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the_NGW posted...

NintendoGamer83 posted...

the_NGW posted...

Shut up squatch.

Here we go mods. Start enforcing the rules ...

Flaming will no longer be defined by how "bad" the flame is. If you are name calling, you will be moderated for flaming if reported

What flaming? Shut up isn't a flame or name calling (and has explicitly been stated to be a-ok in the past) and squatch is (well, was) your username. So...

"Flaming will no longer be defined by how "bad" the flame is. If you are name calling, you will be moderated for flaming if reported"

My name isn't Squatch, squish, squash or any other of the insults u and others call me.
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Eh, like it matters, mods will still delete/ignore posts as they see fit.
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Am I seriously the only one that doesn't want CE or GF in general to turn into a nanny site where almost anything that isn't praising each other is grounds for moderation?
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Will users ganging up 4 or 5 at a time against a single user still be acceptable too?
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_Goggalor_ posted...

Am I seriously the only one that doesn't want CE or GF in general to turn into a nanny site where almost anything that isn't praising each other is grounds for moderation?

At least treating others with a little respect should be expected.
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NintendoGamer83 posted...

_Goggalor_ posted...

Am I seriously the only one that doesn't want CE or GF in general to turn into a nanny site where almost anything that isn't praising each other is grounds for moderation?

At least treating others with a little respect should be expected.

Why? Shouldn't respect be earned? It is in the real world.
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NintendoGamer83 posted...

the_NGW posted...

NintendoGamer83 posted...

the_NGW posted...

Shut up squatch.

Here we go mods. Start enforcing the rules ...

Flaming will no longer be defined by how "bad" the flame is. If you are name calling, you will be moderated for flaming if reported

What flaming? Shut up isn't a flame or name calling (and has explicitly been stated to be a-ok in the past) and squatch is (well, was) your username. So...

"Flaming will no longer be defined by how "bad" the flame is. If you are name calling, you will be moderated for flaming if reported"

My name isn't Squatch, squish, squash or any other of the insults u and others call me.

Calling someone by their username, old or not, isn't namecalling or flaming.

But you calling others pony or troll is.
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Seems like SBAllen kicked the hornet's nest.

GOOD.

There is a guy with a overly big ego on the Suikoden 2 board that will probably get a moderated ass whooping soon, he started shit constantly on that board with no punishments in the past.
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Starfleet regulation One-Seven point Four says we have the right to face our accuser.

I wanna know who marked my post
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So when must I assimilate into the hive mind? Wouldn't want to offend anyone for having differing opinions.
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_Goggalor_ posted...

Shouldn't respect be earned? It is in the real world.

I don't tend to troll or treat people like **** until they earn my respect in the real world...
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Went to bed and woke up and remembered I live in a world where some dude had over 10,000 accounts just to troll the Switch board. Biggest news in this topic honestly

Holy crap
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the_NGW posted...

NintendoGamer83 posted...

the_NGW posted...

NintendoGamer83 posted...

the_NGW posted...

Shut up squatch.

Here we go mods. Start enforcing the rules ...

Flaming will no longer be defined by how "bad" the flame is. If you are name calling, you will be moderated for flaming if reported

What flaming? Shut up isn't a flame or name calling (and has explicitly been stated to be a-ok in the past) and squatch is (well, was) your username. So...

"Flaming will no longer be defined by how "bad" the flame is. If you are name calling, you will be moderated for flaming if reported"

My name isn't Squatch, squish, squash or any other of the insults u and others call me.

Calling someone by their username, old or not, isn't namecalling or flaming.

But you calling others pony or troll is.

Meanwhile drone is acceptable is it?
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Ushiromiya posted...

_Goggalor_ posted...

Shouldn't respect be earned? It is in the real world.

I don't tend to troll or treat people like **** until they earn my respect in the real world...

I don't either, but I call them stupid or annoying if they are being so.
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Ushiromiya posted...

_Goggalor_ posted...

Shouldn't respect be earned? It is in the real world.

I don't tend to troll or treat people like **** until they earn my respect in the real world...

This.
I'm polite until someone shows they don't deserve it
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I've known a few users that could never seem to be moderated no matter how many times you marked their posts.

I'm glad they're no longer going to have that protection.
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Kaliesto posted...

I'm glad they're no longer going to have that protection.

Apparently.

Let's see if it happens first.
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Vyrulisse posted...

Went to bed and woke up and remembered I live in a world where some dude had over 10,000 accounts just to troll the Switch board. Biggest news in this topic honestly

Holy crap

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We will be aiming to be more lenient about what constitutes as Off-Topic on a gaming board

The biggest problem with the boards just got worse.

Seriously why the hell are SNES Classic threads allowed on the Nintendo Switch board?
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So if someone makes a topic bashing something, you feel you have no right as an adult human being to tell that person how you feel about their opinion? I get that plenty here take flaming/trolling too far, but come on. Don't make it so no one has a spine and everyone's skin is paper.
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Gargomon251 posted...

We will be aiming to be more lenient about what constitutes as Off-Topic on a gaming board

The biggest problem with the boards just got worse.

Seriously why the hell are SNES Classic threads allowed on the Nintendo Switch board?

Not to mention N64 and Gamecube Classic which don't exist.
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SBAllen posted...

come back and reform, no.

What about the people who were wrongly banned? Can't exactly "reform" nothing...
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_Goggalor_ posted...

So if someone makes a topic bashing something, you feel you have no right as an adult human being to tell that person how you feel about their opinion? I get that plenty here take flaming/trolling too far, but come on. Don't make it so no one has a spine and everyone's skin is paper.

There's a difference between saying I don't like something, giving an opinion and insulting someone.
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By the way, before this thread gets archived:

SBAllen posted...

someone who has made over 10,000 accounts

And people wonder why I need to ignore over 300 users...
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NintendoGamer83 posted...

_Goggalor_ posted...

So if someone makes a topic bashing something, you feel you have no right as an adult human being to tell that person how you feel about their opinion? I get that plenty here take flaming/trolling too far, but come on. Don't make it so no one has a spine and everyone's skin is paper.

There's a difference between saying I don't like something, giving an opinion and insulting someone.

Why should you be polite over something that wasn't in the first place?
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_Goggalor_ posted...

Why should you be polite over something that wasn't in the first place?

U shouldn't.
But what about the non trolls?
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Worst rules ever LOL
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Might want to sticky this post for a few days or something, I've seen many people go "huh what happened?" when someone hints at the changes
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knucklez posted...

lol I got moderated for calling you all lamers

Lmao!!! No way
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If this makes it so that people stop using annoying words like cuck, dudebro, weeb/weeaboo and koreaboo I'm all for it.
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Yomi posted...

If this makes it so that people stop using annoying words like cuck, dudebro, weeb/weeaboo and koreaboo I'm all for it.

Oh god yes
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Hi I have a question about the off-topic kinda thing. I am in a clan on gamefaqs and we mostly talk about our days (We still talk about the game in mention) but we do go a bit off-topic now and then, is that allowed? Furthermore great rule changes so far IMO ^^
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_Goggalor_ posted...

So if someone makes a topic bashing something, you feel you have no right as an adult human being to tell that person how you feel about their opinion? I get that plenty here take flaming/trolling too far, but come on. Don't make it so no one has a spine and everyone's skin is paper.

No.
Heck I got WARNED for using POLITICALLY CORRECT GENDER NEUTRAL pronouns! (Such as xhir or xhe).

If somebody here made a topic about curb stomping babies you would probably get suspended for saying anything harsher than thats a pickle, you sinckerydoodle!

Somebody please acknowledge me
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DocileOrangeCup posted...

Somebody please acknowledge me

no
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anth0ny posted...

DocileOrangeCup posted...

Somebody please acknowledge me

no

D:
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JustMyOpinion posted...

NWD is such a dumb idea. You can't tell if the mods are being lazy or not and you can't tell if minor things that are on the line are over the line or not because you'll have no visibility to see if things get modded or not. Fantastic job at making things much less transparent.

Maybe they could add something to the post "This post was flagged by a mod, but not deleted" or something?
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JustMyOpinion posted...

stone posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

NWD is such a dumb idea. You can't tell if the mods are being lazy or not and you can't tell if minor things that are on the line are over the line or not because you'll have no visibility to see if things get modded or not. Fantastic job at making things much less transparent.

Maybe they could add something to the post "This post was flagged by a mod, but not deleted" or something?

That would be an improvement.

That's what a NWD is though...
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[This message received an NWD blahblahblah]
thelovefist posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

stone posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

NWD is such a dumb idea. You can't tell if the mods are being lazy or not and you can't tell if minor things that are on the line are over the line or not because you'll have no visibility to see if things get modded or not. Fantastic job at making things much less transparent.

Maybe they could add something to the post "This post was flagged by a mod, but not deleted" or something?

That would be an improvement.

That's what a NWD is though...

I meant, something to the post for everyone else to see. Not just a notification that the poster sees.

EDIT: Like I just added on top of my message.
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Troll its name calling, which I completely accept. Does this also mean that calling someone a fanboy fits in to this new definition as well? I would love to stop seeing a back and forth of fanboy and troll.

I just hope it isn't now changed to just fanboy fanboy fanboy
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TaiIs82 posted...

I really don't know what to make of this. I would have to see it in action because typically stuff has just been enforced so inconsistently. I've refrained from namecalling as 1) it's unnecessary (can win arguments without it) and 2) I assumed it was already banned - or at least, people would complain and mark all the time like it was anyway. And that's really why I suspect this announcement has been made.

Seems like a lot more work for the mods.

In a way, I can see it being easier for them. If the queue's already full of complaints about namecalling, it's easier for them to just take down everything rather than question and spend time thinking about whether it's serious enough to take down.

Maybe this was in an early announcement because it was one of the fastest things they could agree on. I'd feel sorry for them if this came first by order of importance...if namecalling is seen as one of the biggest issues on the site, it would suggest there's better things they could be doing with their time. When they say "we can't get to the serious stuff that's been up for hours, if not days, because we're just so busy" and the priority rule change is placed on namecalling, are they truly swamped?

Especially with the political climate lately, it's probably never been easier to feign genuine beliefs that are reprehensible while trying to play coy about what they're really supporting, baiting people to call them "racist" or something even more extreme, then just marking all that and laughing as those people get in trouble. And when you build up a history in a community of that, it's all the easier, because you can go extreme for a bit, establish a history, a reputation, and then need only lightly poke at that and hint to it from then on. Mods won't pick up on what they're doing but the troll's intended audience certainly will.

I'm surprised you're saying this but I think this is something we can agree on.

I guess the California-invented concept of "misgendering" is still not a violation.

Uh, what? Mods have specifically enforced that stuff.

Tl;dr. How long did it take you to prepare all that?

in your world, you are too weak to read more then 3 paragraphs lol.....
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nicklebro posted...

When are we ever going to get to the point of mods having to take responsibility for their actions? Put their name on shitty moderations so we know who to blame.

my old account, Roxborough_Park got banned because I advocated a shotgun for home defense and they suspended me saying i "censor bypassed"..next thing I know I was banned. It was Raptor_LC.....he even admitted to it. We want accountability.
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Raptor LC must be salty about the changes to the flaming rule since his message board contributions often are calling other users joke accounts, trolls or shitposters all of which are now moddable.
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Zanzenburger posted...

*Grabs popcorn*

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SBAllen posted...

gnome from nome posted...

What about new users who admit theyre previously banned? Is that still in effect?

Depends, it's a case by case basis depending on who they are and what they did to get banned. If you're a certain someone who has made over 10,000 accounts to troll the Switch board (yes, this is a real person), then yes. If you had one account banned over repeat minor offenses and decide to come back and reform, no.

Wtf? Shit like this is why IP banning needs to happen.

You guys are poo poo pee pee heads!
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