What do you think would happen to OT if...
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thomas.berubeg
Wandering the World
<snip> 'nough said.
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Shylock
Hey smiling strange
There would be a lot of flaming and trolling, along with wondering what the hezmana happened to the mods and admin.
I've been on lawless forums before. It was actually pretty sweet.
I've been on lawless forums before. It was actually pretty sweet.
They have moderating there - "the chemo that is saving /b/".we would become that one site that begins with 4
This is absolutely true, and I speak from sad experience. No public details, but it's why I no longer advertise a particular forum in my sig.
I'm in the process of setting up a forum for the people who are tired of the periodic chaos that happens on an inadequately-moderated social site and who would like a bit of stability. Remember, the rules go both ways: You can't harass/insult other people, but they can't harass/insult you either. At least that's how it's supposed to work on a well-moderated forum.
I predict that if the unthinkable were to happen here and all our mods/admins got kidnapped by aliens (for example), some of us would band together and try to keep the essence of our community going. Others would indeed descend into flaming, insulting, and generally being thoroughly nasty to each other. And I would expect that Thunderfall would soon be teaching the aliens how to have a virtual community that functions smoothly and civilly, even though we comprise people from nearly every continent, and a wide variety of ages, and social, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
Let's hope he'd miss us enough to want to come back...
Rossiya
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Why do you think moderators are picked in different part of the world?
And why do we have to sign an agreement, when becoming moderators, to never take the same plane as another moderator?
To minimize the risk that we could accidently lose more than one moderator at a time.
And why do we have to sign an agreement, when becoming moderators, to never take the same plane as another moderator?
To minimize the risk that we could accidently lose more than one moderator at a time.
Yeah, boy was that awkward, that time at the boarding gate in Logan when I spotted Ginger Ale in front of me in line.
It may have been even more ackward if he was right behind you in the line 
It may have been even more ackward if he was right behind you in the line
Indeed, I'd have to wonder what he did with my wife!
But since you're not currently a moderator, you can take the same plane as Ginger Ale.Yeah, boy was that awkward, that time at the boarding gate in Logan when I spotted Ginger Ale in front of me in line.
I guess this means that any in-person meetups can never include more than one CFC staff member...? And didn't someone tell me that Thunderfall's wife is a mod here...?
That must be confusing when they plan vacations, to have to take separate planes!
Nylan
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But since you're not currently a moderator, you can take the same plane as Ginger Ale.
I guess this means that any in-person meetups can never include more than one CFC staff member...? And didn't someone tell me that Thunderfall's wife is a mod here...?
That must be confusing when they plan vacations, to have to take separate planes!
Thinking. Stop it.
Spoiler :
But since you're not currently a moderator, you can take the same plane as Ginger Ale.
I guess this means that any in-person meetups can never include more than one CFC staff member...? And didn't someone tell me that Thunderfall's wife is a mod here...?
That must be confusing when they plan vacations, to have to take separate planes!
No, the dreaded incident occurred while I was still in possession of my carrot-flavored modstick.
Kozmos
Jew Detective
what about /b/?
It's fun in the same way as masturbation - shallowly fun, and you will eventually get bored of it and seek something deeper than that.
I would try to build another one, I think.
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
Surprise surprise, it's moderated. The moderation rules are just really really short. IIRC they're something like this:
"No being here if you are under 18. No child porn. No ban evasion. No arguing with the mods. No lying about whether other people are breaking these rules."
Miles Teg
Nuclear Powered Mentat
Hmmah, let's give this a serious shot.
First, we need a situation. Let's say, after accidentally wandering into OT, Thunderfall banged his head against the desk repeatedly, and knocked himself into a coma. In defiance of Modly conventions, the mods meet up and get on a plane, which unfortunately happened to be Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 out of Sydney. The good news is that Thunderfall set up a dead man's switch, and since he's in a coma, the switch hires someone to maintain and moderate the fora. The bad news is that he's a lazy SOB, and limits himself to making sure the forum's online and relatively bug free, and coming through every couple of days to clear up commercial spam.
Well, for maybe a business week, things would remain normal, with perhaps slightly more sniping than usual. When people finally figured out the situation, there would be a rash of "where have they gone!" threads, and allot of threads targeted at unpopular posters, getting more overt as it dawned on people that this was permanent. As this happened, allot of people would leave, either because they couldn't take the chaos, or because they're friends couldn't. Actual fans of the civ games would probably flee to Apolyton, although insular sub-communities, such as the NESers, would have a better attrition rate. Due to an evocative name that easily comes up in Google, newbies would probably continue to flow in looking for help though. Most of the remaining veterans however would probably be the ones with a presence in all of the forums, as opposed to just OT or Civ4's modding community.
Informal moderation by means of shouting would probably still occur, with the elite banding together to support eachother on these issues. Said elite would be a homogeneous group most likely, as black sheep would be shouted and bullied out. Allot of this "moderation" would be based on powerful member's personal pet peeves. So for example, the ban on discussing the BNP might well stay in place. There would be a heavy newbie attrition rate, as they overstep the informal boundaries of the community and got hounded out. All in all, even after the initial shocks, the forums would still gradually loose active members.
Allot the members of various forums who left right after the Event would be remembered fondly, and most veterans would fondly discuss how wonderful the good old days were. Of course, they do that already. Images with expletives would probably be favored as a way of getting around the auto-censors still in place, and important thing that need stickies (like directories for modding forums) would probably be formed either by taking over existing, inactive ones, or constant bumping.
First, we need a situation. Let's say, after accidentally wandering into OT, Thunderfall banged his head against the desk repeatedly, and knocked himself into a coma. In defiance of Modly conventions, the mods meet up and get on a plane, which unfortunately happened to be Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 out of Sydney. The good news is that Thunderfall set up a dead man's switch, and since he's in a coma, the switch hires someone to maintain and moderate the fora. The bad news is that he's a lazy SOB, and limits himself to making sure the forum's online and relatively bug free, and coming through every couple of days to clear up commercial spam.
Well, for maybe a business week, things would remain normal, with perhaps slightly more sniping than usual. When people finally figured out the situation, there would be a rash of "where have they gone!" threads, and allot of threads targeted at unpopular posters, getting more overt as it dawned on people that this was permanent. As this happened, allot of people would leave, either because they couldn't take the chaos, or because they're friends couldn't. Actual fans of the civ games would probably flee to Apolyton, although insular sub-communities, such as the NESers, would have a better attrition rate. Due to an evocative name that easily comes up in Google, newbies would probably continue to flow in looking for help though. Most of the remaining veterans however would probably be the ones with a presence in all of the forums, as opposed to just OT or Civ4's modding community.
Informal moderation by means of shouting would probably still occur, with the elite banding together to support eachother on these issues. Said elite would be a homogeneous group most likely, as black sheep would be shouted and bullied out. Allot of this "moderation" would be based on powerful member's personal pet peeves. So for example, the ban on discussing the BNP might well stay in place. There would be a heavy newbie attrition rate, as they overstep the informal boundaries of the community and got hounded out. All in all, even after the initial shocks, the forums would still gradually loose active members.
Allot the members of various forums who left right after the Event would be remembered fondly, and most veterans would fondly discuss how wonderful the good old days were. Of course, they do that already. Images with expletives would probably be favored as a way of getting around the auto-censors still in place, and important thing that need stickies (like directories for modding forums) would probably be formed either by taking over existing, inactive ones, or constant bumping.
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