I'm seeing a new policy reminder at the bottom of my pending posts and was wondering if this is a new thing for everyone or have I crossed the line somewhere in one of my posts?
I just noticed it myself a earlier tonight
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Well, we have a profanity filter which hopefully renders the first part of the first one kind of moot. But these reminders are pretty much straight from our messageboards FAQ, so it's not like they're anything new.
We're just tired of people being jerks on our messageboards.
And as Josh and others have said recently, we're having lots of discussions about how to deal with the jerks and still preserve the goodness that is this place.
Alot of us understand this. There has been a big change in some area over the last bit. Some of us get out of line and we know that and many of us apologize if we do. However other seem to enjoy name calling and all around badmouthing and putting others down as an art form. You guys do what ya have to.
And I thought I'd acheived scallywaghood at last. Crap. Wait...can I say crap? What about poo? Or poop? Hey, does it filter other dialects? What about shite?
Edit: it really does filter out the British version of the word. Cool.
Now to go consult some foreign-language dictionaries.
Smurf that noise, I already beat the system!
Now to go consult some foreign-language dictionaries.
Beaten to the punch. Smurf you Mikaze! Smurf you to flaming smurf! Smurf it!
there is no more useful word... well there is one but ya dont get to be all blue with it
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It's there by default for everybody, including Paizo staff. Nothing personal.Such a wonderful opportunity to lay a gratuitous guilt-trip on someone, just wasted...
Also, Mikaze is a witless twit! I hope he gets punched in the face! And soon!
Yes! I like this alternate, cliché response:
'If the shoe fits...'
We're just tired of people being jerks on our messageboards.
And as Josh and others have said recently, we're having lots of discussions about how to deal with the jerks and still preserve the goodness that is this place.
Understandable. One administration feature that I've seen on other boards [that may be handy], is the option to add users to a member group that then moderates their replies.
In essence, this places their messages in limbo until such time as a moderator approves it. Since this could be confusing, a "dummy post" appearing in the correct chronologial order within the post is added upon reply, then when the message is approved, the full message is populated.
Concerns with this method are:
* Extra work for the moderators
* Replies that don't appear until much later may no longer be relevant by the time they are approved.
* If an approved message simply takes the place of the placeholder (rather than removing the placeholder and getting added as a new reply), then it might never get seen at all by people who are simply keeping track of a running thread.
Another option might be to add a Karma system to the boards. If a certain percentage of a user's total posts within a set timespan (say a couple weeks) are rated as being offensive by other members, then that user's new posts become moderated without you having to specifically police every last board.
A simpler version would be the "report to moderator" function, but then we're right back to needing more man-hours again...
In any event, good luck in your noble quest to keep speech free yet polite... hopefully you have lots of ranks in Balance/Acrobatics. :D
Baconfish!
Grrr, now I have to scroll down to click. DOWN with scrolling (*cough*)!
That's like, Eleventy billion extra pointer finger movements per year. Repetitive stress!
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Done.
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"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
What an obscure reference.
Let's never let this happen again. :)
On a more serious note, it appears one can post a new thread without reading the warnings as the submit button appears at the top of the screen.
On an even more serious note, when will the hamburglar be brought to justice?