Breaking Blathering 6

[rezombad]

So, I'm in the correct mindset to do a bunch of these. Let me know if I'm getting close and what can be improved.

[Kazekirimaru]

Moar corruption

[Kazekirimaru]

._.

[( G_R )]

[Col. Khaddafi]

Kaze is a maquereau!

[Kazekirimaru]

Maquereaux au four

[Kaitscralt]

[Second Harkius]

I can't help but notice that all the people for the high post requirement already meet that requirement.

But, regardless, I fail to see the correlation between post count and personal integrity, and that's what bugs me about the proposition. I feel like the vouch system would work with a bit of tweaking. It would deter random rippers from exploiting people, while allowing those with credibility to trade. The vouchers could be designated. Staff, clan leaders, things like that. Tweaking and such. I'm not so good with specifics.

Ah, looks like I still care about this topic a bit, after all.

I remember Kaze's epic debut...

[Kazekirimaru]

Nightmare, nightmare, my life is a nightmare

[Kazekirimaru]

Fuck you, Spam. Give me what I want for no reason.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Originally posted by Crimeo on MTGS

Compared to other hobby forums I have been on (for example, photography, other games, programming), this forum has an absurdly high relative ratio of warnings/infractions/moderator activity/long lists of rules of questionable utility but ironfisted enforcement/etc.

I'm not saying the staff is unfair or cruel. As of this moment, I don't think I have received or seen any warnings or infractions that looked technically, to-the-letter WRONG in terms of precisely whether they broke a rule or not. The mods seem to be doing decently in terms of interpretations and detail-orientedness. However, I have seen a huge number of warnings/infractions that don't look like they really improve the community in any noticeable way. Which I guess I would call more of a an overall misguided culture? Or something like that.

I would humbly suggest that the staff widely re-evaluate the
enforcement policies of the site to change this culture. Currently the procedure seems to be to place most of the discretion on the rules themselves:
1) Look at each post (or ones that are reported or whatever you do).
2) Does this literally break any rules?
3) If yes, take action.

I would suggest an alternative strategy of:
1) Look at posts that people report or whatever.
2) Ask oneself
2a) "Does this threaten or decrease people's enjoyment of Magic?"
2b) "Does this threaten or decrease our sense of community mutual respect or safety (illegality, flaming, harrassment, threats, etc.)?"
2c) "Is anybody actually a victim here at all, currently or potentially?"
3) If none of the above are true, don't worry about it, even if it might break a written rule.
4) If at least one of the above is true, THEN cehck to see if it breaks a written rule.
5) If it also does break a written rule, take action.



nThis way, any warnings or infractions that do occur STILL have a solid, factual basis insofar as the rule that was technically broken. This ensures that appeals and discussions can still occur very systematically and in a controlled, accountable fashion.

But it also adds a discretionary filter in front, to (hopefully vastly) cut down on the number of random citations for random rules whose breaking didn't actually cause any harm and never needed to be dealt with in the first place.

It makes it so that if you don't technically break any rules, that's still enough to feel safe. But also if you just act like a decent human being, that's ALSO almost always enough to feel safe, even if not worrying every post about whether you pass 20 different minor rule requirements. Leading to a more comfortable and less oppressive feeling community without actually creating any real new problems.

And it is still completely fair to everybody, too, because the same step by step procedure is
used on everybody, and the subjective portion is only used for leniency, not for punishment.



Anyway, just my two cents on how to make this place more inviting to newcomers like myself. Thanks for reading.
-Crimeo

Poor guy, someone should break him out the prestiged history of the tainted MTGS moderation standards.

And to think an eye-opening PM is just a gimmick registration away

[Col. Khaddafi]

Our next dragon contest should raise the bar at making the staff restrict PM's to users with over 10 posts and two weeks registration

[DroppinSuga]

Poor guy spent time typing that and he could have safely fapped one out to Teen Mom girl's sex tape.

[Kaitscralt]

do i need to watch that or are you being sarcastic

[Col. Khaddafi]

Don't worry, most of us wrote thousands of words back in the days when we thought we could hammer some sense into their skulls, when we could instead fapping to porn.

[rezombad]

SUGA THESE SIGS ARE FOR YOU GIVE ME SOME FUCKING FEEDBACK

Round 2:

Safe for work

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All feedback is welcome. Not just from suga.

[Col. Khaddafi]

Its funny because mackerel means pimp in french slang

[Kazekirimaru]

Change me back D:

I'm so internet mads bro

[DroppinSuga]

do i need to watch that or are you being sarcastic

I'm dead serious. Go to pornhub and watch Farrah bang a porn dude. She's hot as fuck.

[DroppinSuga]

SUGA THESE SIGS ARE FOR YOU GIVE ME SOME FUCKING FEEDBACK

Round 2:

Safe for work

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All feedback is welcome. Not just from suga.

I can't get behind that one.

[Second Harkius]

Change me back D:

I'm so internet mads bro

ignore the deceptive first line, he is actually getting annoyed at this

[TubeHunter]

Kaze, any word on this blatent corruption?

[Kaitscralt]

I changed it back but you need to do the avatar

[rezombad]

Round 3:

[WitchHunt]

Change me back D:

I'm so internet mads bro

You're name means, "Wind Pimp" now though, you seem super cultured now.

[iamabadman]

do i need to watch that or are you being sarcastic

I'm dead serious. Go to pornhub and watch Farrah bang a porn dude. She's hot as fuck.

she claims she was raped or something and it was not suppose to be in public

[Kazekirimaru]

Madding saves me thanks to his aversion to fish

<3

[Kazekirimaru]

Change me back D:

I'm so internet mads bro

You're name means, "Wind Pimp" now though, you seem super cultured now.

Ohey, is this your blathering debut?

[DroppinSuga]

lol rape.

[Kaitscralt]

I'm the one who changed you to Kazemackerel in the first place

[Kazekirimaru]

Kaze, any word on this blatent corruption?

They must be silenced.

[Kaitscralt]

ya dumb cunt

[DroppinSuga]

Round 3:

Getting closer.

[Kazekirimaru]

I'm the one who changed you to Kazemackerel in the first place

You're sending me mixed signals.

[Kaitscralt]

because of my affection for fish

[rezombad]

Round 4:

[Kazekirimaru]

Such a complex human.

[Kazekirimaru]

Round 4:

Best one yet.

[DroppinSuga]

Round 4:

You're like scalding hot now... Next one should be money.

[WitchHunt]

Change me back D:

I'm so internet mads bro

You're name means, "Wind Pimp" now though, you seem super cultured now.

Ohey, is this your blathering debut?

Yup.