is banning posters for beefing with mods really what we want to do?

last time i saw him he told me he thought he shd be unbanned, that was a couple years ago tho xp

who loses?

and where could we find an instrument sensitive enough to measure the size of the loss?

gawker controversy -> jw unbanned would be an interesting narrative

life is a journey

he posts funny things on facebook

was the uppers thread his doing? if so, we will always have the uppers thread to remember him by

ethan had the right idea. He peaced out and didnt come back and seems not to care less. I envy the man.

fezaffe started uppers

did he get permabanned too?

no idea

probably not

we need an oral history of the noise board

i think fezaffe turned into some sort of crescent symbol, and then disappeared into the ether.

i thought crescent symbol got banned for some tasteless post in re a dead ilxor?

linked this on ilx eras yesterday: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21797466/Confessions-Of-A-Moderator

<3 tom ewing's perspective on noize board:

However, these grafts were themselves small and tended to occur while ILX was still a small community. The larger the community, the more significantly different in-groups may be able to form within it rather than arrive as immigrants. A turning point in the history of ILX came with the formation in 2004 of the ‘Noize Board’, a separate message board set up by a group of newer, mostly younger regular posters who wanted their own space within the ILX set-up.

‘Noize Board’ threads were more anarchic and often a lot funnier and more vibrant than other ILX threads, with shorter responses and a much higher proportion of pictures and cutting one-liners. The new board had a divisive effect – almost all of its members still posted on the main boards, which gradually became closer in style to the ‘Noize Board’. But at the same time several threads on the new board were devoted to mockery of activities and posters from the main boards, which upset a lot of other regular posters.

The ‘Noize Board’ is also a collective example of the “loose cannon” contributor who can effect change in a community. They set up their board in a brief period when any ILX member could start a whole new sub-forum, rather than simply new threads. I know of no other online community that has tried this and I wouldn’t recommend it. But the “Noize Dudes” are only unusual in that they were allowed to successfully formalise their status as an alternative in-group: such groups are likely to arise in any community that reaches a certain size. Alternative in-groups, whether internal or grafted, can have immense benefits in terms of keeping dialogue fresh and questioning in-group thinking, but they also carry risks. In-group thinking, alternative in-groups, and the potential distortions and disputes that arise are issues a community moderator needs to deal with.

lol @
I know of no other online community that has tried this and I wouldn’t recommend it.

...reddit...

ha ive read that before and the deadpan tone is so perfect

But at the same time several threads on the new board were devoted to mockery of activities and posters from the main boards, which upset a lot of other regular posters.

xps iirc and what was permabanned and when invited back, he passed on it

and what just got 30 days, like our pal deej

i don't feel like there are many clearly delineated in-groups now. there are also too few mavericks. imo.

But at the same time several threads on the new board were devoted to mockery of activities and posters from the main boards, which upset a lot of other regular posters who kinda sucked anyway

In the old days noize dudes would stand with the mods around flaming barrels and they would beef together in harmony.

Respect to Treeship for answering my post on the wrong damn thread as if I hadn't posted on the wrong damn thread.

One problem with sitewide bannings is that they are always listed on the Admin Log as "x has been banned permanently", even when they are intended to be the shorter stints, so unless a mod puts in a qualifier it looks more dramatic than it is. This could maybe be changed to just "x has been banned"?

^^ I'm not entirely sure how this is relevant to the current discussion, but people sometimes seem confused about it. Obv difficult to tell actual reactions from the OMGDRAMAOPPORTUNITY reactions, though.

xposts thanks for posting that drash, i'd never seen it! even though i've been posting since 2006-ish or so i totally missed some of the things he discusses. like the influx of posters from the matador board. when was that? did anyone that posts now come during that wave?

nm - there was a footnote that linked to a representative thread (indie guilt c/d)

lol

feel like I asked a pertinent question right at the beginning of this thread that could have been illuminating if answered

chaki walked right back in the front door

― D-30 (gr8080), Friday, July 24, 2015 1:37 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dude don't blow up my spot jeeze

did we ever sort this out btw

we ended up all being good with it

did any mods resign

Why would any mods resign?

because 2015 ilx wasn't accepting enough of a dated, anything goes mod-culture

all the mods resigned

and the sky is grey

XD

xp lol

pickle bar dreamin'

smh

lol @ me being scapegoated for the board's collective anger at gawker

i know that's not why the ban happened but it's why the collective ilx will could not undo such an unjust ban

maybe the collective ilx will just doesn't care that much about you

does a modban reset fp count

maybe the collective ilx will just doesn't care that much about you

― mookieproof, Saturday, August 22, 2015 5:25 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this seems like a good way to go about deciding who is & isn't banned...how well loved someone is by essential posters like mookieproof & mattresslessness

did you achieve a level of productivity self-ban requesters only dream of?

lol @ me being scapegoated

good on you. allow me to lol with you, comrade, and if I don't manage an actual lol, then perhaps i'll manage a throaty chuckle and a shake of the head in wonderment at your comradely good nature.

oh, i don't think people would care or even notice if i were banned, let alone campaign for my reinstatement

it's sad that no one boycotted ilx to protest such injustice tho! if i were you i'd never post here again just on principle

you have it all wrong. deej was so far from protesting his tempban or harboring feelings of bitterness that the very instant he knew his tempban had expired he came straight to this thread to let us know he enjoyed a good laugh about the whole episode.