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WombaT

Northern Ireland25010 Posts

December 21 2024 20:06 GMT

#63281

While (s)he frequently irritates me, I can’t find myself agreeing with Razyda’s recent temp ban.

I personally am frequently far more abrasive, and I could throw a bunch of other names in there. Kwark is consistently far more abrasive to pick an obvious one.

Feels an overstep and I disagree with moderation here. Many charges and insults are tolerated, all the time. Calling somebody crazy is too much?

Jealous

10125 Posts

December 23 2024 01:33 GMT

#63282

It's a 2 day, some of us popped those like tic tacs back in the day.

WombaT

Northern Ireland25010 Posts

December 23 2024 02:16 GMT

#63283

I’ve copped a few of them in my time, but equally when under the stern eye of the teacher I had to concede they were merited.

Razyda’s copping a ban for invective that’s milder than much of mine, I’m way more of an arsehole. Nowhere near as harsh as some of Kwark’s, or other posters.

Also I may say while harsh I feel much of Kwark’s invective is merited, so I’m not singling him out, he’s often doing God’s work as far as I’m concerned

But this seems a bullshit ban to me. Hey others are free to disagree

Jealous

10125 Posts

December 23 2024 21:02 GMT

#63284

My interpretation is that some people get a pass while others haven't earned one and I imagine TL is more restrictive on what they let people get away with than in the past. The path to relative immunity is harder. In other words, just because Kwark can get away with saying just about anything doesn't mean that everyone has that luxury.

tofucake

Hyrule19029 Posts

December 23 2024 21:43 GMT

#63285

I acted on a report. I can ban you too, WombaT, if you think that would balance the cosmic scales of justice

WombaT

Northern Ireland25010 Posts

December 23 2024 23:51 GMT

#63286

On December 24 2024 06:43 tofucake wrote:
I acted on a report. I can ban you too, WombaT, if you think that would balance the cosmic scales of justice

While I do have quite the martyr complex, the cosmic scales of justice have routinely kicked my arse quite sufficiently already in my lifetime for my tastes

catplanetcatplanet

3829 Posts

February 01 2025 05:31 GMT

#63287

Hi ABL! How are you guys doing?! I have a request which is probably inappropriate for this channel, but I like this thread so I have chosen to make it here anyway. My request is to delete all my blog posts. I seem to be unable to delete/edit them myself. If a friendly ABL-frequenting mod could help me out I would be deeply grateful! But if this is an inordinately difficult operation, that is ok too. Thanks a 1,000,000 in advance!

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?37017 Posts

February 02 2025 05:14 GMT

#63288

On February 01 2025 14:31 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
Hi ABL! How are you guys doing?! I have a request which is probably inappropriate for this channel, but I like this thread so I have chosen to make it here anyway. My request is to delete all my blog posts. I seem to be unable to delete/edit them myself. If a friendly ABL-frequenting mod could help me out I would be deeply grateful! But if this is an inordinately difficult operation, that is ok too. Thanks a 1,000,000 in advance!

Go to your Profile, go to My Blog, take a screenshot of that and send it to me.

catplanetcatplanet

3829 Posts

February 04 2025 00:39 GMT

#63289

On February 02 2025 14:14 Seeker wrote:

Show nested quote +

Go to your Profile, go to My Blog, take a screenshot of that and send it to me.

Looks like I'm all sorted out - thanks Seeker if you took care of this

JamesmJimlawther

11 Posts

February 04 2025 13:02 GMT

#63290

--- Nuked ---

Zambrah

United States7288 Posts

February 12 2025 21:40 GMT

#63291

Is it me or are there more ad scams lately, feels like crypto ad scams have increased in the last few weeks

WombaT

Northern Ireland25010 Posts

February 12 2025 21:52 GMT

#63292

On February 13 2025 06:40 Zambrah wrote:
Is it me or are there more ad scams lately, feels like crypto ad scams have increased in the last few weeks

If crypto could like, 90% fuck off that would be great.

I don’t know if it’s more prevalent though in general. It feels like it sometimes but I don’t know if the numbers back it up.

One thing I’ve definitely noticed is that at least some bots are definitely using some kind of generative AI. Instead of completely off-topic ad spam, you’re seeing a few that at least attempt to drop it after some kind of ramble about Starcraft things.

It’s still so obviously spam bot nonsense that anyone with a brain can pick out, but it does seem they’re tailoring the bollocks a bit. I imagine they’re spamming a League forum with summat about League that’s generated, rinse and repeat for different games.

Zambrah

United States7288 Posts

February 15 2025 10:01 GMT

#63293

Yeah Ive seen some posts from what I want to consider bots but theyre slightly on topic enough to give me pause, one day we're gonna be inundated with bots and wont even know it

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50110 Posts

May 06 2025 11:23 GMT

#63294

I always thought I'll reach 50k posts like I did most of my other post count milestones, via LR spam, but it seems like it will be via handling mod reports thanks to these stupid bots.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44184 Posts

May 06 2025 13:12 GMT

#63295

On May 06 2025 20:23 BLinD-RawR wrote:
I always thought I'll reach 50k posts like I did most of my other post count milestones, via LR spam, but it seems like it will be via handling mod reports thanks to these stupid bots.

There really have been a lot of new/spam/bot threads lately x.x