I Miss Boem...
" Some stuff can happen behind the scenes as well. I am not sure but that might have been the case with Sexcalibur. Either way it became harder to track once deleting posts rather than editing them became much more common. I am vehemently against that and would go to some effort to moderate on a micro level doing my best to extract any acceptable material from a post should it prove problematic but realistically that is just not something you would expect from a customer support shift worker. They aren't all pedantic English/crearts grads after all. And they have other duties than babysitting here. So sooner or later a heavier handed approach was inevitable. Oh man when people quote me these days I keep seeing some of my wicked phone typos. The old me would be horrified but eh I know now how unimportant it is here compared to being basically understood. I still go back and fix them though... --- Several permabates are in game or at least were when I quit, including Bambi. https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- everything I've ever done worth talking about, and even that is debatable.
Huh. My mace dude is now an actual cultist of Chayula. That's kinda wild. |
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It's worth noting that Boem was also just incredibly active on here. Even now, after over a year of being probated, he still has nearly 22,000 posts to his name. That's 6.74 posts per day - higher than anyone in this thread. In fact higher than anyone else I know of here. So it might just be that he was punished for, effectively, just giving the mods too much work.
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" More active just means more chances to step out of bounds, and you're only allowed to step out of bounds so many times. Since it's not a ratio of good to bad posts, that just increases the likelihood of negative comments adding up. I've only ever been probated once and that was more a misunderstanding of what I said rather than me stepping out of line. I made a comment about exiles in POE basically committing genocide in each zone because they just kill everything in sight. That earned me 24 hours. But it only takes a few of those with the progressive duration of probation. Hell, even referencing the infraction gets me a little nervous. They need some sort of cooldown period that removes infractions from your record over time. People have a bad day, say something out of line, and get probated. It happens. This current system just encourages people to use other accounts to post. Last edited by Nubatron#4333 on Dec 29, 2021, 6:39:10 AM
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" Tbh, I feel like this current system actually just encourages people to switch over to Reddit instead. Which is probably fine by the GGG mods since it's less work for them as they're able to just palm off the moderating responsibilities to the Reddit mods. And then periodically guilt trip everyone on Reddit - most especially the mods - by telling them all about how their staffs' mental health is suffering because of the toxicity there, which of course isn't their problem to fix since it isn't their site. With the result that the Reddit mods try to clamp down more in order to make the place more welcoming for GGG, and taking whatever backlash that generates from their community onto themselves. So in the end the GGG mods have less moderation to do, while Reddit has more. Except the Reddit mods aren't paid, so putting more work onto them is like assigning your unpaid intern to handle customer service calls - it's practically exploitation. |
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" There isn't anything in your post that I would dispute. I was more referring to anyone who might want to engage with this forum after receiving a few probates though. Boem may very well be active in the forums right now and not using his signature sign off due to the ban evasion rules. Hell, for all I know you're a Boem alternate, and you created this thread to build up your ego. Or everyone in this thread is Boem. The only thing I know for certain is that I'm not Boem. Or that's just a misdirection. :) Last edited by Nubatron#4333 on Dec 29, 2021, 8:00:14 AM
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Not higher than me. I was around 15 posts a day.
Someone has probably exceeded my total post count across the two main accounts but it wasn't Boem. Might be The Walrus Formerly Known as I_NO. :) My favourite probation was quite early on when I basically suicide-bombed a very stubborn troll. Certain people who weren't allowed to say so publicly found it amusing. Heh. https://linktr.ee/wjameschan -- everything I've ever done worth talking about, and even that is debatable. Huh. My mace dude is now an actual cultist of Chayula. That's kinda wild. Last edited by Foreverhappychan#4626 on Dec 29, 2021, 11:10:27 PM
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" Come to think of it, what happened to I_NO? |
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i think the problem is how their ban system works, first time is like 15 mins, second is couple hours ban etc, if you are long time player you will reach insanely long probation periods, there should be reset to them every once in a while
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" guess she's changed the account name back to her elder one - Apathy1. (has been quite active in this thread) Just do it! And keep it simple - Things will become complicated by itself. Last edited by tuasoafoch#7907 on Dec 30, 2021, 4:59:01 AM
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" Thanks. But why? And does that mean she's dropped that childish persona of hers? Last edited by Exile009#1139 on Dec 30, 2021, 5:34:13 AM
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