[QUOTE=Dead Badger]
But the mods never really get to make up new rules on their own whim, precisely because we’ve got a specific place to call them on it and spend so much time doing so (to which you objected earlier). It seems like you’re claiming that our rules are arbitrary and unjustified, while simultaneously worrying that we spend too much time discussing them, which seems a bit contradictory to me. My point is that no actual written rule set is sufficient, so allowing for discussion is the only way forward, and that’s what we’ve got.
This is not to say that Tubadiva isn’t a law unto herself, and I’d greatly prefer it if all the mods did actually adhere to their own rules. But I think the regular mods do behave properly, and I can’t think of an instance off the top of my head in which a specific rule has been simply magicked into existence using the jerk rule (although I’m prepared to be proven wrong). Yes, Tubadiva is an absolute heffalump with a tin ear and a hair trigger, as is Dex quite often. However, the fact that they are able to act this way unrestricted has less to do with the basis of our rules, and more to do with their “elder statesperson” standing with the owners of the board, having put a lot of effort into its running when it was young. This doesn’t make me happy, but that’s just the way it is.
It is, as you say, all subjective. This is always going to be the case. I’m not saying our way is better than anyone else’s, I’m just saying it’s no worse. They all work out more or less the same in the end - there’s just too many ways for people to be dickheads for any set of rules to cover. Where I really disagree with you is in your earlier objection that this board spends too much time discussing rules. I think the members’ inclusion in this area is one of the best aspects of this board, and I think the moderation by and large is pretty unobtrusive. Yeah, there may be a whole lot of sound and fury signifying nothing on occasion, but that’s the internet for you. People are here to waste time. Let 'em, if the issue at hand doesn’t bother you. But I really don’t think there’s any significant difference that abandoning the “jerk” principle would make.
On preview: Ponder, while I quite agree that this whole thing has been blown out of all proportion, I will say that blind links to annoying sites with sound and popups are, well, pretty annoying, even if they’re not “malware” (which of course they aren’t). A regular site that pulls that crap on me is one that I never go back to, and I’d rather not have this place turn into one. Would you take a polite request not to do that sort of thing in future? At least not here, eh? There’s whole boards for that sort of thing.
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Are you fucking willfully stupid?
Are you?
Lynne Bondoni was willing to suspend and then ban a member for posting a link that several stupid members could not handle. Fighting ignorance is the motto, but folks like you seem to be ok with the stupid status quo. Those skilled enough to acually use a computer had no problems with the link, just the screamers like you had a pantie emergency. A real Dead Badger would at least have a pair. Whining for no links to “bad things” is so fucking sad. You wouldn’t know malware if it hit you.
Well, it would be one out of three if I went to church and if my grans were still alive. So, one out of one, perfect score! 