Newsboard Anarchy Trial
Posted by Magnus on 25 October 1999, 14:24 GMT
As any regular visitor to our site knows, there have recently been a lot of controversy about the comments on our newsboard. In accordance with our site policy, we have deleted comments that we have considered to be in violation of the guidelines or completely off topic. This has rewarded us with everything from "thank you"-notices to being called communists. It has also taken up a lot of valuable time from our staff members. It was clear that something had to be done about the situation. As we saw it, we had three alternatives. We have tried the first one, are right now trying the second one, and would like to avoid the third one if possible. The first one was to disable the posting permissions for the people who posted most off-topic or abusive articles (which accounts were affected is not relevant here). Naturally, this was done after multiple warnings to the persons in question. This was done a couple of weeks ago, the result of which each person can evaluate for themselves. The trial was in force around Oct 9th to Oct 19th. The second one is the one we are trying now. For this two week period, we will no longer delete off-topic posts. We will let any kind of discussion go on. We will still delete articles that are clearly out to disrupt the page layout (such as 10 pages of blank lines), or that can be considered illegal or highly inappropriate (such as pornography links or anything like that). Apart from that, anything goes. Please note that there is no change in our policy as to what we will answer in this. We will still not answer off-topic posts. If you want to get in touch with the staff, use e-mail. This trial will run from the posting of this article for two weeks, and will close on Nov 7th. The third option, which we would like to avoid but will have to fall back to unless the situation is resolved, is to turn off the commenting on our news articles. News would continue to be posted, but the user commenting would be disabled. Discussions would be referred to the mailinglists where appropriate. While we think that this would remove value from our site, there is a limit to how much we can provide as a free service, and we have been pushing close to that limit. Once the current trial is over, on Nov 7th, a survey will be posted, in which we will ask you, our visitors, which way you think we should handle the situation. The survey will be open for one week. This survey will be purely suggestional - we will make the decision based on the result of that survey and based on what we think at that time ourselves. The survey is not decision-binding. However, we can guarantee that the result of the survey (as well as the result of the trial in whole) will have great influence on the decision. We have been accused (by certain parties, as far as we have noticed it is not a general concern, but we would still like to address it here) of not listening to the voice of our community. We feel that this has not been the case before, and certainly will not be in this case. But as usual, we ask you to send your constructive comments to our staff directly at news@ticalc.org (assuming it is about our news system). We do not constantly monitor our comment board for site suggestions. We do, however, keep all mail we receive to the appropriate mailing addresses, and we take into consideration every idea that is proposed to us. We regret that the situation has gone as far as it has. Any other suggestions on how to deal with it are very welcome - drop us a mail anytime.
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Re: Newsboard Anarchy Trial
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Disco_Stu
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Is ticalc going to allow spam posting like on normal newsgroups? That would really suck.
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25 October 1999, 23:54 GMT
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ToddEStan
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Wow... 91 comments? Damn.
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25 October 1999, 23:58 GMT
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Chris Perkins
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All right a few words,What is wrong with you!!!!Humans strive to be controled that is why anarchism stoped as a government system.
A side note,If we can do what we want why are we still on topic?can any someone say Y?I know Y we want everything to stay the way it is because of this word it is control.
Also Pleasae visit my unedited website and join!
Chris Perkins
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26 October 1999, 00:19 GMT
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ComputerWiz
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personaly i think all you people who are ragging on other people for not using correct grammer GET OVER IT
its the internet who cares if he didnt capitalize everything obviously not he/she
also if you notice this is one big run on sentence no capitalization or periods/commas or the such
if you dont like it TOO D^MN BAD
there i didnt cuss im proud of myself
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26 October 1999, 00:19 GMT
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matt c
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So far the only people i have seen complaining about censorship are those that take this seriously. The "Eugenes" haven't shown up looking for attention. I'm guessing Bryan has so much againsh ticalc.org for removing posts because his were removed? Am i right?
Anyways we have to remember that the stupid off topic threads are by people looking for attention, thats all they want.
As for the news items that Nick has been posting lately seem fine with me. The only person i see getting upset about them is Bryan. He is the first one to find some flaw with them or that they are off topic. I think i know what is going through your head, i always try to get the last word in an argument. Or when someone tells me i'm wrong i prove that i am right and nag them until they just think i am crazy. Sometimes they see that you are right but other times you make situtations worse by not being able to stop your self. Another question for you Bryan, why do you post so much? I think you have had the most post about each article for the last week. Every other comment is related to yours. I also think the ticalc.org staff should ignore Bryan's post whenever he tries to critize you.
One last peice of advice for Bryan. Move on with your life, the fact that you are here so much shows that you need to forgot about what you use to do with ticalc.org. Do you crave the acceptance they gave you until you were "fired" or are you just annoying the message boards for some kind of sick fun?
Take note that i have used proper capitalization, but my spelling skills are horrible
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26 October 1999, 00:50 GMT
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beasty
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FREE FUCKING SPEECH! YEAH! Alright first off, let me get some stuff off my chest. FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE EVER DISSED ME! HA! Ok. Hmmm. BLAH FUCKING BLAH! LOL!
Use clean language: do not swear.
HA! Ok, all you guys GIVE ME Ti 83+ GAMES NOW YOU DAMN LAZY PROGRAMMERS. SHUTUP! SHUTUP! SHUTUP! LOLO! Give me a better galaxian! AND i want mario NOW!
HAHAHHAHAHAHA!
Thank you Ti-Calc for this outburst.
BEASTY
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26 October 1999, 01:07 GMT
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Nikku-kun
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Hrmm ... interesting ... okay ... NO.
Beasty, I think that you have single-handedly (you were jacking off with the other hand) brought down the good name of the TI-83 Plus. Being a TI83+ owner also, and a mature, thoughtful one at that, I think that you should just stop now with the senseless posts. You are a lazy (wants people to port games for him), whiny (come on, port it now), thoughtless (doesn't think about the developer's wishes and such), fucked-up (do I have to explain? ^^) shell of a boy. For the sake of programmers, and everybody's sanity, you might as well stop with this shit.
-Nik, who is reeling at his own use of profanity
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29 October 1999, 02:29 GMT
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