with a hardkore irritating poster who inspires constant requests for bannage (while never actually doing anything technically bannable) would it be a good idea to take a vote on potential ban? not like winner-takes-all 49%-51% but getting 2/3rds or 4/5ths yes vote & the ban goes through. do it by email (like old style ilx polls) instead of poll thread to prevent ballot-stuffing, and have a discussion thread to debate pros/cons. i predict this would make ilx a more enjoyable place overall and and the threat of democratic bans would increase signal/noise ratio. thank you & good day.
― and what, Friday, 1 August 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
how did an hour go by w/o comment on this?
― goole, Friday, 1 August 2008 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.savethemales.ca/freemason.gif
― Mr. Que, Friday, 1 August 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder what poster this thread is about ...
― deej, Saturday, 2 August 2008 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Louis Jagger?
Jokes
― I know, right?, Saturday, 2 August 2008 09:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i support this idea
― max, Saturday, 2 August 2008 12:56 (sixteen years ago) link
me too
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 2 August 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
This is a horrible idea
― I know, right?, Saturday, 2 August 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
well, I think it's a good idea only if the potential bans are nominated by admins (e.g. TOMBOT starting a "should cankles be banned?" poll rather than King Boy Pato starting a "should Dom Passantino be banned?" poll)
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 2 August 2008 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i still think this is a good idea
― and what, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah everytime you decide to get tired of something everybody does you can start a big meta thread about how somebody who does it should be banned
ask dom how that worked out
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Dom, how did that work out?
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
serious answer: i think that this would lead to a whole bunch of people getting banned for the wrong reasons, esp since the drive to vote for a ban is always going to be stronger than the drive to vote against when mostly you just don't give a fuck about them or know who they are.
― John Justen, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
also it would lead to lengthy, insipid meta threads, which are bullshit
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Key question: in the event of a "no" result to a "should x be banned" poll, would those requesting banning agree that the battle had been lost and proceed to stfu? Cause I don't think they would, and b-hurt would abound like beasts upon the earth.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
no, because there is no way you can create a balloting system that is completely impervious to moderator tampering, which we would all do, constantly
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I know for example that Keith, instead of trying to code a better board, actually spends all his time fucking with the poll results on ILM
Eh?
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
secret's out, sorry buddy
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, if only it were that easy. I appear to have made that really rather hard on myself. So much s**t is cached that doing that would involve stopping and starting the site, which scares me s**tless.
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not moderator tampering that's the issue there - it's user tampering. As you know, I have actually coded the thing that and waht is asking for (a 'suggest ban' button that clocks up votes and then just automatically bans someone when the votes reach a certain level). I agree with you though, it would all go wrong really quickly.
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
keith is at defcon caressing the switch
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Been there for about two years.
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Would you press it L0uis?
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
questions to never ask l0uis ever, first in a series
― BLACK BEYONCE, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link
What amazes me is that I really do have my finger on the button but I don't press it.
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Of course not! Although I'd probably make some funky changes just to keep things fresh...
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
http://inform.glam.ac.uk/media/files/photos/buffy.jpg
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Great Omar. I eagerly await its arrival.
What sort of 'funky' changes?
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, I've never seen a single episode of buffy the vampire slayer. It sounds shit.
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i eagerly await louis.css
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, mostly coding it so that submitting certain words or phrases would have a certain result, that sort of thing...
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Waht, like your name or something? I did that. Big HOOS, I have done a thing that lets you change your username. Sorry that you got stuck with it on day one!
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, Omar, are you trying to suggest that I am asking for something for my work? Because I haven't and I won't.
― Keith, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
easy there, no one's saying anything : O
― omar little, Thursday, 7 August 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah OK. I was confused as to why you posted a picture of a Buffy box set, like the one that Graham asked for in response to his hard work on ILX.
― Keith, Thursday, 7 August 2008 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://highpi.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/oldjokes.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 7 August 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I understand. You made a joke about someone who isn't me.
― Keith, Thursday, 7 August 2008 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I think ILX should have a lottery. One of those stone-throwin' kind.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 7 August 2008 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Louis Jagger
― gr8080, Thursday, 7 August 2008 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
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never ban grady
― max, Thursday, 7 August 2008 10:32 (sixteen years ago) link
moderation request: can one of you go through that and googleproof each one, manually
:D
― Just got offed, Thursday, 7 August 2008 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/35ixa2x.jpg
― gr8080, Thursday, 7 August 2008 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 21:52 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
It worked out with the mods pretty much breaking every single promise they made.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, 7 August 2008 10:54 (sixteen years ago) link
http://woofwoof.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/13/000719821301lzzzzzzz.jpg
― gr8080, Thursday, 7 August 2008 11:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i would support more democratic bannage but i've never really been troubled by any banning of an ilxor by individual mod so it's not a big issue for me personally.
― blueski, Thursday, 7 August 2008 11:35 (sixteen years ago) link
*takes notes*
― Frito Lay R&D, Thursday, 7 August 2008 11:42 (sixteen years ago) link
^ un-necessary douchery but no matter
― blueski, Thursday, 7 August 2008 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the premise of this thread would work better backwards. I like the idea of democratic unbanning, if the mods make an unpopular or controversial decision to ban someone and people want to vote to overturn it.
― some dude, Friday, 8 August 2008 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
plz plz plz plz plz plz
― goole, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
being fair, everyone was otm about the church, but it went ahead and happened anyway.
― darraghmac, Thursday, 21 August 2008 11:21 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah guys as long as there's a tombot there'll never be a chaki
― gr8080, Thursday, 21 August 2008 11:35 (sixteen years ago) link
no dude they complete each other, yin and yang... without chaki, tombot wouldnt be tombot
― max, Thursday, 21 August 2008 13:21 (sixteen years ago) link
that's the dumbest shit you've ever said
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
ooh hellacious burn t-man
― max, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
it is a little harsh, considering
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
double zinged by the tomster
― max, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
c/d: people responding to good zings by nonchalantly acknowledging them
― Just got offed, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
d
― HI DERE, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
except when I do it
my point still holds, tom is batman and chaki is the joker
― max, Thursday, 21 August 2008 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link
does that mean us ladies can start lining up to be eye candy? I'll be Poison Ivy.
― Finefinemusic, Thursday, 21 August 2008 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
erm can one poster suggest ban another poster more than once
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
*worried*
p.s. 40 of you can go suck eggs
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 03:56 (sixteen years ago) link
p.p.s. one last push amirite
no they cannot xpost
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 03:56 (sixteen years ago) link
you knobend
"yo, UK, no bend :("
i understand bro
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
What were you getting suggest banned for LJ? The Mansun thread?
I had nothing to do with it this time, btw.
― caek, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Absolutely no idea. Steady accumulation due to rants/jibes being taken too seriously, I'd assume. The (obviously deliberately OTT) Liverpool thread probably grabbed me about 5-10 more humourless SB's. Oh, and I suspected you hadn't SB'd me; you're not passive-aggressive about your objections, which is a good thing.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
This is a rather fascinating study in watching someone who doesn't know when to stop learn the hard way.
― Pipe Wrench Fight (HI DERE), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Conversely, a fascinating study in anonymous victimisation of soft targets.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
The fact that you think the Lpool thread would net more SBs than your regular daily conduct is o_O.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
What have you learnt from this episode?
― caek, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
(Laurel otm and kinda my point with my question. You _never_ learn the lesson.)
Okay as someone contributing to this, I suggest we stop this conversation as it is a) becoming a personal attack, and b) likely to goad the people participating in it into acting like knobs.
― Pipe Wrench Fight (HI DERE), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
ok
― caek, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Hang on, I'm getting all this from Laurel/JJ etc about my "regular daily conduct", which confuses me, as I've actually made it my business on ILX to sincerely participate and attempt to improve relations rather than troll and irritate. If the latter seems to be happening, then there's some serious communication breakdown. Generally when I have a pop, I'm doing so with tongue firmly in cheek. What I've learnt is that ILX still thoroughly befuddles me. Can someone spell this lesson out?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Dan I am so glad you posted that, you just saved me opening a can.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
LJ I am gonna e-mail you.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
this fuckin guy
― and what, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
lou jag i'm gonna give you this one for free
you know how i say stupid shit on ilx and generally act like a dick like 80% of the time and still don't catch half the shit you do?
one of the reasons for that is if i get hardsonned i dont make 50 posts about myself and my "posting style" and how i just dont geeeeeet why everybody doesnt love me
pro-tip^
― and what, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
but ethan this is the first time i've done that in ages
point taken
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Unfortunately, frequency means nothing once people have formed an impression of you.
― Pipe Wrench Fight (HI DERE), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
ON BEING A MORE USER-FRIENDLY TROLLor how make yourself easier to ignoreby Ethan "And" What, S.Trife, Ph.D
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
You Have Been Yellow Carded By a Moderator: keep up the ad hominem and you're getting a ban
― and what, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
wrong thread, dude
― irrelevant Rachel Ray jokes ring a bell?, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
― and what, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 20:10 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
FAQ this shit
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
LJ is too harmless to be banworthy
― Gene Amondson (The Reverend), Friday, 31 October 2008 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, August 2, 2008 2:03 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
cmon these would be be funny
― the meth (jodie sweetin ha ha) (and what), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:30 (fifteen years ago) link
why don't we have democratic bans yet
― Tuomas The Spank Engine (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
sb'd u for that
― the meth (jodie sweetin ha ha) (and what), Thursday, 18 December 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
for agreeing with you?
― Tuomas The Spank Engine (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 18 December 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
you're a threat to his individuality
must admit urge to see some kind of suggest ban statscock is high
― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Friday, 19 December 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
some mod should leak it to the media
― s1ocki, Friday, 19 December 2008 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
valerie plame has 49 suggest bans shhhhh
― VISION QUEST TO KNOCK YOU UP (John Justen), Friday, 19 December 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Bumping for relevant history
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 28 August 2020 03:57 (four years ago) link
Not to pick on LJ, mind.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 28 August 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link