Posts by boldhound8

Andrew Sanchez572 said:It isn’t about giving him a heads-up, rather, it is about ensuring there is a clear record that you were the one who filed the report.
To my mind, this whole concept of anonymity is utterly distasteful... 😢

So you're gonna report someone's thread, but then you have the nerve to go public with it, acting all high and mighty about "justice and chivalry"? You're just flooding the thread with nonsense and basically begging to get banned. Real classy move.😁

Man, you’re just gonna keep going in circles with him, repeating the same old blah blah blah over and over again... P.S. Keep acting like this and I’m reporting you.☕"So, you're waiting until you push him to the absolute breaking point? Like, you won't stop until he's so triggered he sends you straight to HR at 3 PM, giving you a legitimate, rock-solid reason to file that report?😁

Look, when you crunch the numbers and look at the big picture, there’s only one logical way to handle this. You just use the report feature for exactly what it was designed for. One click, no drama, no long-winded debates, and no formal announcements needed. If you’re really that obsessed with being some kind of "knight in shining armor," then just shoot someone a private message and be done with it. It's not rocket science.🙂

Posts? Sure. Signatures? Not happening.

Timothy Taylor11 said:What’s the legal minimum amount of time someone needs to receive a court summons by mail before their hearing actually happens? I'm asking because this just happened to some acquaintances of mine today, and their hearing is already set for Friday morning. Is there supposed to be at least an eight-day buffer, or what?

I have no clue what the official rule is, all I know is I got hauled in by the Police Department on Saturday night and was standing in front of a judge Monday morning.😁

This proposal is absolute garbage. Even if it somehow passed—which it won't—we’d all just get choked out by bureaucracy first. Then, the quality of this entire forum would tank because polls would turn into some clown show run by clones and idiots (shoutout to the few exceptions), and the winner would just be the usual court jester 🙂

Let's get one thing straight: I'm not against having some kind of selection process, terms, or letting the community vote. Screw any moderator who isn't backed by at least 50% of the crew after a certain amount of time (you know, once everyone gets used to the "new blood" and actually sees some progress). I know for a fact that before someone like the guy running the local soccer league steps down, they’d have at least 80% support, because he’s a total legend and people recognize that ☕

Main Sum is, in a perfect world, a proposal like this might actually work. But here? Not a chance. Every single suggestion ever made to help the users has just made the moderators' lives harder without actually giving the community anything useful (I mean, what have we gotten? Just empty warnings, appeals for those warnings, a corner for banned users, etc.)
Am I wrong?😉

That's just my two cents. I'm not voting because I "don't care about protecting my own skin", and I don't want to ruin the score for the crowd that'll jump at the chance to click "YES" even though they can barely string two constructive sentences together, as per usual 😉

Michael Palmer11 said:So I read somewhere that there are "user notes," and basically an old-timer mod is telling a rookie mod, "Hey, check the user notes to see why this guy got banned before"

Look, at least treat us like actual human beings instead of acting like we're just a bunch of mindless sheep.🤣 It’s a good thing you didn't just call us Mod1 and Mod2.😁

analogsailor40 said:Ugh, tell me about it—whenever I'm paying through JPMorgan Chase, it won't let me leave that field blank. So I always have to just jam something in there... 🙂

It works perfectly fine for me, which is why I andwrote out exactly what info I put in above. I just leave everything else totally empty and it goes through without a hitch. Seriously, I've done this over 50 times now and it’s always been smooth sailing.

analogsailor40 said:Hey, just dropping this here so I don't clutter things up with a new thread. 🙂

So, I need to wire some cash to someone's checking account over at JPMorgan Chase.
The only thing tripping me up is the "payment reference" part.
There are two separate boxes—what goes in the first one versus the second?
A friend told me to just put their account number in the second box...🤷 but what about the first one?

Usually, I just pay my bills through JPMorgan Chase and have never actually sent money directly to an individual like this, so I'm totally lost.

Thanks! 🙂

When it comes to the memo line, I always leave it blank. I just put in the name, city, address (if I don't know it, I just type the city again), the reason, the amount, and the account number. That’s it. Never had a single issue. 🙂

Carol Foster7 said:I found her tucked right under my windshield wiper—just one more thing to clarify: am I actually required to head down to the local police station with this scrap of paper and "provide details regarding who I handed the keys to"—basically turning myself in by documenting my name as the driver during that disastrous night—while I sit there staring at this ridiculous piece of paper?

Thanks so much for all the help😉

Yeah, you probably have to.
And honestly, if you haven't had any tickets on your record for a full year, you might even be able to get the whole thing tossed out through some kind of formal appeal process.

But look, I'm not 100% certain here, so just grab that paperwork and head down there to see how they want to handle it.😉

Carol Foster7 said:Jason Reed4, they clearly know exactly what they're doing—I just received my payment slip, so does that mean I pay at a local Post Office or somewhere else? And do I still need to physically show up at the Department of Homeland Security station once the fine is settled?
This is my first actual citation, and honestly, the whole process feels unnecessarily convoluted!

I don't really get how you even ended up with a payment slip in the first place?😁

The paperwork from the Department of Homeland Security came straight to my house addressed to the car owner.
Unless they just tucked it under your windshield wiper? Whatever, if you've got the slip, just pay it wherever—post office, bank, doesn't matter. Just make sure you keep that receipt safe!😉

Carol Foster7 said:So, I just picked up a parking ticket from $167 (based on Section 12/4—you know, that little rule stating road users have to actually follow the signs and restrictions posted on the street). I was considering filing an appeal, but then I stumbled upon some older threads claiming the statute of limitations kicks in after two years?! As if that helps. To make matters even more complicated, the car isn't even registered in my name.

My question is this: if I decide to file an official dispute, am I required to list the person whose name is on the vehicle registration rather than myself as the driver? And if so, do I need their actual signature on the paperwork?
Basically, is there any way to handle this without the owner ever finding out about the fine? Should I just bite the bullet and PAY, or is an APPEAL worth the headache?

THANKS for any insight you can provide.

It used to be 2 years, now it's 4.🤣
From what I remember, you have to give the FBI the driver's name, and then the ticket goes straight to them regardless of who owns the car. If you don't speak up, the owner is the one who gets screwed.

My advice? Just pay it. Your chances of hitting a statute of limitations or actually winning an appeal are less than 1%. Speaking from experience here, 😁 (and sorry if anything has changed in the last few months)

Jason Campbell70 is out here preaching to the choir while you're just farting in the wind😁

Nobody ever talks about those random losers who drop from the sky onto some subforum and post a massive wall of text filled with a hundred typos, zero grammar, and such brain-dead internet incompetence that you literally can't even read it (all caps, no line breaks, no paragraphs, absolutely zero punctuation).

People are already buzzing about how if you drop an 8,000-character deep dive on the Hardware forum and absolutely demolish some guy acting like a "know-it-all" with pure facts, he’ll pivot. He’ll spend his own 8,000 characters hunting for two tiny spelling mistakes just so he can call you a communist or something equally stupid (I've seen it happen)...

It is irritating as hell, honestly, and this childish trolling is just pathetic.🙂
I mean, damn, most people in their next few posts prove they don't have the slightest clue how online discussions actually work. They either completely miss when they're being trolled, misread the situation entirely, or they're just clueless about what's even going on. And it's a total disaster when one of those people is actually a moderator.😁

hollowjackal4 said:So, this is finally happening—now I really want to hear what you all think. The top post looks a little awkward sitting here in the thread since it was actually meant to be the original opening post, but hey, if my explanation made sense, let me know your thoughts.

Honestly, people on this forum have been losing their minds over this in thread after thread... Thomas Johnson7 was a little late getting the "official" thread started, so now it looks like nothing’s even been said, but whatever, that's just how it goes.😁

The competition format has undergone some changes—I'd call them aesthetic changes because not much actually shifts. On paper, some things look better than before, while others look worse. We'll have to see how it actually plays out on the field next season.

All things considered, any change is a win in my book, so I'm totally on board with this.🙂

Rebecca Rogers5 said:Honestly, :z:, it’s kind of a bummer, but because of some of these "smart" moderators, all those old funny threads vanished, and now I have to dig through archives just to find a specific username or an old topic just to get a quick laugh and remember the good old days...

And honestly, compared to the good mods we used to have like Pesica, the ones running things today are pretty much useless... maybe they should try reading her posts as required reading, just to learn how things are actually supposed to be handled... there's a suggestion for you.😁

And boldhound8, seriously, how much longer are you going to sit there and pretend to respect this? The fact remains that Richard Perez3 was against every single proposal and spent her time commenting on posts from some self-appointed (poor thing) pedestal—exactly how it shouldn't be done—and then, somehow, she gets appointed as a moderator. She shouldn't be a mod. Period.
Don't make me laugh; it's already ridiculous enough.😁

It’s all about perception. Period.😉
Anyway, you're gonna have a bunch of scammers trying to tell you that I’m the one out here chasing their dreams. Please. Total nonsense.😁

Rachel Sanchez11 said:Anyway, boldhound8, since we’re already on the subject of wandering off track...
is there actually a master list of all the usernames somewhere...
I was just thinking how I'd love to sit down whenever I have some actual free time, pull out all the most hilarious debates, and compile them into one giant document for posterity...

I know, I know, I'm totally off topic here, so feel free to roast me...

Who the hell is gonna know? They probably have like a thousand different accounts running around.😁 One of my heavy hitters. Glock 45Look, a username is just a username, I get it. But there’s actually a whole story behind that one.🤣

Rebecca Rogers5 said:A proposal? Honestly, one shouldn't even have to write them down; they should just naturally exist, which I think even Anderson understands. Me giving him a proposal?😁 I don't hold myself in particularly high regard, nor have I exactly discovered fire here. I mean, he probably doesn't care. He’ll keep running with this narrative for as long as it serves him, and if he actually wanted to change things, he would. It wouldn't be an issue. But he won't, simply because it isn't profitable for him. He isn't stupid—we are, and some people even more so. He's operating on a different level, though I won't go so far as to say that.😁

As for how you moderate, I haven't been following the football threads, but I can take a pretty good guess at what's going on there given the nature of the topic.😁 Regarding your other posts, which is how I'd judge you, I think you're perfectly fine.🙂

For crying out loud, everyone’s got their own version of the PZK.😁 Look, I’m just saying—someone is actually reading this stuff. Your outrage, your suggestions on how to fix things? Believe me, someone is on the other side watching it all unfold.😉

Alright, fine. At least we finally agreed that the dream is freaking awesome.😁

Rebecca Rogers5 said:I was only mentioning it in the context of what if they *were* paid. In my view, if you aren't getting paid, it seems somewhat pointless for someone to moderate without actually participating in the discussions. It's just about the motivation behind it.
Actually, the debate isn't really about whether people should be paid or not, but rather why the moderation works the way it does and why certain individuals end up in those roles. The forum itself is holding up quite well, considering threads like this have been popping up for at least four years now, which suggests the underlying issues—technical or otherwise—are constant. I suppose nobody can really take much pride in that situation.
boldhound8, you're fine; nothing being said here is directed at you. Just for the record.😁

Man, I’m just trying to say don't waste your keystrokes on useless stuff. Better to talk about things that might actually happen instead of wasting breath on scenarios that have zero chance of ever seeing the light of day.😉 Because even if you feel like you're just talking nonsense, people actually read this, and smart suggestions can actually make it all the way to reality.🙂

ps. You clearly have no idea who you're dealing with. Come out to a football game and see how fast you get a red card.🙂😁

Moderators aren't getting paid, and they won't be anytime soon, so why even waste your breath arguing about it?
I mean, I’d personally love to be the first one in line for a paycheck, but let's be real—it's just not happening...

And without that cash, it’s even more delusional to expect someone to take on a handle just to moderate. We're all actual human beings here hanging out for a reason, and I highly doubt anyone would agree to just moderate without some kind of compensation—which, like I said above, isn't on the table. It's a solid idea in theory, but totally impossible with this volunteer setup.😉

Rachel Sanchez11 said:Oh, come on, you know exactly what's happening.
The only thing I can't wrap my head around is whether this user we're talking about already has a warning on file for this kind of thing.
If he does, then the red card stands. If he doesn't, then it would be fair for the admin to step in, pull the card, post a note saying it was premature, and apologize to the guy—but also give him a heads-up to watch out for similar threads next time and point him toward the help subforum if he's confused.

But honestly, boldhound8, you'd need some serious guts to actually do that.

And I get why you won't jump into the debate and why you're hedging with that "I don't know what's happening" line.
I'm not going to push my opinion on you, because you're cool enough that I don't want to force you into writing something that’ll just land you in hot water with the "colleagues," the "mods," and the "big boss."
I know exactly what I would do in this spot, and frankly, that's enough for me.
I'm really curious to see if the admin or a mod actually weighs in on this thread regarding our young, confused forum regular...
God, I feel like the kid is using some old-school Venetian defense strategy, and I've got a bad feeling his appeal is going to end in an auto-ban...
If it goes south, I'm holding you personally responsible for my chess match with my little cousin....
🙂

Go to hell, man.😁
Just saw this thread now. Seriously, you think I actually follow every single thing on this entire damn forum?😉

And look, I’m gonna give it to you straight, so don't even worry about me. I just hate seeing stuff pop up that shouldn't be happening in the first place. Because if I say I don't know what's going on, then I genuinely don't know—I'm not out here lying just so my boss doesn't grill me.😉

Jerry Garcia said:That's not fair 😉

Not toward me, not toward the right side, and definitely not toward Cats

Man, I don't need people thinking I'm sucking up to users or playing nice with my colleagues😁
Just keep reading what I wrote😉 Breaking it down like that is seriously unfair🙂

coastalstag15 said:boldhound8, it’s actually quite refreshing to see someone with such a strong sense of conscience, taking the time to warn everyone before you start handing out bans.
If only everyone else behaved with even half your integrity—or perhaps a third, or even just a quarter of it...🥳

Nah, it’s actually the exact opposite lately. I’ve got less and less energy for this, and honestly, even less patience for people. The newbies act like they own the damn place—I don't even know how else to put it—instead of actually taking a second to read the rules when they first show up. And the old-timers? They just refuse to learn anything. Breaking the rules is clearly way more fun and easier for them than actually following them. Of course, there are exceptions in both groups, but man, most of them are just exhausting.

Even if the Prime Minister doesn't have that specific post to back him up, it’s crystal clear that getting those people banned was totally justified. Honestly? It was more than justified.

Oh, so I’m "good" just because I’m not posting on your pathetic little corner of the internet? Please. If I actually started hanging out on your board and you had to drop a few bans on me just to keep up, then suddenly I’d be the bad guy. Give me a break.😁 I’m telling you, it’s all just a matter of perception.🙂

Rachel Sanchez11 said:I agree with you that there has to be a different set of principles applied here somewhere.
Comparing the internet to a chess discussion isn't even apples to apples. Online, you need a different rulebook because every user who joins a forum usually has some specific internet issue they’re trying to troubleshoot by starting a new thread.
But a guy talking about chess tactics and gets a strike?
Give me a break...
By my standards, this strike is totally unjustified.
End of story!

I remember being on this computer forum once (PCExp, you probably know them) and posting a HijackThis log in a new thread. Get this, boldhound8, it was my very first post there. They actually had a dedicated thread for AT&T logs with a warning posted right there. Then a mod showed up, merged my post into the right thread, sent me an automated DM—no warnings, no threats, no strikes. He just politely introduced me to the procedure, asked me to follow it next time, and thanked me for contributing.
Honestly, I felt honored.
Don't take this as me pointing fingers at you, but let's be real. The forum isn't running right. This thread has been loading for years, the gap between searches is supposed to be 60 seconds, and then the server tells you that you have to wait another 78 seconds????
So you finally get to post on a site like this, and at first, you're just standing there wondering what the hell happened—as they say in the South, you're just baffled. Once you get past the confusion and the anger, you find the right thread, type out a massive wall of text, sometimes twice because you're never quite sure if you're going to hit an Error 505 (which sounds like a little nursery rhyme to me: I want to post, error 505, I want to search, error 505, I want coffee, error 505 🙂), and you're actually happy when you see your text appear, only for a mod to swoop in, slap you with a strike, and go: "sorry, my bad..."
The whole thing is just ridiculous to me.

Look, guys, before you click "submit" on Reddit after typing everything out, always copy your text. You never know when you'll be forced to write the damn thing all over again.

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

And the guy was just talking about chess, for crying out loud. No matter how much you argue, it doesn't change the fact that he got a strike for absolutely no reason. It's like how police officers have those forms for excessive use of force.
There has to be a mechanism to regulate the use of force, because you never know when it's going to be used or when it shouldn't be. And it all comes down to one thing: we're humans. When we have power and authority in our hands, we need to be damn decent people and know how to use it honestly.
Saying that all mods know this is, at the very least, dishonest.
Admitting that it's true is a huge step.
But only people who realize that power isn't a given right, but rather a responsibility, can admit that.
And some people are just never going to get that.

P.S.
Go ahead, exercise that power...
http://reddit.com/showthread.php?t=378498
This is regarding the strike, maybe even something more serious...

Look, I wasn't even trying to defend him. I told you straight up, I have no clue what's actually going on here. But if you're gonna stand there acting like you've got all the facts, then maybe—just maybe—that red card was a bit much.

Rachel Sanchez11 said:I agree with you that there has to be a different set of principles applied here somewhere.
Comparing the internet to a chess discussion isn't even apples to apples. Online, you need a different rulebook because every user who joins a forum usually has some specific internet issue they’re trying to troubleshoot by starting a new thread.
But a guy talking about chess tactics and gets a strike?
Give me a break...
By my standards, this strike is totally unjustified.
End of story!

I remember being on this computer forum once (PCExp, you probably know them) and posting a HijackThis log in a new thread. Get this, boldhound8, it was my very first post there. They actually had a dedicated thread for AT&T logs with a warning posted right there. Then a mod showed up, merged my post into the right thread, sent me an automated DM—no warnings, no threats, no strikes. He just politely introduced me to the procedure, asked me to follow it next time, and thanked me for contributing.
Honestly, I felt honored.
Don't take this as me pointing fingers at you, but let's be real. The forum isn't running right. This thread has been loading for years, the gap between searches is supposed to be 60 seconds, and then the server tells you that you have to wait another 78 seconds????
So you finally get to post on a site like this, and at first, you're just standing there wondering what the hell happened—as they say in the South, you're just baffled. Once you get past the confusion and the anger, you find the right thread, type out a massive wall of text, sometimes twice because you're never quite sure if you're going to hit an Error 505 (which sounds like a little nursery rhyme to me: I want to post, error 505, I want to search, error 505, I want coffee, error 505 🙂), and you're actually happy when you see your text appear, only for a mod to swoop in, slap you with a strike, and go: "sorry, my bad..."
The whole thing is just ridiculous to me.

Look, guys, before you click "submit" on Reddit after typing everything out, always copy your text. You never know when you'll be forced to write the damn thing all over again.

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

And the guy was just talking about chess, for crying out loud. No matter how much you argue, it doesn't change the fact that he got a strike for absolutely no reason. It's like how police officers have those forms for excessive use of force.
There has to be a mechanism to regulate the use of force, because you never know when it's going to be used or when it shouldn't be. And it all comes down to one thing: we're humans. When we have power and authority in our hands, we need to be damn decent people and know how to use it honestly.
Saying that all mods know this is, at the very least, dishonest.
Admitting that it's true is a huge step.
But only people who realize that power isn't a given right, but rather a responsibility, can admit that.
And some people are just never going to get that.

P.S.
Go ahead, exercise that power...
http://reddit.com/showthread.php?t=378498
This is regarding the strike, maybe even something more serious...

Look, I know some people here think I’m living in a dream world, but let's get real. I'm not even trying to make excuses for us, but damn, we’re dealing with five times the headache they are. When their site hits peak traffic, maybe 400 people are online at once. Here? We’ve got 3,000 to 4,000 users hitting it all at once. They barely have 4,000 total members, while we’re sitting here with over 100,000. It's not even a fair fight.
You know what I’m trying to say here? Seriously, just look at that nightmare of a dream you had—thinking you're looking at 13 threads that need deleting in just five days. Now, stop and actually do the math. Think about how many individual posts have to be nuked, how many warnings have been handed out, all those random emails, and all this other garbage we deal with... it adds up to way more than that.

Look, cousin, whatever you want to say, all I'm saying is there's just no comparison here.😉

Rachel Sanchez11 said:I agree with you that there has to be a different set of principles applied here somewhere.
Comparing the internet to a chess discussion isn't even apples to apples. Online, you need a different rulebook because every user who joins a forum usually has some specific internet issue they’re trying to troubleshoot by starting a new thread.
But a guy talking about chess tactics and gets a strike?
Give me a break...
By my standards, this strike is totally unjustified.
End of story!

I remember being on this computer forum once (PCExp, you probably know them) and posting a HijackThis log in a new thread. Get this, boldhound8, it was my very first post there. They actually had a dedicated thread for AT&T logs with a warning posted right there. Then a mod showed up, merged my post into the right thread, sent me an automated DM—no warnings, no threats, no strikes. He just politely introduced me to the procedure, asked me to follow it next time, and thanked me for contributing.
Honestly, I felt honored.
Don't take this as me pointing fingers at you, but let's be real. The forum isn't running right. This thread has been loading for years, the gap between searches is supposed to be 60 seconds, and then the server tells you that you have to wait another 78 seconds????
So you finally get to post on a site like this, and at first, you're just standing there wondering what the hell happened—as they say in the South, you're just baffled. Once you get past the confusion and the anger, you find the right thread, type out a massive wall of text, sometimes twice because you're never quite sure if you're going to hit an Error 505 (which sounds like a little nursery rhyme to me: I want to post, error 505, I want to search, error 505, I want coffee, error 505 🙂), and you're actually happy when you see your text appear, only for a mod to swoop in, slap you with a strike, and go: "sorry, my bad..."
The whole thing is just ridiculous to me.

Look, guys, before you click "submit" on Reddit after typing everything out, always copy your text. You never know when you'll be forced to write the damn thing all over again.

That's exactly what I'm talking about.

And the guy was just talking about chess, for crying out loud. No matter how much you argue, it doesn't change the fact that he got a strike for absolutely no reason. It's like how police officers have those forms for excessive use of force.
There has to be a mechanism to regulate the use of force, because you never know when it's going to be used or when it shouldn't be. And it all comes down to one thing: we're humans. When we have power and authority in our hands, we need to be damn decent people and know how to use it honestly.
Saying that all mods know this is, at the very least, dishonest.
Admitting that it's true is a huge step.
But only people who realize that power isn't a given right, but rather a responsibility, can admit that.
And some people are just never going to get that.

P.S.
Go ahead, exercise that power...
http://reddit.com/showthread.php?t=378498
This is regarding the strike, maybe even something more serious...

I'm with you on this.
Can you even imagine? Even us moderators sometimes feel awkward because we don't have a boss looking over our shoulders.
I mean, on paper, we do, but in reality, it often feels like the moderators are the highest authority. To me, that feels stupid sometimes. Because when a user files a complaint and I shut it down with solid arguments, I actually need someone above me to look at the situation and back me up—to confirm it because they believe in the logic, not just because I'm some "big shot"
It's the same thing when I screw up. I need that higher-up to discipline me. When I mess up, I *want* to be punished, because I don't want it to look like I'm the "bad guy" who can just do whatever the hell I want. We're humans! Someone pushes my buttons, I say something stupid, I get a strike—it's insane.🙂

That's why I keep saying the FBI needs a total overhaul, and I think better oversight would come from that reform...

Rachel Sanchez11 said:Andrew Sanchez572 and boldhound8, check out this complaint; it pretty much backs up what one of us three was saying.
The guy revived a thread from six years ago just because he couldn't find anything more recent (let's be real, this internet generation hasn't fully mastered the art of searching content, and even our site's search isn't exactly user-friendly when you're looking for the latest stuff).
And he didn't just drop a couple of emojis and call it a day; he actually wrote a massive wall of text.
But then some moderator swoops in, tells him there's a newer thread, hits him with a strike, and shuts down the old one.

So, I have a few questions here:
- Doesn't a mod have the ability to just move posts from one thread to another?
- Couldn't this have been handled without handing out a strike?
- Isn't this going to spark some kind of revolt against the mod who punished him, which eventually just leads straight to a permanent ban?
- How many strikes like this go unnoticed because people don't bother filing an appeal with the FBI, and how can we ever detect this kind of friction as the root cause of later issues?
- Shouldn't the Admin step in during these situations to warn the mod they're being too heavy-handed, clear the strike, and merge the threads? And if it’s not too much trouble, maybe the mod could just head over to the FBI section and say, "My bad, I went a little overboard."

It's hard to make a blanket statement🤷 the way you laid it out, but maybe the mod just went a bit overboard. If someone actually put in the effort to hunt down a topic, they shouldn't be getting slapped with a strike instead of just being told to post in the new one.🙂

Some things look harsh from a neutral perspective, but honestly, they're way too light (when you see how certain people actually behave). For example, on my part of the internet, I mass-ban all those duplicate threads. Listen, man, I've tried everything—warning people, giving reminders, begging them, pleading, sending notifications, making it clear—but nothing works. Until you hand out 10 strikes and delete 10 threads, there's no order...

Right here I summarize the threads that constantly, incessantly repeat themselves. And I regularly update it.

But despite all that, every single day, seriously, every day a new thread pops up. Here's the proof.
Today/yesterday:
1
2
3

Sept 20th and 22nd
4
5
6
7
8

That's a snapshot of 8 threads still visible + 5 that aren't anymore...That's 13 threads about the same thing in the span of Sept 20th - 24th.🙄 And half of them didn't even get strikes because I don't care about punishing users, I care about creating order...
But clearly, on this site, it only matters if some demon from hell descends.

And look, without my detailed breakdown, people might think some mod is just acting tough and punishing everyone left and right, but after seeing my explanation and links, the perception changes. You should see the posts where I am literally begging people not to turn this into a circus...