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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:06 pm
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(January 19, 2015 at 3:59 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: (January 19, 2015 at 3:42 pm)Alex K Wrote: I didn't mean to criticise staff decision, it's just generally sad. ianap, but I can imagine situations where someone is so unbalanced emotionally that they need such a conflict in order to deal with themselves. It's weird but it happens often enough...
I think I speak for the majority of staff when I say we really don't mind criticism, or this thread wouldn't be allowed to exist.
I think everyone who posts in this thread should be summarily banned for forum disloyalty. 
Oh, wait ...
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Glad he's gone, such an asshole.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:10 pm
Regarding reporting posts, it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for theists. I've been through it. I had never reported a post. Then, after noting double standards being applied, someone (Tiberius IIRC) asked why I had never reported such things. So, I started reporting as I saw them. After a while I got complaints on the reporting, so I stopped.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:12 pm
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(January 19, 2015 at 4:03 pm)alpha male Wrote: OK, I just read through that thread. Looks like some mods (particularly you) got butt-hurt by some things he said, but he maintained his cool throughout.
Then you're reading it through some kind of rose tinted glasses.
The first two responses I made to frodo in that thread were directly on topic to what the thread was about. No problems.
I didn't post for another 6/7 pages until I re-read and noticed he had since directly accused the staff of trolling. The thread had since been pretty much derailed. Myself and other staff asked him to back that up. That's not unreasonable considering the levity of his accusations. I tried to give him a friendly nudge to stop being a dick. Frodo's a big boy, a few words like "take the stick out your arse" wouldn't piss him off, I know him well enough to know he would take it as banter. When he wouldn't back up his claims though, and still made several sly comments since, I'll admit, I did get quite pissed with the guy. But maintaining your cool doesn't get you any brownie points. People are allowed to express anger on here when they're being accused of something there is no evidence for. When he continues to accuse staff of trolling without backing it up, it starts to become provocative and trolling from himself.
But like I said, it wasn't that thread alone that justified his ban. It was simply one of many factors, and he'd been warned before about accusing staff of trolling without backing it up.
Let's not even pretend like he's the victim. I said that in the thread. It's what you christian folk seem to love doing.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:18 pm
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If anyone files a report that in their view raises a rule breach, it will be assessed and discussed appropriately. Whatever a person's religious affiliation happens to be has no bearing on the matter whatsoever. Whether the report is justified is our job to decide, not yours. It's a lot like reporting someone to the police - that you think the person is guilty is surprisingly irrelevant.
What we don't appreciate and will come down hard on is abuse of the report system - making prank calls if you like.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:28 pm
(January 19, 2015 at 4:18 pm)Stimbo Wrote: If anyone files a report that in their view raises a rule breach, it will be assessed and discussed appropriately. Whatever a person's religious affiliation happens to be has no bearing on the matter whatsoever. Whether the report is justified is our job to decide, not yours. It's a lot like reporting someone to the police - that you think the person is guilty is surprisingly irrelevant.
What we don't appreciate and will come down hard on is abuse of the report system - making prank calls if you like.
I would never ever make a report saying that Cthulhu should be banned for some silly reason I can't remember. Would never, have never, never ever, and honestly it won't happen again 
But seriously, I try to use the report button wisely.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:30 pm
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(January 19, 2015 at 4:12 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Then you're reading it through some kind of rose tinted glasses.
The first two responses I made to frodo in that thread were directly on topic to what the thread was about. No problems.
I didn't post for another 6/7 pages until I re-read and noticed he had since directly accused the staff of trolling. Oh noes!
Imagine...someone on an internet forum accused someone else of trolling... 
Maybe mods should be issued some lube so their butts don't get hurt so easily. Ask Exlax, he's probably got some quality stuff.
(January 19, 2015 at 4:18 pm)Stimbo Wrote: If anyone files a report that in their view raises a rule breach, it will be assessed and discussed appropriately. Whatever a person's religious affiliation happens to be has no bearing on the matter whatsoever. Whether the report is justified is our job to decide, not yours. It's a lot like reporting someone to the police - that you think the person is guilty is surprisingly irrelevant.
What we don't appreciate and will come down hard on is abuse of the report system - making prank calls if you like. Ah, so you get in trouble if you make a frivolous report, but you can't know if it's frivolous until the mods rule on it. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that system...
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:32 pm
The best part is it looks like you think accusing Esquilax of having lube is an insult. LOL
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm
(January 19, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Losty Wrote: The best part is it looks like you think accusing Esquilax of having lube is an insult. LOL So do the mods, or a former crop did anyway. One of the few warnings I've received was for suggesting that Brian is gay.
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RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
January 19, 2015 at 4:39 pm
(January 19, 2015 at 4:30 pm)alpha male Wrote: Oh noes!
Imagine...someone on an internet forum accused someone else of trolling...
Maybe mods should be issued some lube so their butts don't get hurt so easily. Ask Exlax, he's probably got some quality stuff.
You sound more butthurt than any of the staff.
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