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Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer  

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.

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Hil R. - Apr 16, 2003 9:41:22 am PDT #421 of 10005
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I didn't see that. What happened?

He pretty much said, "I don't want to upset anyone, and I'm not looking for a way to sneak back in, but can someone tell me why the board is down?"


Jessica - Apr 16, 2003 9:41:29 am PDT #422 of 10005
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

We can ban people from posting on WX, but I don't think we have that option on PF.


DXMachina - Apr 16, 2003 9:42:21 am PDT #423 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

He just asked what had happened to the Phoenix (as far as I saw, I don't know if he went over to NAFDA). I didn't think it was a big deal. Had he joined in the discussion, I would've had a problem.


Micole - Apr 16, 2003 9:43:16 am PDT #424 of 10005
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.

I disagree, Trudy. We should correct the wording for any future warnings, but Zoe's posting of insults and threats in People's Forums clearly indicates that she's not willing to abide by community standards. I don't think we need to communicate with her any further.


Dana - Apr 16, 2003 9:44:30 am PDT #425 of 10005
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Can we actually enforce a ban beyond the borders of buffistas.org? With no teeth, a ban is unpointy.

We can at WX, right? I know you can ban users. As far as PF goes, Lance is a pretty cool guy and has done a lot of stuff for us to make us feel at contingency home over there (like putting our animated Stors up).

Personally, I feel at this point that we owe her nothing, and I have no problem with trying to get her at least kicked out of our forums on PF.


Lyra Jane - Apr 16, 2003 9:45:55 am PDT #426 of 10005
Up with the sun

I have no problem with him asking that question in that way. I agree that someone who we've banned joining the discussion (or, like Zoe, using a different folder as a personal playground) is a different thing.


P.M. Marc - Apr 16, 2003 9:46:07 am PDT #427 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Laura, ignoring her just made it worse, in this case.

Because when we were at PF, she was ignored, thanks to the blessed ENUF filter, and she just posted more and more and more. It made her worse when she came back here, too.

Attention, no attention--it didn't matter what we did. She just went into full-on SpamTroll mode.


Cindy - Apr 16, 2003 9:50:37 am PDT #428 of 10005
Nobody

Consuela - Apr 16, 2003 9:52:21 am PDT #429 of 10005
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

And how glad am I that I don't post under my real name?

So. Very. Glad.

And, of course, she spelled my username wrong. Again. On purpose, the bitch.

I know we're not supposed to, but I'm allowing myself to speculate on her mental capacity. I promise not to do so publicly.


Elena - Apr 16, 2003 9:52:57 am PDT #430 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.

Wait a sec, she hasn't been banned?

I think that's the first order of business, since her behaviour is clearly in violation of - hmm, CS, common sense, politeness, reasonability.

(edit) Are our profiles (and e-mail addresses) only viewable by registered members?