Mr. Gibson Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Can we talk about thread killing and not get the thread killed? Should thread killing carry the punishment of life without parole? These questions keep me up at night. That and caffeine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, Mr. Gibson said: Can we talk about thread killing and not get the thread killed? Should thread killing carry the punishment of life without parole? These questions keep me up at night. That and caffeine. I'm hiding in the corner right now scarred to answer those questions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNJ Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) A thread walks into a bar and orders a shot and a beer. The bartender says "We don't serve threads in here, get lost!" So the thread goes into an ally, messes up his hair, un-tucks his shirt, and scuffs up his shoes. He then goes back into the bar and orders a shot and a beer again. The bartender says "I thought I told you we don't serve threads!" The thread says "What thread? I'm a frayed knot, now gimme that beer!" Edited June 10, 2022 by CNJ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I think the locked threads have been... Well, it's by the book, and it's not my forum. But so much has changed. When we're facing a guy who might actually nuke European countries, I thnk that's beyond politics. But hey - that's me. I could be wrong. I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who thinks I am, though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 It's quite simple really, and it's an answer we already know. Moderators have the task to monitor what is posted close threads that don't abide by the forums rules. This forum tolerates a lot of crap that in other places, the authors would get one or two cracks at it, and then the ban bat comes out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Try making a thread about hating celebrities or sticking it to Putin on The Gear Page… you’ll find out how tolerant they are there to that kind of stuff. Instant action practically, one chance. If you don’t learn your lesson you’re banned for weeks or months… or permanently. Rules are rules. I was surprised how long the political crap persisted personally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ghost_of_fl said: The topic of the thread was not political. Some musicians are celebrities - thread was pretty on topic and then someone injected politics into it. Putin was not involved. Referring to the other threads that were “killed”. And hating celebrities crosses a fine line because a lot of people dislike celebrities because of their outspoken political stances. Some stay on topic and then you have those that like to gaslight. You know it and I know it. Are we flipping adults or what? Edited June 10, 2022 by NighthawkChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 28 minutes ago, ghost_of_fl said: There is a fine line between 'politics' and 'current events' too. Talking about Putin's war isn't political until someone makes it political with their comments. So that gives them the power to have threads deleted. 🤷♂️ Whatever, I don't really care what gets deleted. It's all ephemera. An excellent point well made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 The reason there is a fine line ...a 'Thin, Gray Line' between politics and current events and between politics and celebrities and between politics and religion and between politics and the weather and between politics and sports and between politics and healthcare, education and transportation ... Is because everything - EVERY subject under the sun has been made political. Protest songs ? Instruments made in China? Prime Time TV ? Even the commercials for soap. All we can safely talk about here is weather .... whoops! WHETHER we use Medium or Light strings. Or how many versions of the J45 there are. Amps. Russian tubes.... ? Danger Will Robinson ! Sooner or later, someone will interpret a comment as political, and double down. Moderating a forum is like herding baby sharks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Yep. Might be counterproductive to ban people, forums need members ! Controversial ones tend to keep it alive, even if they are sometimes a PITA. But I'd freeze the thread for a week so that people coming back to it can figure out what language, behavior got it shut down. Otherwise, people (like me) don't learn from their mistakes, because we assume it was the other guy ! No question in my mind that we have too much divisive bs everywhere - and do not need it here. And the best way to keep it out is, as Barney Fife would tell Andy "Nip it in the bud." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, fortyearspickn said: Controversial ones tend to keep it alive, even if they are sometimes a PITA. Hey, I resemble that remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Knee jerk reactions have been something I've fought all my life. I usually lose. I'm getting better. I have a friend and co-worker who is in lock step with those diametrically opposed to me politically and in his half passive-aggressive/half Asperger's way, he will often touch on a subject to try and flare me up so he can play the victim. I've gotten very good at shrugging and claiming ignorance or lack of memory, thus disarming him. Sometimes we have to do the same in forums. "Takes two to tango" "This is not the hill to die on" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I thought this was going to be about sewing or mending. But it's just another aimless "sewing circle" Well at least "sewing circle" is much nicer than calling it a "circle jerk". Whitefang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 What I find it's usually the same two or three members that have a habit of not only posting questionable "threads," but hijacking other members threads. So rather than ban a member, I found this nice little lever I can pull and every post these same two or three members make will have to be approved by a moderator. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, duane v said: So rather than ban a member, I found this nice little lever I can pull and every post these same two or three members make will have to be approved by a moderator. Awesome idea! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 I may not like how my content is moderated on a particular site - I.e. on someone else’s computer - but if I don’t like it I go elsewhere. No complaints of how I’m moderated, it is what it is. If I ran my own server I’d be regulating how users interacted. It would be exactly how I like it to be. So the invite is there… whip up your own server, install the app that everyone logs into and dumps their text. Sounds simple enough… build you own platform, I dare you. So either enjoy the ride or git off! When you come to my house take your shoes off. Same concept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Whose Website is this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Larsongs said: Whose Website is this? I would say Gibson's website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Not mine. That's all I know. But then too, I don't believe ANY of the mods own it either. Whitefang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Whitefang said: Not mine. That's all I know. But then too, I don't believe ANY of the mods own it either. Whitefang Put a bar of soap in your mouth and go stand in the corner right now. I work with a girl who just graduated High School and we were talking the other day. She never heard of having your mouth washed out with soap. Edited June 10, 2022 by Sgt. Pepper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, Whitefang said: Not mine. That's all I know. But then too, I don't believe ANY of the mods own it either. Whitefang But we are tasked with moderating the content..... like it or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 But then, you come along to the Gibson forums, there is discussion of a single pickup Les Paul, and it is gone. How about locking it and leaving it so people can see the example of what went wrong? It is literally a crapshoot as to what you can and can't post, because posts that clearly violate the rules linger and simmer while posts that are...well, who knows? I get that it isn't an easy job, it just always devolves into a dark mystery as to what one can and can't say because the violations are taken down without comment, or it appears to be just plain old personal. If two or three contributors are causing a problem, lock the thread, give them a week off, show everybody what you can't do here. Rules are much easier to follow when they are clearly enforced, not clearly written. rct 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 didn dat dere feller in youtwo kilt a few of dem dere treads? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 20 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: didn dat dere feller in youtwo kilt a few of dem dere treads? A Brits attempt at a Hillbilly accent!!! 😂😂Love it!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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