Posts by Joshua Jones13

ironharbor8 said:Look, ads are fine. They don't bother me, and I get why they need to be there. The issue is this fixed width. If you're going to insist on a fixed layout, please shrink it down to something readable. At least 950 pixels, though personally, I think 850 would be better. That way, it stays legible even on most modern smartphones.

Ultimately, if you choose to be stubborn, just wait for the mid-term statistics to tell you exactly what you need to do...

So you're advocating for an even narrower layout? 😱
If we're choosing between a comfortable reading experience on a desktop versus one on a phone, I guess it’s more logical to prioritize monitors.

This ad is incredibly aggressive. In just the last two minutes, the Reddit page vanished twice, replaced entirely by a Nokia ad. It’s definitely getting in the way of using the site.

These narrow little forums are just awful. 👎

I guess I’m hoping the forum goes back to how it used to be once this ad expires.

bluetrucker64 said:obviously

Of course. Someone just moved it without any good reason, and they didn't even bother doing the same for other similar threads from different users.

Yellow card appeals belong in the Yellow card appeal thread, not in a separate topic.

Because those troll games are against IRS regulations.

melloworca6 said:Joshua Jones13 I don't own forum.org, so I’m not the one calling the shots on the rules here. If things go south and someone decides to file a lawsuit over some bullshit, that’s on the owner, not me.

Look, I can agree or disagree with a rule all I want, but at the end of the day, it's my job to enforce it.

What you're saying now is a completely different thing. It’s one thing to say—this is the rule and it applies to everyone—but it's another to say, "I'm not sure if this email actually belongs to chocolatecookie." Because if the point is the rule itself, then it applies whether we know for certain someone leaked their info or not, I guess.

melloworca6 said:Joshua Jones13, how should I know? 🤷

First off, I haven't been talking down to anyone in this thread, especially not to you.

Second, where exactly did I say you guys were talking trash? I said you trashed the thread, and I was being literal—I meant all that bickering on the previous pages where everyone is just taking shots at each other.

Do you honestly think all this fighting is going to achieve anything besides getting the thread locked? 🤷

Well, you actually asked how to find out. I mean, does it even matter what people say when they claim to know a regular forum user and know whether she actually handed over her private info or not? Probably not.

melloworca6 said:And how can you actually be sure you're leaking your own data instead of someone else's?

Well, I'm pretty sure she leaked her own data and not anyone else's. I guess if enough people step up and confirm it really is her email, would that change anything? Or maybe the doubt just sticks around regardless.

stormyraven14 said:Look, I won't beat around the bush. Tyndall, please just move over to a different sub-forum with Sašenjka because this whole thing is pointless. Everyone on the General Discussion board is constantly getting on his nerves anyway, and they aren't exactly the type to act like scared little kids on the Law & Order board, wasting their breath for nothing. 🤷

I don't see why the Law & Order board is being brought into this. If you have issues with how L&O is moderated, go ahead and say so, but I have to point out that the folks posting there aren't exactly terrified children, nor are they just talking nonsense.
The Law & Order section is more strictly moderated, but there's a reason for that, and comparing it to General Discussion doesn't make much sense. If people were actually just wasting time, I suspect Amtrak would be flooded with complaints against us, which hasn't happened.

Cardboard doesn't just last three days 🤔 I guess they actually hold up much longer 😁

Trolling is 35 points. Posting an image larger than 640 pixels is 20. I guess the moderator can also create custom infractions for specific violations and decide on the point value themselves.

granitecrane332 said:I completely agree that things were pure chaos, but that doesn't justify every single move being made. I actually welcome the ban on casual chatting outside of designated chat threads, and honestly, even stricter moderation would be fine by me. However, that isn't an excuse for the Pregnancy section to stop being a top topic or for specific threads there to be shut down. These threads are being closed by users who simply don't grasp the nuances of the situation, only to go ahead and start new threads with introductory posts that are frankly just plain rude.

Personally, I fell out of the loop and ended up getting a warning for it, which is a first for me in three years—it’s a rare occurrence indeed.🙂 I used to be incredibly active in the Pregnancy section, especially over on WZ, and now I just browse the RiD for whatever catches my eye. The real issue started a while back when a traveler decided that the TZ should be a strictly themed chat area and banned all the random rambling. As a reaction, every thread turned into a general chat instead of staying specialized. To me, it doesn't look like you guys are improving the situation; it feels like we're reliving 2009, back when they shut down the Pregnancy section for Los Angeles! It’s just a cycle: users get angry, lash out, and start random new forums on the side, and then the whole sense of community is lost.

But how does following those rules make them capable of moderating other PDFs? 😕😕

If people are questioning their ability to moderate just because they didn't read one specific thread on the ŽK forum, then my point is pretty much made. Besides, rustydrifter10 and velvettrucker52 have been moderators on another sub-forum for ages, and whoever picks the mods clearly thinks they're up to the task.

Kate Cox2 said:The truth!!! 🙂

And it doesn't even matter that the mods have never once posted on the RiD PDF (except for rustydrifter10, who followed the rules just as strictly as the rest of us 😉)—their decisions make it painfully obvious they aren't actually familiar with the situation on RiD, considering they’ve shut down a mountain of high-quality, genuinely necessary topics while leaving a heap of nonsense active...

Furthermore, as James Lee3 pointed out, there were plenty of high-quality female users right there on the RiD sub-forum who could have been appointed as moderators... instead of bringing in a crew that just hangs out in some random chat room on the ŽK 🙄

They’re chatting in the designated chat thread, while staying strictly on-topic everywhere else. I guess that shows they actually respect the rules by not starting unnecessary threads just to talk.

analogmarlin78 said:Honestly, it’s like everyone expects forum users to have nothing better to do than sit around reading through all the rules, especially parents who barely have a second to breathe.
Just run a poll and you'll see—half the people here don't even realize they exist...
(from some random PDF)

It really makes a person pause and reconsider a lot of things...🙄
And yet, there isn't even an answer from a doctor... hm... how does that work? Maybe I've just become senile and dim-witted, but no, no, no, I only got worked up because I call my mother and parents, so thanks for noticing!
Yeah, sure, it just gives someone plenty of reason to wonder how "certain" people manage to do a job they clearly "don't know" how to do.🥳

I mean, how long does it actually take to read the rules? A couple of minutes, maybe. Most of them apply to every sub-forum anyway, and one of those key points is that you aren't supposed to argue with moderator decisions right there in the thread—you're supposed to use PM or private chat for that. And nobody was just being aggressive for no reason. First came warnings, then yellow cards, then more warnings. Once the moderators saw it wasn't working, obviously, they moved on to red cards and bans.
And honestly, there were plenty of situations that couldn't be brushed off with "we didn't see the warning," because I personally saw plenty of posts that were nothing more than blatant defiance against moderator warnings that clearly stated not to comment on the thread itself.

After all that, I guess I like ŽK even more now. 😍

darksailor2 said:I guess I still don't quite get why we're using partial bans to stop someone from reading a specific PDF, when they could just log out and read it anyway! But hey... technicalities, I suppose... 😁

It’s probably just technically easier to block access to the file entirely than to let them see it while stripping away their ability to comment. Just pull the whole PDF.

The rules are excellent 🙏 They’re actually so thorough and cover everything so well that I might just copy-paste them as an addendum to my own subforum's guidelines 😍
I don't see anything unpleasant about the writing style at all. And honestly, there isn't anything groundbreaking here—it just puts what we already practice into writing, which experience suggests is probably a good idea.

Glad to see they’re expanding the inbox capacity 👍 I suppose I wouldn't mind if we got even a tiny bit of an increase ourselves 😁

Oh please, you can find examples like that everywhere. It would be great if we all had universal handles, but realistically, everyone has the right to pick whatever they want, provided it isn't already taken.
There are a few nicknames almost identical to mine, just with a period added. And yeah, it’s within the rules since the version they chose wasn't available when they signed up.

placidfox55 said:Okay, maybe that’s true, though... I guess a rule like that is more about saving server memory than actually making the conversation easier... ☕

Not really.

placidfox55 said:That’s quite a wordy comment. 🙂 😎 And a comment like this could definitely open the door to a whole new discussion!! 👍

Unlikely.
It’s exhausting, honestly. Scrolling through a mountain of emoji posts just hoping to stumble upon one constructive thought? Not fun. And if you want to start a discussion, maybe try using actual sentences and arguments instead of just liking everyone else's posts.

gentlehound9 said:You think a trash mod needs to be chaotic? Great. We have a massive spectrum of weirdos, trolls, internet pests, and similar characters at our disposal.
Stop talking nonsense. We need a mod who actually understands what constitutes trash, someone who enjoys starting new threads, keeps discussions moving, and is willing to moderate properly. I already suggested Africa Pepper for the job because they are the perfect choice.
But then again, you wouldn't know, since you haven't been around the trash section much.

I guess I should weigh in on this, since we're apparently debating who makes a good moderator. I recently became a moderator at the FBI, and my life experience with cohabitation or thread creation wasn't exactly the criteria used. For one, I haven't started a single thread. And I don't live with a partner.
Sub-moderators are usually picked by the sub-forum moderators, who are the ones responsible for deciding who would make a decent colleague.

Kate Foster12 said:Unlike you and Paul Green31, gentlehound9 and I have actually posted and participated in threads on Reddit—and honestly, we've been in more threads than Simple thinks, covering everything from Reddit itself to various sub-sections and chats. But then again, as a moderator, you really should know that—though it seems you don't even track the threads in your own PDF, at least not until someone points it out.

Just make Mulica a moderator... I’d love to see what kind of circus that would trigger.

Setting aside the joke campaign to try and land Molly a spot in Moderation, I honestly have no idea what this assumption is even based on.
Maybe there's some truth to what Paul Green31 is saying—that Molly has a certain energy that draws people in—and I suppose she's more than capable of moderating without causing a scene.
But, I'm not really lobbying for anyone here. It just seems to me that we've gone down the wrong path with these supposed "requirements" for being a moderator.