Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I'm against making anything an officially warnable offense, even "I'm filtering you! Nyah!" For all of the reasons already specified. Basically, I feel we can't really exert control over how the filter will be used. Someone at some point will say it. We knew that when we decided to go ahead and create it.
I really would like to see less policing of language and behavior in general, not more.
What Burrell said.
I really don't like micromanagement, and lately it's been feeling like we're heading that way.
The longer the FAQ gets, the more I think we should have gone with the two rules Victor suggeted:
1) Don't be an asshole.
2) We decide what's being an asshole.
If we're going to have any official mention of the first three rules of user filter club, I think it should be in the How To document, since part of how to use the user filter is how to use it politely.
And I agree that all it needs to say is "talking about who you're filtering or who you think is filtering you is rude, so don't do it." There's no need to mention possible official Stompy action.
And I agree that all it needs to say is "talking about who you're filtering or who you think is filtering you is rude, so don't do it." There's no need to mention possible official Stompy action.
I like the lack of official, but still out there implication of this. My biggest worry with some official quantifier is that you're going to start seeing all kinds of cute euphamisms for filtering (e.g. "Ok, that's it, I'm off to Fight Club" to use the most recent one, which I do find slightly less...clique-ish a term, I guess than Marcie) in thread.
If someone does this, and it's rude, our normal procedure still works.
I suppose it's possible that people will do it, insisting it's not rude, but that's why we have been loose in the discuss-warn-ban scenario.
"Ok, that's it, I'm off to Fight Club" to use the most recent one, which I do find slightly less...clique-ish a term, I guess than Marcie.
If that was from me, it was Flight Club. Kind of the opposite of Fight Club.
If that was from me, it was Flight Club. Kind of the opposite of Fight Club.
Ooooh. I get it now. That's pretty clever.
If someone does this, and it's rude, our normal procedure still works.
That's what I've been trying to say but got entangled in my words.
I'm just worried my smart-assedness will get me Stompied.
'cause there will come a time when I'm punch-drunk and giddy and will scream in jest at Sean "That's it, motherfucker! FILTERED! Woh-pah!"
But it will be in jest. I never intended to announce who I would filter, if I choose to filter anyone.