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 prefer one warning, suspension and banning.
After one warning, a person is allowed to change their behavior and also defend it (and in the act of that defense prove that they are reasonable and understand the objections which have been mounted).
After a suspension, they are allowed to come back. They can also defend themselves.
As Allyson notes - we don't have to bend over backwards. We're welcoming and inclusive and we're civil but if you can't hit the ground running or if you don't lurk first and learn the culture or if you are unresponsive to a warning then that is your responsibility. We're not trigger happy with the suspensions. But we should never have to feel uncomfortable in our own space. Nobody should have to abandon a thread because somebody is being an asshole there.
If some piece of waste decks you in the mouth and takes your wallet, you would put out an ad in the paper inviting the shithead to your home to explain him/herself? Maybe make him/her a pot of tea?
With Allyson here.
Enough newbies found the thread here. He could have. There's fair and there's asking for trouble.
Just for the record - really no porn in Natter.
Porn Thread!
t /really just joking
I agree with the no NC-17.
I vote yes for music. I would be nice to have a place where specific questions wouldn't get lost. I'm sure they'll turn a bit nattery and develop sub-cultures, but I only regret that because there's no way I could catch up in them, and I want to read everything.
And nobody wanted to say to "Michael" that it's OK make a personal attack on James Cameron, but not on Allyson, because
James Cameron's not a poster on this board?
But that of course brings up the question -- what should we do if he wants to sign up?
Oh, and is two months set in stone? Does that seem too long to anyone?
t tongue enters cheek
But that of course brings up the question -- what should we do if he wants to sign up?
I say we disallow him. We don't need his type 'round here.
t /tounge-in-cheek.
what should we do if he wants to sign up?
Don't activate that fucker's account is what we do.
He'd probably just blame us for killing Dark Angel and get himself banned for trolling anyway. ;)
"Dear James Cameron:
Your login name is very similar to that of a person who directed Terminator, Aliens, and True Lies, and who said a lot of nasty things about Kate Winslet. If you are not this James Cameron, please choose another login name, as we wish to avoid confusion. If you are James Cameron, we will require some proof, and suggest that you don a flame-proof suit.
Sincerely,
The Buffistas"
