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Author Topic: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)  (Read 306524 times)

Reckall

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #315 on: October 03, 2021, 05:14:50 PM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #316 on: October 03, 2021, 07:05:17 PM »
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.

The question is whether their reasons are good.  On many forums it is strictly a matter of mass annoyance, of someone bringing back a story or RP or whatever that is long dead and getting a bunch of people hyped for nothing.  I find this to be a big fat 'whatever', I understand the annoyance but do not account it worthy of punishment.

For the matter of context, the thread itself should provide most of that, and the dates on the posts the rest.

For the matter of participants being long-gone, that is not a real problem.  If they are gone, what interest can they be said to have in the doings of a forum they have left?  I understand the concern, in the first moment when I consider someone talking shit about me on a forum I no longer participate on, I have an urge to either stand for what I said or at least acknowledge an error so I cannot be thought to still be in error today.  But, that's silly, the sensible thing is to let it go.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #317 on: October 03, 2021, 07:52:35 PM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

You're making an irrational and silly distinction.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #318 on: October 03, 2021, 08:05:57 PM »
I'm surprised that TBP doesn't delete old threads seeing as how everything posted over a year or two is probably not woke enough.
 

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #319 on: October 03, 2021, 08:23:23 PM »
I'm surprised that TBP doesn't delete old threads seeing as how everything posted over a year or two is probably not woke enough.
But they need the old stuff to dog up bans when the current sheep are too complianr.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #320 on: October 04, 2021, 08:08:42 AM »
I'm surprised that TBP doesn't delete old threads seeing as how everything posted over a year or two is probably not woke enough.
They've picked off all the 'problematic' types anyways from those old posts. Now it'll be purity spiral cycles with a side of 'caught you posting nonwoke, now we warn/ban you!'.

I can't help but feel some sadness here. I've seen a number of interesting threads in Tabletop Open. But as soon as a mod rolls in throwing red text, it seems to knock the wind out of the sails of the posters.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #321 on: October 04, 2021, 08:47:55 AM »
I'm surprised that TBP doesn't delete old threads seeing as how everything posted over a year or two is probably not woke enough.
They've picked off all the 'problematic' types anyways from those old posts. Now it'll be purity spiral cycles with a side of 'caught you posting nonwoke, now we warn/ban you!'.

I can't help but feel some sadness here. I've seen a number of interesting threads in Tabletop Open. But as soon as a mod rolls in throwing red text, it seems to knock the wind out of the sails of the posters.
"Problematic" isn't a fixed line in the sand. It's an ever-rising tide, that will eventually engulf everything.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #322 on: October 04, 2021, 10:04:53 AM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #323 on: October 04, 2021, 10:21:31 AM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #324 on: October 04, 2021, 10:22:44 AM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.
Try to explain how that makes a difference. Should be entertaining.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #325 on: October 04, 2021, 12:08:30 PM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.
Try to explain how that makes a difference. Should be entertaining.

I can throw in for free the difference between an apple and a 2021 Audi A8 if you want. Interested?
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #326 on: October 04, 2021, 12:20:18 PM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.
Try to explain how that makes a difference. Should be entertaining.

I can throw in for free the difference between an apple and a 2021 Audi A8 if you want. Interested?
Are they both red?

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #327 on: October 04, 2021, 12:47:44 PM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.
Try to explain how that makes a difference. Should be entertaining.

I can throw in for free the difference between an apple and a 2021 Audi A8 if you want. Interested?
Are they both red?

No.
For every idiot who denounces Ayn Rand as "intellectualism" there is an excellent DM who creates a "Bioshock" adventure.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #328 on: October 04, 2021, 12:49:05 PM »
What are you talking about? This thread is new.
The person banned at TBP had necro'ed an 8 year-old thread for the post that got him banned.  So they're not talking about this thread.

Exactly. And, for once, this is not something I disagree with. "Yo! Remember when my parents were still together, you were in high-school and Ted was about to become a single dad? I just thought that...!"

Get a grip and open a new thread, unless there is a real, discernible reason to still be living in 2013.
I know, right? There should be a seven year moratorium on bringing up old things. Books written prior to 2014? Burn 'em!

A thread is not a book: it is something where many people interact, talking about things whose context could have been implicit at the time but not today, and when things had different values (how many debates about The Forge we see today?) It was something clear in the minds of the posters when it was still alive, but very possibly today you have to re-read everything to remember contents and context. Not to mention how many of the people posting on that thread can be no more around today.

If really a thread started during the XXIII Dynasty can become relevant again today just say so. "I stumbled into an old thread and I think that this part (insert here) is very relevant to the current debate because..." and then say your piece. Almost all forums I post in have rules against "necroing" - and for a reason.
Books are how we interact with people from thousands of years ago, who are "no more around today".

Exactly. Books, not forum threads.
Try to explain how that makes a difference. Should be entertaining.

I can throw in for free the difference between an apple and a 2021 Audi A8 if you want. Interested?
Are they both red?

No.
Much less interested now. Let me know when you get the red ones.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #329 on: October 04, 2021, 04:30:24 PM »
Instead of banning thread resurrection they should ban excessive quote threads.
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