Your Chance To Change The DC Forum For The Better

[Direckshun]

Hey folks. Regular DCers, and everybody else.

This past weekend I asked the forum what makes DC a cesspool in their eyes.

There were many answers. Some was that too many people are stupid. Some were that there are extremist conspiracy types that make discussion difficult.

But the overwhelming answer is that too many people act like recalcitrant assholes who too often shit on people instead of promoting a discussion.

So I thought I'd throw an idea out there. I brought this up for the mod team, and they told me that if I put it before the people and DC was interested, we could get something moving.

This is a suggestion for potentially increasing the quality of posting in ChiefsPlanet's DC forum. As we all know, this place is legitimately a cesspool. We all know it is, we all agree it's a mess of haters and idiots and conspiracy assholes.

For ten-plus years, ChiefsPlanet policy towards that forum is "light" moderation, which means the best possible course of action is to let the maniacs eat themselves, but mostly to just keep that shit out of the Lounge (which I don't blame the mod team for, not one bit). That policy has permitted the DC forum to be pretty rough for most posters to participate. And the few that do participate regularly aren't that big on it. We have a pretty high turnover rate in the forum.

A new suggestion: temporarily test out a new policy, which is that of elevated moderation. There's not a lot you can do about stupid people (myself included), or folks with extreme views, but there is plenty we can do about people just acting like assholes to be assholes. For a small period of time (like six months, or even three months), ChiefsPlanet could implement an Asshole Ban on DC, meaning everybody in that forum must be respectful, and refrain from simply shitting on people, at the risk of something like a 1-month DC ban.

That may require more moderation, which much of the mod team would be unwilling to do because, c'mon, this place is a cesspool. As a result, this forum would casually elect a DC Asshole Panel, which would be a four-person board (two liberals/Democrats, two conservatives/Republicans) who regular the forum and can signal instances of assholery to the mods for a temp ban. In order for the panel to officially tip off a mod, three of the four members must agree that the Planeteer in question is in fact acting like a genuine asshole.

All of this is a complicated way of saying that DC doesn't just have to be a trashcan to keep the Lounge clean. I've been on (and am on) other boards where the political forum is a thriving exchange of ideas. And I don't mean to rob DC of its sarcasm, wit, or ribald humor. Just the blatant assholery from all sides that makes it occasionally tough to bear.

I send this suggestion up for your consideration. The poll above will stand for a week. (I would like it if a mod could sticky this thread? Too much to ask?) At the end of the week, if we at least have a plurality in favor of testing an Asshole Patrol, we'll take the next steps which would include selecting which members we'd like to serve on it.

Poll forthcoming.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by frazod

It was a joke, you ****.

Jesus.

It wasn't funny. Forgive me for not understanding retardanese.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by KC native

It wasn't funny. Forgive me for not understanding retardanese.

True. Like you'd send anybody a friend request no matter what they did.

[Comrade Crapski]

Originally Posted by KC naive

It wasn't funny. Forgive me for not understanding retardanese.

You know what's really sad, Rectum?

When I first started posting here, at least two posters who couldn't stand me,
Taco John and Frazod, hated me in fact, I get along with them just fine now.

How is that possible?

Can you name at least two posters in DC Holy Land that you can say the same thing about?

I also pose that question to everyone else who's always prattling about how much this place is a cesspool.

LOOK IN THE MIRROR, FOOL.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Comrade Crapski

You know what's really sad, Rectum?

When I first started posting here, at least two posters who couldn't stand me,
Taco John and Frazod, hated me in fact, I get along with them just fine now.

How is that possible?

Can you name at least two posters in DC Holy Land that you can say the same thing about?

I also pose that question to everyone else who's always prattling about how much this place is a cesspool.

LOOK IN THE MIRROR, FOOL.

You are a knuckle dragging racist piece of shit. Of course, you get along with two of the dumbest DC posters.

[Comrade Crapski]

Originally Posted by KC native

two of the dumbest DC posters.

Not by a long shot. In fact, they wouldn't even make the list. You on the other hand would be right up their neck and neck with Frankie.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by Comrade Crapski

Not by a long shot. In fact, they wouldn't even make the list. You on the other hand would be right up their neck and neck with Frankie.

On his worst day Frankie isn't a fraction of the miserable piece of shit this guy is.

[KC native]

I'm your puppet master frazzled.

Your Chance To Change... 02-11-2013 09:17 PM frazod I bet you neg rep me at least 4 times for this neg rep and post. Get ta dancing bitch. I haven't said you can sit down yet.

Would you turn in your... 02-11-2013 09:42 PM frazod And here's number four. Happy now? Oh wait, that can never happen.
Your Chance To Change... 02-11-2013 09:37 PM frazod The funny part is you think you're aren't a knuckle dragging racist piece of shit. That's hilarious.
Your Chance To Change... 02-11-2013 09:30 PM frazod You want four? Okay.
Your Chance To Change... 02-11-2013 09:27 PM frazod Perhaps if you mow an extra couple of yards next week you could raise enough cash to buy a sense of humor.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by frazod

On his worst day Frankie isn't a fraction of the miserable piece of shit this guy is.

Oh, if only failpuss were around to see what you've become.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by KC native

I'm your puppet master frazzled.

I'm just trying to bring a little joy into your otherwise miserable existence.

And this is the thanks I get.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by 300 Bowler

If Zack posted a picture of Pete's wife and then insulted her appearance, that would be a personal insult. If Zack actually know something about Pete's wife and posted that information, that would be a personal attack.

To call someone's wife a cum-guzzling whore when you don't actually KNOW the person or his wife isn't a personal insult or a personal attack. It might be rude, it might be childish, and it might be over whatever line this forum wishes to draw, but it's not a personal insult or a personal attack.

I agree. It's silly to get upset when a person says something disparaging about someone they don't even know. In the case of Zach and pete, did anyone actually believe Zach was serious (about pete's wife) or had any knowledge of pete's wife at all? Of course not. In any event, Zach's male prostitute, meth-junkie boyfriend told me that Zach doesn't even know pete's wife.

[sd4chiefs]

Keep it like it is. Bat Sh*t Crazy A-holes need a place to post thier Bat Sh*t Crazy views.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by frazod

I'm just trying to bring a little joy into your otherwise miserable existence.

And this is the thanks I get.

Actually, you're doing exactly what I knew you would. I enjoy making you look like a childish jackass.

[Comrade Crapski]

So, KC Rectum... you can't name at least two posters that you didn't get along with that you now can?

Pathetic.

[loochy]

Am I a troll if I vote for the stupidest and most ridiculous option in every poll?

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Comrade Crapski

So, KC Rectum... you can't name at least two posters that you didn't get along with that you now can?

Pathetic.

It's funny that you are attempting to have the high ground right after you were banned AGAIN for using racial slurs. How many mults have you made to get around "permabans" now? 4?