like
theres fuck all happens around here that mods need to react to
and a case being made that even with this total lack of controversial or objectionable content, the mods should somehow be more active..
i dunno. seems like we're back to a conversation about what ilx is
which leads to a conversation about what it uses to be
and nowadays thats a load of posters who arent rly very good ilxors (inc yrs truly) taking lazy halfremembered potshots about very good former ilxors because ilx used to be great and mean and now its neither
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
A couple posters were banned because of a Swans beef that devolved into some “interesting” opinions on women, though the more egregious one was also pretty much stalking an ILXor across board over another weird issue.
That was a pretty long time ago, at least a year maybe?
― omar little, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
I don't understand why "great" has to be synonymous with "mean." I deal with enough meanness in my day-to-day life and I really don't need any more of it
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
you have turned "and" into "synonymous" and that is not an innocent manoeuvre imo
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
it seemed to be implied
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
if it wasn't implied I apologize but it very much seemed to be and it isn't the first time I've seen a "this board used to be better when people weren't so nice" type sentiment
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
it wasnt!
now, thats not to say it wasnt more to my personal taste
and tbh i think losing one has affected the other
but no i dont think it was synonymous for the purposes of my point
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
deems likes the kind of entertainment supplied by meanness, when it is inventive meanness. old-ilx was often mean in inventive and colorful style. it suited his tastes better than present day ilx suits him. but ilx persists and he still arrives every day to punch in.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
all I can say to that is this kind of personal taste completely baffles me and I'm completely incapable of understanding the worldview of someone who wants that
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
anyways
fp
it works for what its meant to do
but i dont know if mods would ever have locked that thread today at amy stage of ilx
and if they had done, it would have caused ructions
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
funny that we flag drunk posts for moderation
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
xxp
im not here to defend it tbh
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
and park in the driveway
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
there's also a complicated relationship between civility and quality of posts. it's *possible* that if nobody is allowed to call anybody else a numbskull then the numbskull population might run out of control
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
(given that we all have numbskullery within us)
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
To prevent numbskullery you just need to educate and lead by example and lead a blameless life like I do
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
i think Jesus is a historical example of how that attitude just attracts numbskulls tbh
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
whereas a lot of Zen masters seem to have inculcated wisdom in their apprentices by judicious application of a big stick
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
jesus crucified atop golgotha or numbskull mountain
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
"forgive them Father, for they are numbskulls"
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
anyway
mods
51 is too high we used to have 40 good posters now we have 4 the new number should therefore be 5
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
That would be a bloodbath
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
the bark would fly
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
but not in the organized, purposeful way that your name implies
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
Wonder how many people are on 5 or more at any given time
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
I think i have historically had at least five whenever i checked in
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
you probably know where that ended up. good to have you back.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
I wasn’t banned
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
I self-banned for the second time after making quite the scene
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
i know. was talking about copying your post to the out of context thread.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
Ah
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
I suspect I am at least halfway to 51 by this point
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
I doubt you’re at 10
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
I suspect most people reserve fps for extremely offensive posts, don't recall anyone getting banned for a bit of bickering
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
xp yeah you have to actively try pretty hard to get close to 30 iirc
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
I mean I definitely didn’t until now, I’ve flagged a lot of posts under the impression I was just flagging a post for review and potential deletion, not voting for a ban. it’s what the button says, after all
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
Some people are promiscuous with them but getting to 51 is still a feat
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
tbf 26 is not at 10. but I doubt katherine has any fps.
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
don't know Trϵϵship's history but really like their posts. katherine's too. so please don't stop posting, either of you
― Dan S, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
I'm not promiscuous I'm generous
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
Any??
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
Xp
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
The particular clusterfuck we've been discussing today isn't close to being the ugliest argument in the past week.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
She definitely has a few like all decent posters do
otm
this is completely bizarre to me, like going to the doctor and being told "you sprained your wrist but we're not going to do anything about it, come back when you have heart failure or something"
mods used to be way more obvious, but a) ILX is less rambunctious now and b) it was realised about ten years ago that modding quietly caused fewer shitstorms re: modding
out-and-out trolls do get removed by mod action
a bunch of FPs on one post will also raise mod attention & discussion, it's not a fully automated SB system
if ppl want a post edited or deleted, MRF is still there and used regularly, and has been for about 16 years
as deems keeps saying, this has been litigated in literally thousands of posts over the last decade
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
xp you fp'd katherine, is how i'm reading this situation
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
id be suprised if anyone currently posting had more than 40 and tbh anyone near that is deej, fred and meself maybe
probly lj too obv
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
sic otm is a meme by now but sic otm
nu-LJ for sure isn close to 40
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link