Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!  

We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!


erikaj - Oct 15, 2016 3:25:48 pm PDT #9789 of 10289
Always Anti-fascist!

I have not found a lot of concrete examples, to be fair to him...however, behavior like that is private by nature, and people do tend to do more if they don't face up to their stuff.


Amy - Oct 15, 2016 3:36:27 pm PDT #9790 of 10289
Because books.

Yeah, I'm not getting much from the Twitter threads, but I know this is not something anyone here would propose lightly, and I hate the idea that members of this board have left because of one member. And I hate more the idea that someone here has been engaging in any kind of problematic behavior with others.

You have my vote.


Dana - Oct 15, 2016 3:38:53 pm PDT #9791 of 10289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I absolutely didn't do it lightly, and he has been contacted with a link to the thread.


Jon B. - Oct 15, 2016 3:43:50 pm PDT #9792 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Thanks for the links. I'm offline for the day but will review tomorrow.


dcp - Oct 15, 2016 3:48:58 pm PDT #9793 of 10289
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Why a consensus rather than a vote?

So far all I have found on banning is this:

Consistent demon-like behavior may earn a warning from the Stompy Feet. If you don't listen to the warning, you will be suspended for two months. And if you come back unreformed, you will be banned. Banning is rare and very much a last resort. >[link]


Sophia Brooks - Oct 15, 2016 3:50:36 pm PDT #9794 of 10289
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Can I say I think we might be better off voting- not because I think it wouldn't pass, but because I think it sends a strong message that we as a group formally made a decision and took it as seriously as we do other decisions.

I am not going to make any further arguments regarding this, though, because I think it would be derailing.


msbelle - Oct 15, 2016 3:53:46 pm PDT #9795 of 10289
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

is there a vote threshold? we are so inactive anymore I don't know we'd reach a #.


erikaj - Oct 15, 2016 3:54:21 pm PDT #9796 of 10289
Always Anti-fascist!

Oh, I didn't mean to say that, Dana...you may have heard/read more than I.


Sophia Brooks - Oct 15, 2016 4:00:46 pm PDT #9797 of 10289
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

It's 42. The voting threshold


msbelle - Oct 15, 2016 4:05:43 pm PDT #9798 of 10289
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

well - we proposed, without any fighting preceding it on the board, that we BAN a member we all know - and it has generated 34 posts. 34!

I posted about this on the FB Buffista page and notified a couple ppl on twitter.

I know it hasn't been much time, but think about past issues and how much discussion they brought up.