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Censorship On The Forum
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Squidge
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We would have believed KC more if he wasn't talking total BS.
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ZOMG NOT FORUM CENSORSHIPS!11!!ONE!
Sound like conspiracy theorists much. (attach your tinfoil hats now)
Carry on.
Sound like conspiracy theorists much. (attach your tinfoil hats now)
Carry on.
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I stole them to sell into the forum post slave market.A_SN said:
To be serious, stuff like this is certainly not new on any forum and this forum is nowhere near the worst i've seen for doing this.
In short I think that people are overreacting , but then you probably guessed my stance on this by the content of my previous post.
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saehn
Graphician
Well, you know that some of the mods on this forum will delete things and/or change things without public statement. We already know that. It doesn't necessarily mean that they're censoring someone, it could just be that they they're removing what they believe to be irrelevant content. Note that I'm not trying to protect them so much as I am just pointing out a known practice (which shouldn't really surprise any longtime forum members by now).
As far as KC was concerned, either he was EC or from the same mold. The problem with him wasn't that he was discussing something, it's that he was laboriously grinding on about something that seems to have been decided (the chipset). If he were actually trying to change something, he'd do it in a private, constructive way, addressing the actually developers directly instead of going on and on about the GP2X's faults (sound familiar?). That's why some people think of him as "one stupid person".
It wasn't a real discussion; in a discussion someone makes a clear point and they allow for retort... they don't ramble on like he did.
As far as KC was concerned, either he was EC or from the same mold. The problem with him wasn't that he was discussing something, it's that he was laboriously grinding on about something that seems to have been decided (the chipset). If he were actually trying to change something, he'd do it in a private, constructive way, addressing the actually developers directly instead of going on and on about the GP2X's faults (sound familiar?). That's why some people think of him as "one stupid person".
It wasn't a real discussion; in a discussion someone makes a clear point and they allow for retort... they don't ramble on like he did.
Squidge
Certified Guru
The other thing is that he seemed to be arguing about stuff other people have talked about rather than from experience or actual faults. If your going to argue something, at least have facts first rather than guess.
KeyboardCowboy
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Conjecture based on fact is different from a guess, but you're more than entitled to your views. I can't rationalize labelling that as trolling, however.
Even if it's at a moderator's discretion to lock a topic, I didn't see a real justification for it. Likewise I can't say that I agree with deleting posts unless they are outright offensive (hate speech, someone posting disgusting pictures, things of that nature) or the content was illegal. The idea behind a forum is to allow free expression of ideas, not to suppress unwanted views. The fact that it wasn't just one person's comments removed, instead an entire branch of conversation, is troubling indeed.
Even if it's at a moderator's discretion to lock a topic, I didn't see a real justification for it. Likewise I can't say that I agree with deleting posts unless they are outright offensive (hate speech, someone posting disgusting pictures, things of that nature) or the content was illegal. The idea behind a forum is to allow free expression of ideas, not to suppress unwanted views. The fact that it wasn't just one person's comments removed, instead an entire branch of conversation, is troubling indeed.
WarmFluffyUK
The Big Wad Bolf.
I don't think us mods are too evil or strict on the boards, we are quite relaxed in a lot of ways.
I know of some boards where they are far stricter. One such example is a forum my boyfriend is a member of, the moderators there (called the Gort team) will give you a strict seeing to you if you even bend the rules a little. And if you say anything against the Gort team, it's an instant ban until they sincerely apologize! That's going a bit too far even in my books.
I know of some boards where they are far stricter. One such example is a forum my boyfriend is a member of, the moderators there (called the Gort team) will give you a strict seeing to you if you even bend the rules a little. And if you say anything against the Gort team, it's an instant ban until they sincerely apologize! That's going a bit too far even in my books.
sam fisher
Well-Known Member
Heil Hitler!
kanzlr
Member
sam fisher said:
in Austria, a post like that could send you to jail for a while...oh well
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Just because on some other forum your boyfriend has to toe the line etc means nothing to us here.
I am serious, why was the old thread closed and the new one opened? Why? Who closed it? Why has no mod come on here to explain etc.
The old thread was EXACTLY the same as the new one, the same people posting the same stuff. Dzz and Keyboard Cowboy etc. And as Warm and Fluffy said in her opening the the new thread, it was generating interesting discussion! So why the bleep bleep was it closed, just so that a mod could open HER thread about it. Pure ego? Maybe...
Just weird, arrogant and egocentric modding behaviour.
I am serious, why was the old thread closed and the new one opened? Why? Who closed it? Why has no mod come on here to explain etc.
The old thread was EXACTLY the same as the new one, the same people posting the same stuff. Dzz and Keyboard Cowboy etc. And as Warm and Fluffy said in her opening the the new thread, it was generating interesting discussion! So why the bleep bleep was it closed, just so that a mod could open HER thread about it. Pure ego? Maybe...
Just weird, arrogant and egocentric modding behaviour.
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It was turning into a flamefest, just like the new topic will most likely do.lubidog said:
Also anyone that thinks forums are used for the free expression of ideas rather than just being an old boys club needs to show some evidence or hand in their internet licence.
BTW yes I am getting sick of this shit.
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Orkie
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Maybe they could've let it stay in that one thread then rather than making another?Lurkio said:It was turning into a flamefest, just like the new topic will most likely do.
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I'm guessing that they thought it would be best to make a fresh start, it doesn't seem to have worked out like that though.Orkie said:
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Dunny
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Yes, but who was doing the flaming? I don't recall KeyboardCowboy flaming anyone - quite the opposite. I feel quite ashamed to be a member of a forum whose other members attack someone so viciously with absolutely no provocation at all.Lurkio said:It was turning into a flamefest, just like the new topic will most likely do.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.
D.
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Did I say that He/She/It was flaming anyone. (if that wasn't aimed at me feel free to ignore my comment)Dunny said:
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Dunny said:Yes, but who was doing the flaming? I don't recall KeyboardCowboy flaming anyone - quite the opposite. I feel quite ashamed to be a member of a forum whose other members attack someone so viciously with absolutely no provocation at all.Lurkio said:It was turning into a flamefest, just like the new topic will most likely do.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.
D.
Ditto. I still wanna know why posts have been deleted.
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