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Subject: Moderators, i appeal to you.
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I fly planes and doesnt afraid of anything

Except Aria, she scares the hell outta me

Make My Little Pony related threads on The Flood instant lock.

They encourage nothing other then flaming. They're wastes of space - nothing is ever achieved in these threads. No worthy discussion comes out of these threads. These threads slow down the activity of all the other threads. I dont know why, but its a magnet for everyone on the flood, where they type out the same stuff over and over. Other, more worthy threads get ignored. It just creates a bad atmosphere. Every single post in these threads are, from a Bronys point of view, 'Its a good show, you're just too close minded. Give it a chance' or from everyone elses view, 'The show is bad, you should feel bad, you're not a man.'

There is a 28 page thread, as of now, in The Flood, and every single comment relates to my two examples.
The threads relating to My Little pony are truly nothing other then a waste of oxygen - so to speak. And i dont wish to see them regularly posted in for FOUR HOURS. Every single time a thread with MLP in the title pops up, it turns out like this, and i have no idea why they have not been locked and boycotted by now.

Please.
Community Forum, what do you think about MLP threads? Do you think they should stay, or go?

[Edited on 01.16.2012 3:37 AM PST]

  • 01.16.2012 2:09 AM PDT

Does anyone even read these?

Anyone who calls themselves a brony should get hit by a bus.

These threads annoy me too, but as long as it's all kept in a single thread rather than multiples it's ok. If you're saying that there are multiples of the same MLP thread, then yes that is a problem and they should be locked.

  • 01.16.2012 2:12 AM PDT

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If I am not posting, then I am reading what you might have posted.

If they are not harming anyone or breaking rules, than their is nothing wrong.

[Edited on 01.16.2012 2:14 AM PST]

  • 01.16.2012 2:13 AM PDT
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I fly planes and doesnt afraid of anything

Except Aria, she scares the hell outta me

Im saying that, although in this case it is contained to one thread - although, most of the time, it is not - the threads are nothing but spam. And its killing the Flood. It makes all the other threads slower, less treads are created.. Its toxic, and it needs to go.

  • 01.16.2012 2:14 AM PDT

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If I am not posting, then I am reading what you might have posted.

It's discussing a animated series involving ponies, and there is nothing wrong with that, the people that discuss it stay on topic and don't break the rules, than the thread is nothing but pure discussion. I am not backing them up or anything its just the way the system works.

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Im saying that, although in this case it is contained to one thread - although, most of the time, it is not - the threads are nothing but spam. And its killing the Flood. It makes all the other threads slower, less treads are created.. Its toxic, and it needs to go.

  • 01.16.2012 2:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: evilcam
Bobcast is paid in MILF blind dates.

Posted by: MetalxTongue
If they are not harming anyone or breaking rules, than their is nothing wrong.

  • 01.16.2012 2:17 AM PDT

It's just a fad. It will pass.

  • 01.16.2012 2:18 AM PDT
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own purpose.

I hate only those who deserve my hate.
That's a lot of people.

It's true. The ones on the Flood are really just flame beacons.

And This is coming from a brony.

  • 01.16.2012 2:18 AM PDT

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If I am not posting, then I am reading what you might have posted.

It may seem so, if the mods didn't lock it, that means it is not doing any harm or this flame war is just your guys imagination.
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It's true. The ones on the Flood are really just flame beacons.

And This is coming from a brony.

  • 01.16.2012 2:21 AM PDT
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I fly planes and doesnt afraid of anything

Except Aria, she scares the hell outta me


Posted by: MetalxTongue
It's discussing a animated series involving ponies, and there is nothing wrong with that, the people that discuss it stay on topic and don't break the rules, than the thread is nothing but pure discussion. I am not backing them up or anything its just the way the system works.

:D
Posted by: Ruby
Im saying that, although in this case it is contained to one thread - although, most of the time, it is not - the threads are nothing but spam. And its killing the Flood. It makes all the other threads slower, less treads are created.. Its toxic, and it needs to go.


Go read through that thread and tell me its a discussion, and not a flame war.

As for the 'its just a fad' theory, its been just a fad for almost a full year now, and one and a half more seasons are planned.
This is going to be one long fad.

  • 01.16.2012 2:22 AM PDT

"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.

I was a finalist :P

I see it as one of the social norms in the flood. A social norm in which many threads paramount into something which consistently proves Goodwin's Law. If more and more of these threads end up behaving in similar fashion to most political and religious threads, then it may invoke similar outcomes; with it being a banned topic of discussion in the mains.

  • 01.16.2012 2:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: evilcam
Bobcast is paid in MILF blind dates.

Posted by: Ruby
As for the 'its just a fad' theory, its been just a fad for almost a full year now, and one and a half more seasons are planned.
This is going to be one long fad.


It is a fad. Just like Justin Beiber and Boxxy threads were before that.

  • 01.16.2012 2:24 AM PDT

There have been many threads like this. They won't do it.

  • 01.16.2012 2:25 AM PDT

Here's the thing: The Flood is honestly really really lame. It's fun, yeah, I know, but everyone there is, well, really unoriginal. The Flood generally tries to copy /b/'s fads to try to look cool, hence the Boxxy threads and the whole Justin Bieber phase a while ago. When the MLP hype dies down in /b/, The Flood will stop copying it. Not looking too good, but whatever.
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Posted by: Ruby
As for the 'its just a fad' theory, its been just a fad for almost a full year now, and one and a half more seasons are planned.
This is going to be one long fad.


It is a fad. Just like Justin Beiber and Boxxy threads were before that.

  • 01.16.2012 2:31 AM PDT

Best Song ever: You Cant Quit Me Baby by Queens of the Stone Age

Also Guns and Roses are the biggest load of pish-posh ever

I assume that MLP threads are of similar irk to Religious/Political threads. They can be civilised and flamewar-less, but it never ever happens.

Most other forums have a similar issue with MLP (with it being it always ends up in a flame war). Same goes for Xbox v PS3 threads etc. The actual topic itself isnt the problem, but rather the consequence of having such a thread is the. Its why there's private groups so you can discuss such topics (For instance, the black chapter for religious and political discussions). Im sure theres a MLP group somewhere on this site.

That being said, im pretty sure MLP threads are just trollbait.

  • 01.16.2012 2:40 AM PDT

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To take away the freedom of any member to post because the topics of interest annoy you is absurd. I'm not a fan of these topics either, you just ignore them. Taking away a forum topic just because it isn't the type of topic that you enjoy is a bad idea, and starts down a path to bad things. Just hold your breath and ignore threads that don't interest you. Trust me, you have to do that sometimes on the internet.

  • 01.16.2012 3:30 AM PDT
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I fly planes and doesnt afraid of anything

Except Aria, she scares the hell outta me

Just because they annoy me?
No, thats not why i want them gone. I want them gone because they are spam, and because they slow down other threads, and promote flaming, and whole load of other reasons i mentioned that you chose to ignore.

Edit- I apologize, it appears that, while i was thinking of more reasons while creating this thread, i didnt actually type them in. My mistake.

[Edited on 01.16.2012 3:40 AM PST]

  • 01.16.2012 3:35 AM PDT

Feel free to send me messages, please be willing to wait 6-8 years for a reply.

1-7 hours if you at least tried to make it readable.

Immediately if you are Yax, Telec, or legendary.

Never if you are mythic, you guys smell funny.

The users are at fault, not the subject, there are many other topics that create plenty of flaming, in fact, EVERY issue seems to cause angry flaming and trolling.

It would help if the moderators where a bit more harsh towards these users who think its acceptable to behave in that kind of way.

  • 01.16.2012 3:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: da bomb drop
The users are at fault, not the subject.

This.

MLP is the exact reason why we have the Flood. To discuss these trivial things. I might lock a few if they have been derailed or if there are too many duplicates, but I won't lock a thread because the subject is MLP.

If pony threads get attention, it's because people want to discuss it. If other threads don't get attention, they're not interesting enough. Eventually something more appealing/revolting comes along and that will be the new talk of the town.

[Edited on 01.16.2012 4:03 AM PST]

  • 01.16.2012 3:59 AM PDT

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Unfortunately, if you make MLP threads an instant lock, you would have to do the same with Battlefield, CoD, PS3, Xbox and all other sorts of threads where you get any form of baiting and flaming.

Just ignore the threads, and it won't cause you any more problems.

  • 01.16.2012 4:21 AM PDT
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The End

‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

I have a dream that one day The Flood will rise up and live out the true meaning of the creed: "Friendship is magic."


Edit: There doesn't need to be a blanket ban on the subject; the rules are comprehensive enough for moderators to apply their judgement. I tend to lock MLP threads when I see them, for the reasons described in the OP.

[Edited on 01.16.2012 4:59 AM PST]

  • 01.16.2012 4:52 AM PDT

As long as people on the flood watch the show, there will be threads.

  • 01.16.2012 5:10 AM PDT

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