Ginguy

It's 1500 posts to see DF

Is this going to be a thing for another 20+ episodes? A couple times might not affect ad rates, six months will. Time to move Jojo to 1:30 or later.

I simply put it there as a starting point/example. The discussion over what constitutes racism alone would be pointless and irritating in the extreme as certain parties would doubtless attempt to use it as a dog whistle for "he/she disagreed with me and hurt my feels " type vendettas. The main take away from posting that is to provide an example where a Terms of Use/Rules was written to be welcoming and encouraging to new posters.

The point I was trying to make is that the protocol and standards will depend on the outcome desired. If you want to create an environment with the purpose of attracting and retaining new members, that is going to be a much different standard than simply not getting KN indicted. As it stands now, this is a glorified FB group which costs KN a couple grand/year. If everyone is fine with that, then there is probably not much needed in terms of codifying a Terms of Use or Moderation protocols. If an individual really decides to shit himself and everyone else simply remove their ability to post in that folder/altogether and problem solved. Considering that everyone here by and large is familiar with each other, there isn't much of a need for more than a time out policy if someone really decides to be a jackass or violate Miller for whatever reason. If the objective is to create an atmosphere where new users would feel welcome and not simply leave after a few hours/days, then the Terms and Protocols will have to be more defined. I would consider something like this* to be a good starting point, though perhaps a bit lighter on the punishment side for certain offenses. Personally I think there needs to be an emphasis on improving civility and removing the vitriol, but I've long ago accepted that I'm in the distinct minority in that regard. * taken from the Hannity forums Abusive Posting: Personal attacks, wishing death on innocents, racism, antisemitism, and trolling are all prohibited and can result in a ban. Altering Quotations: The quotation feature of these forums are a tool, and not a toy to misrepresent what other users have said. Do not alter the wording or make it appear as though another guest had said something which they did not. This purposeful disrespect and misrepresentation, this fraud, is a form of abuse and will not be allowed. It may result in a ban. Antisemitism/racism: This creates a hostile environment contrary to the purposes of civil discourse and a welcoming forum environment. It is an instaban offense and will not be tolerated on the Forums. Ban Bypass: A user who has been banned, is banned. They do not just lose the username, the welcome is gone by any other name as well. A ban bypass is an instaban. Banned users may not post anywhere but on the Moderator Forum and only for specific purposes. Banned User Procedure: A user who has been banned may create a temporary account to apologize, to appeal the decision or to clarify why he committed the act for consideration by the moderators, and specifically the Forum Moderator who called the ban. Generally speaking, once a Forum Moderator has taken action, He/She has "the ball" and will be handling related matters. The temp account can ONLY be used to post in the mod board and ONLY on topic of their ban. Call Out Threads: This is a form of abuse and we don't allow intentional abuse of honored guests. Starting a topic for the purposes of picking a fight with another guest is not allowed. These forums are for civil discussions, not brawling around the forums and flaming other guests. This can result in actions such as deleting the topic, locking the topic, and banning. Changing Screen Names: This is generally disallowed. There are exceptions, for example in cases of confused identity or inadvertent disclosure of personal information during the creation of the account. The reasons for this are the problems inherent with our honored guests needing to remember a list of "AKA" and the abuse that comes with Multiple Screen Names such as puppeteering (posting in agreement with yourself) and playing both sides of a debate to make yourself look good. Flooding: Flooding is a form of spamming, it's the practice of bumping other topics out of view in favor of changing the board to either increase your own visibility or decrease the visibility of another guest or topic. It can be cross-posting identical topics in different Forums or multiple posts in any one forum with identical or nearly identical content. It may result in actions from topics being deleted to the account responsible banned. Hateful posting: No lynch mobs. Do not use the forums to spread hate, Antisemitism/racism, suggest that innocents should die or that an innocent deserved to die, or otherwise fill our welcoming forums with hatred and malice. This makes our forums unattractive to our honored guests and will not be tolerated. Impersonations: Copying a guest's avatar, and/ or closely approximating their screen name for the purposes of being mistaken for them or mocking them as you destroy their reputation falls clearly into the realm of abuse of honored guests, and that amount of malice and aforethought rises to the level of an instaban.. Instaban: This is a no-questions-asked, no-quarter-given ban. It's an offense so blatant, so egregious, and so obvious that any regular member who has been a member for long can spot it coming a mile away. An example is a profanity bypass with the F-bomb. It's a ban where a warning is simply not an option which will be considered. Multiple Screen Names: Honored guests are allowed to have one account apiece. Multiple accounts are typically abused for puppeteering (posting as another user to bolster your own argument with a straw man ally), or for holding an account in reserve to commit a ban bypass, or for playing "good cop bad cop" style of debating and seemingly "ganging up" on other posters. This is not allowed and such accounts are forfeit. Obscenity: Posting pictures of obscene gestures, linking to obscene web sites, posting obscene or graphic descriptions of a decidedly adult nature, and violating the standards of decent behavior found in the Sean Hannity show falls under obscenity. In short, if the FCC could fine Sean Hannity for it, then you could be banned for it.

I don't know honestly, but I figured that is sahockeygrl15[/member] wanted to make a GOAT and LOL pick, one week wasn't going to be a determining factor. If it was week 15 or something like that, then it would be a different story. >

Since I was summoned.... Without identifying what the goal of the moderation policy is in relation to the board this is an academic exercise at best. Is the goal "Don't get KN indicted"; if so, then there is no need to change anything as obscene material is removed as a matter of course. If the goal is to "foster an atmosphere of civil discourse and exchange" for the purpose of "growing the user base" then there will have to be an emphasis on what constitutes civil discourse oriented towards not fostering a hostile atmosphere. This has to be determined by Administration, and really should have been done before any type of public inquiry was made, as opening this kind of decision process to public inquiry without a focused goal will inevitably result in personal grudges, agendas and generally shitty trolling dominating and derailing the discussion.

sahockeygrl15[/member] You can still join the pick game. Oh, one other thing, since it is still week one, I'm inclined to let you pick a GOAT and LOL since it is still so early in the season. If anyone has a big gripe about it, PM me.

Chicken soup and a hot tottie should do the trick. Vitamin C and zinc too.

Halo Diablo II LoD Phantom Dust

I've got weather channel on right now, they show Jose spiraling out into the North Atlantic and nowhere near the US.

Why bother with alts, we should just be able to change our user names like we originally could.

So, we don't know how badly Jojo soiled itself this week? Alright, I'll play guessing game and go with a 18% loss.

Scores and Week 2 picks are up

Week 2 Texans 7:25 PM Bengals Sunday, September 17 Bills 12:00 PM Panthers Bears 12:00 PM Buccaneers Vikings 12:00 PM Steelers Cardinals 12:00 PM Colts Patriots 12:00 PM Saints Browns 12:00 PM Ravens Eagles 12:00 PM Chiefs Titans 12:00 PM Jaguars Jets 3:05 PM Raiders Dolphins 3:05 PM Chargers Cowboys 3:25 PM Broncos 49ers 3:25 PM Seahawks Redskins 3:25 PM Rams Packers 7:30 PM Falcons Monday, September 18 Lions 7:30 PM Giants

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Cowpies in Regular season :fap: Cowpies in Playoffs :painfap:

UEMB's archives don't contain a dictionary.... On topic - Glad to see Bucket is alive.

Zeni is on the lam now....

It summons Hell Girl.....