Unless I am mistaken, and I could very well be, our avatars must be approved first. I've seen avatars showing nudity that were approved by the moderators. Yet, the rules in GD state:

"Don't post adult images, or offensive images. You may link to such content if you wish, but make sure you include a warning in your post. Some people read the Org at work you know

Note: "NSFW" = Not Safe For Work"

So, we aren't allowed to post images which show nudity (most of the time) yet, our avatars that show nudity are allowed?

Maybe we should initiate a detailed score system, with varying degrees of points for each specific violation, that are added to a grand total which is divided by the number of months the account has been in existence. This will establish an overall score that will be made available in a beautiful pie chart outlining which points came from which violations, and how many points you have left, so you can squeeze in those last few nude shots or "FU's" without losing your account.

We can work up an average of all several thousand scores to set an official "tolerance level", and develop a color coded warning system similar to our nations terror threat levels, that will help us identify and pinpoint threads of concern and dangerous orgers before they strike, and determine what times of day these attacks are likely to happen. Those who cross this threshold will be automatically banned for one day. The second time they cross it, a week, and the third time, permanently.

Images can be run through a state of the art biometric recognition system that can automatically identify and flag obscene imagery. A simple check of "yes" or "no thanks" in your org profile will allow you to automatically see or block these images, similar to Google's SafeSearch technology.

Surveys will be conducted periodically to help develop a detailed list of criteria and keyword phrases that are common amongst lame ass threads. Threads will be rated based on a combination of this keyword density, the amount of activity on the thread, and the date the thread was established. This rating will determine sort order of all threads in a particular forum.

The signup process will be updated to include a medical check, a polygraph interview, and a complete background check, with an emphasis on racially motivated or homophobic hate crimes.

All of this data will be compiled to generate a quarterly report, outlining any possible inconsitencies or glitches in the site moderation, and bonus points will be awarded to those who have been wrongly penalized. These bonus points can be accumulated and later redeemed for a varitey of org prizes including free flame-passes, forum-flooding courtesy cards, and even a chance to revive a terminated org account.

Can someone orgnote me about this? I don't know what happened...

Poor Tom's taking the flack for all of this ... where's Matt?

Tom said:

Or just moderate properly, substituting sarcasm with common sense and consistency.

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[Edited 11/26/04 20:47pm]

senik said:

Before this gets out of hand, and to answer the above 3 replies...

It's already common knowlegde on here of 2the9's banning. There has been numerous posts, not to mention this thread, as well as the orgnotes I've received.

My reply of "yes" wasn't meant to be harsh, I started to type out a longer reply, then I felt like I was rambling on, being as a simple question was asked, so I just erased it all and typed "yes"

Anytime someone is banned, or whatever, they are orgnoted about it. Anyone is welcome to contact the moderator directly, and explain why they disagree with it. And if its not resolved there, ask Ben about it.

Reincarnate said:

Where he usually is when he's banned somebody or treated them unfairly. With his head stuck firmly in the sand.

Maybe we should initiate a detailed score system, with varying degrees of points for each specific violation, that are added to a grand total which is divided by the number of months the account has been in existence. This will establish an overall score that will be made available in a beautiful pie chart outlining which points came from which violations, and how many points you have left, so you can squeeze in those last few nude shots or "FU's" without losing your account.

We can work up an average of all several thousand scores to set an official "tolerance level", and develop a color coded warning system similar to our nations terror threat levels, that will help us identify and pinpoint threads of concern and dangerous orgers before they strike, and determine what times of day these attacks are likely to happen. Those who cross this threshold will be automatically banned for one day. The second time they cross it, a week, and the third time, permanently.

Images can be run through a state of the art biometric recognition system that can automatically identify and flag obscene imagery. A simple check of "yes" or "no thanks" in your org profile will allow you to automatically see or block these images, similar to Google's SafeSearch technology.

Surveys will be conducted periodically to help develop a detailed list of criteria and keyword phrases that are common amongst lame ass threads. Threads will be rated based on a combination of this keyword density, the amount of activity on the thread, and the date the thread was established. This rating will determine sort order of all threads in a particular forum.

The signup process will be updated to include a medical check, a polygraph interview, and a complete background check, with an emphasis on racially motivated or homophobic hate crimes.

All of this data will be compiled to generate a quarterly report, outlining any possible inconsitencies or glitches in the site moderation, and bonus points will be awarded to those who have been wrongly penalized. These bonus points can be accumulated and later redeemed for a varitey of org prizes including free flame-passes, forum-flooding courtesy cards, and even a chance to revive a terminated org account.

Removing somebody from a message board can be productive if that person is extremely disruptive, flames repeatedly, posts in order to bait members and is generally the cause of behaviour that is considered counter productive to the community. Even then I think a permanent ban should only be considered when all other attempts at moderation have failed.

This clearly isn't the case with 2the9s.

What I am trying to understand is how is permanently banning him going to benefit this community?


Is removing him going to bring peace and love amongst us..will we now be able to all hold hands and sing Imagine? (no offensive to any Lennon fans, I'm one myself.)

Could somebody explain how removing him is going to benefit this message board?

Reincarnate said:

Where he usually is when he's banned somebody or treated them unfairly. With his head stuck firmly in the sand.

Maybe we should initiate a detailed score system, with varying degrees of points for each specific violation, that are added to a grand total which is divided by the number of months the account has been in existence. This will establish an overall score that will be made available in a beautiful pie chart outlining which points came from which violations, and how many points you have left, so you can squeeze in those last few nude shots or "FU's" without losing your account.

We can work up an average of all several thousand scores to set an official "tolerance level", and develop a color coded warning system similar to our nations terror threat levels, that will help us identify and pinpoint threads of concern and dangerous orgers before they strike, and determine what times of day these attacks are likely to happen. Those who cross this threshold will be automatically banned for one day. The second time they cross it, a week, and the third time, permanently.

Images can be run through a state of the art biometric recognition system that can automatically identify and flag obscene imagery. A simple check of "yes" or "no thanks" in your org profile will allow you to automatically see or block these images, similar to Google's SafeSearch technology.

Surveys will be conducted periodically to help develop a detailed list of criteria and keyword phrases that are common amongst lame ass threads. Threads will be rated based on a combination of this keyword density, the amount of activity on the thread, and the date the thread was established. This rating will determine sort order of all threads in a particular forum.

The signup process will be updated to include a medical check, a polygraph interview, and a complete background check, with an emphasis on racially motivated or homophobic hate crimes.

All of this data will be compiled to generate a quarterly report, outlining any possible inconsitencies or glitches in the site moderation, and bonus points will be awarded to those who have been wrongly penalized. These bonus points can be accumulated and later redeemed for a varitey of org prizes including free flame-passes, forum-flooding courtesy cards, and even a chance to revive a terminated org account.

Tom said:

Just how long did it take you to type that out? And do you feel that time was well spent?

Teacher said:

actually he's hiding because he's scared that 2the9s will give him a wedgie.

Tom said:

Just how long did it take you to type that out? And do you feel that time was well spent?

I'm getting the impression that some of you think that the org is some kind of democratic website.

Ben made this site. Ben wrote the rules on how he wanted this site to operate. And Ben openly invited whoever was interested to apply, and from that group, picked a few to help out moderating.

I will say, I don't appreciate being referred to as "incompetent" and a "feckless moron". But if you or anyone else here really despise me being a part of this site, I'll remind you that in the time it takes you to type another snide comment on here, you can just as easily shoot an orgnote over to Ben and explain why.

In an ideal world, we wouldn't need anyone to moderate this site, people would be considerate enough to moderate themselves.
[Edited 11/27/04 22:53pm]