Lovely.

I've got the first 2 to go...but I wonder how big that list is?

Sounds good to me.

Every week you should put up a poll with 5 names of troublemakers and let us vote

You just made the list

How about just telling us straight up if we're already 'at risk' instead of beating around the bush?

See you at league night tonight?

You get a thread eject and a moderation notice. That should be warning enough.

Bwhahaa....maybe you can put a bug in his ear for their Fantasy Pinside Draft coming up

Hate to see it come to a place to where people are booted but I also hope what you do works. This place used to be fun and helpful. Now it's just pages and pages of pissing matches with some useful content hidden deep within. Heck, people have become so defensive that even when you try to help out they often take it as sarcasm or condescension which turns into another pissing match.

I'm not particularly concerned about myself, because I follow moderator direction, and rarely *intentionally* break the rules, but somehow in the era of helicopter parents and trigger warnings, having a strong opinion is seen as trolling or being divisive when it's aggressively backed up, even without any kind of personal attacks. I'll freely admit that posts like this one bother me specifically because I have been targeted in previous forums I've used because of that. I don't really like pissing on the entire forum to warn a few people, either...it's kind of like big corporation management, where your entire workgroup gets told daily not to do something because one person on a team of 15 can't seem to get it through their heads lol.

Pretty sure I've only ever been ejected from two threads.

When I bring up Pinside IRL, "I can't stand it anymore" outweighs "I love Pinside" at least 5. Even the latter is usually followed by a "but..."

Would love to see that ratio flipped!

And who exactly is the arbiter of deciding who should be banished? What happens if falsely accused? Will there first be an opportunity to defend oneself? What are the specific rules that would cause one to be banished? Does this remove one's ability to offer sarcasm and/or satire? What about the basement - all sunshine and roses there too?

Personally, my preference is self-policing where miscreants are shamed by the community. Typically they either comply, go somewhere else, or give up after a short period of verbal sparring. Don't really see anything wrong with that.

How about a new icon for these new types of safe zone forums - maybe a snowflake? (bet I just made the list)

The mods/owners of the sites are, and they don't need to explain it to you because this isn't a courtroom, it's someone's website.

Jeez I think this has a ton to do with the magic girl thread which I didn't even see till now.

If something isn't done by those in charge, you end up with the "bullies ruling the playground" - which is basically where Pinside is at currently. I applaud Pinside for making the tough choice to try and make it better. I'm sure they know they are automatically in for some level of rebellion to any rules/actions taken.

Hopefully it cuts down the noise level in the threads. That would be a big benefit.

This forum is all kinds of fun with great contributors and very helpful information. Once you've been in certain groups long enough, you seem to know the regulars pretty well and can even consider them friends. Part of the fun is giving each other a hard time and goading one another. Outsiders may perceive as hate, but insiders know that its all in clean fun and enjoy the sparring.

Just concerned that this element will be removed from the forums without any consideration of what is really going on.

Great news!!!

Completely agree...but I think that means you overlooking the fact all the mods know whom the jokey people are and who the real asses are. Of course we shall see.

Guess I may not be frequenting the same threads you are, as I would consider everything I read 95%+ positive on Pinside.

The problem with this is that then the herd that's creating the herd mentality is free to attack people as they see fit, without any kind of reprisal. Not that this isn't *already* happening here. Pick the popular stance and you're insulated from many things. Remember how for a while it was a moderator warning to say "j-poop" or "j-plop" ect.... now that everyone knows the guy is a fraud, I don't see any of that stuff getting moderated anymore..

Even I ( ) get sick of the thick layers of shit sometimes. True, I could block people and drain threads but I think I've only blocked one person ever, and then unblocked them later.

Just to be clear, I definitely draw the line at personally attacking someone. If you wouldn't say it to their face, then don't type it in a forum. However, I have no problem respectfully challenging opinions, offering my own reasonable opinions that others may not like, and as stated before goading regulars in a friendly way. Just concerned that this legitimate behavior will be artificially restricted and make the site less entertaining/attractive for many of us who love to hang out here.

Even so, all of this is speculation at this point. Main thing is to understand the rules by which all will be governed by.

I will have to go check that out.

I'm for it. Recent broken records of 4+ pages of off-topic arguing kinda makes this a welcome thing.

Who's going to be the first person booted for complaining about new rules for being booted?
I'll miss the pointless arguements and name calling, but I have an odd sense of humor.

I thought that was covered in the herd mentality thing, but yes, that's part of what I was saying.

Start around here...looks like the spe.....er...the K-man got brought up and then all hell broke loose.

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Maybe we just need something (akin to the flame icon) that designates if a thread is currently off topic?

We already do

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I'm Spartacus Mofo.......

Are yall talkin about me?

Glad to see this. I appreciate your efforts.

I'm all for it... I've been scratching my head as to why somebody like K gets banned for life and some people on here do the same behavior over and over.

Have you sent lawyer keith after Robin yet?

Nice thumbs down on the opening post by an alternate account. Are those going to be subject to removal too? It's not that difficult to see the difference between a troll's alternate account and a legit new member since the alt. is always mass-posting in the hot topics or bringing up old issues that no new member would know about. I could throw out a crazy guess of who it is too.

Nope. Robin is cool.

I don't understand the photo?

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You spelled arguments wrong. Jack-Ase. I agree 100% with you about missing the pointless arguements and "playful" name calling. Heck I even miss Kendola sometimes, but he really was just a trouble maker. Anyway are we really going to need snowflake Icons and safe spaces?? I know I haven't been on pinside for a few months but has it really gotten that bad? I love all the information that is on here but would be bored as hell without the more then exciting threads.

Can we banish Rick? Can't says he does much for the community besides ask for money and threaten people.

THANK YOU to all our moderators.

Any time I'm at a service call, I try to make small talk and ask if the owner of the game ever frequented Pinside.

99.99999% of the time the person will say they've visited, but "All I saw was people bitching" or "All I saw was people bitching about Stern".

I can count the number of times I've gotten a positive reaction on one hand.

I try to encourage them to give Pinside another try.

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