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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney Was the ban explicitly temporary ?

Of course it was! Do you really believe I'd ban someone for eternity because he posted a slightly callous message like that?

I liked the time that I messaged Bas on AIM and was like "Do you want an excuse to ban IGK?" and he was like "HELL YEA!"

So he had quoted an image I had hosted someplace, so I replaced it with hardcore anal porn, and posted below it, quoting him "OMG HE IS POSTING PORN!" and sent the link to Bas and IGK took a vacation.


That was fun.

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Originally posted by Lira Of course it was! Do you really believe I'd ban someone for eternity because he posted a slightly callous message like that?

maybe a permanent ban would actually be good for him. He needs to get out there.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney maybe a permanent ban would actually be good for him. He needs to get out there.

The problem is, I've heard swamper say repeatedly that he likes to let whoever be here and doesn't really ban people based on personality too much.

Fair enough if there's been a policy change but I'd like to hear it from the mods explicitly first. Obviously there's a big difference between someone who's a bit stupid to the level of the person in question, and someone who just spams and literally no one likes (who obviously warrants a ban... cough dykes on jay).

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Originally posted by Psyshell The problem is, I've heard swamper say repeatedly that he likes to let whoever be here and doesn't really ban people based on personality too much. Fair enough if there's been a policy change but I'd like to hear it from the mods explicitly first.

Users on TA very, very rarely get banned. Plenty of people earn 1 or 2 week suspensions for various things, but an outright ban is only reserved for very special folks.

Again, for those of you still wondering, Matt was not banned, it was a 2 week suspension. He was the one that flipped out and claimed he's leaving the site permanently. And that's his choice.

I'm amazed that this is still being discussed

May I humbly suggest that people always get a "if you do that again you're banned for 2 weeks" first instead of a straight up suspension? I don't know of any other forums that don't use warnings, and there's a good reason why.

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Originally posted by Psyshell May I humbly suggest that people always get a "if you do that again you're banned for 2 weeks" first instead of a straight up suspension? I don't know of any other forums that don't use warnings, and there's a good reason why.

We do that regularly. Over the years though, Matt has been suspended many, many times by a number of the mods here. Past the point of warnings, IMO.

It depends on the infringement though. We have to keep you mofos on your toes. That's the beauty of TA

Multiple suspensions is indeed a good reason to no longer give out warnings. If he's been suspended lots of times, he should be contacting you before posting something stupid, not you contacting him afterwards (except to suspend him).

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Originally posted by Sushipunk It depends on the infringement though. We have to keep you mofos on your toes. That's the beauty of EVERY FORUM EVER

fixed

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Originally posted by Psyshell he should be contacting you before posting something stupid

Yeah, ok

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Originally posted by Psyshell fixed

No, not really. Many forums have rules/guidelines for posting, some that can be read even before signing up. None of that shit on TA; we expect you to be able to think for yourself.

You walk a fine line, albeit a pretty liberal one. So, a nice thick line

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Yeah, ok

There's forums I post on where that's how it's done, it's a pretty normal/common procedure on forums.

I mean obviously people post annoying stuff all the time, but suffice to say if you're going to post a long sexist rant about why men are evil it might be a wise idea to send your post to a mod first to get approval first (which obviously isn't going to be granted). That way he'd be able to avoid suspensions by simply having certain (very rare but potentially highly offensive) posts vetted by mods first. I mean you know, maybe all the male members of the forum don't want to hear about how evil they are and how it's all their fault? How did that not run through his head first?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk You walk a fine line, albeit a pretty liberal one. So, a nice thick line

Not sure if that's directed at me or posters generally (the word you is a bit vague sometimes). I'm not terribly worried about me getting suspended any time soon, although the only thing I will say is I've certainly seen firsthand really dumb moderation decisions against me.

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Originally posted by Psyshell There's forums I post on where that's how it's done, it's a pretty normal/common procedure on forums.

That sounds massively lame, I'm not even kidding here.

"Excuse me, moderator, is it ok if I post this?"



Like I said before, on TA you're expected to think for yourself. If you're a muppet, then that's gonna cost you.

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Originally posted by Psyshell I mean obviously people post annoying stuff all the time, but suffice to say if you're going to post a long sexist rant about why men are evil it might be a wise idea to send your post to a mod first to get approval first (which obviously isn't going to be granted). That way he'd be able to avoid suspensions by simply having certain (very rare but potentially highly offensive) posts vetted by mods first. I mean you know, maybe all the male members of the forum don't want to hear about how evil they are and how it's all their fault? How did that not run through his head first?

It's like you're living in a different world Matt's post was sexist against males now? Where do you come up with this? Please tell me you didn't take his rantings literally.

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Originally posted by Psyshell Not sure if that's directed at me or posters generally

The joke aside, "you" was general, not just for yourself.

It's part of the fun here. I think, actually, that you have a poor sense of humour. It goes a fair way to explain a lot of your posts, especially recently.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk That sounds massively lame, I'm not even kidding here.

Yeh fair enough, I just think the moderation on here needs to change and I was offering suggestions. That could be an incredibly shit one.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk It's part of the fun here. I think, actually, that you have a poor sense of humour. It goes a fair way to explain a lot of your posts, especially recently.

Whether or not I can tell whether that guy is being ironic or not has very little to do with my sense of humour. It has to do with mostly the fact that I hardly ever fucking read his posts. I can tell when you're fucking around or pkc or most others but that guy I usually don't pay attention to. No I didn't realise he was joking, he made this long post that was really annoying and I suppose I did indeed misunderstand it. That's life. The dickhead who thought that when I posted that "hi guys I have a small penis" I was being serious also didn't understand my sense of irony either.

Also, yeh I'm probably a bit annoying and I should possibly post less. It's hard to tell though, there's certain people that love to be really loud and obnoxious while simultaneously claiming to speak for the majority (ssrussell maybe?, he seems to be far more reasonable/amusing lately though). I've learnt to never take dykes on jay seriously anymore after he repeatedly attempted to point out factual flaws in my post that could easily be dismissed via google. That guy is just fucking retarded and doesn't even try to hide it, hence ignore list. With others it's harder to know whether they're just being an obnoxious dickhead or they're actually thinking what everyone else is thinking and responding angrily, not just claiming to.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk It's part of the fun here. I think, actually, that you have a poor sense of humour. It goes a fair way to explain a lot of your posts, especially recently.

I'd also like to add that with humour, there's no such thing as poor, only different. If I keep posting things here that aren't funny and or misunderstanding people's jokes then absolutely I should stop trying to do that, but i could make my friends laugh easier than you guys could. Basically I just need to adjust to the forum, it doesn't actually mean that I'm an unfunny asshole in every situation i get into in life generally just because the demographic of this forum thinks so.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Like I said before, on TA you're expected to think for yourself. If you're a muppet, then that's gonna cost you.

While I think the moderation on here could do with some tweaking, that's generally a good philosophy.

love ya eddie, and my conscienceless, but there is some serious faking of the funk going on.

city of god lira.

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Originally posted by Psyshell I'd also like to add that with humour, there's no such thing as poor, only different.

No, there definitely is. It's a "sense" of humour. That means it's not just about making people laugh, at all, but understanding other people's humour as well. Different, or otherwise.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Users on TA very, very rarely get banned. Plenty of people earn 1 or 2 week suspensions for various things, but an outright ban is only reserved for very special folks. Again, for those of you still wondering, Matt was not banned, it was a 2 week suspension. He was the one that flipped out and claimed he's leaving the site permanently. And that's his choice. I'm amazed that this is still being discussed

Best Mod ever!

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Originally posted by Psyshell

Dude, you just got here and you're already trying to change shit? Why don't you earn your stripes first?

This isn't my first account, I've been around since 2007.

Also, as people have said before, I can't actually do anything, all I do is winge. Sometimes that's effective though.

AustralianGQ, is that you!!?!?

No, I'm annoying in slightly different ways.

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Originally posted by Psyshell No, I'm annoying in slightly different ways.

lol

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Originally posted by EddieZilker

Okay, I can understand your reaction more now. I hadn't read any of that carry-on from the previous gun massacre thread.

Can someone quote all the relevant posts please. I really can't be bothered.

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Originally posted by Psyshell Can someone quote all the relevant posts please. I really can't be fucked.

Are you really that much of a hideous minger?

No but seriously though, someone's talking about 3+ different posts, some of which may or may not be joking and or irrelevent. It'd take me 30 minutes to compile something like that and read it all. If someone quotes the right things it'd take me 2-3 minutes to read it.

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