I said stealthy, not silent. This sure wasn't stealthy.
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Seriously? Just.Fuck.Off.From this point on QSF will be for two things.
- Legitimate suggestions and discussion on improving the board
I remember.Gagh:
Don't look at me. I'm not doing anything, remember.
I just cant wait for Shrimpy to show up when he gets to his janitor job to tell us how pwned we are.
He has no computer access otherwise, it would appear.
I don't think it's ever been publicly divulged why the Badlands were actually created in the first place. I'm not going to now either. It wasn't as a spam dump for the Mine Field though.
I think most people know my stance on over moderation and the less DC'ing the better. But there are two sides to every coin and there is most certainly a case for coming down harder on people that dribble all over the place constantly.
OK, I will accept this without questioning and be satisfied that there must have been some really good, sound reason for....
Oh fuck it. Why aren't you telling us? Is it a conspiracy? Will things get really bad when we know?? Does it involve *gasp* trolling??
Menty, seriously? If I knew your stance on this matter, I wouldn't have bothered in the first place. What I know is what is written in the rules, and what you said in connection with the Blackfoot incident. That's far from knowing your general stance on this.
And that case would be what? I always thought this place prides itself in NOT being as all those other mb's out there with admins and board owners who get to decide what constitutes dribble and what doesn't? Once again, I see the problem when the spamming causes server issues, but otherwise? Are you telling me that it all boils down to 'if Menty/the admins think my posts are dribble, I'm fucked?
(author's note)Mentalist said:crickets
No, I am actually one of the "do fuck all" admins, and have stated so publically more than once. I act when called upon to act. I don't go scanning SF for trouble every day. I barely have a grasp on who-is-doing-what-to-who-behind-which-dual around here. (Although, memo to the current batch of festering idiots, it doesn't take that long to get caught up.) I'm not even a troll.
I'm here because I'm the kind of person that an owner of a troll board can trust not to wreck, destabilize, or delete the place given the chance. However, beyond my affection for my own particular forum of choice, I'm rather lazy. Such is the price of trust.
Having said that, I believe there is an art to being a great TK admin. I dont know that any admin in our history other than missmanners has truly displayed the full range of talents. Everyone else has either been too earnest, too reckless, too overwrought, too eager, too in love with themselves, too lazy, or too bitter. missmanners is the only one who has been incredibly effective without having to show her hand. Much can be learned from her. Unless you're lazy like me.
I know this is directed at mm, but I still want to ask you:
Do you think it was easy for me to post this and seemingly go against you (or Conchaga a few months ago) in order to what looks like defending scum like Lucy or Blackfoot? Do you think I am doing this to troll, or that I get anything out of this besides pissing off people I really like?
I considered doing this by pm, you know, so it wouldn't look like I singled you out or something. But fact is - my initial post wasn't directed at you specifically.
I've seen some actions done by admins, and I've seen the general membership being apathetic to it. My Don-Quixote / Mother Theresa persona took over, and I decided to say something. (I'd do that in RL, too, but my lazyness and overall opinion that humanity deserves to be fucked with usually wins in my battle of characters). Frankly, I have no idea who did exactly what to which poster. I've seen what I took to be a general tendency to solve problems with annoying posters by just daycaring them, and I still don't think that's ok.
I don't give a fuck if it has always been done like that or not. There's no rule anywhere that says we can't change a habit.
I think what I intended most with my initial post was to make those interested in TK at all to think about it, and to not just stand by and watch, myself.
Just wanted you to know.
OK, this is maybe the dumbest thing I've posted so far, but...
didn't I post this thread in QSF initially? I know I wanted to, so have I just pressed the wrong button, or has the thread been moved? *seriously starts questioning her short term memory*
Thread's been moved. Must be some of that "silent admin" bs that Jenna is bangin about.
No, it wasn't. What it sure looks like, though, is a motherfucking stupid, childish, assholish and unnecessary attempt to make a point, and I am really losing my patience now and instead of shutting up I am now really tempted to seriously spam this fucking board until I've made my point because I am really fed up with this kind of bullshit. To those who thing it's funny: go suck your own balls, I'm done with playing.
Jesus, this is so goddamn bigoted.
Seriously? Just.Fuck.Off.