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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 1:25 pm
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i think case by case decisions should be minimized or avoided if possible for a equitable forum open to different views. if it can’t be enunciated in a generally applied rule that can withstand scrutiny, then i think it is likely too arbitrary and will increase the role of ad hoc subjectivity.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 1:49 pm
There are few things done by staff that aren't discussed.
The main thing we don't discuss is banning an obvious spammer.
I don't understand how this topic, after three months, has some people riled up.
No matter what is done there will be those who are happy with it, those who are pissed about it, and those who move on with life.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 1:51 pm
Right. So things should never change. Got it.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 1:52 pm
There was a change made. Three months went by and it's an issue now. Got it.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 1:54 pm
This might come as a surprise to you, but that wasn't the first such change ever made. I know. How I know these things is a mystery.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 2:11 pm
And which changes are going to have a delayed reaction are a mystery to me.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 2:25 pm
(March 21, 2023 at 1:25 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: i think case by case decisions should be minimized or avoided if possible for a equitable forum open to different views. if it can’t be enunciated in a generally applied rule that can withstand scrutiny, then i think it is likely too arbitrary and will increase the role of ad hoc subjectivity.
We (staff) get more foam-spitting vitriol when we enforce the rules as written than we do on a case-by-case basis. Ad hoc subjectivity is already in place.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 2:31 pm
you either enforce rules, and treat foam spitting vitriol as a predictable and acceptable consequence, or treat forum moderation like popularity contest where foam spitting vitriol would definitely be seen as evidence of failure.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
March 21, 2023 at 2:56 pm
I'm not sure exactly why the level of vitriol is a relevant metric.
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RE: PSA: Update to necroposting rule
April 1, 2023 at 7:42 am
Thanks for the lesson. You must take joy in canceling my future.
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