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Rule Change (New Staff Power)
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 5:45 pm
This sounds sensible to me. Upholding the rights of someone skirting around the rules but wrecking every thread they go in is less of a priority than stopping that disruption in my opinion. I think you guys are very reasonable.
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 5:46 pm (This post was last modified: January 12, 2016 at 5:49 pm by Alex K.)
(January 12, 2016 at 5:40 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: I think it is a good idea and so long as staff continue to be of the high caliber we're used to I'm confident it would only be used when someone fairly deranged comes along who poisons every thread he touches.  I'd prefer that there be a safety valve like this to prevent staff from being run into the ground dealing with endless annoyance from such an individual.

It is striking how a single random person can poison the atmosphere and mood of the entire forum and make everyone miserable - I've seen it here a couple of times now to varying degrees, and it is not pretty. Remember the going-ons around the time when Tibs shut the forum down for a while (allegedly for technical reasons Smile ), man everyone was pissed, staff was on strike, and I even left for a while because I didn't want to deal with the perpetual downers here. Better have some good leverage to keep everything going smoothly and without pain and suffering.
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 5:54 pm
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 6:05 pm
I think this is fair: Balancing the concerns of many against the posting privileges of one -- with one question.

Question: Would this option be susceptible to member reporting, or will it only be an option brought out by Staff in their thread?

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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 6:11 pm
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 6:12 pm
(January 12, 2016 at 6:05 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Question: Would this option be susceptible to member reporting, or will it only be an option brought out by Staff in their thread?

Good question.

It will be an internal staff discussion. The report feature is there to report rule violations. We don't want reports for non-violations where members are suggesting that we invoke the Nuclear Option. That would be bad, I think.
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 6:53 pm
(January 12, 2016 at 6:12 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:
(January 12, 2016 at 6:05 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Question: Would this option be susceptible to member reporting, or will it only be an option brought out by Staff in their thread?

Good question.

It will be an internal staff discussion. The report feature is there to report rule violations. We don't want reports for non-violations where members are suggesting that we invoke the Nuclear Option. That would be bad, I think.

I certainly agree, thanks for the answer.

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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 6:57 pm
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 7:11 pm
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RE: Rule Change (New Staff Power)
January 12, 2016 at 7:27 pm
All for it, good addition. However, can't believe you besmirched nuclear's good name that way. For shame!
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