Yay, we've been saved from ourselves again!

That Free Association thread? I like it. The OP follows the title, and the other posts follow the OP.
Totally unlike the thread in question, btw.

You’re talking about the “We Have Pigeon Eggs” thread, right?

[sup]I keed, I keed[/sup]
:slight_smile:

You mean the thread with 6 posts making Spartacus jokes? Yeah, that thread is truly a forest of nonsequiturs.

I agree with Ellen. It was not appropriate for the Pit, and should have been closed or moved.

I don’t agree with Czarcasm though. A content-less OP does not a content-less thread make. I thought the Spartacus riffs, while certainly not high comedy, were more than suitable to pass for content in MPSIMS, and unfortunately I’ve seen many many similar threads closed in that forum for the very same reason, no content, (although it’s most usually phrased with the ever-so-delicate “too stupid to live.”) But, in any case, I thought this thread was about discussing the rule in general for MPSIMS, and that rule in particular sucks the light-hearted fun out of a forum that is specifically designed for it. I for one have had several of my own threads closed for being too dumb, and it really juts my craw to see threads like Czarcasm’s stupid and derivative corn thread allowed to live. I guess if I want to experiment with silly OPs, I’ll have to wait for the next day it’s ok to be silly, or be an ex-mod or something.

But I’m veering dangerously off-topic. This isn’t about my posts. This is about a style of moderation that, while in line with the super-serious ivory tower demeanor of most of the board, is in direct conflict with the tone of the one forum where it’s ok to be a silly shit. It is mildly irritating at best, and downright lame at worst. I can see if these types of threads dominated MPSIMS that it would be a problem, but I highly doubt they would, as most people, even when being silly, prefer to be silly about something. However, with that being said, sometimes the silliness rises directly because of a stupid OP, and right now these types of threads are being mod-shotgunned down before their prime.

But whatever. It’s not a huge hairy deal either way. It never was and never will be, and that’s why this particular rule, or moderation style, is never going to change. Shoehorn butterhorse, the end.

Not to mention the icy fear that the thing could take off and go on for, oh, say, 107 pages?

No, really. :slight_smile:

The OP isn’t content-less at all - it has the title ‘Walmarticus’ and is in the Pit. So clearly the original intention was to pit Walmarticus. For whatever reason the OP changed their mind. If the thread were left open the result would be that **Walmarticus **was pitted without context no matter what direction it went from there. It might have been fair game to pile on to that with posts about him (and/or the OP) and it probably should have been left open if anyone had, but nobody did.

I agree that nonsense threads should have their place somewhere as long as the participants are enjoying them and keeping them alive. In the case of a Pit thread it isn’t fair to keep a pitting of someone open as a general chit chat thread after the OP themselves chose to redact it. It also doesn’t make sense to move it to another forum because the title and context still carry a direct, personal connection to some gripe between the OP and another board user, their username being the very subject of the thread.

It’s pretty useless to get worked up over having a thread closed when the OP literally consisted solely of the text, “never mind.”

It’s also pretty useless to get worked up defending the choice to close the thread as if it’s some sort of self-evident conclusion based on the super important rules of the SDMB.

In short: why don’t you people argue about something more important, such as whether the administration should just say fuck it and give Czarcasm his job back.

There are so many contentless threads on this board to post in. Why fret over one?

I agree. To say that some posters on this board don’t get differential treatment is to veer from the truth. Some “junior mod,” and some “bully–bust your balls.” If we’re going to be sticklers about the rules, what about “Don’t be a jerk?” There are posters who get away with being snide/cruel because…they’re just really, really smart?

Sometimes I’m amazed anybody new lingers here.

For any of us posters who do…if we happen to find a “fun puddle” (requiring leaps of mental agility) and choose to splash in it and you don’t want to get wet, then simply stand back out of the spray.

Sometimes when people expound on why mud pies are dirty it just makes them a nanner nanner.

If you want people to treat you like a poster with an opinion, you can start posting like a poster with an opinion. It doesn’t matter if your posts are technically within the rules. You are posting like you think you still have authority, and it is a good thing for someone to remind people that you don’t have that authority.

Come on. Go look at your posts as a mod on this topic, and compare them with your posts in this thread. They are nearly exactly the same. The same belittling of other people’s opinions. The same citation of a vague rule. The same forceful tone. The same desire to fight over it rather than let someone else who is better equipped to deal with complaints handle it.

And a very defining feature is the fact that mods won’t argue with each other. Ellen just posted a completely different opinion to yours. She said the thread would have been okay in MPSIMS. Yet you haven’t once argued with her. That’s what a mere poster would do if a mod said something they didn’t agree with. They wouldn’t argue with the people who agree with the mod.

You may not technically be junior modding, but you are posting exactly as you did as a mod, and it is a good thing that someone is reminding everyone that you aren’t one. If you don’t like that, you can change your behavior and post opinions like they were opinions. And try not to stir up fights in ATMB like you did as a mod.

We have all seen boards that are full of that crap, people throwing one liners back and forth blissfully unaware that they aren’t half as funny as they think they are.

“Oh but we were having fun with it”.

Frankly if thats your idea of fun, meaningless blather about nothing, then the mods are doing you a favour shutting it down. Close all those rubbish threads.

We aren’t here to have fun.

I understand your views in GD better now. Let’s see:

Complete hostility at the other side. Good forbid anyone should have a different opinion.

Fail at using QED. You quoted something. Then made a Non sequitur, or atleast failed to demonstrate why the closure follows. There’s plenty of examples of threads being moved for being the wrong place, rather than closed. Therefor you did not demonstrate why only closure follows. QED.

Then in your rage make a suggestion that has nothing to do with the issue. The thread didn’t start with this intent, it just sort of formed. Given the thread apparently had value to people, why not move it and let them have it?

Finally, given what an uptight fun hating way you present yourself. I suggest you consult the services of a qualified arborist and proctologist in your area to get that stick removed. It’s ruining your life man. We’re worried about you.

What do I win if I tell?

My only response to posts like this is going to be that this thread isn’t about me or the way I post, so I don’t plan on joining in on the hijacking. I’m willing to talk about that when the thread’s topic is about that.

You’re just precious, aren’t you?

I have noticed that the person who started the thread in question and then changed her mind and decided to end the effort hasn’t(as far as I know) registered any complaints about the way it was handled by the mods. Does this fact have any weight at all?

Are you still claiming this is all about the OP?

Czarcasm, I wonder if you could explain to me the difference between the thread in question and your “jimmy crack corn” thread linked above?

  1. The “Jimmy crack corn” thread was a joke thread tying in with the other corn threads on April Fool’s Day.
  2. I didn’t change my mind on posting content then abandon the thread, unlike the thread that is the topic of conversation here.

I have no idea how you read all of that into my frame of mind. Are you pouty that I have stopped responding to you? Nothing about my tone or intent indicated this was a hill I planned on dying on. This thread was a little grumble. I’ve said my piece - no use beating a dead horse. Everyone seems to get that but you.