Moderation Questions and General Chat Thread
The last iteration of the moderation discussion thread was a complete disaster. Numerous attempts to keep it on topic failed, and it became a general discussion thread with almost no moderation related posts at all. And those that were posted were so buried in non-mod posts that it became a huge time drain on the mods to sort through them. Then, when off topic posts were deleted posters complained about that.
This led to the closing of the mod discussion thread, replaced by the post report/pm approach. This has filtered out lots of noise, but has resulted at times in the General Discussion Thread turning into a quasi-mod thread. This is not desirable, but going back to the old mod thread is also not a workable option.
Therefore, I have created this new moderation thread, but with a different purpose and ground rules than previous mod threads. The purpose of this thread is to provide a place for posters to pose questions to the mods about how policies are applied; to bring to the mods attention posts they think are inappropriate and reach the level of requiring mod action; and for mods to communicate to posters things like changes or clarifications to policies, bannings, etc.
Now let me tell you what this thread is NOT a place for. It is not for nonmoderation related posts, even if the discussion originates from a comment in in a mod related post. It is not for posters to post their opinions about other posters or whether a poster should be banned. It is not to rehash past grievances about mod decisions from months or years ago. The focus of this thread will be recent posts that require action now. Or questions about current policies and enforcement.
So basically, this is a thread to ask mods questions. Which means, pretty much that only mods should be answering those questions. If a poster asks why a particular post was deleted or allowed, only a mod can answer that. Everyone else who wants to jump in with their opinion or their mod war story needs to stay out of it. It just increases the noise to signal ratio and does nothing to answer the question.
Everyone needs to understand that this thread has very different rules than the old mod thread and any other thread. Any non-moderation post will be deleted on sight. Not moved to the appropriate thread, just deleted. So don't waste your time crafting a masterpiece post about wars or transgender issues or the presidential election and then post it in this thread. It will be gone. Also, this isnt a thread for general commentary about our mods performance. Posting "browser sucks as a mod" or any such posts that don't actually ask about a policy or request a mod action will be deleted. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the moderation of this forum. But this thread isnt for complaining about mods. You are free to go to the ATF forum and make your concerns about modding in this forum there.
So with that intro, this thread is open for those who need to bring questions about mod policies or bring inappropriate posts to the mods attention. Again, it is NOT a thread for group discussions about other posters or for other posters to answer questions directed to mods.
We'll see how this goes. If you have what you feel is an open issue raised in the General Discussion Thread, please copy that post or otherwise reintroduce the issue here.
Thanks.
Yeah, I remember playing werewolf with that guy. Can't remember his sn or real name, though. Been a while.
yeah, that's the guy
we have him rage quitting this game but that was 4 years before the shane looker murder
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showp...
was shane looker not the guy?
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Dude, I just did an image search on the name you posted. I have no idea about any of this obvs.
NewTeaBag, one of his many aliases, was the guy, yeah.
But he was not the first poker player to murder and dismember a Thai prostitute. Let us not forget Ron Fanelli…
Wait, I checked the user notes. NewTeaBag was Ron Fanelli apparently?
Alright, so yeah, the one we are apparently referencing is Ron, not Shane. Ron was the one who murdered someone during a ww game.
This article is linked in the user notes for NewTeaBag: https://www.billrini.com/2010/07/27/ron-...
tons of poker players moved to Thailand. it was a big thing.
I was kinda talking about the dismembering hookers and stuffing the body parts into suitcases part, not the moving to Thailand part.
Wait, isn't/wasn't rickroll in Thailand? Maybe he's pulling a sick level on us and he's really Shane Looker.
Yes, he rage quit his last ww game on June 14th 2010, murdered her on June 18th 2010, and was arrested and charged for her murder about a month later, approx July 19th, 2010. So yeah, the timeline was pretty tight.
Being misinformed, and being an antisemite, or two pretty different things. Then there's being misinformed and actively spreading your misinformation. That's yet another thing. And finally, there's being misinformed AND having a thing against Jews.
Aa a Jew you learn to parse through those in life. That's how you might stay friends with say Dave Chapelle, but stop being friends with Kanye. Or you might ditch both, depends on you. That's the
You made it sound like half your friends routinely talk about Jews killing Jesus, not that they were misinformed about things until you set them right.
You can certainly pick your own tolerance, but it really makes no sense to expect more from strangers than you do from friends. That's not how friendship is supposed to work.
You made it sound like half your friends routinely talk about Jews killing Jesus, not that they were misinformed about things until you set them right.
You got that from: "Half my friends believe Jews killed Christ (still to this day)"? At best, that's an interpretation that requires some leaps.
You can certainly pick your own tolerance, but it really makes no sense to expect more from strangers than you do from friends. That's not how friendship is supposed to work.
Since we choose who we're friends with, they tend to share more of our values than the general population, which could (fairly, I believe) set up higher expectations.
Wow I wish Mets hadn’t been discriminated against and was still here.
I won’t miss the drama.
You got that from: "Half my friends believe Jews killed Christ (still to this day)"? At best, that's an interpretation that requires some leaps.
Given Raffi's wildly inaccurate description of alleged "no-go zones" in the US, it's pretty safe to conclude he's either FOS or has a very peculiar friend group.
You got that from: "Half my friends believe Jews killed Christ (still to this day)"? At best, that's an interpretation that requires some leaps.
Since we choose who we're friends with, they tend to share more of our values than the general population, which could (fairly, I believe) set up higher expectations.
How would he know if they 'still' think that if they weren't mentioning it often?
Your second statement is agreeing with me, I guess?
There are accounts in the gospels that make the Jews look pretty culpable in the crucifixion, though they are not the most plausible. Obviously, the Romans actually did it.
What I never got was, why be mad at any of them? Jesus came here to suffer and die for our sins. Someone had to kill him.
Same reason any group gets made a scapegoat so that unlimited violence can be inflicted.
Given Raffi's wildly inaccurate description of alleged "no-go zones" in the US, it's pretty safe to conclude he's either FOS or has a very peculiar friend group.
This is the Trolly special. Just sneaky enough to not get moderated, but just pernicious enough to achieve the desired goal.
It's no sweat of my back Trolly. Soon you will be 15 in here chatting. Then 10.
If that's the desired goal, success!
There are accounts in the gospels that make the Jews look pretty culpable in the crucifixion, though they are not the most plausible. Obviously, the Romans actually did it.
What I never got was, why be mad at any of them? Jesus came here to suffer and die for our sins. Someone had to kill him.
It's a really weird category error to go from "some Jews were involved in Jesus' death" to "Jews, in general killed Jesus." And even then idk how that's supposed to imply any collective responsibility to Jews worldwide 2,000 year later. Certainly not a mainstream Christian view and not one I've heard my Christian friends tell me.
This is the Trolly special. Just sneaky enough to not get moderated, but just pernicious enough to achieve the desired goal.
There's nothing "sneaky" about it, I'm making it quite plain that your accounts of these kinds of things aren't reliable.
Violence is inevitable in an unjust world. This is why God made himself a scapegoat in the Christian story. It is God’s will to be the one and only scapegoat.
The proper response to anyone who blames Jews for Christ’s death is always: “Is God sovereign or not?”
