TheBlackNaruto said:
LOL yeah I forgot they do tend to stick around lol |
I haven't seen them that much recently though!
---Member of the official Squeezol Fanclub---
Ka-pi96 said:
Check the latest banned users lists. So many permabanned users with no avatars and very few posts. It's fair to assume most if not all of them are all alts. |
Yep I ran into a weasel alt in that "the order is Sony souless answer to gears" thread. Even though he pretended not to be it was CLEARLY weasel lol.
The absence of evidence is NOT the evidence of absence...
PSN: StlUzumaki23
| padib said: Calling someone any name is a lack of respect. You might say someone lacks knowledge on a topic, but to call them ignorant is an insult to them, and not a judgement on their knowledge. I personally like this place because people are discouraged from insulting other people, and I think it much better represents how real life works. If you say I lack knowledge on a topic to my face, I won't be mad. If you tell me I'm ignorant, I may want to punch you. I don't see why it should be any different on the internet. |
ignorant adj. lacking knowledge or awareness in general
That's all. That's what it means. To get mad at the word and not at what the word means is cognitive dissonance in terms of how we use language. That's not "calling you a name" when the word isn't inherently mean-spirited. Calling someone "dumb" or "stupid" or "an idiot" is inflammatory because those are disparaging terms. "Ignorant" is not disparaging (neither was the particular word I got banned for). Otherwise, if you knew a lot about a topic and I said "you're intelligent", that's "calling you a name" as well. But instead of elaborating on how you know such much, I'd just settle for calling you intelligent. Same goes for ignorant.
Excerpt from this blog post: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/ignorance-is-not-stupidity/
"In my opinion many people don't understand ignorance and take offense if you say they are ignorant about such and such. In fact being ignorant just means that you don't know something – it's not derogatory or a statement of blame. And it definitely does not mean that someone is stupid. However, time and again I see ignorance equated with stupidity."
Now, before you consider punching me in the face if I called you ignorant....because you said 2+2 = 5 for example, stop for a second and think about what the term means. Then you think "oh, he's correct". That's what the mods should have done when they banned me. But nope, like I said in my original post, we have to coddle to people's sensitivities, which apparently are the same as a 12 year old's.
The above argument is what I essentially pleaded to the mod to make him understand that my banning was unjustified, but apparently people take offense to easily on this site and it's those people who determine what anybody can say on this forum. Hence why I said that "toning down" isn't gonna work.
Seriously I feel like this site is for p****es, notice I had to censore or else probably get bann'd >_>
| gamemaster4747 said: Unfortunately, even in my very toned down state from a few years ago, I'm still too much for this site to handle, so I will be writing even less controversial stuff going forward. I really thought this place was the place for me. It is a sales site afterall! I would think console wars--and arguments--would be welcomed here and encouraged, but I have never seen such a moderated site. Therfore, expect a very toned down--and more boring--me. On the other hand, I want to create a site that welcomes trash talk, arguing, and console bashing. Afterall, it is fun and funny too sometimes! I think the Driveclub "Forza killer" advertizing, with the blue car wrecking the green car, is a stroke of genius and good plain fun. Afterall, THIS IS A COMPETITION AND CONSOLE WAR. Not "let's all be friends and hold hands like nicey nicey little kids. If one console dominates too much, it can put a competitor out of business, like Dreamcast. This is serious business and a war. I want my favorite company to wipe the floor with the competition! The Driveclub thing is what is needed in spades. Anyway, expect much more boring posts from me on here, and I'll let you know when I get my own exciting site started!
~gamemaster~ |
I've been trying to make fair message boards for YEARS and still haven't figured it out. Good luck! Hopefully it works out. If it does, make damn sure you watch your moderators and don't let them use bias to moderate the place otherwise, it's all a waste.
| vivster said: Would love to have a "scumbucket" section in the forum where bitch slapping other idiots would be allowed. |
Yeah, I really don't know why they don't do that. There should be a section where anything goes. If people start acting up, a mod can redirect the thread there and no one gets banned.
I welcome this change in your attitude! I'm not much for the concept or encouragement of console wars, and even less so of console bashing.
I'm on Twitter @DanneSandin!
Furthermore, I think VGChartz should add a "Like"-button.
Well good luck with the site. It is strange that some people don't mind abusing or taking abuse from other humans but get deadly defensive over a piece of plastic known as a console.
The future of mankind is truly interesting.
RolStoppable said:
Sounds like you love getting abused. |
I thought that was obvious when looking at my ban history.
If you demand respect or gratitude for your volunteer work, you're doing volunteering wrong.
Since a little person became moderator this is like a monarchy. I feel you man.
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