something needs to be done about the talk section

[assari]

You haven´t really thought this through, have you?
How would you feel if I started a whole bunch of threads saying "assari is an idiot" or "Finland is a shitty country"?

It does not disturb me, because that's kind of true.

I just meant that too much control is never a good thing.

 

[Ravenholm]

The talk section is the best section of the forum if you ask me. It's the section I visit most, more than any other section ever. Y'all bitches ever wanna find me then you just need to prowl the talk section and you will come across me sooner or later. Be that a good thing or a bad thing - I'll leave that up to you lot to decide

 

[Briana Lee]

That's not a possibility, which makes me think Rey's suggestion of OCSM mods is a little strange. Being an OCSM wouldn't give anyone extra mod powers. They would still have to go through all the same red tape that the current mods have to go through and they wouldn't be able to keep people from talking shit about an OCSM in the Talk section if they took offence, since that is no longer policy around here. It'd just be giving an OCSM extra responsibility and potentially keep them from reacting to trolls, which I don't think Briana would want to give up.

A very valid point. It's no fun if you can't bash some trolls once in a while.

Thats just not going to work or happen

Haha! How did I know you'd say that?! I'm just psychic I guess.....

 

[gunslingingbird]

Briana Lee[/URL][/B], post: 7104517, member: 586426"]I'm just psycho I guess

Fixed!

 

[BigSwede]

Actually, no you wouldn't. I'd just remember you're a swede and can't help your behaviour.

You make valid points here.

Finland is pretty damn crap.

So you mean it is ok then?

It does not disturb me, because that's kind of true.

I just meant that too much control is never a good thing.

It might be good for those more sensitive who can´t hand le those kinds of threads.

 

[Briana Lee]

Fixed!

That too....

 

[vodkazvictim]

Thus proving the point.

:clap:

Also, unban GregC already. All he did was have a temper tantrum and insult the admins and ruin the rep system for me. It's not like he was a total sphincter like Philbert.

:thumbsup: :yesyes:

Like most forums I guess, this place definitely has its group of cool guys that get off on hazing other users.
It's a simple classic case:
User starts a thread or posts in a thread and if said forum cool guy doesn't agree with the title or the body content they feel 100% compelled to attack and post negative and or offensive shit in the thread...almost as if it's a mandatory requirement. Where I come from we simply turn the channel or the page when we read or hear something we may not agree with....in this case it's real simple to just close the thread and move on. Usually, cool guy will relentlessly bash the user and when the user doesn't completely submit and or ignores them they'll do their best to force them to engage, and when the user puts up a fight and engages...said cool guy really goes ape shit.

It seems to me these cool guys are usually the ones who whine and bitch the most about almost anything.

Personally, I like the forum overall...Like anywhere, it's got it's dip-shits for sure!

I see the truth in your observation. Old hands (certainly NOT cool guys) always bash the n00bs. I used to regularily troll the official introduction thread with "welcome to Freeones. Bend over." to make a point of this behaviour.

What if there were two different discussion forums?

Forum number 1.

British.

Forum number 2.

Those who do not speak English.


A bad idea?

Fixed :thumbsup:

You make valid points here.

Finland is pretty damn crap.

They're a bunch of fucking drunks.
That's what the Russkis say anyway.

 

[Boobinator]

I like this board for its lack of censorship. Boards where mods and admins lock, remove, ban etc. all the time become stale and too much like having a conversation in the lunch room at work - that is, you don't speak out but rather adapt your words to the established norm. Regardless of whether it's about subjects or tone, too many rules seem to go hand-in-hand with a more bland user base and boring discussions.

Anyway, this board has a lot of great things, among them porn stars, which is sort of like talking to movie stars - except you actually give a shit. Things I could do without however are all the fucking polls, or questions, or subjects that are more like a census than actual conversation. Those really need to go, they're like spam.

That, and the pictures of Captain Picard, cats, pies or memes that I admit can be funny occassionally, but belong on 9gag, reddit, 4chan or wherever people who never overcame their class-clown-complex demonstrate their badass ironic attitude towards everything and masturbate to their own humor. But let's face it, those people make up half the active posters on this board since a few years back. And there's still a lot of good posters around, you just gotta spend your time talking with them and just ignore the rest. If you do that this board is still an internet oasis

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

That, and the pictures of Captain Picard, cats, pies or memes that I admit can be funny occassionally, but belong on 9gag, reddit, 4chan or wherever people who never overcame their class-clown-complex demonstrate their badass ironic attitude towards everything and masturbate to their own humor. But let's face it, those people make up half the active posters on this board since a few years back. And there's still a lot of good posters around, you just gotta spend your time talking with them and just ignore the rest. If you do that this board is still an internet oasis

 

[Boobinator]

 

[gunslingingbird]

I masturbate to my own humor.

 

[Death-Proof-69]

I masturbate to my own humor.

I masturbate to your humor as well...

 

[PlasmaTwa2]