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Author Topic:   General discussion of moderation procedures
Ooook!
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Message 252 of 304 (209131)
05-17-2005 6:51 PM
Reply to: Message 250 by berberry
05-17-2005 4:44 PM


Free the Maryland One
I'll add my name to the list on this one.
I'm not totally opposed to the new policy. Given time it might reduce the amount of unpleasant sniping without having to resort to outright bans. There is a danger of being overzealous though and I think the Hitchy case is a good example of where a bit of leaniency should be called for. I think it's sometimes fun to throw a bit of spice into the debate (depending on who you're talking to of course :cool, so if someone oversteps the mark to a minor degree maybe a warning could still be enough.
Aside from the fact that the post it was replying to wasn't exactly all sweetness and light itself ("mundane, shallow thinking"), Hitchy actually apologised a couple of posts later.
This message has been edited by Ooook!, 17-05-2005 11:52 PM

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Ooook!
Member (Idle past 5815 days)
Posts: 340
From: London, UK
Joined: 09-29-2003


Message 255 of 304 (209269)
05-18-2005 5:16 AM
Reply to: Message 254 by berberry
05-17-2005 8:06 PM


I agree, a little bit of light ribbing is both entertaining to read and makes writing posts fun. I don’t want to see a totally sterile environment develop here:
Well, Sir. The Right Honourable Gentleman is of course entitled to his opinion.
I don’t think Percy wants that either. That’s why I used the word ‘spice’ in my original post — I think I remember Admin using it in a previous discussion. The point (I hope) of the new system of ‘zero tolerance’ is to stop the posts that are nothing but needle and inevitably develop into unseemly slanging matches. It does seem to have had some success in this area, and people seem to think twice now before posting — although I might be mistaken.
The point I was trying to make was that a little leeway should be given, and that really hard and fast rules can result in farce. The point of view of the admin staff at the moment seems to be fairly inflexible: Personal Attack: Bad, Attack on the Argument: Good. My personal opinion is that it should be more to do with context.
I don’t really see the fundamental difference between You seem to like making things up, and ID seems to like making things up, and either way I don’t see much offense in them. Similarly, I don’t see the difference between That argument is Idiotic!! and You’re an Idiot!!, both of which would annoy me quite a bit.

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