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Author Topic: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again  (Read 118839 times)

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #690 on: April 28, 2021, 10:18:12 AM »
So back to the subject matter.

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/agamemnon2-receives-a-%F0%9F%9A%AB-fourteen-day-ban.880633/

This one is kind of fascinating to me. While Agamemnon2 has a long history of infractions (for the usual nebulous 'threadcrapping' or 'negative posting' reasons), they don't even try to address the point he made (in this case, about how getting your murder on against helpless targets destroys your moral standing).

Now I'll grant validity to the angle someone made about how the difference between terrorism and government action can be somewhat unclear... I believe the Russian saying goes 'the thief who steals three kopecks is hanged, the thief who steals three hundred kopecks is praised'. But I don't see how Agamemnon2's response, 'Oh, that's how it's going to be, then? Pardon me for not offering my head onto that particular rhetorical chopping block today. I have enough enemies here without willfully inviting even more, thank you very much.' -- is worthy of a fourteen day time out. Especially as it seems to have taken three days to ban him (the post was made on Sunday).

I have a suspicion that the mod staff deliberately tosses these softball bullshit infractions if they take a dislike to someone. Building up a 'record' on them, and then using it to justify harsher and harsher measures to try and drive the poster off the site. Granted, I could be overthinking this as well and Q99 is just a moron, but hell... not my monkeys, not my circus.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #691 on: April 28, 2021, 10:59:57 AM »
If one has basically taken on the roll of “inquisitor” then one finds “sin” where one can. Utopia has not been achieved (it never will) so someone is still doing things wrong and preventing us from reaching utopia. It could be a simple as that, or maybe the mod doesn’t want to fall behind the other mods.

I think it’s been more than 2 weeks now since CrazyIvan locked down the anime moderation thread for backstage discussions. The plan is probably to have it just drop off the front page so it can be ignored easily.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #692 on: April 28, 2021, 12:15:23 PM »
If one has basically taken on the roll of “inquisitor” then one finds “sin” where one can. Utopia has not been achieved (it never will) so someone is still doing things wrong and preventing us from reaching utopia. It could be a simple as that, or maybe the mod doesn’t want to fall behind the other mods.

I think it’s been more than 2 weeks now since CrazyIvan locked down the anime moderation thread for backstage discussions. The plan is probably to have it just drop off the front page so it can be ignored easily.
Yup. I mean, maybe they're hashing out clarified rules behind the scenes.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #693 on: April 28, 2021, 12:52:21 PM »
If one has basically taken on the roll of “inquisitor” then one finds “sin” where one can.

Though it should be granted that even the most dedicated mod is probably responding more to reports than seeking out potential infractions himself or herself. No thought police regime can really function well for long without active support from at least some of its community.

 I think I have said before that what would really be illuminating would be to analyze the report database: who makes the most reports? What's the proportion of ignored vs. addressed complaints? Is there a consistent small group of "tattlers"? Do some complainers get consistently taken more seriously than others? What's the correlation between issue, complainer, mod, and current events? And so on.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #694 on: April 28, 2021, 10:28:40 PM »
If one has basically taken on the roll of “inquisitor” then one finds “sin” where one can.

Though it should be granted that even the most dedicated mod is probably responding more to reports than seeking out potential infractions himself or herself. No thought police regime can really function well for long without active support from at least some of its community.

 I think I have said before that what would really be illuminating would be to analyze the report database: who makes the most reports? What's the proportion of ignored vs. addressed complaints? Is there a consistent small group of "tattlers"? Do some complainers get consistently taken more seriously than others? What's the correlation between issue, complainer, mod, and current events? And so on.

That would take work, and if these idiots wanted to work they'd have actual jobs, not pretend jobs modding an RPG board...

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #695 on: April 29, 2021, 12:45:36 AM »
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I think I have said before that what would really be illuminating would be to analyze the report database: who makes the most reports? What's the proportion of ignored vs. addressed complaints? Is there a consistent small group of "tattlers"? Do some complainers get consistently taken more seriously than others? What's the correlation between issue, complainer, mod, and current events? And so on.

That would take work, and if these idiots wanted to work they'd have actual jobs, not pretend jobs modding an RPG board...

Well, that and they have no interest in the answers. When you don't see the status quo as a problem there's no point in examining its causes and structure. Hence my wistful rumination on what I'm probably never going to find out.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #696 on: April 29, 2021, 09:24:23 AM »
Now, let's be fair, they constantly say they're unpaid volunteers and in their defense, there's no way I'd pay them for the job they're doing.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #697 on: April 29, 2021, 10:44:16 AM »
Now, let's be fair, they constantly say they're unpaid volunteers and in their defense, there's no way I'd pay them for the job they're doing.

True.  However, this is also one of those cases where the cost was "free" and everyone still overpaid.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #698 on: April 29, 2021, 01:54:51 PM »
This one is kind of interesting.

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/underscore-receives-a-%F0%9F%92%80-permanent-ban.880664/

The reason I find it interesting is that Underscore hasn't posted anything in six years. His/her last post was pointing out that Tangency was cancer and being told 'lol no we want our social reform threads' by Darren McLennan*.

So I admit I'm awfully curious as to what Underscore might've done, or might be accused of doing six years later.

On a side note, I'm amused that a mod thinks 'social reform' is a critical component of a fucking RPG forum.

* I assume Cannibal Smiliest is McLennan, based on comments and remarks I linked together between here and there. If I'm wrong I'll edit the post accordingly.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #699 on: April 29, 2021, 03:18:52 PM »
This one is kind of interesting.

https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/underscore-receives-a-%F0%9F%92%80-permanent-ban.880664/

The reason I find it interesting is that Underscore hasn't posted anything in six years. His/her last post was pointing out that Tangency was cancer and being told 'lol no we want our social reform threads' by Darren McLennan*.

So I admit I'm awfully curious as to what Underscore might've done, or might be accused of doing six years later.

On a side note, I'm amused that a mod thinks 'social reform' is a critical component of a fucking RPG forum.

* I assume Cannibal Smiliest is McLennan, based on comments and remarks I linked together between here and there. If I'm wrong I'll edit the post accordingly.

For a bunch of overworked, unpaid volunteers, they seem to have the time to check up on what posters are doing on other sites.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #700 on: April 29, 2021, 04:04:03 PM »
For a bunch of overworked, unpaid volunteers, they seem to have the time to check up on what posters are doing on other sites.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #701 on: April 29, 2021, 04:10:06 PM »
Don’t forget I am sure a bunch of people lurk here to make sure and then snitch like a rat 🐀 to the mods.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #702 on: April 29, 2021, 04:13:00 PM »
Don’t forget I am sure a bunch of people lurk here to make sure and then snitch like a rat 🐀 to the mods.
Probably. Dopamine hits from outrage won't generate themselves.

They set the precedent when they banned Sankarah, after all. Even though he agreed with them politically.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #703 on: April 29, 2021, 09:01:15 PM »
* I assume Cannibal Smiliest is McLennan, based on comments and remarks I linked together between here and there. If I'm wrong I'll edit the post accordingly.

I think so, it's his Darren's modatar and arrogance at any rate.

The thing is that rpg.net is basically ashamed of rpgs they want us all to play gender diverse snugglefuzzies empower each other with kind words the roleplaying game.  They're pretty much the same as the satanic panic people of the eighties at this point.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #704 on: April 29, 2021, 09:02:51 PM »
* I assume Cannibal Smiliest is McLennan, based on comments and remarks I linked together between here and there. If I'm wrong I'll edit the post accordingly.

I think so, it's his Darren's modatar and arrogance at any rate.

The thing is that rpg.net is basically ashamed of rpgs they want us all to play gender diverse snugglefuzzies empower each other with kind words the roleplaying game.  They're pretty much the same as the satanic panic people of the eighties at this point.

At this point? Plot twist, they always were.
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