Excessive moderation

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I'm all for freedom of speech and expression, but do people need to be constantly reminded Rage3d is not a democracy?

The people who admin and mod the forums are the ones who make the decisions. They can obviously consult with the forum members on certain issues but ultimately they make the decisions here. Also, we all have the freedom to leave if we want to.

It was apparently decided the colorful and inappropriate humor was getting to be too much. Time and a place for everything guys, and a little maturity goes a long way.
 
Is this **** still owned by Ichy? Can he just give the website to someone else at this point? Someone that can be more active or at a minimum make the small investment to try and revive the forum? Not trying to **** on Ichy because I'm pretty sure this forum operates on a loss, but this **** has dragged on for so very long. It's like watching a dying animal bleed out. Put it out of its misery or try to help it.
 
What stands out to me is that, what's being called excessive here would be called a light touch on any other forum.

We've got a ton of freedom here guys, and being asked to not abuse that constantly isn't really a big ask.
 
Lazy8s said:
What stands out to me is that, what's being called excessive here would be called a light touch on any other forum.

We've got a ton of freedom here guys, and being asked to not abuse that constantly isn't really a big ask.
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It is the equivalent of a child having a tantrum, nothing more. Don't know why I even bothered partaking in this thread.
 
Lazy8s said:
What stands out to me is that, what's being called excessive here would be called a light touch on any other forum.

We've got a ton of freedom here guys, and being asked to not abuse that constantly isn't really a big ask.
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This. Asking for a bit of maturity is hardly a heavy hand.
 
There was general consensus from the mods that certain language needed to be reduced, not to punish people but to minimize the juvenile/misogynist tone that seems to increase. Many threads that started with good discussion deteriorated into 'yo momma' jokes. It's become part of the forum's personality and that's just the nature of how language evolves in closed communities. Our goal is to steer the ship a little bit and hopefully return it to some middle ground that allows us to have fun and is not so insular. We don't want to remove all the personality. But that said we're not perfect, if you feel that excessive moderation has been done on certain posts then examples might be helpful.
 
nutcrackr said:
There was general consensus from the mods that certain language needed to be reduced, not to punish people but to minimize the juvenile/misogynist tone that seems to increase. Many threads that started with good discussion deteriorated into 'yo momma' jokes. It's become part of the forum's personality and that's just the nature of how language evolves in closed communities. Our goal is to steer the ship a little bit and hopefully return it to some middle ground that allows us to have fun and is not so insular. We don't want to remove all the personality.
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What the man said!
 
nutcrackr said:
There was general consensus from the mods that certain language needed to be reduced, not to punish people but to minimize the juvenile/misogynist tone that seems to increase. Many threads that started with good discussion deteriorated into 'yo momma' jokes. It's become part of the forum's personality and that's just the nature of how language evolves in closed communities. Our goal is to steer the ship a little bit and hopefully return it to some middle ground that allows us to have fun and is not so insular. We don't want to remove all the personality. But that said we're not perfect, if you feel that excessive moderation has been done on certain posts then examples might be helpful.
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What is this!?! Logic? Reason? A spirit of cooperation!?!?

Burn the witch! :bleh:

(Completely agree with your post nutsu...crackr. nutcrackr :drool:)
 
Thanks for the feedback. Change is hard, and sometimes implementation can better. Appreciate the staff for trying to find the balance, and Ragers for understanding.

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