Missin U <3 - lamentations for those felled by the SB

http://lc.fdots.com/cc/lc/ab/ab98cdc20d749c793c4d3ca7e34cb41b.jpg

i mean, i like louis a lot and am sad he's gone, but I don't think this is some GRAVE MISUSE OF POWER

OK cool, its just that anyone who actively SBs people, esp becuase they just find them annoying, to then say "hey come on, why was X banned?!" is a bit weird when, imo there seems to be a large crossover btwn SBers and antiSB process dudes (maybe i am wrong on this count I cant see mod shiz)

^ a good point. I sb'd kshighway1 earlier on 8(

I'm turning over a new leaf

heh. But yeah soz whiney was not nesc implying you are one of those ppl.

I have got to stop typing in such irritating shorthand.

I'm turning over a new leaf

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a new Leif?

dudes i get what you are saying, but there have been people that wanted cankles back right away, or NRQ, or tuomas, or morbs. this isnt any different than those cases, other than the fact that lj (and yeah, i dont necc understand why) has gotten more sbs than any other person on the board at this point. my personal opinions dont outweigh the 52 people that sbed him this time, and neither does anyone elses.

you're talking about the sb system like it's a force of nature rather rather than something someone coded up and turned on, with parameters that can be altered by mods -- and an off switch.

pretty sure i have SBed lj at some point

Seriously, how many times must this happen before the whole SB thing is switched off? Yeah, I know, it's people's own damn fault for clicking the SB button... But if LJ's banned again, it's pretty obvious people simply can't be trusted to use this function the way it's supposed to be used. The SB system has been in work for a year, and almost every single time there's been an uproar when someone gets SBed, so it's kinda hard to see it as a resounding success. Is it really that hard to admit it's been a failed experiment, and just turn it off?

delete ilx

if LJ's banned again, it's pretty obvious people simply can't be trusted to use this function the way it's supposed to be used

this

^^^

and

you're talking about the sb system like it's a force of nature rather rather than something someone coded up and turned on, with parameters that can be altered by mods -- and an off switch.

^^^

I'm still pro-SB but

a) fuck all you dicks that SB'd LJ

and

b) out of interest, if NRQ accrued 51 over 2 log-ins, is it possible that some of those were doubled-up SBs by the same poster?

I'd post a board lawyer jpeg but I'm in the library at work.

nope i was the one who went through and crossreferenced them and there were 54 unique bans for NRQ.

it was really boring btw

ok cheers john

sorry, meant to add "really boring like the tossers that did it?"

not you tho morbs, never change.

there are dudes still running free starting 6 pitchfork polls a day. Just sayin'.

i know it's been claimed that there's been this sort of uproar (or more) when previous SB's have kicked in, but in all honesty none of those came as a surprise (sorry tuomas).

this one is ridiculous, and is as close to the strawman arguments above of a 'good poster that didn't do anything wrong' being banned as opponents of the SB system could have hoped for.

i don't have any suggestions for the mods, unfortunately- everyone out there knows what the sb button does by now.

Here lies one whose name was writ in SB's. RIP LJ.

Mr NRQ too. :(

I'd say LJ was the one shining example of the SB system actually working - in that he actually looked at his behaviour and isolated the things he was doing that annoyed people and then stopped doing them. He was sitting in the upper 40s for a long time without getting SBed. I'd be inclined to be pretty lenient to him.

Pretty sure NRQ did this too to an extent, he was certainly being much less dickish to people of late. Contrasts pretty sharply with Gabbneb and Cankles.

and tuomas

tuomas is ilx's christ figure imo, he can't change the world so he suffers its sins instead

would be nice if he could just suffer in silence, tbh

RIP LJ, heaven be damned for needing him... :-(((

(and as Sarahel asked way up here already, what was the post that did it?)

(and as Sarahel asked way up here already, what was the post that did it?)

I think it would be unfair on all concerned to actually put this information out there, by the way. I apologise if that leaves a big gap in sarahel.xls/

Why? Is it unfair in this specific case, was it a post directed at someone in particular? Surely "last posts" have been mentioned here before.

I accept it not being posted, just wondering why.

a) it carries equal weight to the other 50 suggest bans, there's nothing special about it

b) it's kind of unfair on the person who clicked the 51st suggest ban

c) there's no constructive reason for it other than satisfying people's gossipy curiosity

Also:

d) I don't actually know what it is

Fair enough, I can see that

kind of unfair on LJ, if we're talking 'fair', but point taken.

I'm still mystified that there were 50, much less the last one. I just don't associate lj with meanspirited posts.

fuck this is a magical day

^his final post, 4real

more like tragical day

the timing was just beautiful on that thread, you all must agree

which thread?

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=79&threadid=76038#unread

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hay ilx ♥ and all that but uh if sbs have a 6-month decay then i'd have been on about 5 rather than 50 for the past 3 months...my count was 39 in january, i make that 12 in 10 months, mostly for frivolities or minor flashpoints anyway BO...OHOO butthurt etc p.s. if you don't know what i'm talking about i am talking about the AWESOME ULVER CONCERT i am going to tonightRead More
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gr8080 posted to COGH thread, just sayin

What are you saying? That this was some exchange of hostages?

switch Tuomas for LJ

i'm saying that it was originally posted by gr8080 on another thread, and just sayinit seems relevant here if we're questioning how SB's expire.

Ah, okay, I though you were saying that Grady's return somehow relates to LJ's banning.

fuck this

delete ilx

it'd be funny if lj and nrq got jacked for one final shot at each other. kind of a john woo finale

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/content/binary/reservoir-dogs-mexican-standoff.jpg

this is like bugsy malone except instead of custard pies there are sb's and instead of excellent pedal cars there are polls about radiohead

http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/entertainment/Stringer-and-Avon-Wire.jpg

I have a wee question re the SB function:

If you're 51ed then come back can the same 51 people 51 you again? And again? If that is the case does it effectively mean that 51 active users can keep LJ off the board forever?

Would be nice if someone addressed LJ's point re his January total too. It looks like SBs aren't expiring when they should.

If that is the case does it effectively mean that 51 active users can keep LJ off the board forever?

that's always been the case, though, and i agree with it up to a point where mods judge that it's effectively for no other reason than personal emnity. which it seems likely to be here, taking into account lj's posting over the past few months.

i thought that mods had already admitted to deleting sb's for other individuals where they felt that this kind of vendetta was happening?