Rules? Options

[pebkac]

I thought it would be appropriate to split this topic off from the rest of the "adapting the boards" thread. The current rules are as follows:

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I'm of the opinion that all of the mods (myself included) simply need to enforce these rules better, but I know some people were in favor of adapting them a bit. What does everyone else think?

[Testm0nkey]

when its clear someones being a jerk or personally provoking for the sake of provoking i think their post should be edited.
"oh its subjective" not really.

but i think that definitely the problem is enforcement

[impala454]

when its clear someones being a jerk or personally provoking for the sake of provoking i think their post should be edited.
"oh its subjective" not really.

but this is exactly the problem before, what's clear to one person is not to another.

i think the personal attacking/provoking/whatever isn't that big of a deal. at least it doesn't seem as bad as it used to be. and like someone said in the other thread, it just makes the attacker look like a loser, so why not let em?

[Testm0nkey]

personal attacks like "haha your family is poor and you have a terminally ill sister LOL, freak" are clearly personal attacks and cant have anything to do with anything

that shouldnt be allowed to even remain in a post
and its unfair to the person on the receiving end because i sure as hell dont blame them for trying to defend themself. than that causes a whole shit storm. cut it before it starts

then thatll cause people, whose sole reason for being on the boards is to try to personally provoke everyone, leave. because they arent a contributing member anyway

[impala454]

personal attacks like "haha your family is poor and you have a terminally ill sister LOL, freak" are clearly personal attacks and cant have anything to do with anything

because there's so many of these

[Testm0nkey]

yeah there are sometimes

[jonathan83]

6. Spamming is fine to a reasonable extent and is most tolerated in the Off Topic forum. Spamming in the asdf thread is absolutely ok.

8. No specific rules against double or triple posting, etc., but see #6 about spam above.

i don't remember anyone saying that spamming and double posting are ok... i think it's stupid and unnecessary. just for people who want their post count to go up, which is ghey.

but i like how you implemented my npr rules!

[GOB]

yeah there are sometimes

there certainly are. very fitting, too.

[Oasis]

I thought it would be appropriate to split this topic off from the rest of the "adapting the boards" thread. The current rules are as follows:
I'm of the opinion that all of the mods (myself included) simply need to enforce these rules better, but I know some people were in favor of adapting them a bit. What does everyone else think?

Pretty much agree with everything you said.

Personal attacks are ridiculous. If you want to call someone out for something they said, fine. Don't bring their brother/cousin/grandma in to it. Fuckiing dumb and immature.

[jonathan83]

agreed. it seriously sounds like a bunch of middle schoolers "yo mama's so fat"

[impala454]

right, which is why I say allow it, it just makes the person doing it look stupid.

[Testm0nkey]

but then you open it up to the person being attacked defending themself. i dont blame them for that, its really hard not to. and if you ask the mods to do something about it they dont do anything.
i for one wont let that happen to me and you all know what happens with that

so i say just dont allow it

[pebkac]

but then you open it up to the person being attacked defending themself. i dont blame them for that, its really hard not to. and if you ask the mods to do something about it they dont do anything.
i for one wont let that happen to me and you all know what happens with that

so i say just dont allow it

Ya know, not that I really disagree with the enforcement being a problem thing, but I don't recall ever seeing you report a post...

If a post is really bothering you, please report it to us.

[Testm0nkey]

oh i have. picked the wrong mod i guess

[jonathan83]

yeah i've never received a pm from anyone, ever, about a post.