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As @frank said.

We just get a message that the post has been flagged. That's it.



To make this world a better place, ser.

No idea. Strange days are upon us.

Et tu, Tiff. :cry:

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Sounds good. Then I could drop this pretence of democracy. — jamalrob

Hanover 73 and closing in fast. Is that my footsteps you hear? — Hanover

The current implementation makes it relatively useless and somewhat confusing in my view. I vote to turn it off.

It is a bit confusing the way it's implemented. But @jamalrob's the one to talk to re leaving it or reverting.

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What courage does it take to speak up for someone banned? Answer - none. — T Clark

Correct. We put the thread here partly for that purpose and also just for transparency. Not as a honey trap.

And do you not take account of defending oneself against the invective of others? — Protagoras

Yes, but when, for example, your first post in a thread involves calling someone childish names, you don't get to use the 'defending yourself' excuse.

We tend to make a distinction between behavior that's uncharacteristic and/or borne of frustration and what appears to be a modus operandi.

Jokes aside, it's a modded forum. That won't change. But you can report posters that you feel are out of line too. That's the best we can do for you.

:lol:

Keep up your good work. — Protagoras

Thanks. Will do.

E.g. This kind of thing belongs in kindergarten not a philosophy forum.

That's what you just did baby troll!

BTW, ever thought about changing your icon-emoji thingie!

Otherwise, stay out of this grown-up talk!!!

LOL — 3017amen

If you want to ad hom, try a simple "fuck off" and then be done with it. I can respect that at least.

Banned @3017amen for disruption, trolling, and ignoring warnings.

Already regretting my promise not to talk smack about our dear departed members.

E.g.

"In light of globalisation, race mixing between Caucasian and non-Causcasian groups is increasingly encouraged. The mixing of historically distant racial groups is considered beautiful, especially when viewed through a postmodernist lens where it is thought of as a necessary genetic ‘purification’ to rid the underclass of their genetic inadequacies inside those complex societies. But, science tells us that the offspring of this racial mixing process are likely to have different set of strengths and weaknesses relative to their native ancestors, with a high degree of creative intelligence not being one of them."

...

"Academia is an example of where such changes are occurring because it is realised that this new population will not be able to participate in it at the rate of their forefathers because they will not possess the historic level of intelligence required to 'achieve' in the historic sense."

:vomit:

The whole thing.



There was a racial element to it and not going to give oxygen to banned racists.

Banned @JohnLocke for racism, pertaining primarily to an OP he wrote on "the problem of racial mixing" in society.

Vodka, probably.

I meant by humans, bruv.

I've suggested end of July and New Year for this in the mod forum. As long as there are no objections, expect an official thread in the lounge soon.

To quote Rick Perry: Oops!. :lol:

Banned @Nelson E Garcia for PMed advertisements of his website. If anyone receives any kind of spammy PMs, always report them, please. Offenders will be instabanned.

@Todd Martin :chin:

but Baden is his manservant and will be happy to assist you with whatever you need. — Hanover

Correction. Personservant.

I'm open to other suggestions as long as they're workable. I'm conscious though that most posters probably won't want to do much more than read and choose a favorite. If we make the voting process too cumbersome, we'll get less participation.

Because it has to be anonymous. There's no point knowing who wrote what or it could turn into a popularity contest.

Just thought there might be some introductory guide-lines — Amity

Ah, ok, well there will be when the time comes.

So, we just vote on what pleases us, no other standards ?
Or is it like a questionnaire, rating 0 -10 on various aspects ?
9m — Amity

You'll just vote for your favorite. The winner is whichever one gets the most votes

There is a standard structure to short stories but this is a lounge thing and all in fun. I don't want to be too prescriptive about it. Besides, there are much better resources than me readily available on this subject.

Sounds good. I won't put an exact date on it yet. But as long as it's all good with the rest of the mod team, I'll get the ball rolling soon.

How about providing a quick and basic 'How to...' or an example, as a way to encourage those not already identified as 'good writers' ? — Amity

Write whatever comes into your head and keep changing it until it doesn't look like shit.

How many pages is a short story? I — Hanover

In your case, let's make it zero.

:up: Try not to give anything away though. The entries really have to be untraceable to other posters for the voting to work fairly. Hence, I censored your post, Tim. If anyone's not sure if their idea is acceptable, PM me.

Twice a year is cool by me. Don't see why the winner can't be allowed win again too. I mean, I'm ready to kick your ass this time bro'. Don't be afraid you going to be dominating this shit. :naughty:

I shan't participate and accordingly abstain from voting. — tim wood

Funny, I put the "what" there for people who really don't give a shit but who can't abstain from anything, especially a clicky poll button. You passed the test. :100:

But the truth is that I was so charmed by Baden's "if we all agree" that I felt an irresistible impulse to reply. — tim wood

Why thank you kind, sir. I meant collective rather than unanimous agreement though.

Didn't have time to say much more about this yesterday, but we had this on the old PF annually around Christmas and it was good fun. Anyone could enter, entries were anonymous, and anyone could vote on winners or comment on stories. If we all agree on going ahead, I'd probably set it up similarly to that. Anyhow, my vote is a yes.