a thread of serious discussion re ethan's permaban for image spamming

taking this here coz of lockage:

Also this:

"like one of the board's most recognizable posters was banned and it was expected that people would just continue to chat about lost or prince vs. bowie or something?"

Like YES THEY ARE. All over the boards right now! Dozens if not hundreds of them!

― Roque Santa Gold (Matt DC), Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:41 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this just isn't true, is it?

ilx may have thousands of registered voters, but there's a core of lifers and their views are more important than the randoms. many of the lifers hate each other, though, and eventually they will s-ban each other to death -- as has happened with ethan and tuomas -- leaving the board to go to seed.

im not disputing that dom is a terrible sociopath but he's also one of the people who makes the board a funnier place, and should be let back eventually imho.

yes i am glad you took my serious comment seriously max

So this has hit:

l0u1s jagg3r
deeznuts
gabbneb
tuomas
ethan
(plus Dom for good measure.)

Did I miss anyone?

the late_great burt_stanton

also dom was not the person who had 10 socks to s-ban tuomas. dan seemed pretty blase that this was possible, but it will end up with lots of people getting got.

I can't say I am crying any tears here for anyone on this list (except ethan, I guess, but I can't really argue that he didn't have it coming--plus apparently he doesn't really like me aaah still hurts.)

I assumed burt was a LJ sock actually.

hay who lockd the suggest ban sucks (unban LJ) thread - that thread should be unlockd def think of the lolz

but there's a core of lifers and their views are more important than the randoms

how do you actually physically type this and not realize that you are being a huge cock

it's called irony you stupid fuck

no it isnt its called entitlement and you seem to be particularly swimming in it today

everyones taking everyones serious posts seriously, looks like

serious posting is serious

I'm really thinking of people like, say, Tim F or M1ke J0nes or loads of other people who never get involved here. Not that I'm second guessing the opinions of either of those posters, they're just the first people who came to mind.

i think we should discuss irony

there's a core of lifers and their views are more important than the randoms.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/47051/lord_of_the_flies_medium.jpg

Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:26 PM Site michael has been banned permanently.

whos this guy

he called the board gay.

who is mike jones?

there is a more nuanced version of some posters are more important than others in there somewhere but damned if i'm gonna figure out what it is. esp since i am not an important poster.

Guys,

ILX has tried the sappy laissez faire "oh but we should DISCUSS THIS first" shit for years. It never worked.

Letting Graham rule the fate of ILX back in 2002 due to Buffy videos kinda proved the first moderators couldn't get their act together. They were excellent creators. But not great moderators.

...

Ironically, actual banning is triggering all this discussion and "REAL TALK" that many of you are asking.

And I'm speaking as someone who's sad to see some of these SB-banned people banned!

You guys act like being banned from ILX is a BAD THING!

actually max, you posted mine out of context to stir shit, and special guest stars is retreating to the safety of joeks bruv because he doesnt want to cop to the fact that he thinks that people that arent on his radar are as important as his sweetheart dom

but you know whatever way you want to spin it is fine too.

A lifer.

Ah, fuck's sake, that "a lifer" was in reply to H's question about Mike Jones but the xpost warning doesn't work on the iPhone, or something. Still, what's one weirdly surreal comment in the middle of a thread like this?

omfg you did not just call anyone a "lifer"

ban this sick fuck

special guest stars is retreating to the safety of joeks bruv because he doesnt want to cop to the fact that he thinks that people that arent on his radar are as important as his sweetheart dom

i'm holding the idea in tweezers but yeah: regular long-term posters' views are more important than those of noobs. my radar is pretty capacious, and im not saying only lifers whose work i admire should be listened to. not displaying favouritism dom at all. this is how the board has always worked, and it's how dom and eth's terrible shit has been tolerated in the past.

who is mike jones?

don't act like you don't know his name

"my radar is pretty capacious" = i am stalky

evidence?

i just meant: i can see why posters like Ed get their complaints heard is all.

do you seriously want someone to list the names of every ilxor besides the 15 who get involved in these threads?

― lady burt stanton (the schef (adam schefter ha ha)), Thursday, March 5, 2009 2:44 PM (29 minutes ago)

lol what occurred to me w/ this post is that the SB system is actually a genius plot to ban away everyone who gets invloved with those threads so eventually there will be no meta threads

Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:26 PM Site michael has been banned permanently.

whos this guy

― ice cr?m, Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:16 PM (7 minutes ago)

a dude who registered 30 seconds before popping up on an IMP thread to tell us that the board is gay, so, you know, pick your sockpuppet suspect but i dont think his contributions will be missed

xposttsssss

xp more time for discussing what is racist and the new deerhunter album, right?

rip michael

but there's a core of lifers and their views are more important than the randoms

how do you actually physically type this and not realize that you are being a huge cock

― panfalutin' (jjjusten), Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:12 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's called irony you stupid fuck

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:13 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was gonna say it's called being british (same thing, right?). j/k

{btw, i sb'd dom and think he should be allowed back into the fold eventually.}

yo john I know you hate me but I tried to have a rational discussion about this on the unban lj thread over the past week. I saw the writing on the wall, and I thought the people who were anti-sb were being kinda namby-pamby about their opposition so maybe I overdid it (yeah I overdid it). but I also tried to bring forward what I thought were workable solutions and not be a dick about things.

I didn't think this point would come so soon, but I really don't need to slam the sb system anymore, its problems are self-evident.

I don't hate you, I know modding is thankless shitwork, hope you can drop beef, peace I'm out.

also max thanks for sticking up, you're a bro

Clusterfuck-within-clusterfuck ...

omfg you did not just call anyone a "lifer"

What in the fuck are you on about?

Context:

ilx may have thousands of registered voters, but there's a core of lifers and their views are more important than the randoms. many of the lifers hate each other, though, and eventually they will s-ban each other to death -- as has happened with ethan and tuomas -- leaving the board to go to seed

Either I'm not getting something or ... er, I'm not getting something. What in the name of fuck do you think "lifer" means?

i just meant: i can see why posters like Ed get their complaints heard is all.

Lol @ the persecution complex regarding people who have been given dozens of second chances. I think if anything we were extraordinarily lenient on Dom for a very long time.

um yeah i said that:

this is how the board has always worked, and it's how dom and eth's terrible shit has been tolerated in the past.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, March 5, 2009 9:21 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

all i meant there by mentioning Ed is that i can see why regular posters i don't get on with get heard as well as posters i like. i don't think Ed gets special treatment or anything. was just saying im not in a 77 bubble.

yeah i think you're not getting something but it's to be expected probably

Okay fair enough - this is all moving a bit fast.

yeah i think you're not getting something but it's to be expected probably

OK: not to be all nu-Tuomas, but can someone else explain?

So this has hit:

l0u1s jagg3r
deeznuts
gabbneb
tuomas
ethan
(plus Dom for good measure.)

Did I miss anyone?

― Alex in SF, Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:09 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the late_great burt_stanton

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:10 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://www.moviewallpapers.net/images/wallpapers/1960/the-magnificent-seven/the-magnificent-seven-1-800.jpg

all i was saying is that you ppl need to stop treating ed like a goddamned prince of persia and realize he is just a man like any other.

"I didn't think this point would come so soon, but I really don't need to slam the sb system anymore, its problems are self-evident."

To you and a handful of other people. Most of the rest of us don't give a shit.

you will when you hit 51 guy

xp the ilx silent majority speaks!!!

I live in fear.

Oh yeah, I remember that time. ILAFL had unleashed its trademark japery on some poor innocent ilm thread so I gave you all yellowcards of orchestra student gifts.

https://rlv.zcache.com/black_and_white_musical_notes_mouse_pad-r4235620350ae4db79aaff7627abccd5e_x74vi_8byvr_324.jpg