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In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten
Posted by: evilcam
Posted by: ctjl96
See, guys, we can't have -blam!- like this. You're basically saying "this guy is so annoying, we don't want him to be a part of our Community". Since when did it become our right to decide who belongs or who does not?
Exactly.
Posted by: Sgt Dippinbud
A lot of this discussion has become about individuals losing their right to speak. It is not about that at all. The way daz writes it, it would be on an individual basis. If one person can't see your posts on the forum then who cares? Two people block you? Meh. No big deal.
The issue becomes legit when a whole bunch of people are hiding your posts, but that is not a fault in the proposed system. That is a fault of the user in question. If the person acts like an idiot and nobody wants to hear it, the community (or chunks of it) isn't taking away his right to speak...they are exercising their right not to hear it.
What? How are we deciding who belongs and who doesn't? If this is a per-user toggle, then its only individuals ignoring individuals. As I've said, I'll never ignore anyone, so at least I'll still always see what everyone has to say. All this will do is make it so people don't have to be told not to feed the trolls every five minutes.
Even if you don't agree with someone, I find seeing the opposing views gives me some insight.
But this won;t stop flaming, and is in no way can be used as a way to prevent much flaming. People are going to be jerks to other people, it is the internet.
But, that is why we have moderators and a ban system. To help let people know NOT to act like that or they suffer the consequences.
But when you have one guy ignore someone, then another, then another, then another, soon you can have a lot of people (the community). I could see this being used to shun people, yep probably people will make a shun list, totally see it happen.
But oh well, many people are for this. If it happens, hopefully it won;t be that bad.