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Posted February 24, 2017
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adaliabooks: Thanks fables, I for one really appreciate any effort to clean up the forums a bit.

It's just nice to see things finally moving and being updated when it comes to the forum too, and I'm fairly sure we have you to thank for that too.

Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I'm pretty sure that a lot of people won't agree with you on this but I'm genuinely acting in good faith and while I do realise some people might think forum moderation is unfair, I do honestly think it's needed. And, unfortunately to some, I'm actually in the position to enforce them. I will by no means abuse this, I hope that's clear.
Posted February 24, 2017
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fables22: I do, to some extent, believe that a good portion of the negativity stems from the fact that there's also quite a lot of toxicity, especially in certain threads - that's one thing I hope this can fix or at least improve as well. But I guess we'll see - it'll all come down to whether the users on here will be willing to be co-operative.
That's an interesting point. I know I've seen some people get at each other in completely normal threads because of views expressed in controversial ones. Getting rid of that certainly can't hurt.

Here's a question: Would posting the same thing in a lot of threads be considered spam? For example, it gets tiring seeing the same people in every applicable release thread post about how they won't buy the game because of regional pricing.
Posted February 24, 2017
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fables22: Thanks. I'm pretty sure that a lot of people won't agree with you on this but I'm genuinely acting in good faith and while I do realise some people might think forum moderation is unfair, I do honestly think it's needed. And, unfortunately to some, I'm actually in the position to enforce them. I will by no means abuse this, I hope that's clear.
Well, I think we're probably better off without anyone who leaves the forum because rules and moderation are being enforced.
No matter what some people might like to believe, Anarchy is not actually a form of government; we all need some kind of rules to follow and enforcement of those rules.
I've seen nothing to believe you will be anything but fair.
Posted February 24, 2017
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fables22: I do, to some extent, believe that a good portion of the negativity stems from the fact that there's also quite a lot of toxicity, especially in certain threads - that's one thing I hope this can fix or at least improve as well. But I guess we'll see - it'll all come down to whether the users on here will be willing to be co-operative.
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Marioface5: That's an interesting point. I know I've seen some people get at each other in completely normal threads because of views expressed in controversial ones. Getting rid of that certainly can't hurt.

Here's a question: Would posting the same thing in a lot of threads be considered spam? For example, it gets tiring seeing the same people in every applicable release thread post about how they won't buy the game because of regional pricing.
Well, that would depend on how much they "spam", so to speak. I don't quite think that this is all that harmful, although it is certainly annoying. If it's every thread, all the time, always, then it would deserve a friendly nudge to stop, I would think.
Posted February 24, 2017
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Johnathanamz: Will you guys work more harder to ban the 1-800 LOVE spammers? As well as the scammers?
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fables22: Yes, that hoes without saying.
Love that typo. And lovely exchange to take out of context ;)
Posted February 24, 2017
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fables22: Yes, that hoes without saying.
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JMich: Love that typo. And lovely exchange to take out of context ;)
oooooops :D
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fables22: Thanks. I'm pretty sure that a lot of people won't agree with you on this but I'm genuinely acting in good faith and while I do realise some people might think forum moderation is unfair, I do honestly think it's needed. And, unfortunately to some, I'm actually in the position to enforce them. I will by no means abuse this, I hope that's clear.
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adaliabooks: Well, I think we're probably better off without anyone who leaves the forum because rules and moderation are being enforced.
No matter what some people might like to believe, Anarchy is not actually a form of government; we all need some kind of rules to follow and enforcement of those rules.
I've seen nothing to believe you will be anything but fair.
Thanks! I'm amazed that so far the feedback has been broadly positive, at least in terms of what's said publicly. I appreciate that some of you actually express your appreciation of having some moderation on here, unlike the other camp :)
Post edited February 24, 2017 by fables22
Posted February 24, 2017
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fables22: Thanks! I'm amazed that so far the feedback has been broadly positive, at least in terms of what's said publicly. I appreciate that some of you actually express your appreciation of having some moderation on here, unlike the other camp :)
Most of us are actually reasonable people, there is a reason forums have moderators. The state of these forums for the last 6 - 12 months is one of them.
Posted February 24, 2017
It is my belief that many a forum troll suffers from some physiological problem(s) and not only the more obvious psychological. It might be as simple as having an unbalanced diet and not getting enough of some vitamins and/or trace minerals. If you are reading this and think you are meaner to the world than most people, you might look into causes of anemia. At least lack of some vitamin B I know can have this effect, whether it is because you take in too little of it or because your body does not readily absorb it from the food.

Sorry if this was only slightly on topic :-S
Posted February 24, 2017
Fables, just go ahead and enforce the rules. 99,99% of your customers will appreciate this.
Posted February 24, 2017
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adaliabooks: Most of us are actually reasonable people, there is a reason forums have moderators. The state of these forums for the last 6 - 12 months is one of them.
^This. People went as far as to create parallel forums in order to evade the anarchy. There is a fine line between freedom of speech and anarchy and here in the past months that line was crossed quite a few times.
Posted February 24, 2017
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adaliabooks: Most of us are actually reasonable people, there is a reason forums have moderators. The state of these forums for the last 6 - 12 months is one of them.
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blotunga: ^This. People went as far as to create parallel forums in order to evade the anarchy. There is a fine line between freedom of speech and anarchy and here in the past months that line was crossed quite a few times.
Agreed a 100%. Thanks guys.
Posted February 24, 2017
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I'm very glad to see some civility being restored here. It's unfortunate that it has to be enforced, but that's the way it is. We tried it the wild west way, and there was no glory in it. The only people who could possibly defend the way things were around here for some time now are trolls, scammers and people who simply enjoyed an enviroment where they can be despicable, insulting and hateful towards others free of consequence.

I expect a lot of "help! Help! I'm being repressed!" cries in the near future, but The Interent is big. You can find yourself a soap box for spouting racist bullshit, conspiracy nonsense, russian propaganda and just general insults somewhere else.
Post edited February 24, 2017 by Breja
Posted February 24, 2017
You can never satisfy everyone.

I'm curious: Are there any plans to archive this forum and replace it with a new one built on preexisting software? I'm okay with this forum, but it is coming up on 10 years old I think.

https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=best+forum+software
Post edited February 24, 2017 by tfishell
Posted February 24, 2017
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tfishell: You can never satisfy everyone.

I'm curious: Are there any plans to archive this forum and replace it with a new one built on preexisting software? I'm okay with this forum, but it is coming up on 10 years old I think.

https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=best+forum+software
Not really sure, as of now.
Posted February 24, 2017
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The "term":
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Breja: ...russian propaganda...
is a:

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Breja: ...conspiracy nonsense...
So stop it.
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