Politics and Society Moderation Discussion Only Fans Thread

I agree. I also think irl using words like "fracking" or similar substitutes is silly since everyones brain instantly substitutes the obscenity. But I don't write the music, I just play in the band. So as long as that is the policy I'll be enforcing.

Circumventing the profanity filter has been a reason to moderate one's post as long as I have been using forums for 15 years now. Absolutely no reason that should change.

I think the profanity filter is dumb, condescending, and should go, but I guess that's a different conversation. I don't feel strongly enough about the issue to push for it in ATF.

I strongly suspect that it was originally born out of some puritanical hang-up of Mason's. I've noticed he never swears, at least not in his posts.

It's even worse that you can't discuss **** sapiens.

I think the current discussion in the general/LC thread is thread-worthy in its own right. If mods agree, perhaps a bored mod could excise it into a thread called "Crime and punishment in the US" or something.

Sir, we have strict rules against these kinds of personal attacks.

Good diea but dont restrict it to the US please

Yes we do and I deleted the posts.

Please refrain from making posts critiquing or generally criticizing other posters. If you believe a particular post violates our rules and requires a mods attention then report it. But please no "this poster sucks " type posts.

Thanks.

It is a good idea. Thanks d2. And I didnt limit it to the US. The new thread is Crime and Punishment. It is up now but I am in the process of moving the posts. Its time consuming since there are hundreds of posts to ne individually sorted and selected so it will take some time to complete.

OK. The Crime and Punishment thread is up that was created by extracting posts from the general discussion page. So if you are looking to continue that conversation please go there. Since I had to sort through about 500 posts and manually select those to move, its possible some posts were moved in error. Also, I left behind some posts that were insult derails, while I moved other, general banter type derails intact.

Nice, cheers.

What does a pink username mean? I don't remember ever seeing it before today.

I'm not sure. I think it may be a throwback to an older color scheme. But whatever it is I'm sure it outranks me by a mile.

Same thing as purple, or yellow - nothing, in terms of different roles or privileges. It's something they've been given/awarded at some point due to contributions, winning a contest, something of that nature.

The only colours that signify a different role on 2+2 are green, orange, blue, and red.

but you understand how that can be confusing

for example, you are a mod, but you do not have mod colors - you have the same color that someone who is not a mod could have won via a contest of sorts - you see how that can get confusing and why a lot of faux mods are often given deference they don't deserve because their name has a color

for example, i've had an extended back and forth with a few mods recently and one was such a petty bish that he gave out infraction points - ok for him and others to toss insults at me but if i insult them they get to chalk it against me - just sad and pathetic in general - i like you two bobo and browser, but a lot of your compatriots are sad and pathetic individuals who i suspect only mod because that's basically all they got going in life

i'm sure there's a bunch of people with colors who are not mods who are given artificial deference when they insult others because people don't want to catch a ban by speaking back to them - frankly, i'm quite surprised i haven't been given a temp ban yet this week for my actions - not that i think i deserve one nor did anything wrong but that those are the kind of petty and pathetic people i'm dealing with who will make a lengthy post insulting me and then give me infraction points when i respond

furthermore, the difference between red and green, if we're supposed to know it, is moot on the colorblind

Thanks for the info. What a bad system though, IMO.

Yeah, it's not ideal, but it's never been seen as a big enough problem to get into.

Honestly think Bobo should be red now as he has basically replaced Mat

You should ask to be made orange, just like your hero.

Actually very funny but he is no hero of mine

Can I go Orange though ?

I believe Bobo should have an orange branding. (possibly red).

I want to be made purple like my hero, David Carradine.

too soon