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Subject: My suggestion to clean up the Flood

Posted by: The Kangol Kid
It was then that I decided he really is like semen(everywhere) and I gave up on life.


zoobkillerninja <3


Posted by: ColdEmbrace
Bad idea Charlie.

How did that surgery go? Or was that a troll thread?
It literally stayed on topic for more than 20 pages. How would that be a troll thread?

Anyway, I do not agree with OP. Simply reporting or notifying a Mod is the best way, IMO.

  • 02.10.2012 6:02 AM PDT
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Sometimes starting back from square one does good...

Ask smart questions
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

On a serious note, the Flood does not have a problem and the ninjas are taking care of anything that does not exactly follow the rules.

That said, there is no problem, the flood is mostly about general talk and mass bans or anything will not help the community, but just annoy regular members.

[Edited on 02.10.2012 6:18 AM PST]

  • 02.10.2012 6:14 AM PDT

"Wake me...when you need me."


Posted by: ctjl96
Flood is fine.

  • 02.10.2012 6:42 AM PDT

C'MON PEOPLE.

If we've learned anything from the Chief it's that you use FIRE to combat the flood. FIRE.

  • 02.10.2012 7:04 AM PDT

The Song Of Nephilim

Xenoblade <3

The Flood in a nutshell

Post a picture of your girlfriend.

  • 02.10.2012 8:44 AM PDT

Posted by: The Kangol Kid
It was then that I decided he really is like semen(everywhere) and I gave up on life.


zoobkillerninja <3


Posted by: Nephilim713
The Flood in a nutshell

Post a picture of your girlfriend.
Huh?

  • 02.10.2012 9:10 AM PDT

Life?
I have the internet and Doctor Who; i don't need a life.


Posted by: ctjl96
Flood is fine.

  • 02.10.2012 9:19 AM PDT

You're taking the internet too seriously.

  • 02.10.2012 9:23 AM PDT

Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.

See people here don't seem to realize that the Flood is just an extension of the greater internet as a whole. Carpet banning them won't do a damn thing because the problem comes from without.
If you want to effectively change the Flood, you need the internet to become more intelligent, and that's not possible while 4chan exists.

*snikt*
*holds up pitch fork and torch*

Lets take these 4chan bastards! Angry Mob Style! March with me my brothers!
Hyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

  • 02.10.2012 10:01 AM PDT

There is a certain point of tolerance that should never be reached.

I've been caught in carpet bans. It doesn't make me want to "clean up my act" it make me want to discontinue use of the forums.

It doesn't work in my opinion. I tend to bend rules, so this might work against me, but I think a lot of this "Mess" can be cleaned up by mods keeping tabs on repeat offenders.

Just my 2 cents.

  • 02.10.2012 2:06 PM PDT

Remember Kitchen #8 | 1/27/07
Secular Sevens | A place for freethinkers and secularists
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Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici

It's difficult to tell sometimes what constitutes a troll thread, and what constitutes some idiot legitimately posting. We can't exactly ban people for being idiots, now can we?

[Edited on 02.10.2012 2:15 PM PST]

  • 02.10.2012 2:13 PM PDT

Posted by: Ric_Adbur
It's difficult to tell sometimes what constitutes a troll thread, and what constitutes some idiot legitimately posting. We can't exactly ban people for being idiots, now can we?

"We reserve the right to remove you from the forums for any reason."

So yes, fortunately; let's start doing that now. I'll go first.

  • 02.10.2012 2:41 PM PDT
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Twitter.
WyIdfyre: 'lol, who the hell would even wear those?'
AuSam: 'lol, who the hell would even have sex with dogs?'

-K-

I think we should just have a lottery every Friday, until regular weekly updates return.
A string of random numbers are selected, using a lottery tumbler, and if it matches a member ID they get banned.
It's like Schadenfreude, but completely uncontrollable!

I don't know what it would achieve, but it would provide entertainment for the masses. Maybe we could spice it up with hosts in revealing clothes and flashing lights, make a real spectacle out of it?

To sum things up, The Flood are effectively a herd of sheep, and as a result are incapable of causing much more trouble than noise. Nothing to worry about, it's just a common sense scenario, which at the moment seems to be in decline.

[Edited on 02.10.2012 3:38 PM PST]

  • 02.10.2012 3:35 PM PDT

Posted by: The Kangol Kid
It was then that I decided he really is like semen(everywhere) and I gave up on life.


zoobkillerninja <3


Posted by: Kalriq
I think we should just have a lottery every Friday, until regular weekly updates return.
A string of random numbers are selected, using a lottery tumbler, and if it matches a member ID they get banned.
It's like Schadenfreude, but completely uncontrollable!

I don't know what it would achieve, but it would provide entertainment for the masses. Maybe we could spice it up with hosts in revealing clothes and flashing lights, make a real spectacle out of it?
Ban-Roulette! I like it!

[Edited on 02.10.2012 4:06 PM PST]

  • 02.10.2012 4:06 PM 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

The best approach to combat threads which are against the rules is to click the report button, and then click the Forum Topics button; and not do anything in between.

If there is a thread which appears to be someone merely trolling (although it's hard to deduce if they are trolling, or if they just don't understand the topic in question), then all one has to have is some sort self control to not post in it. Most of the troll threads which remain at the top of the forum topics, are there because people continue to antagonise the thread creators initial post; which is what a "troll" thrives on - working up other users.

More and more of these these topics would ultimately disappear from the top forum topics if people stood away from them. Although it is difficult because what can be viewed as a troll topic is subjective between users and moderators; and blatantly obvious troll threads are usually locked, with it's captives most of the time getting banned; which explains why more mass bans are not the answer.

  • 02.10.2012 4:21 PM PDT

I r guy who gun to teach u lesson


Posted by: Cheeto666
I don't get what the community forum's fascination with changing the flood is. The flood has been the way it is almost since it was first created. It hasn't changed a bit, and won't change in the foreseeable future.

Furthermore, there isn't anything to fix. It's an off topic forum. Sure, there are going to be spam posts, trolls, and what not. But it's not that bad. There are forums on the internet, hell, even on this site, that are so much worse than the Flood, it's not even funny.

The true problem is that people are trying to be forum police a little too hard, and are incapable of enjoying themselves.

Let the moderators do their job. If you see something truly bad, report it and move on. Otherwise, just enjoy the forums without trying to reinvent everything or change the nature of the Flood.


This

The flood is exactly the same as the community, just you can just talk about stuff other then things about the "Bungie Community" there. Stop acting like its a troll infested place that's not on Bungie.net or is that huge mole on Bungie's face. In-fact, someone who tends to use the flood more could say that this forum is full of people who try to act high and mighty, instead of the flood being full of people who are trolls and try to act "big and bad"(both huge generalizations that are untrue)

Lets all hug each other and realize there is no huge problems on the flood or the community(HUGE problems, their are obviously the daily troubles that are easily taken care of), and we are all one kick-ass community who are like one big happy family.(which we are)

Same people in both forums, same amount of spam, same amount of everything(alt trolls are debatable :P).

  • 02.10.2012 7:09 PM PDT

The only way to clean up the flood would be to nuke it. However that would ruin the rest of the forums. So nah, lets keep it the same.

  • 02.10.2012 8:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Yeah, no.

  • 02.11.2012 7:33 AM PDT