Is that why you were banned more often back then?
You also didn't suck up to them like you do to the mods now.
crow was my bud
nin and poly and I butted heads
a lot
I still liked them
it's a guy thing, I guess :idunno:
toldailytopic: Who do you think would make a good TOL moderator?
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crow was my bud
nin and poly and I butted heads
a lot
I still liked them
it's a guy thing, I guess :idunno:
I'm a guy too. :noid:
yep, and your presence is sorely missed
there used to be quite a few guys banging around in here, rough housing and having fun
lately the site seems to have moved toward the crabby old lady/feminized male experience, where we must all be sensitive of each others feelings and avoid "provoking" others
nuts to that
Sure! Jump on in.
To raid?
Sweet I'm in, are there plenty of pro-abort liberals to bash?
Is it full of Commies?
Is it someplace warm? I hope it's someplace warm.
We should tell CabinetMaker, he likes to go raiding.
Anyone else?
I think Bybees' in.
Nobody tell Knight, he doesn't like that sort of thing.
I don't think sites like that exist anymore
TOL's a kind of dinosaur in its own regard
used to be a lot of kids participated - i assumed they were college students
now they all have other social media
TOL's a kind of dinosaur in its own regard
used to be a lot of kids participated - i assumed they were college students
now they all have other social media
kmoney
Okay, you made claims about how a cursory analysis of reports and mod action would tell you something about a poster in consideration for potential mod status, stressing the notion that being right was of preeminent importance here.
It was a flawed approach. I set out why, from the subjective nature of a number of rules and sampling problems, to the declared bias in enforcement. You responded by block quoting it with a comment that I didn't like numbers now.
lain:That's a nice attempt to magically make beliefs the issue, but again, what a mod does is enforce the rules. Those rules are understandable and I've seen mods with different triggers manage it over the years I've been here.
I wrote: And that opinion is founded on the proposition of unequal treatment, which is neither fair, just, nor right. It's purely an expression of power.
Given I've prospered under the system what am I supposed to be crying about? It's simply the truth and one that impacts your approach, the one you can't and didn't rationally defend with that block quote and subsequent memory loss.
I can wait while you compose yourself.
It doesn't call itself fair or right, so why should I and why would you?
Ah, threats of doom, but no reason. Nah. What will happen is what happened with you, or name calling maybe. Because if you approach me rationally it won't go well for you. You're smart enough. It isn't accidental that you're doing memory loss exercises and declarations backed by vague threats instead of arguing the points.
So you don't like English now?
Okay, that dig aside, the truth is that the standard of enforcement turns in part on who is making the complaint and that's not an expression of right, it's an expression of power. It's like the thing hard right wingers complain about with the government, but without all that voting. Now again, I think most of the decisions the mods make in terms of doling out punishment are merited. Not all and sometimes it's glaringly about the poster, but that's a rare event. But the mods are also notoriously uneven and many a justifiable objection dies on the vine because the poster in question is on the wrong side of that bias. That's about power and nothing more.
It wasn't a complicated answer. A mod enforces the rules. The rules are understandable. All that might be impacted by diversity would be an active method of suppressing posters acting within the rules but opposed to the bias and/or encouraging those who don't act within the rules but share the root of the bias.
And that would negate the whole fair or right business, unless you think might makes it, so I'm not surprised you'd rather be confused than take it on.
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Seriously, nearly fifty posts a day and each of this same remarkable quality...it's like a modern miracle.
lain:I know!Seriously, nearly fifty posts a day and each of this same remarkable quality...it's like a modern miracle.
Sort of like "miracle white" in reverse!
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Well, you're out of the running, then.
I think Knight is on an extended vacation and has a few subroutines in place to mimic his presence.
But how can we be sure? How can we set up this raid without him knowing? :noid:
Reminds me of a certain fellow that posted all over the forum promoting himself for the position.
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You read my mind!