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I feel it's only fair to report that some of my concerns have been reduced already. I hopped a freight down to Memphis and was on Beale Street last night, and I just got back.

I now see that, in the meantime, a couple of things happened:

1. I got a warning due to a misuderstanding. Even so, under the new procedures, it was not an "infraction," which was encouraging. I like this system much better where you are at least notified of kinda thing might get you a demerit, rather than just having it assessed without a hearing or an appeal.

2. The warning was rescinded, apparently because one of the moderators read the allegedly objectionable post more carefully.
 
Sirkickyass said:
The entire thread reeked of onanism so I haven't felt the need to get involved.
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Well, Kicky, I have no choice but to concede the validity of this assessment. If anyone on this board would be in a position to make this assessment, it would be you. You're the expert in that department.
 
Hopper said:
How does that work "in practice?" I have never known who got warnings or for what reason(s), other than myself.
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Maybe I should amend my statement here, because I haven't always even known what my own purported transgressions were. I was banned for something which was never explained to me, notwithstanding an email asking for the courtesy of an explanation.

As I recall, Jason did make a general comment to the board to the effect that I was banned for being a racist. I found this especially puzzling, seein as how I aint no racist, but....
 
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moevillini said:
Ya know what? Something finally dawned on me that I hadn't thought of before. I'd kinda always placed the responsibility on the person reading the message board - - that if they really objected to what a poster is saying or the way it's said, they should put that poster on their ignore list since that would make the offending posts invisible. I was more of the opinion that the folks who couldn't or wouldn't take that simple action were almost as guilty as the person making the offensive posts. I am generally not in favor of the idea of a "permanent" ban for anyone for any reason.

But, don't ask why it took me five or so years to figure this out, I finally realized that there are plenty of folks who may read the message board who are not actually members, or members who read when they are not logged in, and so there is no recourse for them to avoid something that is patently offensive or that destroys the readability of the board. So now I can somewhat understand why a poster might have to be banned.

It's kinda like I had an epiphany or something.

I'm not sure if that answers your question, aint, but it's the best I can do.

another thing that took me a while to figure out, and I've been keeping this to myself for several years now, but I figure it's time to unload the burden, is that for the first year or two that I was reading jazzfanz (I read for at least a year before I actually joined up) I thought sirkickyass' user name was "stickyass" and I thought somehow all the threads that were labeled "sticky" had something to do with him. It would really puzzle me when there'd be a "sticky" topic that he hadn't even posted in.

yes, I can be slow about some things.

but it feels good to finally get that off my chest.
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So in effect you ban people in order to avoid offending people who don't post on the board?

I like how Hopper's mind works. It is like it is running circles around the mind's of everyone else.
 
Millsapa said:
So in effect you ban people in order to avoid offending people who don't post on the board?

I like how Hopper's mind works. It is like it is running circles around the mind's of everyone else.
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I approve this necro-bump because I get to be reminded that that derelict piece of **** is banned. Feels good.
 
Millsapa said:
So in effect you ban people in order to avoid offending people who don't post on the board?
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If a poster manages to accumulate the requisite number of infractions within a six month time frame for a suspension or ban, I have to ask myself why it is that they find it so difficult to follow the rules that 99% of the others are able to follow with little difficulty.

And yes, in trying to create a message board community that follows certain standards I think we take into account how the posts might be interpreted by anyone who reads them, and some of those readers may not be logged-in or even registered members.

I'll bet you look good in tights, by the way...

;-)
 
Millsapa said:
So in effect you ban people in order to avoid offending people who don't post on the board?

I like how Hopper's mind works. It is like it is running circles around the mind's of everyone else.
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Are you bored and reading all threads and posts on Jazzfanz, or do you already know the threads you are looking for somehow?
I'm just curious how you run across a thread that hasn't been posted in for 6 months.
I guess I don't really care, but I find it strange.
 
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