RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)

[Godfather Punk]

Yet this one....

Anthrax outbreak! Contain the spread before it's too late.

...was given a threadban for "Threadcrapping", which I have no idea what it is.  It seems quite random, since other posts suggesting adventure hooks were fine.

It's simple: only state approved humor is allowed. Don't try to bring in your own.

Seriously, what a fun-devoid place that site has become.

[DM_Curt]

Yet this one....

Anthrax outbreak! Contain the spread before it's too late.

...was given a threadban for "Threadcrapping", which I have no idea what it is.  It seems quite random, since other posts suggesting adventure hooks were fine.

It's simple: only state approved humor is allowed. Don't try to bring in your own.

Seriously, what a fun-devoid place that site has become.

It's not even that a terrible idea for a hook. One by one, animals start showing signs of illness. The PCs do some investigating to see why animals that were kept separate are spreading an illness. Someone is poisoning the competition, and it's not really a disease...

[Godfather Punk]

Sure, but saying that would get you another ban for talking back to redtext, soapboxing and replying in the thread you were banned from...

"What a strange forum. The only way to win is not to post."

[Ghostmaker]

Yet this one....

Anthrax outbreak! Contain the spread before it's too late.

...was given a threadban for "Threadcrapping", which I have no idea what it is.  It seems quite random, since other posts suggesting adventure hooks were fine.

It's simple: only state approved humor is allowed. Don't try to bring in your own.

Seriously, what a fun-devoid place that site has become.

It's not even that a terrible idea for a hook. One by one, animals start showing signs of illness. The PCs do some investigating to see why animals that were kept separate are spreading an illness. Someone is poisoning the competition, and it's not really a disease...

Much like a number of other infractions, 'threadcrapping' is somewhat subjective, and thanks to TBP's policy of 'the onus is on the poster', it's entirely possible to post something constructive and still get redtexted.

[FelixGamingX1]

Sad, really sad. Wish the Annunaki would stop fooling around and just land their damn spaceship already.

[wmarshal]

I think Marras is doomed:
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/marras-receives-a-🚫-seven-day-ban-placeholder-ban-pending-further-action.889252/

A non-native English speaker finds it a little weird that the singular they is getting pushed, gets an initial 7-day ban as a placeholder. I'm sure they're running through Marras' history of 1000+ posts over the last 7 years or so to find whatever justification they can for a permaban. I think it's a little ironic as I believe Marras is a Finn, and their 3rd-person singular pronoun is actually gender-neutral, so one might think Marras could have something interesting to contribute to the pronoun discussion. Nope, Marras violated today's orthodoxy, to the cornfield he goes.

[Joey2k]

I think Marras is doomed:
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/marras-receives-a-🚫-seven-day-ban-placeholder-ban-pending-further-action.889252/

A non-native English speaker finds it a little weird that the singular they is getting pushed, gets an initial 7-day ban as a placeholder. I'm sure they're running through Marras' history of 1000+ posts over the last 7 years or so to find whatever justification they can for a permaban. I think it's a little ironic as I believe Marras is a Finn, and they're 3rd-person singular pronoun is actually gender-neutral, so one might think Marras could have something interesting to contribute to the pronoun discussion. Nope, Marras violated today's orthodoxy, to the cornfield he goes.

Geez. That is just about the most innocuous inoffensive post I have read

[Ghostmaker]

But thanks to the TBP policy of 'the onus is on the poster for clarity', anyone who does not have native-level grasp of English is vulnerable, since non-native speakers can (and do) fumble the language (not knocking those who have this issue, but it happens).

And so they'll ban some other poor sap for high crimes. Fuckers.

[Neoplatonist1]

Have any RPGnet mods ever repented of their bad faith and left their totalitarian fiefdom?

[Ghostmaker]

Have any RPGnet mods ever repented of their bad faith and left their totalitarian fiefdom?

I believe the closest we got to that was Rand Brittain throwing a HUGE tantrum because (in his opinion) TBP's staff had run interference for Matt and Michelle McFarland. He was subsequently banned for it -- probably because he had the nerve to straight up point out there was a major conflict of interest as well as the idiocy of TBP staff saying 'oh but you should trust us uwu'.

But honestly, the majority of banned staff are probably not banned because they repented, but because they fell afoul of the purity spiral.

[Armchair Gamer]

Have any RPGnet mods ever repented of their bad faith and left their totalitarian fiefdom?

  Wasn't Dan Davenport a mod for a while, long before the dark times?

[wmarshal]

And Marras is gone.
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/marras-receives-a-💀-permanent-ban.889287/

They did their digging for badthink, and found an infraction they gave Marras earlier for stating "We're all entitled to our own opinions, even about Morgan being transfobic or not." Marras didn't make a transphobic statement, but stated people can have their own opinions as to whether an author was transphobic.  Nope, at TBP people are not entitled to their own opinions, people are only entitled to goodthink.

The other reference they made was to Marras participation in a discussion about the change in Deadlands canon regarding the Confederacy. Marras received no infractions from that discussion, but the TBP mods decided to tar Marras as a racist as well. Given that Marras hadn't received infractions in that thread you know the TBP mods had decided to go through Marras' complete posting history to pull that old thread up.

[KingCheops]

And Marras is gone.
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/marras-receives-a-💀-permanent-ban.889287/

They did their digging for badthink, and found an infraction they gave Marras earlier for stating "We're all entitled to our own opinions, even about Morgan being transfobic or not." Marras didn't make a transphobic statement, but stated people can have their own opinions as to whether an author was transphobic.  Nope, at TBP people are not entitled to their own opinions, people are only entitled to goodthink.

The other reference they made was to Marras participation in a discussion about the change in Deadlands canon regarding the Confederacy. Marras received no infractions from that discussion, but the TBP mods decided to tar Marras as a racist as well. Given that Marras hadn't received infractions in that thread you know the TBP mods had decided to go through Marras' complete posting history to pull that old thread up.

Who'd have thought the guy who wrote Altered Carbon could be considered transphobic.  What a fucking clown world we live in.

[Stephen Tannhauser]

Who'd have thought the guy who wrote Altered Carbon could be considered transphobic.  What a fucking clown world we live in.

One of the hallmarks of the fanatic is that no criticism of the Movement's methods can be assumed to be a good-faith attempt to improve the chance of it accomplishing its goals; it is always assumed to be a covert attempt to undermine and reject said goals.

I have no idea what Morgan said, but I would bet a fairly large sum of money that it was a criticism of particular advocacy actions rather than a condemnation of gender-dysphoric people.

[Ghostmaker]

And Marras is gone.
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/marras-receives-a-💀-permanent-ban.889287/

They did their digging for badthink, and found an infraction they gave Marras earlier for stating "We're all entitled to our own opinions, even about Morgan being transfobic or not." Marras didn't make a transphobic statement, but stated people can have their own opinions as to whether an author was transphobic.  Nope, at TBP people are not entitled to their own opinions, people are only entitled to goodthink.

The other reference they made was to Marras participation in a discussion about the change in Deadlands canon regarding the Confederacy. Marras received no infractions from that discussion, but the TBP mods decided to tar Marras as a racist as well. Given that Marras hadn't received infractions in that thread you know the TBP mods had decided to go through Marras' complete posting history to pull that old thread up.

Who'd have thought the guy who wrote Altered Carbon could be considered transphobic.  What a fucking clown world we live in.

It's not like Morgan is some kind of alt-right icon. He's a raging lefty, but because he does not genuflect in the direction of trans superiority, TBP hates him.