Only started using this site this week and have noticed that in pretty much every thread you get one guy who feels the need to be sarcastic and be little the OPs point.
As a community, are we becoming too harsh on those who make mistakes?
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If someone's first post is a blatant repost, troll or poorly spelt versus thread, then they haven't taken the briefest moment from their day to try and acquire the taboos and accepted policies of the forum. Mistakes tend to be less serious, of a practical nature and concern things like double/triple posts, no-texts and a lax attitude to spelling.Knight Templar said:
The nature of the mistake is a good indicator of whether this person is here to use the forums as a toy or a place to foster community.
Such arrogance, it astounds me. If you're joking it is lost on me.Bright_Raven said:
People pointing out flaws in your spelling is a good thing, it means you are less likely to make it a habit.
Wow...so, is there like a 'special moderator squad' that go round dressed in black with helmets and shoulder pads made of skulls and stuff like that?wilsonscrazybed said:
Look, if you think we're harsh now, you ain't seen anything. A few months ago, the mods would've ripped most of the new members to shreds considering almost all of them:
1)Insult people and cultures on a regular basis
2)Can't seem to grasp the concept of good grammar and spelling
3)Don't understand basic forum Etiquette
And as a result, most members who joined in December or after said month are total idiots or assholes.
There are beacons of light out there though, I find you, the creator of this thread to be one of them, there's also Dastardos, Vid20, the list isn't a long one, but it's there.
1)Insult people and cultures on a regular basis
2)Can't seem to grasp the concept of good grammar and spelling
3)Don't understand basic forum Etiquette
And as a result, most members who joined in December or after said month are total idiots or assholes.
There are beacons of light out there though, I find you, the creator of this thread to be one of them, there's also Dastardos, Vid20, the list isn't a long one, but it's there.
If I wasn't too lazy to dig it up, I would direct you to an incident that happened several weeks ago.Knight Templar said:
Do you all remember that new member ihatefullmetalalchemist? Well, some could call it a mistake, I call it one of the worst forms of trolling.
He necroed 5 threads with brilliant contributions such as: Yes
either
No
maybe
Ah yes, the wonders never cease.
When called on it, he replied: sorry im new.
And that's what really gets me, just because he is new, basic forum etiquette doesn't apply? Apparently, for instead of a perma-ban, he got a 3 day slap on the wrist for one of the most serious crimes on the forums.
In an ideal world the forum wouldn't need moderators. I think is to some extent the ops point (please correct me if I am wrong Inverse Skies). There is simply no need to attack or be offensive to someone else merely because this is the internet. It seems to have become part of forum culture these days to behave like a jackass whenever one gets a keyboard and finds someone who disagrees with you about anything, how about we try to reverse that trend?
Is it Cthulhu? It's Cthulhu, isn't it? Darn. Oh well, evil though it is, it beats the hell of a giant mecha Meta-Mod. Unless...wilsonscrazybed said:
Dare i put Cthulhu in a Giant Mecha? Could anyone stop me? Or more to the point, would anyone want stop me?
That's sort of where I'm coming from. It's not just up to the moderators to police the community, we as a community ourselves have to be responsible for our own actions and support members, both experienced and new. If we can do that then the Escapist will be a better place for all to contribute.cuddly_tomato said:
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Let me get this straight. You got banned at ebaumsworld for going public with an argument with a moderator, now all moderators are some sort of conspiracy keeping you from being truly free on the internet? Excuse me if I don't sympathize.Bright_Raven said:
I think you have to draw a line somewhere, I very rarely join forums, but I do read them a lot and have picked up enough to get by.
But what does annoy me is people picking up on lil spelling mistakes and even typo's, Instead of contributing to the actual post they turn it into a tit-for-tat scenario and the posters point gets lost.
But what does annoy me is people picking up on lil spelling mistakes and even typo's, Instead of contributing to the actual post they turn it into a tit-for-tat scenario and the posters point gets lost.
If it isn't, it should be.scumofsociety said:
The only thing i wish the moderators here did more is that occasional delightful pre-lock post that Nil, or yourself Wilson, grants us with.
I don't see it as arrogant, because nothing could be further from the truth: They show you care, and are/can seem human. Also, they amuse me.
Then your recourse is to pack your bags and leave the site. I ran foul of moderator abuse myself in a particular forum. After appealing to some of the more senior moderators they apologised and promised the situation would be rectified, and it was for a few weeks. Then it started again. It wasn't my place to argue again so I simply left.Bright_Raven said:
Forums are privately owned and maintained places. You are on someone elses time in them, and have only the level of power as the owners allow you to have. If someone says "these are the rules" and you disagree with them, then that particular place is probably not for you.