Stop! Read this before you post:

[Agent327]

We don't evaluate on a poster by poster basis, but on a post by post basis.

Dammit!

mmm, on a/in a sidewalk cafe, in the sun with a slice of lemon

Ofcourse!

 

[LucyDuke]

I assume there will be at least a tad bit of leniency for a period? We've been cooped up so long, we need to stretch! Plus, people are going to need time to get used to my sometimes abrasive phrasing.

Maybe mods could edit with in nudges if they see things getting a little close?

In fact, I say mods should add a picture of a kitten to posts deemed too close to the line.

I like that idea.

 

[Atticus]

I assume there will be at least a tad bit of leniency for a period? We've been cooped up so long, we need to stretch! Plus, people are going to need time to get used to my sometimes abrasive phrasing.

Maybe mods could edit with in nudges if they see things getting a little close?

I think that's a good idea too. It's easier to increase control and add things that are forbidden than start with strict rules and then ease them up. This is also one reason why I like the split.

I also like the vague rules of the forum, since it eases up doing what moderators are (imo) supposed to do: to keep things rolling and to put an end to disruptive or really bad behaviour.

There's some things that will certainly not be allowed: explicit racism or suggestions for people to kill themselves for example.

Similarly posters should understood that evolving criteria will mean that mods can't be consistent with all their former rulings. Also, posters can ruin this thing by exercising too much their liberties: if people start to make copycat threads that clutter the whole forum, something has to be done about it. If people start trolling or spamming too much, that has to be dealt with also.

 

[mayor]

Could someone explain to me what a copycat thread is, exactly.

I have, obviously, a vage idea by reading the name but I would like to know precise

 

[Atticus]

When you make threads with the intention to parody an existing thread, but without real content. At worst they've just got some word in the title slightly altered, which can be funny, but is pretty bad for the forums, if it gets out of hands.

Not that all copycat threads are necessarily bad, they can make a point or provide decent discussion too.

 

[mayor]

aha.

I assume starting a thread titled 'Go! Do not read before posting' (without a good OP) would be a bad copycat

 

[Hygro]

I think that's a good idea too. It's easier to increase control and add things that are forbidden than start with strict rules and then ease them up. This is also one reason why I like the split.

Machiavelli would find this preposterous.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Machiavelli would find this preposterous.

Would he? Or would the prince?

 

[Atticus]

This must be the first time when the moderators are described non-Machiavellian.

 

[Takhisis]

You have been demoted to merely Mephistophelic.

 

[Hygro]

Would he? Or would the prince?

I'm skeptical that Machiavelli's satirical motive was as significant or of the manner so many think it is. If you read The Prince, it's really not that offensive, and it doesn't contradict a republican, anyway. So I'm going to say there's no significant distinction in this case.

The only really "offensive" thing is that it puts cost-benefit above religion.

This must be the first time when the moderators are described non-Machiavellian.

 

[Dachs]

I'm skeptical that Machiavelli's satirical motive was as significant or of the manner so many think it is. If you read The Prince, it's really not that offensive, and it doesn't contradict a republican, anyway. So I'm going to say there's no significant distinction in this case.

but but but cracked said it was a satire

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Because certainly the idea came into existence due to an article on that detestable site.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Rule #1: Don't be a jerk.
Rule #2: Seriously, don't be a jerk, or you will get banned.

Am I the only one seeing here a reference from Fight Club?

 

[Dachs]

Am I the only one

Nope.

 

[sophie]

Nope.

That response is hilarious with that avatar

 

[classical_hero]

Am I the only one seeing here a reference from Fight Club?

Rule#3 We must never speak of OT.

 

[Takhisis]

No soup for you.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Does advocating genocide via thermonuclear weapons violate the 'don't be a jerk' rule?

 

[Birdjaguar]

It can, and I did address the terrible quality of the posts in that thread.