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vGl-CoW
Belgium8305 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
Lurker: someone who observes, but does not interact. This is generally a good thing to do when new to a forum: Troll: Someone who knows the meaning of what they post, and the source of its offence, but pretends to be a newb, or unaware of its effects. An experienced troll will make a ridiculous claim, or more often a highly divisive claim (mac is better than pc, protoss is a race for pussies, etc.) lurk while people react, wait for the furor to die down, and then make another post, usually an apology that simultaneously makes another troll, or a statement along the lines of: "I dont know what you guys are so upset about (repeat troll#1 or insert troll post#2)." The trolls goal is to create as much chaos as possible while attempting to retain an innocent/newb appearance. Contrast this with flamebait. Flamebait is a post or series of posts that will inevitably lead to an all-out flame war. The difference between flamebait and trolls are the lack of inside jokes and general awareness. A troll will post with the intent of creating chaos, while flamebait is often unintentional. YHBTHAND | ||
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Lisk
Latvia376 Posts
Some may question your right to ban ten billion people. Those who understand realise that you have no right to let them live... | ||
Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On November 12 2006 08:43 Beyonder wrote: And 2 more down. Stop making shitty posts in this thread, it doesn't do your case any good. This is a good point. Honestly, I didn't say it myself earlier because I figured it was an easy way to weed them out. But if you were on the verge for a while and you made a sarcastic crap post here, we will remember you again, check your posts, hunt you down, and kill you. | ||
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Mr.MarineMan666
United States1 Post
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brian
United States9633 Posts
and i bet dark nexus had it coming. moreover most of the people are acting like jackasses because they feel they've earned the right. which a few probably have. oh damn. R.I.P. lawlmart. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20090 Posts
On November 12 2006 11:14 Gene wrote: and i bet dark nexus had it coming. oh damn. R.I.P. lawlmart. | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On November 12 2006 11:06 Mr.MarineMan666 wrote: Ok I don't understand why someone like Nexus or Joyo are banned in this post, but not people like Alborz (who in my lurking time I've only seen quote other people without anything else in his post, or write "lol" "ok"), or Mortality, who started posting the pictures of women, or hell, any of the 15 other people who posted "hi" or "LOL!!!!" or ";0;;;" or something like that. It wasn't just from THIS topic. We have an easy way to check out their last posts so we look at those and decide. Also, many people we ban are people we've been thinking about for a while, like a mental "watch out for" list. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22258 Posts
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Beyonder
Netherlands15103 Posts
On November 12 2006 11:22 Klogon wrote: It wasn't just from THIS topic. We have an easy way to check out their last posts so we look at those and decide. Also, many people we ban are people we've been thinking about for a while, like a mental "watch out for" list. Yep! Ive been watching 'you' closely. A temp ban is NOT made for you to create another account, just so you know! | ||
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CoralReefer
Canada2069 Posts
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brian
United States9633 Posts
On November 12 2006 12:13 ml1710 wrote: Klogon, is your icon a bread + cat hybrid?  dude its kittyloaf. i dont even know what to say. | ||
FakeSteve[TPR]
Valhalla18444 Posts
On November 12 2006 12:15 Gene wrote: dude its kittyloaf. i dont even know what to say. start with 'i will never again look down on someone for not recognizing a shitty meme' | ||
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a-game
Canada5085 Posts
edit: maybe it's just me, i have no problem with telling people to think before posting, but it does seem a little quieter since this thread was started (then again it is sunday today) | ||
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brian
United States9633 Posts
On November 12 2006 16:10 a-game wrote: isn't there some risk this will stifle the forums and turn it into a quiet church of nodding yes-men? edit: maybe it's just me, i have no problem with telling people to think before posting, but it does seem a little quieter since this thread was started (then again it is sunday today)  (only for a couple of days or so) | ||
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Yogurt
United States4258 Posts
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Insane
United States4991 Posts
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
11739 Posts
On November 11 2006 13:11 EvilTeletubby wrote: [/list]So, what does this mean for you, our dear TL.net reader? All this means, is that we're simply asking you to stop and think before you hit the post button.. We understand however some people need to be flamed; but if you're going to do it, at least be tactful and creative about it. Read Brood's reply in this thread to see what we're talking about. That post that Brood made seems a lot like when Stewie told that girl in acting class of on Family Guy. That being said, I think this is a good thing that's being done, because there are a lot of new people who have seeped in through the woodworks and started making incredibly shitty posts. It would seem that about five of them got taken out in this thread-- which is kind of funny, because you'd think that this would be the last thread a shitty poster would want to post something shitty in, especially after the joke was worn out about 50 times before they got here. | ||
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useLess
United States4781 Posts
Also, topics wont be all that active if all we have are "contributing posts". A person makes a topic which is supposed to either contribute, or ask for contributers. If the latter sense, yeah, we could weed out the shitty posters. But if its say, someone just showing off a replay or a story, then how are people supposed to respond to that? "lol that was really funny because ... , especially when youre mentioned pt 1, pt 2, pt 3." Yeah, theres crap posts, but whats really expected of us? | ||
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Ghin
United States2391 Posts
On November 12 2006 16:49 useless wrote: Its breadcat. I have that as my AIM icon :3 Also, topics wont be all that active if all we have are "contributing posts". A person makes a topic which is supposed to either contribute, or ask for contributers. If the latter sense, yeah, we could weed out the shitty posters. But if its say, someone just showing off a replay or a story, then how are people supposed to respond to that? "lol that was really funny because ... , especially when youre mentioned pt 1, pt 2, pt 3." Yeah, theres crap posts, but whats really expected of us? saying "lol that was really funny" is not a shitty post. a shitty post is saying "FAKESTEVE UR A FAG STOP POSTING NOOB" the first one was commenting on how much the poster enjoyed the thread. the second one is insulting and takes up space. do you see the difference? | ||
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