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Posted June 07, 2018
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tinyE: You don't happen to have a copy of the original Faces of Death, do you?
Surely, there's a mirror in your inn, somewhere. <rimshot>
Posted June 07, 2018
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tinyE: You don't happen to have a copy of the original Faces of Death, do you?
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OneFiercePuppy: Surely, there's a mirror in your inn, somewhere. <rimshot>
I don't cast a reflection.
Posted June 07, 2018
All this talk about how supposedly hard it is to reprogram the software...

All that really needs to be done is the removal of one icon on the output page. That's it. Remove the minus button. Any programmer here should be able to tell you, that it should be a trivial matter to edit one output page like that. Let the narcissists who want big rep numbers click that plus button to give themselves a false sense of worth. A little bit of a swinging Johnson contest isn't as abusive as down-repping has been.

As to moderation in general, the people of the forum (as a whole) have shown they cannot govern themselves and are not responsible enough to be trusted with that button. That is proven by how that button is often used to downvote people regardless of content just for who they are. There are plenty of examples all throughout the forum where certain cliques downvote innocuous posts just because of who said it. Entire threads where every post by certain individuals are orange even the ones that just said "Hi". That is abuse of the system. Using the downvote button as a weapon is bullying and harassment. It's certain individuals or groups intentionally trying to piss off others in their vain attempts to push them away from the forum. What gives them that right to decide who "belongs" on the forum and who should or shouldn't be harassed off it?
Posted June 07, 2018
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tinyE: If there is going to be an "Ignore/Block, which I'm totally fine with, I only ask for one caveat: the person being blocked/ignored be told.

I don't want to spend and hour in here waiting for a reply from someone who never saw my post in the first place. :D
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kohlrak: That'd be your own dumb fault. Meanwhile, telling only adds fuel to the flames, and may even prompt them to make an alt just to harass you for blocking them. People are actually trying to sue Trump for blocking them on twitter, no joke.
Reminds me of a guy on a forum that used his ignore list for a signature and went around threatening to add people to it. Funny as hell. lol
Posted June 07, 2018
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Linko90: Hey guys

Thank you all for your input, welcomes and the advice. It's all been noted, that includes the simple things to the more complex feedback.
Just one little reminder: Not all of us here are guys.


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RWarehall: All that really needs to be done is the removal of one icon on the output page. That's it. Remove the minus button. Any programmer here should be able to tell you, that it should be a trivial matter to edit one output page like that. Let the narcissists who want big rep numbers click that plus button to give themselves a false sense of worth. A little bit of a swinging Johnson contest isn't as abusive as down-repping has been.
This won't prevent downvote scripts, as simple removing the button from view won't prevent scripts from sending the server the message that pressing the minus button currently sends.

A change needs to be made server-side for this to be truly effective.
Post edited June 07, 2018 by dtgreene
Posted June 07, 2018
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dtgreene: This won't prevent downvote scripts, as simple removing the button from view won't prevent scripts from sending the server the message that pressing the minus button currently sends.

A change needs to be made server-side for this to be truly effective.
Would depend on the script now wouldn't it? Many might rely on page data and if that data is removed from the output...

But, you are correct, there might be ways to bypass that, but if anyone still has the ability to downrep after a change, assuming GoG can track that, would be definitive proof of someone intentionally hacking their forums which should lead to a perma-ban.
Posted June 07, 2018
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dtgreene: Just one little reminder: Not all of us here are guys.
"Guys" is a general non gender-specific form of address. It is perfectly adequate, respectful, and non-confrontational to address any group (only men, only women, or men and women) as "guys."
Posted June 07, 2018
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USERNAME:dtgreene#Q&_^Q&Q#GROUP:4#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:290#Q&_^Q&Q#Just one little reminder: Not all of us here are guys.#Q&_^Q&Q#LINK:290#Q&_^Q&Q#
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I disagree. "Guys" is, most obviously, the plural of "guy", which is clearly a masculine term. You wouldn't call your mother a "guy" (assuming she is cisgender for sake of argument), so why would you call a group of women "guys"?
Posted June 07, 2018
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dtgreene: I disagree.
Surprising... not surprising. Clearly because when one says "For all of MANkind" there are referring to just men? Right? This is just complete and utter nonsense, that just looking to be confrontational and I hope Linko90 ignores you.
Posted June 07, 2018
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kohlrak: Now, let's see if the problem is solved.. If not, i might'e spoke too soon on a solution.

[url=http://kohlrak.sytes.net/~kohlrak/temp/redir.php?REDIR=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSchr%25C3%25B6dinger%2527s_cat]Schrödinger's cat[/url]

Looks like i spoke to soon. Let's see if we can figure out where the problem came from...

[url=http://kohlrak.sytes.net/~kohlrak/temp/redir.php?REDIR=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSchr%25C3%25B6dinger%2527s_cat]Schroedinger's cat[/url]

EDIT: DERP, my fault for using my temp directory with a ~ in it.

Schr&ouml;dinger's cat

EDIT: Alright, gog, that's just rude.
Hey, but thank you for trying and for the laugh that you just gave me. GOGs forum bugs are too powerful for web programmers :D
Posted June 07, 2018
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dtgreene: I disagree. "Guys" is, most obviously, the plural of "guy", which is clearly a masculine term. You wouldn't call your mother a "guy" (assuming she is cisgender for sake of argument), so why would you call a group of women "guys"?
Words and their usage/meaning evolve. This is no different than using 'they' when talking about someone that's non-binary. 'They' is actually a plural reference, but its meaning has evolved/changed to refer to an individual now. Same with 'guys', which has evolved through common usage to refer to a general group and is no longer just gender specific.
Posted June 07, 2018
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dtgreene: I disagree. "Guys" is, most obviously, the plural of "guy", which is clearly a masculine term. You wouldn't call your mother a "guy" (assuming she is cisgender for sake of argument), so why would you call a group of women "guys"?
I include my mother as "guys" when I address a group of people.

Also I'm deeply offended that you assumed my mother's gender. She is actually a man with a beard THIS BIG!
Posted June 07, 2018
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dtgreene: I disagree. "Guys" is, most obviously, the plural of "guy", which is clearly a masculine term. You wouldn't call your mother a "guy" (assuming she is cisgender for sake of argument), so why would you call a group of women "guys"?
Of course you are right in the literal sense, but here is the common colloquial use of the term that was employed above.
Posted June 07, 2018
Has anyone seen Linko?
Posted June 07, 2018
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tinyE: Has anyone seen Linko?
I might join him shortly. :P
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