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On 2004-11-09 11:13:00, kimcheeboi wrote:
Lately I've been recieving pressure to stop posting in the Garbage Forums, and others have too!
I stopped reading this thread after the first post.... getting a bit of a déja vu here. Suggesting a lot but not saying anything really. 'Receiving pressure' eh? Well if it's not mod pressure it can be discarded I would guess.
Although mods have been known to implement posting policies and not share them with the public before.... (What were they thinking?
) I think it's safe to say that unless they tell you not to post garbage you can just go ahead.
I doubt the rest of the thread provides any interesting reading so I'll just leave it at that.
Fuss over nothing I think.
I do wonder why you didn't just PM a mod and ask instead of starting a big all suggestive thread about 'pressure' and underground movements against garbage (free interpretation of your 1st post... gotta be careful what you write and how) and so on and so forth.
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Posted: 2004-11-10 12:14:58
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On 2004-11-10 06:31:00, kimcheeboi wrote:
In my opinion, the real garbage posts are the bigger problem. People who hijack a thread, threads that go off topic and become totally irrelevant, posts like "adgiagduwg", flame posts, etc. Wouldn't these kinds of posts actually detract from the quality of esato and turn new members off from posting?
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And @scots you're missing my point. One of the main complaints I had was the threat of a ban because I posted too much garbage. As I said, it might just be a minsunderstanding, but I don't recall the last time garbage posting (even in excessive amounts) actually was a major problem for esato and was against the forum rules.
I think we are actually more in agreement than either of us realised. I don't think that members creating threads to have a spot of fun is a bad thing, quite the opposite in fcat. I also realise that one person's idea of funny is not another's, so some threads are going to seem boring to some members, but I don't believe that this is the real problem.
I completely agree with kim in his assessment of what constitutes a 'real' rubbish post i.e. threadjacking, flaming (I suppose neither of us should be lecturing others on that one
) and threads going off topic. I would like to add something to this definition though; political/religious threads. There is nothing wrong with members debating the issues of the day, but I for one am fed up of seeing threads that have degenerated into petty squabbling and different members trying to enforce their opinions on others.
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Posted: 2004-11-10 16:21:41
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I would like to be utterly hypocritical (certain threads which shall remain nameless bear testimony to this!) and totally agree with scotty re the political/religious threads - I think the route of this problem is too many ignorant posts on subjects where opinionated ignorance really has no place (it's a bit too serious for that), and though there is clearly no harm in healthy debate, some of what these threads degenerate too is quite disgraceful.
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Posted: 2004-11-10 16:54:14
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political and religous threads certainly are difficult ones to watch over, particularly when I have no political and very little religious convictions myself. I tend to prefer to leave these threads to another moderator such as tranquil, or take advice from a member or occassionally take advice from a member or two via PM
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Posted: 2004-11-10 16:57:04
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well i personally think that if a thread gets 'taken over' by somebody's political agenda it should be dealt with, plain and simply.
I wonder why you guess never split a thread and let the discussion go on elswehere?
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Posted: 2004-11-10 17:10:15
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The last time I checked Esato was a mobile phone forum ...
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Posted: 2004-11-10 17:13:15
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which brings us nicely back to... sometimes there is just too much garbage IMHO
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Posted: 2004-11-10 17:15:19
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@masseur
That little maneuver was well executed.
I agree with you though, I think there is too much rubbish too. kimcheeboi does raise a good point though, who is to decide what is nonsense and what isn't, sometimes it isn't always so clear.
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Posted: 2004-11-10 17:19:59
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All the more reason to just leave it! You would be tiptoeing around, pm'ing all the authors, most of whom would be saying "Yeah, just leave my thread alone". It would be a lot of work, and (imo) would make very little difference.
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Posted: 2004-11-10 17:36:35
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I think the best way to cut down on nonsense is to try and implement measures that would stop it happening in the first place. Threadjacking is probably one of the worst causes of nonsense, can't we come up with a way to try and reduce the amount of threadjacking that goes on?
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Posted: 2004-11-10 17:40:21
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