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Everybody in boards.ie seems to enjoy arguing with each other (true?). Why not set up a debating section? they can argue the subject for as long as they want but be valid in their argument and remain with some level of morals. Just a suggestion is all
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We're in danger of going down the road of free speech by committee, if some of the recent suggestions were to be entertained.
How do you legislate for less puns on an internet forum?
How do you put a rule in place to outlaw righteous indignation (in both a positive and negative sense) in relation to an emotive issue? Let people vent ffs, it's the only place on boards that they can.
I'm sh1t sick of people looking to the mods here to reduce the cowbell level on boards, or make the AH forum more to their liking. Newsflash guys, that's not why they're here, and I only wish that the rest of the boards empire mods did as good and as hands off a job as they do here on AH.
I mean, I'd love to ask the lads here to cull the posts of a certain individual who drives me up the wall with their illiterate inanity, but I don't have the right to do that. Nor do they have the right to act upon such a request.
Keep AH free<ish>
Let the masses dictate the flow by guiding the thread, don't expect the mods to do it. Something like the lads at the corner table in the boozer telling Loud Larry to STFU, rather than moaning to the door staff.0 -
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I don't think someone should have to point out that a thread is serious or not.Sharpshooter wrote: »Tbh if there was a rule or say a basic understanding at the start of a thread,that the OP did not want puns as it was a serious topic they wanted to discuss I would refrain.
Say for instance the yellow triangle or :mad: alongside the Thread Title to let posters know the OP wants a serious discussion.
I don't know if it would work but at least posters would be able to see what the OP wants.:pac:
The content should speak for itself.
eg. Blind man is murdered for his watch.
Pun: He didn't see that coming.
Is that really necessary?
Blind man arrested for soliciting prostitution.
Pun: He didn't see that cumming.
Fair enough.
Turning every thread into a punfest is just annoying.
Should it continue to happen, I'll bring back my alter ego. Nobody wants that.brianthebard wrote: »Personally I'd like to see an end to the lynch mob threads, its been done over and over again.
Unfortunately that's not going to end.
All we can do is counter the arguments with logic.
One of the recent dole threads had people claiming that they know lots of people claiming the dole and working for cash.
I asked why they had not availed of the reward programme, but nobody was able to reply.
The reason they were not able to reply: They are just spouting crap they heard in the pub and have no proof.
Here's a compromise.You could look at it like that. Or you could look at it as refining the humour in this forum. I know a lot of the time I could do without seeing the utterly brainless and lazy puns, ever so often there's an amusing one. One out of every 50 is a crap ratio.
If someone keeps making sh*tty puns, their mates (should) make it be known that these sh*tty puns are irritating. It's natural but seeing as we can't just reply with "STFU & GTFO" there needs to be a way for some of us who don't love the facepalmers to voice our distaste. Or maybe not, I'm not sure if I care this much...
You can say GTFO if I can say STFU.
How aboot that, eh?*
Well that's just it.RoundyMooney wrote: »We're in danger of going down the road of free speech by committee, if some of the recent suggestions were to be entertained.
How do you legislate for less puns on an internet forum?
How do you put a rule in place to outlaw righteous indignation (in both a positive and negative sense) in relation to an emotive issue? Let people vent ffs, it's the only place on boards that they can.
I'm sh1t sick of people looking to the mods here to reduce the cowbell level on boards, or make the AH forum more to their liking. Newsflash guys, that's not why they're here, and I only wish that the rest of the boards empire mods did as good and as hands off a job as they do here on AH.
I mean, I'd love to ask the lads here to cull the posts of a certain individual who drives me up the wall with their illiterate inanity, but I don't have the right to do that. Nor do they have the right to act upon such a request.
Keep AH free<ish>
Let the masses dictate the flow by guiding the thread, don't expect the mods to do it. Something like the lads at the corner table in the boozer telling Loud Larry to STFU, rather than moaning to the door staff.
We don't really control the input.
We can't go into your house and tell you not to post something.
We're just here to clean up the really crap stuff posted by others and take your suggestions into consideration.
We will not become /b/. In fact, the next person to post a meme from that hole will be permanently banned.
If you want /b/, then go to /b/.
This is boards.ie. Remember where you are. That includes the prince of Bel Air.
*in memory of our dear departed Monty.0 -
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RoundyMooney wrote: »We're in danger of going down the road of free speech by committee, if some of the recent suggestions were to be entertained.
How do you legislate for less puns on an internet forum?
How do you put a rule in place to outlaw righteous indignation (in both a positive and negative sense) in relation to an emotive issue? Let people vent ffs, it's the only place on boards that they can.
I'm sh1t sick of people looking to the mods here to reduce the cowbell level on boards, or make the AH forum more to their liking. Newsflash guys, that's not why they're here, and I only wish that the rest of the boards empire mods did as good and as hands off a job as they do here on AH.
I mean, I'd love to ask the lads here to cull the posts of a certain individual who drives me up the wall with their illiterate inanity, but I don't have the right to do that. Nor do they have the right to act upon such a request.
Keep AH free<ish>
Let the masses dictate the flow by guiding the thread, don't expect the mods to do it. Something like the lads at the corner table in the boozer telling Loud Larry to STFU, rather than moaning to the door staff.
I'd have to agree with roundymooney here. When you start a thread, it's not your thread. The thread belongs to the forum it's in so the users there decide which direction it goes. The mods might step in to nudge back on track or try forcefully to bring it back on track if it deviates from the topic but I don't think the mods should decide if a topic stays serious or that this thread won't have puns in it. The users will decide that. Saying that, there has been a few occasions where I have insisted that threads stay serious but it is rare.0 -
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