Please vote, because certainly if it turns out that I'm actually an evil fascist for having a banned a guy who was an admitted sockpuppet and who's name was made exclusively to act as a permanent insult to another poster (note: that other poster being me!), and who was clearly created and present on the site for no other reason than to act as a constant attack on another poster (note: again me!), if it turns out that banning him means that I'm "No better than RPG.net" and an "evil fascist abusing my moderator powers" it will no doubt affect the future of this site.

RPGPundit

Nah, just touchy.

To this day i find it amusing that we have a vocal minority of posters who are constantly harping on about either you or this site, and yet manage to rack-up hundreds of posts in so doing. I can imagine the conversation:

Dude who posts to the RPGsite to his other freinds: Mate, i just go there to stir up shit - it's so crap!

Other friends: Yeah, its poopy! Nothing like 'blankitty blank site' That bloke's a nutter! Everyone who posts there is a nutter.

Dude who posts to the RPGsite to his other friends: Not me! I only go there to rattle the cages of the poo-flinging monkeys!

Other friends: Right on! Careful though, you don't want to get banned. Then your fun will disappear.

The Dude: No, i won't get banned, i can say what i want and they won't ban me.

Other friends: Seriously? That's not like 'blankitty blank site' So you can freely call the owner and any of the other nutters that they suck donkey balls?

The Dude: That's all i ever do and i'm still there.

Other friends: Ah, but that other dude got banned the other day.

The Dude: Yeah, but the pundit's a cock-munch.

Other friends: Um, dude, you can't say that here - take a week off.

Could I have an option for evil jerk in a non-rpg.net style?

Note: I did vote no, the question is basically solid as is.

No, as far as I can tell, you aren't.

From the information available to me, I think you could have done a slightly better job in the case of this "RPGdouchetard" character. A point raised in another thread was that it's possible he (or she) didn't have access to their old email account and so couldn't use the "forgot my password" facility.

So what I'd have recommended would have been to pose the question you did about other accounts both in the thread and via PM--also via email if available from the account. And then let it be; if another post appeared from the "sockpuppet" before you'd gotten a satisfactory answer, then you could have banned them without any controversy.

I don't think there is anything wrong with banning the socko.

I didn't read the Tor thread... anyone have a brief synopsis?

Edit: Meh.  Who cares.  I voted no.

Dosn't "become" imply you weren't one to start with?


Nah, I'm kiddin', yer alright until someone mentions the Church or Republicans.

Quote from: Werekoala;227809Dosn't "become" imply you weren't one to start with?


Nah, I'm kiddin', yer alright until someone mentions the Church or Republicans.

or more importantly, the Forgies. Then it's: "Die, Swine, Die. I kill you until you're dead." {picture a monkey smashing a coconut}

Then there is the ego the size of the Hindenburg, over inflated by his over estimate of his influence on the web.

But a fascist? No, he is not.

Shit Pundit! I don't even know the details of this saga you where referring to, but how can one incident turn the Mod into a fascist overnight? And that's even before we begin making comparisons about what happens here and in other forums out there.

I voted "no".

I've totally bought and absorbed the internet fuckwad theory for posting here - I don't censor a damn thing, and I've yet to be warned.

I'm still waiting for the facist jack-booted thugs to get me.

More details are needed for me to decide...

Anyway this is result of sad state of 4chan and other shit sites where trolls usualy posts...

Nope,

I think the way the site has been moderated continues to allow therpgsite to be the place to speak freely about rpgs.

Because this site actually isn't about the Pundit...and someone creating a sockpuppet strictly to attack the Pundit gets in the way of other people talking about rpgs.

Quote from: Elliot Wilen;227776From the information available to me, I think you could have done a slightly better job in the case of this "RPGdouchetard" character. A point raised in another thread was that it's possible he (or she) didn't have access to their old email account and so couldn't use the "forgot my password" facility.

There's a "contact us" link on the front page that does not require knowing ANY information about your account. It's there specifically for corner cases and getting in contact with the site admins.
 
It was bullshit and if he wasn't REALLYY a sockpuppet, well, he can click the link.

Okay, I found it--it's at the bottom of a pretty long and busy web page. I'm not sure I'd have seen it if I'd lost my password and was wondering how to get posting privileges back.

But the circumstances here don't really leave much doubt as to what Mr. (or is that Ms.?) Douchetard was about. For that matter I see that Pundit did post his warning (though without spelling out the consequences) over twelve hours before the sockpuppet's last post.

I voted "no." I'm not particularly familiar with the level of moderation on RPG.net, but I'm given to understand it's drastically worse than it is here [where "worse" is strictly in my own personal valuation, of course!]. That's not to say the moderation here could not be better, but I do not believe it's descended to the levels of RPG.net as they have been related to me.

There's a continuum, from anarchy to fascism, which moderation on every site lies upon. I would prefer to see this site's moderation lie closer to anarchy; others might prefer it remain as-is, or be more controlling. This honest difference of opinion is worth discussion, certainly, but it's immaterial: the fact is, RPGPundit's own personality determines the level of moderation on the site, and he has a blind spot where certain issues are concerned.