Rachel Palmer56 said:Look, northernpilot2, if you seriously can't tell the difference between someone actually being abusive and someone just messing around and joking, then I honestly don't even know what to say to you.
I mean, I can definitely tell the difference, but honestly, it feels like you guys are being way more chill with how you moderate the Off-topic subforum compared to everything else on the rest of the forum.
Man, what is with this constant policing of threads? There are way more dedicated joke threads where we actually post this kind of stuff. I mean, if you’re seriously under the impression that the rules are different—like, that we aren't allowed to do this and absolutely have to stick to one specific thread—then I guess that really needs to be clearly laid out in the official rulebook PDF or whatever.
Look, if I feel like someone is straight-up ruining the vibe or breaking the unwritten rules of how we should all be hanging out here, then yeah, I’m gonna report it. Especially when things get personal and people start getting disrespectful toward me. I mean, if I flag a post for being toxic or offensive, I just expect that person to at least get a warning or something, you know? It's not like I'm trying to go on some crusade to get everyone banned or anything—I'm not about that life—but there have to be some basic standards for how we act toward one another if this place is going to stay decent. I don't know what else to tell you, really.
Look, at the end of the day, insults are insults, plain and simple. I was just pointing out those specific threads—you know, the ones that hit over 10k posts where everyone’s just messing around and joking, maybe even masking some stuff under the guise of being polite, but honestly, it all kind of blurs together. It could be seen as just banter, or it could be seen as straight-up disrespect, I guess... it really just depends on how you're feeling in the moment, maybe.
Look, you've got threads over there that have blown past ten thousand posts ages ago, and they aren't even locked—so maybe that’s kind of why the whole place feels so cluttered with too many topics. I mean, you don't really know what's going on in the Off-topic subforum since you aren't keeping up with it, and honestly, I suspect you might not even have the energy to care, no offense intended, but even if the Off-topic subforum is pretty chill and fun, it still needs a moderator to actually run things.
Look, I could just be straight with you, or—and this is kind of a joke, really—I could try asking for an exemption from this biased-as-hell moderator mode. ☕I mean, honestly, you just gotta get it done. There's really no other way around it, I guess. You can sit there and overthink it all day if you want, but at some point, you just have to roll up your sleeves and actually do the work. It's one of those things where you just have to commit, you know?☕
I mean, let’s be real about the Off-topic subforum—it’s basically a black hole. I honestly don't think there's a single moderator on this entire site, or maybe even any forum out there in the US, who actually bothers to read through it like they do the rest of the boards. It's just a massive dumping ground for random chat threads that basically get tossed straight into the trash once they hit 10k posts, or maybe a little more if people are feeling generous. Do you seriously think someone is going to sit there scrolling through page after page, constantly policing everything and keeping order? Of course they aren't. I mean, it's just not physically possible, I guess.
I mean, since the moderation over in the Off-topic subforum is pretty laid back, I guess most people would probably get kicked out if they tried that kind of stuff anywhere else, but here? It’s a different story. You could basically break half the rules and still be fine, which honestly, maybe that's just how it goes.
Richard Sanders7 said:northernpilot2, look, just go back through the Anti Social Social Club chat for me—if you can actually find one single page where Tuxi wrote something without being a total jerk to someone, then I guess I’ll owe you. $33I mean, honestly, nobody even reported it because people just aren't that type of person, I guess. They aren't exactly the kind of crowd that goes around snitching on everyone, you know? ☕ I honestly don't get this guy either. I just asked him if he knew anyone even more clueless than Tux, and it's not like I was trying to insult anyone or anything, I’m just asking a question, you know? ☕
Look, whether they're just being total trolls or not, the whole insulting thing isn't allowed here. If she actually was being abusive—and since this is just an open chat thread, I guess I missed it in the moment—you should probably just report it. Insulting people is against the rules. And now you're the one doing the insulting. I already told you not to go down that road.
