A different take on the pit/non-pit rules.

[Sapo]

I know I said I wouldn't bother anymore with this, but I do care about this place enough to try to think on how to make it better.

I propose a rule of "Don't use the 7 words against mods when you are pitting them for their moderation".

You can still pit mods and their moderation, of course. You can be as intense as you want, just don't use the seven words.

You can still use the seven words against them elsewhere, including pittings against them for reasons other than their moderation (pitting them as posters).

This, in combination with the "no talking back to the mods in the thread where they modded you. Start a new pitting" should greatly reduce the level of ugliness that the mods have to deal with in their function of mods.

It is also an always-on rule, with clear cut boundaries and no room for error or interpretations.

I think this is a more reasonable and enforceable rule than the current non-pit rules flop.

My two cents.

ETA: I don't really know what the actual seven words are, but I am sure we all get the idea of what kind of language I am talking about.

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

There can always be all sorts of rules-lawyering, you fornicating vagina, though I think in this case that tends to make the user, rather than the recipient, seems like an active participant in oral intercourse and a bit of a prophylactic device for the prevention of sexually tranmitted diseases.

But this is the sort of good idea that I support talking out thoroughly before edicts about "How it's gonna be" from On High are issued.

[Ed Zotti]

As prr indicates, what you suggest would invite a lot of game-playing.

[Marley23]

As a George Carlin fan, I'd hate to give people a list of words they can never say on the board. ;) That aside I don't see the point of the proposal. The task of picking the words would be arbitrary, and anyone who was sufficiently aggravated would get around it anyway. Creative insults are highly prized on this board, so banning traditional ones wouldn't do much. I think it's better if our rules concern people's behavior and don't get more specific than that.

[Sapo]

Then don't mention words, just say "no abusive language" or "no name calling" or something equally vague to prevent gaming it. The whole point is that if you feel the mods are getting too much abuse, the solution should be aimed at reducing the specific abuse.

I don't see how the "non-pit rules" rule addresses that at all. If any abuse is going to happen, it will most likely be in the OP, so it will always be too late to change the rules to prevent it.

I think the rule of "no abusive language towards the mod when pitting them for their moderation" is fairly simple to understand and enforce, and it does address directly the issue of abuse towards the mods, if that is the concern.

[Joey P]

So I have to stop calling the mods "corn tits"?