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03-17-2009, 10:15 PM
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#151
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 271
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Originally Posted by Solumina
This is dumb. Gnet if you really just wanted Mond to tone things down then you should have sent a pm instead of calling him out on it the way you did, knowing how he tends to act it should have been obvious that his most likely reaction would not have been to comply but to make a big deal out of it and be a pain in your ass.
As the whole thing was going down you reacted in an extremely petty manner to the posts supporting Mond being allowed to keep his posts. Honestly I wonder what is motivating this change in behavior, a bit of transparency would be much appreciated. In the past rapid changes in administrative style have resulted in major problems, widespread dissatisfaction among the members, and a large number of members leaving.
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Asking someone to tone it down in some minor token ways and explaining why, in public, is transparency. Private messaging someone where nobody can see is not transparency.
"knowing how he tends to act" is kind of the point. It's not about some mildly problematic subtitle, it's about testing Albert Mond's trollishness with a simple request that was predictably going to be made into a federal case of discrimination and personal vendetta and all sorts of histrionic over dramatics, and he won that badge with flying colors. I'm not mad about it, it's just disappointing. The underlying question was are you a troll or are you a good citizen of this site. Albert chose the troll path.
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03-17-2009, 10:22 PM
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#152
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua
JCC: Actually, Gnet is the first forum I've ever been on that such insane and constant behavior has been tolerated by the admins. Most forums request that folks keep -some- form of decency and maturity in their online discussions. Geez, even Gaia Online gives you the option to bleep out things you don't want to see or hear, and it's -vastly- more immature than Gnet.
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There's censorship BECAUSE those people are immature.
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03-17-2009, 10:28 PM
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#153
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gothic.net
Asking someone to tone it down in some minor token ways and explaining why, in public, is transparency. Private messaging someone where nobody can see is not transparency.
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Transparency is letting us know why things are happening the way that they are instead of you simply sending out decrees. You know that I am not one to lash out at the administration so I hope you know that this is coming from my desire for the boards to remain enjoyable and that I do not intend for any of this to be viewed in an aggressive manner.
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Originally Posted by Gothic.net
"knowing how he tends to act" is kind of the point. It's not about some mildly problematic subtitle, it's about testing Albert Mond's trollishness with a simple request that was predictably going to be made into a federal case of discrimination and personal vendetta and all sorts of histrionic over dramatics, and he won that badge with flying colors. I'm not mad about it, it's just disappointing. The underlying question was are you a troll or are you a good citizen of this site. Albert chose the troll path.
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I doubt very much that the majority of gnetters would have reacted well to being asked in a thread to change their user title. In a tread it amounts to being called out, something that most people react to in a defensive manner, leading them to lash out, if asked via pm then there is no reason to get defensive about it and there is no reason for grandstanding. If you had pmed Mond and then he had brought it out onto the boards then you could have been assured that he is seeking to cause problems and draw attention to himself.
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03-18-2009, 03:49 AM
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#154
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 1,138
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I decided to change my avatar to pay homage to this thread. : D
But this is mostly because I just want to see what people find more offensive. A serial pedo r@pist with a hitler 'stache as an avatar, or male sex-organ licker as a user title.
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03-18-2009, 03:58 AM
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#155
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Originally Posted by jack_the_knife
I decided to change my avatar to pay homage to this thread. : D
But this is mostly because I just want to see what people find more offensive. A serial pedo r@pist with a hitler 'stache as an avatar, or male sex-organ licker as a user title.
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Nazi pedophile or a homosexual?
The Pope only hates one.
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03-18-2009, 04:10 AM
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#156
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jack_the_knife
I decided to change my avatar to pay homage to this thread. : D
But this is mostly because I just want to see what people find more offensive. A serial pedo r@pist with a hitler 'stache as an avatar, or male sex-organ licker as a user title.
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I am mostly offended at the fact that the man in yo avatar is so fugly.
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03-18-2009, 04:23 AM
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#157
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Gnet, can we please keep Lakita?
The user hasn't actually broken any rules or said anything offensive enough to warrant being banned, and it's fun to have "her" around.
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03-18-2009, 04:23 AM
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#158
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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I love her videos on youtube!
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03-18-2009, 04:36 AM
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#159
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 30
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The people has spoken!
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03-18-2009, 04:42 AM
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#160
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 1,138
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Originally Posted by Underwater Ophelia
Gnet, can we please keep Lakita?
The user hasn't actually broken any rules or said anything offensive enough to warrant being banned, and it's fun to have "her" around.
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I second this .
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03-18-2009, 05:08 AM
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#161
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 271
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HumanePain
I love her videos on youtube!
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Show me one so I don't think she's 100% fictional.
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03-18-2009, 05:42 AM
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#162
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Earth.
Posts: 8,001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gothic.net
Show me one so I don't think she's 100% fictional.
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Why would that even matter?
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03-18-2009, 06:59 AM
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#163
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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Hmmm, I just realized this....if we don't have user ranks and titles anymore how are we going to know when someone gets SPORKED?
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03-18-2009, 07:14 AM
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#164
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Heaven and Earth
Posts: 2,606
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Gothic.net: I am having trouble staying logged in, whereas before I never had trouble. Is there something going on with the login system?
Also, are you the same admin that we've had all along, or do we have new overlords now?
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03-18-2009, 07:15 AM
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#165
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gothic.net
Show me one so I don't think she's 100% fictional.
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She is fictional, but the videos are still funny. I will PM the links because the videos are...politically incorrect.
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03-18-2009, 08:00 AM
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#166
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua
Also, are you the same admin that we've had all along, or do we have new overlords now?
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The admins here have changed quite a few times so there is no "admin that we've had all along".
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03-18-2009, 08:02 AM
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#167
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Heaven and Earth
Posts: 2,606
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I wonder why they've changed hands so often..
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03-18-2009, 08:13 AM
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#168
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Bangkok
Posts: 1,921
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Li Hua
I wonder why they've changed hands so often..
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It's business.
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03-18-2009, 08:18 AM
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#169
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Cali
Posts: 8,030
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I believe the first change of hands was because the site started off as something small and then grew to something that the owner was not really able to handle well so he sold it, then there was the time when there was a big blowout over change in admin styles that lead to many people leaving and a loss in advertising dollars due to decrease in membership. Other than that the site has been around for a while so it really isn't surprising that the site has changed hands from time to time.
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03-18-2009, 10:16 AM
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#170
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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Yeah, I wasn't even a member back then so I can't say for certain. What I said above is more my suspicions of what could easily happen here and now.
I don't know how many people realize it but you can track Gnet's hits and other stats here:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...ils/gothic.net
It looks pretty low to me, but it's still probably the most popular goth site around. In all honesty, being the top rated goth site online is probably not much of a distinction and I can't blame Admin if they adhere to the logic I accuse them of above.
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03-18-2009, 10:45 AM
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#171
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
Posts: 4,036
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Man In Room 5
Hmmm, I just realized this....if we don't have user ranks and titles anymore how are we going to know when someone gets SPORKED?
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Well, you can open their profile.. The user titles are still there.
But having it under the user`s name was better
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03-18-2009, 11:11 AM
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#172
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gothic.net
The underlying question was are you a troll or are you a good citizen of this site. Albert chose the troll path.
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Fuck, who knew that the creator of this site was such a pillock?
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03-18-2009, 12:45 PM
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#173
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Lansing, Iowa. Come visit me, yes, no?
Posts: 1,033
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gothic.net
If you see worse, report it, heck, we even have a new infractions system that gives you more options for addressing it yourself.
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Thank you. I shall be doing so indeed. There are people here who's behaviour is merely unnacceptable.
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03-18-2009, 12:52 PM
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#174
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Earth.
Posts: 479
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Uni, wouldn't it take alot less effort to just let things go and die, then to do something to stir the waters?
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03-18-2009, 01:31 PM
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#175
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: IL, USA
Posts: 754
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OK...now what happened to the post I made earlier today? I made a post after Solumina's post at #169. Then Solumina replied and I replied back with the post that is now numbered 170. My post and Solumina's reply are both missing and posts have been renumbered. Is this a glitch or some subtle censorship?
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