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

Nah, Dr. Morbius, what I mean by "without commitment" is that your politics (celebrating the Death of Everything) don't seem to be something you live, but something you talk about in order to point out to others that you're superior for seeing what they don't. You say that you're unwilling to do anything about it save sign a petition or post links on the internet. Whereas if you really though that the world is in trouble, if you were committed to that, I'd hope you'd try to do something substantive about it, instead of complaining that you're too busy.

I am committed to the concept that the USA ended in November 1980, and we're in a very long postgame show. As Beckett said, "Nothing to be done." And yes, unemployment is keeping me busy and terrified.

(also I shouldn't be arguing about the reason my ban was "upheld" by the mods, cuz I was never given a reason.)

the answer to life, the universe & everything is 51

Well, Beckett was committed to exploring silence. You're not (and for that I'm grateful, as I've said before; I know 51 others don't agree). I don't believe you're really that fatalistic; otherwise why not just be silent? My interest in this is having interesting views to argue against; echo chambers are boring.

why do ppl keep saying 51 when it's 52?

Eul, "rage against the dying of the light," y'know?

think it was 51 to begin with. maybe not. the point stands that treating it as a mod ban is facetious.

isn't it subject to their review? if not, that's even worse.

It's 51 that triggers the autoban script or whatever. It runs once a day, I think at midnight UK, and Morbs wound up at 52 before that script ran for that day.

(also I shouldn't be arguing about the reason my ban was "upheld" by the mods, cuz I was never given a reason.)

What "reason" do you want? The "reason" is because at least 51 people SB'd you. Don't claim you don't know how that works, because you've SB'd other posters! What did you think you were doing then, inviting them over for ice cream?

xpost it is, but not in a tampering-by-default way, is my understanding. i'm open to correction on that.

What did you think you were doing then, inviting them over for ice cream?

Yes, because 1) for a long time, no one I knew of was banned, and 2) it's all undemocratic bullshit. (No wonder "state secrets" don't draw any any anger on ILE.)

Really, if it's automatic, i'm doomed. Do you really think I'm not gonna piss off ANY 51 ppl again?

I would not trust 51 random ILXors telling me I was on fire.

xpost HI DERE, you're an awful mod who exacerbates problems, that comment being one example of many, and i wish you'd follow up on your own offer to step down.

― bind music up, scratch my discs up (Matt P), Monday, August 3, 2009 8:44 PM (2 hours ago)

i love that this reaction with the names of TOMBOT or HI DERE or me used interchangably keeps getting trotted out like the boring dead horse that it is every time something happens on the board that somebody doesnt like.

― 7th joker card is rhe crul ringmaster (jjjusten), Monday, 3 August 2009 23:47 (2 days ago) Permalink

nothing to do with john justen/tombot/hi dere obv but I love how the site programmers ignore the fact that suggest ban is an obviously stupid and useless feature that needs to be removed immediately

considering how every time someone is suggest banned a clusterfuck happens and nobody feels good or satisfied about it

petition, plz.

considering how every time someone is suggest banned a clusterfuck happens and nobody feels good or satisfied about it

― 51 is the loneliest number (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, August 5, 2009 8:59 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

speak for yourself

i like sb

wtf I've never even considered using it

what i'm saying is, don't say "nobody feels good or satisfied about it" because you don't speak for everyone

sorry

bb lawyering, all of a sudden. from that guy.

52 / 4,821 = 1.08%

considering how every time someone is suggest banned a clusterfuck happens and 1.08% feels good or satisfied about it

Considering that this message board was started by someone from Britain and the second and third incarnations of the source code were written by people from Britain, complaining that it is unamerican is really fucking stupid.

Suggest ban is not getting turned off. You don't have to use it. You don't have to post here. Deal with it.

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Friday, February 27, 2009 1:05 AM

just WOW.

actually a better representation is 52/(your number of posts * 4,821) because each post has the sb button

"You don't have to post here. Deal with it."

lol mod bullying

it seems obvious to me that keeping suggest ban is not worth driving away long-time posters who helped make the ILX community what it is by saying things like "You don't have to post here. Deal with it."

of course we could just:

No. of users SB'd / 4821

Would that be a useful figure for anyone to ponder?

I just want deeznuts back guys

i can't believe keith/stet coded in the functionality for people to post opinions i may disagree with. whenever this happens, i will blame keith/stet.

boy i miss gabbneb

posting opinions that someone may disagree with is a basic function of a message board. ILX has always had people posting opinions someone may disagree with. Suggest ban is a recent and completely optional feature, which in fact IMPEDES the ability of people to post controversial opinions.

Morbs, you seem to be under misapprehension that the reason people get 51'ed round here is for expressing unpopular opinions. Having actually seen what people get SB'ed for, this is so not the case. People hardly ever get SB'ed for expressing unpopular opinions unless they're an outright racist or something. The main reason you got SB'ed repeatedly was for treating people who disagreed with you as an amorphous mass, unthinking craven Democrat cowards, or both.

It was the combination of strawman building and slathering that shit on with a trowel that got you SB'ed, not the fact that you dared to express the opinion that Obama may not be the revolutionary figure he's cracked up to be or whatever.

And I'm saying this as someone who genuinely has no beef with you at all. The beauty of the SB function, when it's worked, has been to separate the people who learn from it and understand why they annoy people from those who don't, or just don't care (lol Gabbneb etc).

No. of users SB'd / 4821

Would that be a useful figure for anyone to ponder?

what number does it have to be before we can discuss its fairness?

0

jeez curt1s, people do fuck all BUT post controversial opinions all day. they manage not to rack up 51 SB's while doing so. There's probably a little more to it than that (he typed while worrying about his SB count)

xposts.

It was the combination of strawman building and slathering that shit on with a trowel that got you SB'ed,

You state this as fact but if Morb's got 5 sb's because 5 people hate old gay dudes, then is the 52 valid?

I have like 10-15 suggest bans (most of which are probably from threads like these where I throw a hissy fit about suggest bans) but then again I'm nowhere near as entertaining or interesting as the people who racked up 52

I am positive that, of the people who SB'ed Morbius last time, none of them have a blind prejudice against old gay dudes, unless they're hiding it well. Given that I can see who they were and everything.

Matt: The system has done its job, because I can't reply honestly to that w/out setting myself up beautifully for getting bounced again.

(however, people on the Web one doesn't know personally and who express exactly the same views ARE an amorphous mass. nabisco is the King of Nuance, not me.)

Most times I tried to engage ppl in a detailed discussion on beliefs and policy, instant dismissal, "strawman building" or ridicule was the result. Hence, no more.

And in any case if someone did go on a racist/homophobic SB rampage we'd be able to remove all their SBs very simply anyway. (xpost)

votes for the BNP don't count, how very ILX!

(that was a reply to yr last post, not the second one) xxp

the sb debate has been done and all but i just feel like we never really needed the feature in the first place. this board seemed to chug along quite fine and was dysfunctional just enough before sb feature was in place. All i see that it has produced is more clusterfuck threads. Not that I don’t enjoy a good clusterfuck but this one is getting tired.

wtf I've never even considered using it

― 51 is the loneliest number (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, August 5, 2009 2:01 PM (31 minutes ago)

uh i realize that you are trying to shore up your indignant argument and all, but this isn't actually true, dude, because as a mod i can see how many times you've SBed people. you've used it rarely, but it doesn't help your point in my eyes when you bend the truth to act as if you have the high moral ground here.

nah, JJ- he's just pointing out that he's used it inconsiderately, which is the real problem.

i think everyone used it at first just for lolz

pwned. I honestly forgot that I used it!

old gay dudes

I'M YOUNGER THAN OBAMA.

he means old in the "old man yells at cloud" sense

I suggest banned myself for lying btw