A clear statement about mod actions on 77

But it's not just sniping...it's sniping or zinging or reposting, the latter two of which are fine on the other boards.

They're fine on other boards because everyone can see them without needing a special invitation.

seeing as you aren't supposed to be indulging in meta sniping on any of the boards at all

ok waht!????!!11!??!

i get the idea that it's better to avoid race- and sexuality-based attacks a la tombot, but ilx is and has always been about 25% meta sniping.

and you're hardly above it yourself matt!

They're fine on other boards because everyone can see them without needing a special invitation.

― HI DERE, Monday, 2 February 2009 16:50 (15 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

So the mods want to see Ask Chaki back then?

They're fine on other boards because everyone can see them without needing a special invitation.

― HI DERE, Monday, February 2, 2009 11:50 AM (1 minute ago)

which is why it's ok in theory to zing another 77er, cos s/he can see it

irreversible ban

overdoing it imo, that should be saved for people spamming the board or doing something way, way out of bounds. maybe do it like 'roids in baseball, 1st offense is a month then ratchet it up from there.

i think irreversible bans will just lead to really long meta threads, which i personally love but i know the mods hate, or claim to--i think the original policy of moving those threads to ile, or even just temp banning posters from 77, is way less likely to result in clusterfucks

i think JJ has been fair, clear and consistent (and ridiculously patient).

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Are you trying to say K3vin is a foxy librarian? xpost

Oh Iiii get it now.

i dun get it but ill take foxy librarian

Look at the image url

o lol

aw man 77 was open and free for a day and I missed it

It was like missing a lost episode of "According to Jim".

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irreversible ban

overdoing it imo, that should be saved for people spamming the board or doing something way, way out of bounds. maybe do it like 'roids in baseball, 1st offense is a month then ratchet it up from there.

― bnw, Monday, February 2, 2009 5:02 PM (3 hours ago)

to make sure this is clear, im talking irreversible bans from 77, not ILX as a whole.

i think irreversible bans will just lead to really long meta threads, which i personally love but i know the mods hate, or claim to--i think the original policy of moving those threads to ile, or even just temp banning posters from 77, is way less likely to result in clusterfucks

― max, Monday, February 2, 2009 5:10 PM (3 hours ago)

77 issues in general have led to long meta clusterfuck threads, no matter if it is moving threads to ILE or whatever. the specificity of the rule here should make that less common.

So does that mean, for instance, the "dat nigga delmar" poll would have led to the banning of who started it?

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics), Monday, February 2, 2009 4:35 PM (4 hours ago)

in all honesty, probably not, because i have no idea what the hell that was about in the first place. if it was about some ilx poster i have never heard of, then yeah, it would be banworthy under these rules.

dom was just trolling you (shocker)

77 issues in general have led to long meta clusterfuck threads, no matter if it is moving threads to ILE or whatever. the specificity of the rule here should make that less common.

i really, really doubt that. this is the first time that moving a thread has led to a giant meta thread, and you have to admit that at least half the clusterfuck was about making 77 public and not about moving the thread. temp-banning lj from 77 didnt lead to anything, did it? i mean imagine whats going to happen if someone perma-bans ethan or dom or joe from 77, you know?

yeah immediate perma ban seems excessive imo

also, for clarification, is there any wiggle room here at all? if a burt_stanton or captain lorax jr. shows up next week and isn't added too 77 are we not allowed to re-post to something like "this fucking guy"?

also what if someone on ile makes a comment about bacon? can that post be used as a discussion jump off in the fronting about bacon thread on 77?

God this is getting so tedious I'd almost advocate shutting the whole thing down. It's not like there aren't loads of other identical white sub-boards to post on.

(Disclaimer - not official mod standpoint)

I Love Meta would be such a useful board - all posters would know their one stop shop for potential shit talk. there could even be labels so you wouldn't have to scan all threads to see if someone re-posted one of your challenging opinions

"What happens if I'm talking about a zebra and there happens to be a poster I've never heard of called A Zebra who isn't on 77 and I get banned forever for meta?"

can we talk shit about suspected trolls?

good point matt - are we or are we not allowed to post pictures of puppies on 77 now?

also, for clarification, is there any wiggle room here at all? if a burt_stanton or captain lorax jr. shows up next week and isn't added too 77 are we not allowed to re-post to something like "this fucking guy"?

― jordy (J0rdan S.), Monday, February 2, 2009 8:44 PM (4 minutes ago)

no. this is totally 100% clear, and all the examples in the world are not going to change from this same answer.

xposts yeah like all the other examples you gave while i typed this are also completely clear and dont really need to get discussed.

okay now that we are in the stupdi trolling portion of this thread, are we done with conversation or does anyone have something pertinent or new to say

why don't you dudes just get on some non ilx sponsored forum to talk about ilx people

narutoforums.com

hey mod folx i appreciate that youre really annoyed by all these tedious meta threads, but what were trying to do here is warn you guys that this kind of hard-line stance involving perma banning etc is only going to lead to more tedious meta threads

I think what we're warning you about back is that creating more meta threads is a surefire way to lose 77.

yeah i guess im just not really sure why thats worth it to anyone

no, because this "hard-line" stance is very clear and precise, and as a result, there won't be any long meta threads, because there is nothing at all that is an exception to the rule here, and the rule is something that every ilx user has at their disposal in the search menu like i indicated right up there at the top of the page. therefore, there wont need to be a discussion, because if you post about someone not on 77 who posts on ilx, you get banned from 77 permanently. this is a simple distinction. xposts

why don't you dudes just get on some non ilx sponsored forum to talk about ilx people

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, February 2, 2009 9:52 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

some staunch critics of the british 77ers have certainly done this before.

Guys just go and bitch about everyone on AIM chat like you all used to, its not that hard; my god this is the most boring and stunted-growth argument I think I have ever read on this board in the 6 years I have been here by a long mile.

let's say for a moment that you've been talking smack about someone who wasn't on ilx and then starts posting on ilx and you continue to talk smack, unaware that they are posting. wiggle room y/n

how about anyone who bitches about the mods around here for more than like three posts gets thrown in a dungeon with gabbneb, a lightsabre, dr. morbius and bruce springsteen

Tom Brady can't read, Omar. xp

i think the only thing i like more than long ass meta threads are the people who feel compelled to come post on the meta threads to tell us all how bored they are by said threads

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max just wait 6 years

not a rickroll but I still wouldn't click on it

is a "meta thread" just made up of inside jokes? never mind...

(Que, I'm decent company in a dungeon)

lots of people dont want 77 to exist or would prefer it wasn't secret. the people who are on 77 (for the most part) want it to keep going as it is.

― CLAPSOCK (John Justen), Monday, February 2, 2009 11:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the idea that people who want to shut something down and the people who are using and enjoying hold equal sway in the argument is some pretty idiotic thinking - i mean im sure i speak of all secret 77s when i say we all want ilm destroyed immediately cause it insults our delicate sensibilities

do u know how world war I was started? somebody shot some fat dweeb name archduke ferdinand

END THE MADNESS TOO MANY HAVE DYED

"let go"

lots of people dont want Moderator Discussion Forum to exist or would prefer it wasn't secret. the people who are on Moderator Discussion Forum (for the most part) want it to keep going as it is.

if anyone is mentioned on moderator discussion forum they should instantly be made a mod

where are these mythical beasts who don't want 77 to exist?

SHOW YRSELVES

Nobody makes such a big fuss about Happy Robots borad. Now that's where all the real shit talking happens.

where are these mythical beasts who don't want 77 to exist?

SHOW YRSELVES

― Edward III, Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:47 AM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the solution is just to invite these ppl to 77 instead of making the threads public innit? I mean I don't want to make that canon w/o other people's consent but that seems more palatable

Hey, please join our board so you can see all of the shit we've been saying about you!

― Nicolars (Nicole), Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:35 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they are totally negative meta not hppy robots imo

how do i shot secret borad/?

i don't want 77 to exist

i am a griffin

I don't really care one way or another whether the board exists or not. The discussion is funny though.

happy robots is my favorite board on ILX, but I'd rather not know what's actually there b/c it's probably just a few threads by keith's friends that have nothing to do w/ILXor

i don't want 77 to exist. i am a (check one):

griffin
macguffin
basilisk
goo goo muck

"the folks who don't like the idea of secret clubs would be able to post to 77 if they want to" is a recipe for lots of feebs shitting everything up.

― display name fatigue (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, February 3, 2009 4:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Rolling list posters who don't care about 77 but frequently post to and read a thread discussing it:

Trayce
Nicole

let's go down this path and see how many people get banned

how much do you really care about neo-burlesque? xp

dom that is the sort of attitude that is causing the problem here

there are a lot of different attitudes that are causing problems here, doms isnt the only one

he is a fucking piece of work though.

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77 SHOULD BE SELF-INVITE

but the invite link should be somewhere obscure - like at the bottom of the admin log

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cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes - u can start a music thread w/o a thousand blogstans jumping on it - just keep the nubes off

this important concept would render draconian banning policies unnecessary and allow the ilx supreme court to be free of all bord litigation they hate hate hate so much

existence of 77 itself is like whatev, but it is fun when you all come spilling out of your boys fort to DEFEND SECRET KINGDOM

it's really an effort for me to be typing these words, I must really be dedicated.

ice cr?m do you mean nubians? i'm appalled

it's more fun when the mods come spilling out of their boys fort to attack our secret kingdom. Together we be like Little Rascals or somethin

cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes
cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes
cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes
cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes
cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes
cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes
cause the cool thing abt 77 is no nubes

o shit i just revealed the secret racist agenda of 77 on ile :O - damn u site new answers

i too am appalled