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Since Auctions and Competitions are now concidered spam,
Im thinking we should have a brainstorm of what lighthearted threads we could have to break up the religion and politics threads??

come on people, we need somewhere to relax in without having to think.

Are they actually considered spam? My understanding of it was that it was ok until it degenerated into people posting random snippets. Although I think it might be an idea for a Mod to give us a clear statement on it.

Other than that...I don't know. Fun threads are so hard to come by.

Are they actually considered spam? My understanding of it was that it was ok until it degenerated into people posting random snippets. Although I think it might be an idea for a Mod to give us a clear statement on it.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=442727

Seems like they are pissed of about a single smiley post. :rolleyes:

This forum has so many cool people on it who are good to talk to, and this forum has had some great moments, yet for some reason the powers-that-be are pushing really hard for it to remain firmly and only a political board like the billions of others on the net where the same topics get discussed ad nauseam.


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Are they actually considered spam? My understanding of it was that it was ok until it degenerated into people posting random snippets. Although I think it might be an idea for a Mod to give us a clear statement on it.

Other than that...I don't know. Fun threads are so hard to come by.
when we asked in moderation the thread got locked and tink got a forum ban, ofcourse she did go alittle far.

so im taking that as were not going to get a reason, and any following threads will have the same fate

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=442727

Seems like they are pissed of about a single smiley post. :rolleyes:

The word 'killjoy' came to my mind about 5 seconds into reading that thread.

when we asked in moderation the thread got locked and tink got a forum ban, ofcourse she did go alittle far.

so im taking that as were not going to get a reason, and any following threads will have the same fate
*siiiigh*

So what will we do? Another joke thread? MS-Paint-a-poster? Karaoke?

This forum has so many cool people on it who are good to talk to, and this forum has had some great moments, yet for some reason the powers-that-be are pushing really hard for it to remain firmly and only a political board like the billions of others on the net where the same topics get discussed ad nauseam.


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So the question is what do we do now, or is this forum to far gone to be saved?

We should make some fuck the mods threads

*siiiigh*

So what will we do? Another joke thread? MS-Paint-a-poster? Karaoke?
the paint a poster has been done. very well I may add

We should make some fuck the mods threads
Yah. Except that we won't live to see any change. If any.

the paint a poster has been done. very well I may add
That's the problem. Loads of things have been done before. Original ideas are hard to come up with.

We should make some fuck the mods threads
what and all commit suicide by mod?

We should make some fuck the mods threads

The mods already treat us like we're kids, so that our questions on rulings can be blown off (To the point where it actually reminds me of the principal of my old intermediate school). Writing 'fuck the mods' just legitimises it.

Yah. Except that we won't live to see any change. If any.
I wish we had mods like Cog and Slaggy back *sigh*

I wish we had mods like Cog and Slaggy back *sigh*
Who's Slaggy? (I'm still a youngster kinda...... sometimes anyway)

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=442727

Seems like they are pissed of about a single smiley post. :rolleyes:

I realise that; what I was getting that, was, assuming we can avoid single sentence/smiley posts, auction and competition threads are still technically allowed, no?

Who's Slaggy? (I'm still a youngster kinda...... sometimes anyway)


The SLAGlands.

In all fairness that thread did go slightly off-track in places, though I think that the mods overreacted a tad. This place often reminds me of another forum I once used to visit, the administrator of which closed it down and deleted the database because one member insulted him.

However, I've never understood what harm these variable topic threads do to anyone in the first place. I mean, go to any forum and a thread where people just talk amongst themselves is treated as 'spam' and closed down as such. But why? What's wrong with a group of people who know each other having a chat about various things so long as they just keep it in one thread? There's no reason for it whatsoever. I have no idea where the idea of closing such threads on-sight came from, but nearly all forums do it.

The mods already treat us like we're kids, so that our questions on rulings can be blown off (To the point where it actually reminds me of the principal of my old intermediate school). Writing 'fuck the mods' just legitimises it.

Tee hee hee... you said a naughty word!

Who's Slaggy? (I'm still a youngster kinda...... sometimes anyway)
The SlagLands, he was a champ

I realise that; what I was getting that, was, assuming we can avoid single sentence/smiley posts, auction and competition threads are still technically allowed, no?
So one post makes an entire thread spam? I cant think of one entertainment thread that hasnt had more then one single sentence/smiley post

In all fairness that thread did go slightly off-track in places, though I think that the mods overreacted a tad. This place often reminds me of another forum I once used to visit, the administrator of which closed it down and deleted the database because one member insulted him.
Who cares if it goes off track when everyone knows it's just for fun? The serious posters ignore it anyway.

Who cares if it goes off track when everyone knows it's just for fun? The serious posters ignore it anyway.

I just added that I don't actually agree with this principle anyway to my post as you were writing that :). I can just see why the moderators might have closed it down. Unless there's some on-going grudge I don't know about. Or care about. But I still don't know where this 'spam' rule came from in the first place.

I just added that I don't actually agree with this principle anyway to my post as you were writing that :). I can just see why the moderators might have closed it down. Unless there's some on-going grudge I don't know about. Or care about. But I still don't know where this 'spam' rule came from in the first place.
never!! No one gets targeted here :rolleyes:

come on LP you used to be the king of making fun threads

come on LP you used to be the king of making fun threads


You can't force it.

The mods already treat us like we're kids, so that our questions on rulings can be blown off (To the point where it actually reminds me of the principal of my old intermediate school). Writing 'fuck the mods' just legitimises it.

Yeah. *mutters*

It's only getting worse.

come on LP you used to be the king of making fun threads
I was out for some groceries.

And I was never the king of making threads. I turn them into fun. I hardly ever start threads.

Since Auctions and Competitions are now concidered spam,
Im thinking we should have a brainstorm of what lighthearted threads we could have to break up the religion and politics threads??

come on people, we need somewhere to relax in without having to think.

What :confused:
Van we not have our beloved competitons

never!! No one gets targeted here :rolleyes:

I heard on the grapevine that once upon a time, a certain mod was "spying" on certain people from this site at a certain forum independent of NS.

Oh dear, i've said too much.

What :confused:
Van we not have our beloved competitons
It appears not

I heard on the grapevine that once upon a time, a certain mod was "spying" on certain people from this site at a certain forum independent of NS.

Oh dear, i've said too much.



If you're refering to FUA, its more than the grapevine. I was there at the time.

If you're refering to FUA, its more than the grapevine. I was there at the time.
big brother wouldnt spy on anyone

I was out for some groceries.

And I was never the king of making threads. I turn them into fun. I hardly ever start threads.


Yeah I'm the same. Admitedly though, you have a better track record of it than me ;)

Yeah I'm the same. Admitedly though, you have a better track record of it than me ;)
I certainly have a bigger record ;)

If you're refering to FUA, its more than the grapevine. I was there at the time.

My my, they've done it twice? How surprising. :rolleyes: I was referring to a different forum, actually.

I certainly have a bigger record ;)

Well I'm a few away from the next milestone. Celebrating would get me keel-hulled though.

My my, they've done it twice? How surprising. :rolleyes: I was referring to a different forum, actually.


Well there you go, further emphasis for your point.

Well I'm a few away from the next milestone. Celebrating would get me keel-hulled though.
we shall see

we shall see

Haha! I love it!

Haha! I love it!
why thankyou just needed inspiration

Well there you go, further emphasis for your point.

Indeed. I'm guessing FUA isn't around anymore?

Indeed. I'm guessing FUA isn't around anymore?
lol even I was afraid of FUA

lol even I was afraid of FUA
FUA was a mod?

FUA was a mod?
basically a breakaway forum, ruled by the NS rejects (ie DOS players)

FUA was a mod?

Another forum.

basically a breakaway forum, ruled by the NS rejects (ie DOS players)
Ah okay. And who infiltrated?

Ah okay. And who infiltrated?

Meh, I think if I said something i'd get in trouble.... :p

I can't tell you who did FUA, but I can tell the other...do you use MSN or something?

Meh, I think if I said something i'd get in trouble.... :p

I can't tell you who did FUA, but I can tell the other...do you use MSN or something?
ooooh. sneaky.

i_meeuw@hotmail.com

Since Auctions and Competitions are now concidered spam,
Im thinking we should have a brainstorm of what lighthearted threads we could have to break up the religion and politics threads??

come on people, we need somewhere to relax in without having to think.

People actually think in political and theological debates? :eek:

You could've fooled me. :p

I put up a new one just now. :D

I'm completely new here and don't know the history, but why can't we have a general politics forum and a general general forum, if it's that important to them?

I mean, I agree, what difference does it make if the conversation wanders, as long as it doesn't wander into other threads? I kind of like it that way; seems more like a party... :(

I'm completely new here and don't know the history, but why can't we have a general politics forum and a general general forum, if it's that important to them?

I mean, I agree, what difference does it make if the conversation wanders, as long as it doesn't wander into other threads? I kind of like it that way; seems more like a party... :(

We used to have both on one forum, but on another server. That server got worse as the load got bigger and they started outlawing anything they could to ease the load on the server. They culled a lot of posts at the time, so a lot of 'old timers' have lower postcounts than they might have.

There was a 'forum 7' for a time (It appeared as an april fools joke, as each forum used to be assigned a number, but 7 was skiped. It was rumoured that forum 7 was the secret 'mod forum') and that became basically a spam forum (although it was fun for all concerned) until they deleted it.

When we moved to Jolt, instead of loosening up on rules with regards to 'fun' threads, (as one might expect with the shiny new server) if anything they got tighter. At least this is how I see it.

how about a Polictial thing for NS... say... hmmm... a General for General. we put up nominations according to parties (Left, Right, Center), let them put up one post as to why they should be the General of General, then vote. the three winners (one from each party) becomes the Candidate for the general election. each will have only one thread to post their "Platforms" and answer questions from the General Populace. then the final voting takes place.

but what will their duties be... can't be mod like...

They could be the liason between general and the Mods... thus they can be blamed for being Wimps when the mods close a thread...
they can also take the blame for anything that goes wrong (mass spamming attacks and such.)


well, any comments?

how about a Polictial thing for NS... say... hmmm... a General for General. we put up nominations according to parties (Left, Right, Center), let them put up one post as to why they should be the General of General, then vote. the three winners (one from each party) becomes the Candidate for the general election. each will have only one thread to post their "Platforms" and answer questions from the General Populace. then the final voting takes place.

but what will their duties be... can't be mod like...

They could be the liason between general and the Mods... thus they can be blamed for being Wimps when the mods close a thread...
they can also take the blame for anything that goes wrong (mass spamming attacks and such.)


well, any comments?
The winner gets to take all the blame. Realistic but not very inviting.

The winner gets to take all the blame. Realistic but not very inviting.
so instead of a "elect me" speech, how about a "elect him instead" speech. Now that would be a refreshing change of pace. :D

then again, if others can think of ideas to add on, I'm game.

random thinking:

Why the limits on threads -- content or server load? Chatty threads go on longer...

If server load, what options do we have if we want to chat? I mean, this is the internet, for crying out loud. There have to be more options...

If content (people going off topic, etc), could we just segregate side chats into dedicated threads -- sidebars? That way, a thread might not get hijacked so much. It could be like Where Do We Go From Here? and Where--Here<Sidebar>. If you can have more than one browser window open at the same time, you could participate in both conversations at the same time. But I guess not, as that would make more work for mods.

Maybe we should just shut up once in a while. Make them miss us. :)

random thinking:

Why the limits on threads -- content or server load? Chatty threads go on longer...

If server load, what options do we have if we want to chat? I mean, this is the internet, for crying out loud. There have to be more options...

If content (people going off topic, etc), could we just segregate side chats into dedicated threads -- sidebars? That way, a thread might not get hijacked so much. It could be like Where Do We Go From Here? and Where--Here<Sidebar>. If you can have more than one browser window open at the same time, you could participate in both conversations at the same time. But I guess not, as that would make more work for mods.

Maybe we should just shut up once in a while. Make them miss us. :)trust me, they won't miss us.

A majority of the moderators come from the RP forums. They already don't like General posters.

I realise that; what I was getting that, was, assuming we can avoid single sentence/smiley posts, auction and competition threads are still technically allowed, no?

It's hard to make a paragraph out of a bid ::rolleyes::

lol even I was afraid of FUA

Meh, I think if I said something i'd get in trouble.... :p

I can't tell you who did FUA, but I can tell the other...do you use MSN or something?

I have aol IM UberBlackBelt225
or e-mail UberBlackBelt225@aol.com
or TM my nation. I'm very very curious


how about a Polictial thing for NS... say... hmmm... a General for General. we put up nominations according to parties (Left, Right, Center), let them put up one post as to why they should be the General of General, then vote. the three winners (one from each party) becomes the Candidate for the general election. each will have only one thread to post their "Platforms" and answer questions from the General Populace. then the final voting takes place.

but what will their duties be... can't be mod like...

They could be the liason between general and the Mods... thus they can be blamed for being Wimps when the mods close a thread...
they can also take the blame for anything that goes wrong (mass spamming attacks and such.)


well, any comments?

Sound alot like the NS general elections, which died after the elections happened.

A majority of the moderators come from the RP forums. They already don't like General posters.

What's with all the hate? We all here to have fun.

What's with all the hate? We all here to have fun.

The RP forums have always had a certain degree of hostility towards General. A lot of them believe that we are just a waste of space, and especially on the old server, taking up room that they could use for their posts. I'm not saying it's everybody, but a sizeable percentage.

I vote Find a Picture on the Inter web thingy and Bastardise it in Paint.

The Kitti-Katti agree that issues here should include other items besides politics, religion and Star Wars.

Since Auctions and Competitions are now concidered spam,
Im thinking we should have a brainstorm of what lighthearted threads we could have to break up the religion and politics threads??

come on people, we need somewhere to relax in without having to think.
its sad that we now have to have a thinktank to come up with accepted ways to have fun :rolleyes:

viva la good ol' days!
(boo teh mods)

A majority of the moderators come from the RP forums. They already don't like General posters.

We should have another general forum invasion...

I have aol IM UberBlackBelt225
or e-mail UberBlackBelt225@aol.com
or TM my nation. I'm very very curious

Emailed, they can read TG's.

I don't think anything would come of it if I posted it here, but meh.

Emailed, they can read TG's.

I don't think anything would come of it if I posted it here, but meh.

They're being bizzarely cautious about this thread, and you're telling the truth so it would be wierd.

Or maybe they don't 'see everything' as they claim they don't.

They're being bizzarely cautious about this thread, and you're telling the truth so it would be wierd.

Or maybe they don't 'see everything' as they claim they don't.

Yeah, it'd look pretty bad if they did something to me, wouldn't it?

Yeah, it'd look pretty bad if they did something to me, wouldn't it?


It's looked 'pretty bad' when they've done things to other people, although pinging you would be particularly shocking.

It's looked 'pretty bad' when they've done things to other people, although pinging you would be particularly shocking.

Why, it's mighty tempting to say that I was told the mod in question (in the instance I was talking about, not the FUA one) happened to be Hack.

OOPS! :eek:

;)

Why, it's mighty tempting to say that I was told the mod in question (in the instance I was talking about, not the FUA one) happened to be Hack.

OOPS! :eek:

;)


I think it was steph (and another I can't remember) who did it on the old FUA.. But the other mods didn't like her.

I think it was steph (and another I can't remember) who did it on the old FUA.. But the other mods didn't like her, either.

Really?

I have my suspicions that it was Steph who let the PB people know (through another NS player) it was Hack. I think she resigned shortly after that.

(I can't verify that, it's just a theory)

Really?

I have my suspicions that it was Steph who let the PB people know (through another NS player) it was Hack. I think she resigned shortly after that.

(I can't verify that, it's just a theory)

Well rumour has it that when she left, she was pushed. She then had to battle to get her rightful 'Nationstates ex-moderator' avater, so there might be some truth to that.

Well rumour has it that when she left, she was pushed. She then had to battle to get her rightful 'Nationstates ex-moderator' avater, so there might be some truth to that.

Exactly. We never really got a reason for it, either. Or did we? That was a while ago.

I don't really want to reveal the player (at least, not here) who leaked the info, because they are still around. They aren't a mod, though. So who did that player get the info from? Chances are it was a mod, and I have a hunch it was her.

We should have another general forum invasion...
There was an invasion? :confused:

There was an invasion? :confused:

Yeah a while ago (like, on the old server 'a while ago') there was a huge thread where we planed to invade the RP forums and basically act like idiots in their RP threads. Being so blatent about it was never going to be a good idea though, and the mods wised up to it and warned the lot of us (and there were quite a few) although I only got a 'friendly warning'.

Sadly the invasion never went ahead.

Yeah a while ago (like, on the old server 'a while ago') there was a huge thread where we planed to invade the RP forums and basically act like idiots in their RP threads. Being so blatent about it was never going to be a good idea though, and the mods wised up to it and warned the lot of us (and there were quite a few) although I only got a 'friendly warning'.

Sadly the invasion never went ahead.
good times

well, i´ve been known to launch incredibly interesting and amusing threads (at least acording to my unbiased opinion) like "Why men love lesbian sex" and "Should zoophilia be allowed", but they never got passed 300 posts...its a conspiracy, i tell you, a conspiracy!!
#walks away ranting and fuming#