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.
She growls?! You made her so she growls?!
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
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Typo Boy - May 09, 2004 12:15:24 pm PDT #583 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Jessica - May 09, 2004 1:58:23 pm PDT #584 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
Frankenbuddha - May 09, 2004 3:42:14 pm PDT #585 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
§ ita § - May 09, 2004 4:01:21 pm PDT #586 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
billytea - May 09, 2004 4:34:22 pm PDT #587 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
"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.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2004 5:28:54 pm PDT #588 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Nilly - May 09, 2004 9:57:28 pm PDT #589 of 10001
Swouncing
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.
Miracleman - May 10, 2004 11:05:18 am PDT #590 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
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.
NoiseDesign - May 10, 2004 11:09:26 am PDT #591 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
MM's concern is mine. We have a pretty active and at times acerbic sense of humor around here. I'm now afraid that I'll say, in jest, something along the lines of "Hey MM, don't make me filter your ass!" and this will get me an automatic smackdown.
It's about context here folks. I reallly, really, really don't want to feel like I'm looking over my shoulder on every joke. I think that making an automatic warning out of this is the first step down a very slippery slope.
DXMachina - May 10, 2004 11:10:32 am PDT #592 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
We wouldn't stomp you for that, MM. We'd just stomp you 'cause it's fun...
(Fair's fair. I'm never going to be allowed to use "Talk to the Filter," either.)