And just to reinforce the need for the ban on tweets, remember all of those tweets that were posted in the US Politics Thread suggesting that Trump didn't have a prayer and was going to get wiped out? Yeah....

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

November 09 2016 19:31 GMT

#585

I don't understand how that helps the argument against tweets. The common wisdom is that Trump was trailing, as evidenced by everyone everywhere. The tweets of polls showing Clinton up are an example of that. That the tweets were incorrect don't have relevance to the discussion whether they're low content or not. The idea that tweets are low content and there should be fewer irrelevant tweets is true regardless of whether they turned out to be false or not, and the inverse is not an argument for.

Also yes, the politics thread was very well managed. I disliked the direction it went to early in the morning 9-12 EST, but the rest was good.

tofucake

Hyrule19257 Posts

November 09 2016 19:34 GMT

#586

Tweets are allowed in the same vein as posts: ones that contribute nothing are actioned.

Posting a tweet of something that adds to the discussion is fine.

farvacola

United States18869 Posts

November 09 2016 21:30 GMT

#587

I think the moderation team handled election night well, though a few useless gloats snuck in.

tofucake

Hyrule19257 Posts

November 09 2016 21:40 GMT

#588

I'm still working my way through every post I missed when I was asleep, give it time.

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

November 10 2016 14:09 GMT

#589

Did you seriously warn me for this:

On November 10 2016 08:45 IgnE wrote:

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how do you know how much sleeping around is good for your friends?

User was warned for this post

And not warn the slut shamer I was responding to? Is this the casual sexism we tolerate on TL?

tofucake

Hyrule19257 Posts

November 10 2016 14:20 GMT

#590

Yes, I warned you for that, because you were posting off topic.

No, I haven't warned Yoav because I'm still working through a huge backlog of posts.

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

November 21 2016 22:40 GMT

#591

this:

On November 22 2016 06:34 sharkie wrote:
I am not saying climate change is a total hoax but Europe never had summer all year and our spring and autumn were dsmn cold. So I really dont believe media telling me that we had a warm October. Harvest has been horrible this year.

should imo be a bannable level of willful stupidity

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

November 22 2016 00:53 GMT

#592

On November 22 2016 07:40 IgnE wrote:
this:

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should imo be a bannable level of willful stupidity

I disagree. People are allowed to post stupid comments so long as they phrase them properly, they fit the discussion and are not insulting anyone etc...

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

November 22 2016 03:26 GMT

#593

it insults the intelligence of anyone who reads it.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17844 Posts

November 22 2016 03:28 GMT

#594

climate experts have changed their dire projections too many times in the past 50 years and it has cost their profession credibility.

i "pay attention to outcomes" when it comes to these projections. The more incorrect projections the "expert" makes the less credibility the expert has.

IgnE

United States7681 Posts

November 22 2016 05:39 GMT

#595

how hot october was is not a "projection"

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17844 Posts

November 22 2016 08:49 GMT

#596

time to increase SO2 emissions to cool the earth off.

zlefin

United States7689 Posts

November 22 2016 15:23 GMT

#597

overall I'd say thread is somewhat better than it used to be.

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

November 22 2016 16:35 GMT

#598

It's certainly transformed in the aftermath of Trump's victory. Some problematic posters took a less active role, others took a more active role in recent times.