HaughtyFrank dateline='[url=tel:1690492521' wrote: 1690492521[/url]']
Quote:So, I’m just going to point to the rule about advocating for the banning of content again. Knock it off. We’ll decide that sort of thing based on our own criteria on our own schedule.
We told people doing this would result in bans, consider the warning in this post us being nice.
Fun fact: The rule about advocating for banning content is still nowhere to be found. Even the crappy "policy update thread" the mods begrudgingly made doesn't feature it.
Cut them some slack. They had to make sure to mention how  it’s no longer acceptable to post a Bugs Bunny gif in Florida threads that it slipped through the cracks 
Natiko, post: 109591666, member: 2482 wrote:I will also state that while this user clearly had some weight on their shoulders they needed to unload with this aggressive post, I too found B-Dubs post to be oddly hostile. I certainly wouldn’t call it “constructive”.
Dan L, post: 109592068, member: 23277 wrote:yeah I wouldn't have phrased it the same as the banned user, but do agree that the hostility serves no one. from both sides in this case. (side comment: even when I have a legitimate usage to use it, I feel slimy saying both sides)
Whenever B-Dumbs posts like that I imagine he got a call from MOBA not to put the ad revenue at risk.
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https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-most-of-the-pre-release-concerns-about-ff16-turned-out-to-be-valid-huh.746935/#post-109579705
Quote:My current game of the year. Super atmospheric game with beautiful mood, music and endearing characters. Love the Rembrandt lighting and the true to life medieval architecture.
It was my first new final fantasy though - had only played 7 Remake before which I didn’t find interesting (at all).
Love the linearity and the simplicity of it all. More of this, please.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/diane-feinstein-starts-to-read-a-statement-during-a-simple-roll-call-vote-aye-or-nay.746971/#post-109585741
Quote:  User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory rhetoric and accusations towards another member
Futureman wrote:STOP LINKING TO TWITTER. You are addicted. Just admit it. You can NOT use Twitter you know? Not too hard. I know, I never go on there. I don’t toss and turn at night in my bed. I’m fine.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-genuinely-cant-put-my-phone-down-anymore-how-can-i-stop.746980/#post-109585765
Comedian Planetsmasher
Quote:Can you stick it in a drawer and put it on silent when you want to focus on something? That's what I do.
Quote:Messages
99,449
The easy "fix" is to make your phone black & white with accessiblity options. It becomes far less interesting according to the experts.
Unless you are a fan of history like me and now your entire life now looks like a documentary
07-27-2023, 10:26 PM
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(07-27-2023, 10:21 PM)Taco Bell Tower wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-genuinely-cant-put-my-phone-down-anymore-how-can-i-stop.746980/#post-109585765
Comedian Planetsmasher
Quote:Can you stick it in a drawer and put it on silent when you want to focus on something? That's what I do.
Quote:Messages
99,449 He should break 100k sometime tomorrow.
Ree has been even more unhinged than usual lately. 
07-27-2023, 10:38 PM
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https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-genuinely-cant-put-my-phone-down-anymore-how-can-i-stop.746980/#post-109585765
Comedian Planetsmasher
Quote:Can you stick it in a drawer and put it on silent when you want to focus on something? That's what I do.
Quote:Messages
99,449 He should break 100k sometime tomorrow.
Within 6-10 days actually  
Who has the most posts on Ree? 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/leftist-activists-shut-down-commerce-secretarys-event.747016/
ClickyCal'
Quote:Yep. This is equally what we as trans people also need from cis people now to if we want any chance to make it. Actual movements.
*Sees thread that has nothing to do with trans issues* 
“How do I make this about me?” 
Discord groupies activated:
Tendo, post: 109592779, member: 8748 wrote:How many times do people need reminded to not call for bans on things? Mods could have just dished out bans to users but instead there was a warning posted but it isn't nice enough?
I thought it was fine. Some users will be mad at the staff no matter what or how they post.
Natiko, post: 109595515, member: 2482 wrote:I honestly would prefer a user that is violating the rules to be punished over some weird, passive aggressive comment that (to call attention to my previous point) is not even highlighted in any meaningful way to help ensure future posters won’t violate it. In a week, B-Dubs warning post won’t be recent enough to mean literally anything. It wasn’t highlighted. Yet, someone that’s not just a moderator, but is actively a primary leader of the site, can just post some vaguely hostile shit and then dip, only to later punish posters for something they had no clear way of being aware of? That’s.. an approach.
Hodgy, post: 109595995, member: 1950 wrote:b-dubz post was absolutely tepid, if you feel like it is "overly hostile" I think you are looking for something to take offense too.
Lobster Roll, post: 109596229, member: 60178 wrote:Also consider that the mods are just regular ass people like us who do this on a volunteer basis and in addition to legislating on larger decisions that affect site-wide rules, they also have to handle a deluge of reports and tickets while also being ready to react when some random bullshit happens out of nowhere that they have to jump on like firefighters. If the mods didn’t let a little frustration leak into their responses where they need to enforce the rules or set the tone, I’d be concerned that they’re not human.
Tendo, post: 109596355, member: 8748 wrote:I'm over here like this:
[IMG width="368px"]https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Grandma-Finds-The-Internet.jpg[/IMG]
And read it like 3 or 4 times and don't see it haha. Evidently saying "hey reminding y'all of this rule cut it" is too harsh for some people.
I get the topic has people heated but holy smokes y'all.
Some of y'all got a lot of energy over twitter embeds. Go play a vidjya. Have a beer.
 
(07-27-2023, 09:03 PM)FEUER FREI. wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/constructive-community-discussion.270630/post-109590172
B-Dubs, post: 109588744, member: 143 wrote:So, I’m just going to point to the rule about advocating for the banning of content again. Knock it off. We’ll decide that sort of thing based on our own criteria on our own schedule.
We told people doing this would result in bans, consider the warning in this post us being nice.
User banned (duration pending admin review): Hostility towards staff. Community metacommentary. Violating thread rules.
Mana Latte, post: 109590172, member: 58375 wrote:I guess it’s that time of week where you have to show your ass again huh? If you don’t want people clamoring for banned topics and shit then don’t set a precedent for it. And also I would like to say show some respect for your user base but your title means that doesn’t apply to you. Maybe the eventual version 3.0 of this community will be better.
What. A. Fucking. Pisshole.
As Frank pointed out, NepNep's labor of love, the Policy Thread has none of these updates because she couldn't comb back that far a length of time, approx. 6 months?
Quote:We told people doing this would result in bans, consider the warning in this post us being nice.
Who'd you tell? Plus, there's no sticky on the thread saying as such.
Plus, the mask completely dropping...
Quote:We’ll decide that sort of thing based on our own criteria on our own schedule.
I mean, what else to be said.
ERA, that's your community right there. Embodied. Hell, that may as well be the motto.
07-27-2023, 11:22 PM
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Tendo wrote:Go play a vidjya.
Which one are we allowed to, Douchebag?
Quote:Also consider that the mods are just regular ass people like us who do this on a volunteer basis and in addition to legislating on larger decisions that affect site-wide rules, they also have to handle a deluge of reports and tickets while also being ready to react when some random bullshit happens out of nowhere that they have to jump on like firefighters. If the mods didn’t let a little frustration leak into their responses where they need to enforce the rules or set the tone, I’d be concerned that they’re not human.
Why do they act like any of the things listed here are difficult to do?
It'd be great if someone leaked screenshots of Mods and their pets on discord talking shit about the user base again.
(07-27-2023, 10:44 PM)Greatness Gone wrote: Who has the most posts on Ree?
Planetsmasher and I think second is Lotus with
Quote:Messages
94,754
They used to be the one with the most til I think someone shamed him for it lol
(07-27-2023, 11:31 PM)Greatness Gone wrote: Quote:Also consider that the mods are just regular ass people like us who do this on a volunteer basis and in addition to legislating on larger decisions that affect site-wide rules, they also have to handle a deluge of reports and tickets while also being ready to react when some random bullshit happens out of nowhere that they have to jump on like firefighters. If the mods didn’t let a little frustration leak into their responses where they need to enforce the rules or set the tone, I’d be concerned that they’re not human.
Why do they act like any of the things listed here are difficult to do?
I'd maybe feel a little sympathy...IF THE MODS WEREN'T THE ONES WHO CULTIVATED THIS BEHAVIOUR IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!
(07-27-2023, 11:56 PM)Taco Bell Tower wrote: (07-27-2023, 10:44 PM)Greatness Gone wrote: Who has the most posts on Ree?
Planetsmasher and I think second is Lotus with
Quote:Messages
94,754
They used to be the one with the most til I think someone shamed him for it lol
Who the fuck is Lotus? I'm assuming they're an almost exclusively poliera poster or something?
I always picture some weirdo in a buried community thread like women's polo who posts "YES" and "LET'S GOOO" 20 times per page as they watch the game
07-28-2023, 12:07 AM
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Yeah, there are some community exclusive posters. I randomly checked a Nintendo community thread a few years ago and there was an avatar-less dude with a generic name that had even more posts than ComedySmasher at the time. Somehow he got permed like a week later 
AuthenticM, post: 109599142, member: 1148 wrote:The post was terse because folks keep coming in here to ask for shit to be banned when the admins have repeatedly said to not do that. I'm surprised that b-dubs's post was as nice as it was, because he would have been justified in being even more blunt.
BabyDontHurtMe, post: 109599178, member: 50713 wrote:If I were B-Dubs I would've straight told people to shut the fuck up about banning shit lmao
Coyote Starrk, post: 109599436, member: 27661 wrote:How was it hostile? He was reminding people of a rule that has been in place for a LONG time and that the rule will result in mod action if it is ignored.
That's not hostile at all. In fact I would argue he was downright nice about considering how often the staff has to remind everyone about the damn rule.
Tendo, post: 109599811, member: 8748 wrote:I’ve been spending my summer teaching summer school to ninth graders.
I have a lot of empathy for staff.
And now for the magnum cuntus:
Nepenthe, post: 109600540, member: 1995 wrote:I mean that's not being passive-aggressive. It's a blatant explanation that he had significant precedent to ban folks for breaking the rules but chose to give a reminder instead.
Frankly, the amount of outreach, justification, and pleasantries we're expected to perform on this large of a scale can get easily overwhelming in the vain of customer service work, which is especially notable since as far as I can tell the vast majority of social media website don't actually function this way. None of them have a group humans constantly reminding you about how to behave; instead, a bot shuffles you off when you break a rule and keeps it moving, or the mods just give far less of a shit than we do and don't bother talking.
So consider this yet another reminder that you have a decent team here who has been attempting for years to cooperate with its userbase far beyond what other teams would consider necessary or viable, and as a result a little terseness should be expected from time to time.
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a uniquely difficult userbase, you say?
banning users is like pruning your rose bush, a little snip here and there to get rid of the bad buds and let the good ones flourish
and then you take a step back and look at what you've created with all your hard work
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This shit so sad. Like this weird cult of personality has been built up towards the mods like they're better than the regular riff raff when everyone knows the mods are (un)surprisingly dumber than rocks.
Edit- hot take- my theory is neps parents are white.
Natiko, post: 109600660, member: 2482 wrote:I’m glad everyone has missed the point that B-Dubs was justified in warning and even punishing people for the offenses, yet the message and intent could have been made without that tone. I’m aware that people can be pushed and their limits can be tested, but if some of the highest levels of staff don’t bother with decorum, it’s a bit perplexing why it’s expected of anyone then.
Nepenthe, post: 109600906, member: 1995 wrote:I don't know where you've been, but there are times we don't expect members to be perfectly cordial depending upon the context of the discussion at hand.
Ultimately though, staff are not concierge of the ResetEra Hotel. You are not always going to get service with a smile.
Is she posting from the floor of her pharmacy’s back room?
Quote:there are times we don't expect members to be perfectly cordial depending upon the context of the discussion at hand.
I feel insulted by this gaslighting.
(07-28-2023, 01:03 AM)BIONIC wrote: AuthenticM, post: 109599142, member: 1148 wrote:The post was terse because folks keep coming in here to ask for shit to be banned when the admins have repeatedly said to not do that. I'm surprised that b-dubs's post was as nice as it was, because he would have been justified in being even more blunt.
BabyDontHurtMe, post: 109599178, member: 50713 wrote:If I were B-Dubs I would've straight told people to shut the fuck up about banning shit lmao
Coyote Starrk, post: 109599436, member: 27661 wrote:How was it hostile? He was reminding people of a rule that has been in place for a LONG time and that the rule will result in mod action if it is ignored.
That's not hostile at all. In fact I would argue he was downright nice about considering how often the staff has to remind everyone about the damn rule.
Tendo, post: 109599811, member: 8748 wrote:I’ve been spending my summer teaching summer school to ninth graders.
I have a lot of empathy for staff.
And now for the magnum cuntus:
Nepenthe, post: 109600540, member: 1995 wrote:I mean that's not being passive-aggressive. It's a blatant explanation that he had significant precedent to ban folks for breaking the rules but chose to give a reminder instead.
Frankly, the amount of outreach, justification, and pleasantries we're expected to perform on this large of a scale can get easily overwhelming in the vain of customer service work, which is especially notable since as far as I can tell the vast majority of social media website don't actually function this way. None of them have a group humans constantly reminding you about how to behave; instead, a bot shuffles you off when you break a rule and keeps it moving, or the mods just give far less of a shit than we do and don't bother talking.
So consider this yet another reminder that you have a decent team here who has been attempting for years to cooperate with its userbase far beyond what other teams would consider necessary or viable, and as a result a little terseness should be expected from time to time.
Blunt by being an asshole? Sure!
B-Dumbs has told users to shut the fuck up multiply times about banning content, just not this time.
What rule is Coyote talking about? It's no where in the ToS, it's in the constructive site that majority don't know about it.
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