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AdmiralViscen posted:One would think that they’d have some interest in traffic retention and would have some motivation to at least throw a bone to their single largest community Let me tell you a tale of times gone by... 
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Serf posted:doesn't sa literally lose money as it is? I would like to see our hosting bill because tbh i dont buy it Bandwidth in 2020 isnt that expensive Its not a revenue stream and wouldn't cover living expenses but if registrations wasn't covering the hosting I'd be loving shocked Lowtax is completely dependent on patreon donations though and plenty of those came from cspam.
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Beet Wagon posted:Just off the top of my head that strikes me as even less likely to happen, because it would immediately result in mods having to jump back and forth between the mod forum and the inevitable qcs thread that pops up for every post suggesting or discussing a decision that people don't like. then maybe we should have community representation at these talks
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Jan 9, 2020 16:42
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maybe lowtax also gets a crate of juice every gb we eat up
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Serf posted:doesn't sa literally lose money as it is? maybe this is all a cost-saving measure
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Squizzle posted:lurkers are part of the community. and should post I wasn’t even aware of c-spam until recently. The way everyone talks about it elsewhere on the forums it sounded like they were like FYAD which I had no interest in. Then one day I clicked it and was like oh, this works for me. I probably would have found it a lot earlier if it was a top level forum. Oops.
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just goldmine the thread, pretty sure we've talked this all over.
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Jan 9, 2020 16:43
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Trump fat is a bad joke. Trump fat and it's entirely his fault because he lives an incredibly hedonistic lifestyle and his followers often depict him like he's a Greek god is a very funny joke.
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its like, democracy rules and we should get to do stuff like vote on our mods, but at no point is that a requirement baked into this system. its not like lowtax is accountable to the users, and neither are the mods. the fact that they're even cowering away in their goblin hole to do anything is amazing lol
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Jan 9, 2020 16:44
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Beet Wagon posted:Just off the top of my head that strikes me as even less likely to happen, because it would immediately result in mods having to jump back and forth between the mod forum and the inevitable qcs thread that pops up for every post suggesting or discussing a decision that people don't like. Maybe after the mods shielded their Nazi friend and approved a bunch of his probes and bans they shouldnt have a loving mod forum anymore
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AdmiralViscen posted:I wasn’t even aware of c-spam until recently. The way everyone talks about it elsewhere on the forums it sounded like they were like FYAD which I had no interest in. Then one day I clicked it and was like oh, this works for me. cspam is very kind to all please post especially in this trying time
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I can't believe Mean Girls is a documentary
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dex_sda posted:Have any idea on a response timeframe? on qcs opening?? im gonna leave that up to the admins because: 1: opening a new subforum is a technical thing and i have no more idea of what the technical stuff entails than you do. if you are a computer professional person or have ever worked code poo poo for an internet web-site forum, i most likely have less understanding than you do 2: i have tried to keep up w the discussion around qcs, but its clearly been ongoing for some time. jumping into this late in the game means i have a buncha catching up to do i dont want to promise firm timelines when i have neither certainty of progress nor ability to actually make those deadlines happen. im in the audience for this process, albeit w the privilege of seeing backstage from what i know, my sense is that the wait should be measured in days. mods and admins are super eager to have a functional qcs up and running. it helps moderation and community communication, and thats something mods like too
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even though I honestly suspect PPJ's flameout was more his own doing than the result of the revolutionary posting brigade, i think a big part of the problem is that it sure looks like C-SPAM just collected a mod scalp and is becoming ungovernable combine this with a bunch of incredibly stupid, embarrassing poo poo happening to put everyone on the defensive (both in the immediate past but also going back to mid-December), the loss of a bunch of veteran management, and it not being incredibly clear who's even got final say over the forums any more if not Lowtax... ... and you get a situation where absolutely nobody really wants to assume responsibility, a complete mea culpa is impossible because it would embolden the malcontents, a stern talking to would be impossible because you wouldn't have a leg to stand on, and everything's moving so fast and communication is so patchy and incomplete that anyone who might have a good solution probably hasn't even caught up with all the insane poo poo that happened in the past 48 hours alone
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Suplex Liberace posted:their work space is the fourms we all post in I've never modded here, but the idea of mods discussing posters and if they should eat longer probes or a ban or perma, out in the open where said poster, their friends, and the people who hate them, is a drama bomb of loving epic proportions.
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Suplex Liberace posted:then maybe we should have community representation at these talks Serf posted:its like, democracy rules and we should get to do stuff like vote on our mods, but at no point is that a requirement baked into this system. its not like lowtax is accountable to the users, and neither are the mods. the fact that they're even cowering away in their goblin hole to do anything is amazing lol Yeah I mean Serf pretty much has it. Nobody is wrong for wanting these forums to run more like a democracy or whatever (and in some cases user-suggested mods has worked out) but I just think... probably folks who want some kind of Peoples' Posting Council are setting themselves up for disappointment.
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Squizzle posted:on qcs opening?? im gonna leave that up to the admins because: i mean the ppj debacle
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you don't even need democracy, really we just need to rebuild an environment where the community and management don't think of each other as enemies, because that's loving insane and is only going to lead to a dead(er) forum
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unless they are waiting for qcs to be reopened to start talking about it?
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Jan 9, 2020 16:48
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:even though I honestly suspect PPJ's flameout was more his own doing than the result of the revolutionary posting brigade, i think a big part of the problem is that it sure looks like C-SPAM just collected a mod scalp and is becoming ungovernable I’m at work again because capitalism but this is an Insightful Post re: QCS I don’t have more news than you but I will say that admins are seriously rethinking their approach to things and I’m reasonably confident than when QCS does open (I’m guessing this will be tomorrow as was planned before this PPJ stuff happened but I’m not sure on that) that there will be Dialogue (tm).
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:you don't even need democracy, really Agreed. dex_sda posted:unless they are waiting for qcs to be reopened to start talking about it? This is almost certainly the case. It's a lot easier to handle big discussions about stuff like this when it's all collected in one place.
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Jan 9, 2020 16:49
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Beet Wagon posted:Yeah I mean Serf pretty much has it. Nobody is wrong for wanting these forums to run more like a democracy or whatever (and in some cases user-suggested mods has worked out) but I just think... probably folks who want some kind of Peoples' Posting Council are setting themselves up for disappointment. yah obv ive been a leftist my entire adult life its been all disappointment. but i wont stop advocating for it wherever i can
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Jan 9, 2020 16:49
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Suplex Liberace posted:helsing what the gently caress is going on? The PPJ stuff came as a huge surprise to almost everyone so people are still getting their heads around that. The other big discussion at the moment is when to open QCS (soon) and how it should be run when it is open. Also we're kinda waiting to see who still actually wants to be a mod when the dust settles because a lot of people right now are concerned about getting doxxed or otherwise targeted.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:even though I honestly suspect PPJ's flameout was more his own doing than the result of the revolutionary posting brigade, i think a big part of the problem is that it sure looks like C-SPAM just collected a mod scalp and is becoming ungovernable Who can forget the real villain, the person who exposed aatrek as a diddler I get what you're actually saying but who the gently caress cares about scalping nazis, any mod who is bothered by a Nazi getting outed more than working alongside one is probably also a secret Nazi
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Beet Wagon posted:Yeah I mean Serf pretty much has it. Nobody is wrong for wanting these forums to run more like a democracy or whatever (and in some cases user-suggested mods has worked out) but I just think... probably folks who want some kind of Peoples' Posting Council are setting themselves up for disappointment. better moderation isn't possible.
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Buck Wildman posted:since you clearly feel strongly about all this how do you reconcile your calls for tolerance with catching a week probe recently for saying you'd genocide every trump voter if you had the power to do so
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Jan 9, 2020 16:51
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Helsing posted:Also we're kinda waiting to see who still actually wants to be a mod when the dust settles because a lot of people right now are concerned about getting doxxed or otherwise targeted. this is something the community needs to address!!! the safety of this modship is scary. I dont want my friends getting doxxed because they get put in the smallest position of authority here its upsetting
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Jan 9, 2020 16:51
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Helsing posted:The PPJ stuff came as a huge surprise to almost everyone so people are still getting their heads around that. The other big discussion at the moment is when to open QCS (soon) and how it should be run when it is open. Also we're kinda waiting to see who still actually wants to be a mod when the dust settles because a lot of people right now are concerned about getting doxxed or otherwise targeted. If your only applicants are afraid the community will uncover their baggage where the hell are you asking
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Jan 9, 2020 16:52
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dex_sda posted:i mean the ppj debacle there are specific people i need to hear from so the clock doesnt start for me until i see them, using an internet, for talking. to me
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Jan 9, 2020 16:53
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Mirthless posted:Who can forget the real villain, the person who exposed aatrek as a diddler to be clear, i'm one of the malcontents, i just really want there to be a way to de-escalate this that doesn't involve like 5 different posting communities that are important and valuable to me disappearing in a puff of drama and i'm putting that before judgment of who's right or wrong even if i obviously have opinions about that too
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:... and you get a situation where absolutely nobody really wants to assume responsibility, a complete mea culpa is impossible because it would embolden the malcontents, a stern talking to would be impossible because you wouldn't have a leg to stand on, and everything's moving so fast and communication is so patchy and incomplete that anyone who might have a good solution probably hasn't even caught up with all the insane poo poo that happened in the past 48 hours alone I am absolutely willing to assume responsibility for the dumb poo poo I have said and done in the last few days. A lot of people have been very charitable and understanding towards me and I appreciate that. I did not have the full picture. The initial screenshots I saw were just TFR/gunchat iirc and lists of users in a discord that I was aware had been doxxing/harassing me in the past. I assumed he was just lurking and giving me a heads up whenever something bad cropped up. I still haven't had the heart to go through the .zip I was given. I have made no secret that my mental health hasn't been great over the last year or so and there's certain things I do to help keep it in check and that involves trying to remove myself from off-site assholes as much as possible. Unfortunately that backfired in a spectacular way. I think transparency is the only way we're going to make it through this and I'm happy to answer any questions about my conduct. Idk if this is the thread to do it in but my PM's are always open
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Suplex Liberace posted:this is something the community needs to address!!! the safety of this modship is scary. I dont want my friends getting doxxed because they get put in the smallest position of authority here its upsetting If your friends arent Nazis or Pedophiles what are they worried about The only times mods have been substantively doxxed we have discovered they were among the worst han beings on planet earth
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c-spam is pretty much going to stay ungovernable until they take the incredibly easy and super loving simple step of giving us mods who are from c-spam and enjoy interacting with us. this is not loving difficult, and should've been done after it became apparent that the forum was not going away after 2016
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Koalas March posted:I am absolutely willing to assume responsibility for the dumb poo poo I have said and done in the last few days. A lot of people have been very charitable and understanding towards me and I appreciate that. I did not have the full picture. The initial screenshots I saw were just TFR/gunchat iirc and lists of users in a discord that I was aware had been doxxing/harassing me in the past. I assumed he was just lurking and giving me a heads up whenever something bad cropped up. I still haven't had the heart to go through the .zip I was given. I have made no secret that my mental health hasn't been great over the last year or so and there's certain things I do to help keep it in check and that involves trying to remove myself from off-site assholes as much as possible. Unfortunately that backfired in a spectacular way. im glad to see you and i hope you're doing ok 
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Jan 9, 2020 16:55
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Mirthless posted:If your only applicants are afraid the community will uncover their baggage where the hell are you asking Is less their baggage and more that there's quite a number of insane stalkers on the forum who think paying  means they're entitled to harass anyone who prevents them from posting (i.e. probations/bans).
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Suplex Liberace posted:this is something the community needs to address!!! the safety of this modship is scary. I dont want my friends getting doxxed because they get put in the smallest position of authority here its upsetting In a lot of cases there's really not much you can do about it because it happens off-site. One of the first things I got told when I got buttons was to scrub everything on social media, etc. Most of the time it's a pretty minor, background-radiation type issue. But this whole last month has been a complete shitshow and folks just have their limits of what they want to deal with.
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Mirthless posted:If your friends arent Nazis or Pedophiles what are they worried about wow whats w the sinophobia
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Mirthless posted:If your friends arent Nazis or Pedophiles what are they worried about i do not think koala marsh was doxxed for being a nazi. And this is more about future modships i dont think helsing is a nazi and i dont want him doxxxed or demodded for example
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Jan 9, 2020 16:56
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Squizzle posted:there are specific people i need to hear from so the clock doesnt start for me until i see them, using an internet, for talking. to me Was just wondering
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Mirthless posted:If your friends arent Nazis or Pedophiles what are they worried about Yes, only innocent people ever get stalked or harassed on the internet, a very good and reasonable take in 2020.
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