 (nine years ago) link
Hey mods - I withdraw my request.
I'll try again when 77 access rules are settled / I've posted more / proved I'm not a Reddit double-agent.
― Vernon Locke, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 06:47 (nine years ago) link
^ quitter
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 08:52 (nine years ago) link
that's exactly what a reddit double-agent would say
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 09:23 (nine years ago) link
lol
Good luck comrades dubmill and video2000 - the future of r/buttsharpies is in your, uh, hands.
― Vernon Locke, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 12:04 (nine years ago) link
buttsharpies thread on 77 is a ghost town these days
― gr8080, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link
but man, remember June 2013? Those were halcyon days.
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
jfc why did i google buttsharpies at work
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:03 (nine years ago) link
You couldn't possibly have thought that that was gonna be an innocuous spread of images.
― Something Called Fudge (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:06 (nine years ago) link
lol yea of all the inscrutable memes I think that 1 sounds p obvious to me idk
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
tbf i figured it would be a fairly innocent spread of silly cartoon sharpie drawings on butts, very very different from the reality
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
still you are both right
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:11 (nine years ago) link
lmao
useful subreddit rule of thumb is to imagine the worst it could possibly be from the name then be prepared to have your expectations exceeded
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
My job here is done - it was marcos' comment on the valuable new users thread that made me reconsider.
― Vernon Locke, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link
VL i meant no harm i just think you should post! if you enjoy this place enough to be a long time poster than you should participate imo
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:27 (nine years ago) link
woops meant long time poster lurker
― marcos, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
wait, so that isn't pplains' actual work phone number― pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Monday, July 20, 2015 4:08 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Monday, July 20, 2015 4:08 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Sure is. Give him a call!
― UYD: Oxys, Percs, Vics, Addys, Rit-Dogs and Xannys (sunny successor), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
No issue taken, marcos.
It just made me think about why I wanted to access 77, and what active contributors to that board (and also the public ones, with the exception of COGH - fuck those guys) would gain from my being allowed entry. I'd get a few more entertaining threads to waste time reading, and ILXors would feel slightly more skeeved out about a stranger trawling through posts at least some of them considered to be private/restricted.
Anyway, I resolve to be more participatory. Prepare to be underwhelmed!
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 23 July 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
vernon locke i will be your friend
― D-30 (gr8080), Thursday, 23 July 2015 01:07 (nine years ago) link
aww
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 23 July 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
this dude seems alright to me
― balls, Thursday, 23 July 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
^^ Watch 'em turn when I request access again.
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 23 July 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link