Impressions of SDMB after a month's banning

[Baldwin]

Well, my banning from the Dope is over today. For a month, I haven't been able to see the boards. I know, I could have deleted my cookies and lurked, but I prefer not to if I'm unable to post. Also, I wanted to spend my posting resources helping domebo get off the ground (inasmuch as my inanities could do so).

And, I was curious about what a month away would do to my perspective on the Dope. I'm going to take a look at SDMB and see whether I can see any changes.

(Mods: I'm not planning a lot of cursing or ranting, but my impression is that the 'Dome is the forum for any threads about the Dope. If I'm mistaken, please feel free to move the thread.)

[WhyNot]

I'm interested to hear what you think.

I also reported this to see if it should be moved to Beyond the Thunderdome. No biggie.

ETA: Oh, wait. Beyond is gone. Uh...never mind!

[OneCentStamp]

I haven't spent any real time on the SDMB in a month or two...what'd you do to get time-out?

[Cluricaun]

I've read the Dope exactly four times since the opening of the Dome. Yawn.

[OneCentStamp]

I've read the Dope exactly four times since the opening of the Dome. Yawn.

I'm about the same. My last post on the Dope consists of one word: "me." It's in response to Sapo asking, dubiously, if any of the Domers had actually stopped posting to the SDMB.

[What Exit?]

I've read the Dope exactly four times since the opening of the Dome. Yawn.

I'm about the same. My last post on the Dope consists of one word: "me." It's in response to Sapo asking, dubiously, if any of the Domers had actually stopped posting to the SDMB.

Mine is a scale thing. I have dropped from an average of 16 per day to about 3 per day. Most of those are confined to the game threads I am running. I saw an interesting thread today where the first response was lissener being lissener and so I closed it, it isn't worth it. I was reading ATMB for a bit but I stopped that too. The Pit lost me before I left I came over here. The only thing I am missing is the sports threads. We need to lure more sports fans to Domebo. (I don't mean from the Dope, I mean in general.)

[OneCentStamp]

The only thing I am missing is the sports threads. We need to lure more sports fans to Domebo. (I don't mean from the Dope, I mean in general.)

Totally agreed. I'm all over the football and MMA threads whenever they've popped up here, but there has basically been one of each so far.

C'mon guys, stop fulfilling the nerd stereotypes! :mrgreen:

[Cluricaun]

Just let baseball season get into full swing and I'll be all over it.

[Baldwin]

I haven't spent any real time on the SDMB in a month or two...what'd you do to get time-out?

Bein' a jackass, by arguing with a mod who was also (perhaps congenitally) a jackass. (SkipMagic, if I recall. A day later, in an e-mail, he claimed not to know whom I meant by "CRSP".)

Well, the Dope looks about the same. I posted in a couple of threads. There are some posters still there that I'm really glad have not migrated over here; two in particular who seem to be crazy people, one of whom is also so willfully ignorant and dishonest in arguments that I don't know why he wasn't banned years ago.

Still a five-minute wait between searches. I'm sure they'll crack that problem any year now.

I'll probably check in there occasionally, but I'm not going to refrain from posting anything that I would have posted a year ago, so I'll probably be banned permanently, sooner or later.

[WhyNot]

Like What Exit? (of course) I've still been around there, but only a fraction of the time and posts I used to. Which, honestly, may be a breath of fresh air around there - more people can get in what I was going to say. I'm not sullenly withholding or anything, I'm just not finding as many interesting threads which I have something to say about. That predates the latest bru and ha, actually.

But kanicbird is up to absolutely brilliant levels of kookiness these days, I must say. Something about Obama being a tool of heavenly demons* - because he can't produce a "Birth Certificate" from Hawai'i, only a "Certificate of Live Birth".

Normally I understand about half of what he says, and I even agree with about a quarter of it, although I don't think I'd say so publicly (oh. Uh...) but these past few days he's been loony even in the eyes of this loony-bird.



*No, I don't know what heavenly demons are, either. Except that if you're an atheist, you worship them, from another thread about the many gods Christians believe exist but don't worship.

ETA: Oh, and I posted one post which was definitely against the new rules. Didn't get warned for it, although I told a poster "Fuck you". Twice. Gfactor did come in to shake his finger at me (and Guin, who also did it), but specifically said it wasn't a warning. I'm also not planning on changing how I post - especially considering that was probably the second or third post ever I said "fuck you" in. Sometimes, a fuck you really is the only appropriate response. (While I later apologized for the words, it wasn't because of rule breaking, but because I calmed down and redirected the words at the post, not the poster.)

[Jill]

IIRC my last post there was in one of the ATMB threads, though I can't remember what it was. I've logged in a couple of times to check for PMs, but I haven't read so much as a thread title over there, let alone clicked one open to read the contents.

[Winston Smith]

Well, my banning from the Dope is over today. For a month, I haven't been able to see the boards. I know, I could have deleted my cookies and lurked, but I prefer not to if I'm unable to post. Also, I wanted to spend my posting resources helping domebo get off the ground (inasmuch as my inanities could do so).

And, I was curious about what a month away would do to my perspective on the Dope. I'm going to take a look at SDMB and see whether I can see any changes.

(Mods: I'm not planning a lot of cursing or ranting, but my impression is that the 'Dome is the forum for any threads about the Dope. If I'm mistaken, please feel free to move the thread.)

Thank you for your efforts to help us establish out new message board. You are truely a selfless man.

[beebs]

All right, I have two perpectives:

I was suspended once over there a bit over a year ago for acting like a jackass (admittedly). And the month away gave me a lot of nice cool down, and I was treated very well via email with the mods and admids there. So that cut down a lot of the 'behind closed doors' animosity shit that led me to act like a jackass.... Though I guess I have continued on a lighter scale. Even to the point of being told I am on my last strike.

My second one has been this new board, and to a lesser but equally enjoyable scale Giraffe's. Instead of getting frustrated by a lot of stuff I've enjoyed just coming here more and more. So I have slowed my posting down to about three posts since this board started, but it's much healthier.

[iampunha]

Though I guess I have continued on a lighter scale. Even to the point of being told I am on my last strike.

That will happen when you call Ed a cunt

[vison]

Have not been back there since this place opened.

I never had any "issues" with the place at all, but all the cool kids were here, ya see.

[Guinastasia]

I still post there, mainly because I still have friends who do-who haven't come here or to Giraffe's board-and simply because some of the wackos are just too damned entertaining. Let's face it-we're not big enough for the Kanicbird types yet.

[Liberal]

It's been a while since I even opened the site. There's really nothing there for me.

[Tuckerfan]

I've gone over there in response to threads being bumped, or if I needed info that was in a thread and I figured I could find it fairly quickly via the "search" function. I haven't posted a thing since whatever ATMB thread it was that I got bitched at for use of the word "jerks." Ed can go fuck himself for all I care. He'll not get another post from me (not that he gives a shit, of course), and once folks stop bumping the threads I've participated in, I doubt if I'll ever be back, save for the occassional search.

[Wheresgeorge04]

I still post and read at the dope, but it's just not as interesting or engaging as the Dome. Very few threads of interest anymore.

Joe

[featherlou]

Tiny turtle is really tiny! Uh, I mean, I still hang out in Café Society, but I don't really go anywhere else, especially the Pit, which was my previous home.

[Scissorjack]

Though I guess I have continued on a lighter scale. Even to the point of being told I am on my last strike.

That will happen when you call Ed a cunt

I called Ed a "stupid cunt", even going out of my way to point out that it wasn't mere thoughtless abuse but was my considered opinion of him, and all I got was a lousy warning from Skippy. Damn it, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul-mouthed glory when their matches are wet?

[Liberal]

Try insulting Jerry.

[Jill]

Or Lynn.

[Baldwin]

Though I guess I have continued on a lighter scale. Even to the point of being told I am on my last strike.

That will happen when you call Ed a cunt

I called Ed a "stupid cunt", even going out of my way to point out that it wasn't mere thoughtless abuse but was my considered opinion of him, and all I got was a lousy warning from Skippy. Damn it, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul-mouthed glory when their matches are wet?

I don't know. I thanked Ed for introducing me to the term "cuntlapper", and told him that thanks to his apparent obsession, I'll never again see the word "cunt" without thinking of Ed, nor see the name "Ed Zotti" without thinking, "cunt". Yet -- I didn't technically call Ed a cunt, and since it seems to be about playing Lawyerball, maybe that's all that matters.

[Q.E.D.]

Or Lynn.

Been there, done that.

[eleanorigby]

I'm on all three boards, which can get a bit overwhelming. Frankly, I'm not all that happy with any of them at present. I was not upset or offended by the prank here (although I had a moment when I thought WTF? And I don't think it was the best thing to do, given recent history of most of us), but I find my tolerance for the dickishness I see in the fallout to be minimal at best. I am in no mood to suffer cocky arrogant jerks gladly or even at all.

So, I'm fairly cool on the whole concept right now. I don't know what I'll do. I do know the pleasure I used to get out of SDMB et al has diminished fairly sharply over the last month.

Just my 2 cents.

[Liberal]

I thanked Ed for introducing me to the term "cuntlapper", and told him that thanks to his apparent obsession, I'll never again see the word "cunt" without thinking of Ed, nor see the name "Ed Zotti" without thinking, "cunt". Yet -- I didn't technically call Ed a cunt, and since it seems to be about playing Lawyerball, maybe that's all that matters.

LOL! Brilliant.

[Scissorjack]

Try insulting Jerry.

I got nothing against Jerry. It's not his fault he has no time and inadequate resources to maintain and run something which probably isn't even in his job description.

[Hatshepsut]

I haven't made a clean break from the Dope, but I only have so much free time for reading and posting, and this place comes first.

Actually, I probably would make a clean break now, but for some reason I did a vanity search over there (why, I have no idea...I really didn't expect to find anything) and found that Siam Sam had started a thread asking if I was okay in light of the "suburban tsunami" that struck Jakarta. So now I feel a little more tied to the place, at least for a while.

[Jeff]

One of the reasons I followed the links here was to get away from the mod-centric board dramas. Seeing them being played out again (and pretending to play them out as an April Fool's joke that wasn't particularly amusing to me) is pretty much sucking the fun out of this board, at least at the moment.

[Liberal]

Try insulting Jerry.

I got nothing against Jerry. It's not his fault he has no time and inadequate resources to maintain and run something which probably isn't even in his job description.

Well, that's just fine, but I was responding to this: "Damn it, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul-mouthed glory when their matches are wet?"

Maybe you should have specified, "Excluding the limitations I have in my mind right now, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul mouthed glory...?".

[OtakuLoki]

Well, I've been over occasionally since I migrated over here. I've even gotten involved with a nuclear power thread in the Pit. (What can I say? The issue is like crack to me.) But for the most part I've been doing my reading and posting over here.

Though I do want to thank WhyNot for pointing out the craziness I'd missed in that Obama thread. I'd only skimmed it when it started, and hadn't been back.

[Liberal]

One of the reasons I followed the links here was to get away from the mod-centric board dramas. Seeing them being played out again (and pretending to play them out as an April Fool's joke that wasn't particularly amusing to me) is pretty much sucking the fun out of this board, at least at the moment.

No worries. Cap took care of that.

[Clayton_e]

I like this board a lot and it does seem fresh and new. Its fun to be part of the shaping of something like this so early on, just by posting the ideas you think will bring the boards focus of discussion in one direction or another, by a teensy little bit. In a 10 year old board like the Dope things like that don't happen and things get old.

Due to the size of this board things don't move along as fast, though, so after skimming all the boards here and reading and/or posting in what I have interest in if I have time I'll do a quick gaze around the SDMB and might read one or two threads. I don't usually have enough time for that, though, so most of my focus has been this place.

[Scissorjack]

Maybe you should have specified, "Excluding the limitations I have in my mind right now, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul mouthed glory...?".

It's probably quite childish of me to want to go out there in a blaze of cussin', and I don't really care enough anymore to want to be banned. I still check in from time to time, but I can't even be bothered to take the piss out of their ineptitude anymore; I just cock a mental eyebrow. The T-Shirt design thread is actually pretty funny reading once you've stopped caring:

- You can't have T-Shirts because we never sold many and right now we need too much money to care about our revenue stream.

- Nobody bought them because the designs are fucking ugly; and if you had cared more about your revenue stream, maybe you wouldn't need the money now.

- But Slug Signorino is a design classic! He's part of the SD brand! Besides, it would cost too much to print new ones.

- Look, printing shirts is practically free now. And you could really use the brand exposure. Revenue stream, remember?

- Oooh, can I have one that says "Hi Opal" in an XXXXXL? And a tiny wee one for my cat Mister Snuggly?

- Good news, everyone! We've decided to let you have T-Shirts! You just won't be able to use the SD logo or slogan, since we're worried about violating our own trademark. But feel free to submit your own designs that don't mention the SD in any way.

- Ooh, can I have one that says "Once, for 20 minutes" in an XXXXXXL?

Link, lest you think I'm making this shit up. I swear, someday they're gonna teach about that place in business school.

[silenus]

Maybe you should have specified, "Excluding the limitations I have in my mind right now, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul mouthed glory...?".

It's probably quite childish of me to want to go out there in a blaze of cussin', and I don't really care enough anymore to want to be banned. I still check in from time to time, but I can't even be bothered to take the piss out of their ineptitude anymore; I just cock a mental eyebrow.

Pretty much my feelings as well. I've generally stopped even reading threads over there, unless there is one that really sparks my interest, and even then I'll likely not post to it. But having this new home really makes a part of me want to flame out in a big way at the old place. But that would be immature and childish, so I'll wait until I really need the release.

[Exy]

I acknowledge that this makes me a terrible person, but in that T-shirt thread that Scissorjack linked, one Doper said this and I laughed very loudly:

I would buy the shirt as described....with or without Opal....but only if they were available in sizes for normal human beings (5xlt)....nut just for the smaller members.

[Liberal]

Maybe you should have specified, "Excluding the limitations I have in my mind right now, how can I go out in a Viking pyre of foul mouthed glory...?".

It's probably quite childish of me to want to go out there in a blaze of cussin', and I don't really care enough anymore to want to be banned. I still check in from time to time, but I can't even be bothered to take the piss out of their ineptitude anymore; I just cock a mental eyebrow. The T-Shirt design thread is actually pretty funny reading once you've stopped caring:

- You can't have T-Shirts because we never sold many and right now we need too much money to care about our revenue stream.

- Nobody bought them because the designs are fucking ugly; and if you had cared more about your revenue stream, maybe you wouldn't need the money now.

- But Slug Signorino is a design classic! He's part of the SD brand! Besides, it would cost too much to print new ones.

- Look, printing shirts is practically free now. And you could really use the brand exposure. Revenue stream, remember?

- Oooh, can I have one that says "Hi Opal" in an XXXXXL? And a tiny wee one for my cat Mister Snuggly?

- Good news, everyone! We've decided to let you have T-Shirts! You just won't be able to use the SD logo or slogan, since we're worried about violating our own trademark. But feel free to submit your own designs that don't mention the SD in any way.

- Ooh, can I have one that says "Once, for 20 minutes" in an XXXXXXL?

Link, lest you think I'm making this shit up. I swear, someday they're gonna teach about that place in business school.

Simultaneously hillarious and pathetic. I feel like I'm laughing at dwarf bowling.

[Tuckerfan]

[Kabul Brother] Sometimes I think you want to fail! [/KB]

Remember when CL bought the Reader and we were all told, "Hey! These guys understand the web! So expect to see big changes around here very soon."? If there was any doubt that was a load of bullshit, the t-shirt thread should have erased it. I can see Ed saying something like, "No promises, but I'll bounce it off legal and the bosses to see what they think."

Instead, what Ed said clearly indicated that not only do they not have a clue about the intarwebs, but that anything related to money and basic business sense is so utterly beyond them that the humane thing to do would be to simply shoot them and put them out of their misery.

Almost makes me wish that I'd posted that thread I was thinking about which described Ed spending his days downloading really bizarre and obscure porn, which is why he was cribbing his columns from GQ threads (without crediting them as the source) and the boards were so slow.

[Scissorjack]

Instead, what Ed said clearly indicated that not only do they not have a clue about the intarwebs, but that anything related to money and basic business sense is so utterly beyond them that the humane thing to do would be to simply shoot them and put them out of their misery.

The trademark thing is just - I dunno, words fail me. Are they afraid they're going to sue themselves? It's not as if the SDMB brand is such a hot fashion ticket that Thai sweatshops have to chain catheterised seamstresses to padlocked firedoors so that they can churn out bootleg "It's taking longer than we thought" T-Shirts night and day.

[Tuckerfan]

Instead, what Ed said clearly indicated that not only do they not have a clue about the intarwebs, but that anything related to money and basic business sense is so utterly beyond them that the humane thing to do would be to simply shoot them and put them out of their misery.

The trademark thing is just - I dunno, words fail me. Are they afraid they're going to sue themselves? It's not as if the SDMB brand is such a hot fashion ticket that Thai sweatshops have to chain catheterised seamstresses to padlocked firedoors so that they can churn out bootleg "It's taking longer than we thought" T-Shirts night and day.

Remember, they're so paranoid about the evil intarwebs that they won't allow their sites to be hosted by an outside company, even though that is cheaper, more reliable, and fairly common in the industry these days. Sure, some of the major corporations (like Google) have their own server farms, but they're profitable, CL ain't, and so long as the fuckwits are running the show, never will be.

[Guinastasia]

Uh-why is everyone using the Captain's avatar?

[Tuckerfan]

Uh-why is everyone using the Captain's avatar?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[featherlou]

Mine is just a picture of me from my younger days.

[danceswithcats]

My high school yearbook pic.

[Guinastasia]

Oh-yeah, must have imagined it-*goes and gets her glasses* Ah, much better now.

Sorry-I have a headache-this rotten cold, you know.

[pepperlandgirl]

I went back to the SDMB yesterday...or the day before yesterday...my sense of time is all messed up. Anyway, I posted in a few threads and looked around, but that was the first time I've been there in a month, and I doubt I'll be going over again for awhile. Not because I'm punishing the board by leaving, but because I find I get a LOT more done when I don't have a SDMB tab open. Being productive is nice.

[featherlou]

Nice avatar, pepper - what are you, some kind of pinko rebel commie?

[pepperlandgirl]

Nice avatar, pepper - what are you, some kind of pinko rebel commie?

Yes.

[Chimera]

What a bunch of stunningly handsome people we have here.

Especially the women folk.