- spartain ken 15
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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: dazarobbo
Posted by: spartain ken 15
That is like saying you know people are breaking the law but because it is not in plain sight you are still letting it happen.That's not a good example, because it assumes a forum poster is always violating the rules of the forum and their actions somehow affect others' experience on the forum.
Posted by: spartain ken 15
The fact is this does not deal with the problem, it ignores it.By ignoring the problem, you've dealt with it. You suggested it yourself on page 3.
Posted by: spartain ken 15
If a dude is being a jerk so much where almost everyone ignores their posts, something is very wrong and the mods haven't been informed or simply don't want to deal with it.Again, that assumes the user is breaking the rules of the forum.
Also, there are instances where we (ninjas) don't want to deal with something - it's when we don't agree with the reports being made against a user's post. This is actually detrimental for you non-moderators who have reported because you still can't get rid of that jerk who's annoying you, and I understand this position completely.
There is a very real sense of powerlessness as a non-moderator because you have far less control over the content on the page. And when moderators don't act (for whatever reason) on the reports you make, your experience is worsened because you have to continue to put up with "that jerk".
I get what you are trying to say and I understand it takes time for moderation to handle things if there are n mods online.
But if people are in fact NOT breaking any rules and users want to remove them because they don't like them, I really think they should not have this feature.
There are people on here I don't really care for because they act like jerks to me but I don't get mad when they posts and if I don't want to read a post them make, I just scroll down the thread or the thread list.
There is really no excuse for not being able to control an urge to have a "confrontation" with another user. If someone insists on being a jerk to another person, they should be held accountable. It is a forum rule, play nice and don't be a jerk.
The thing about this feature that urks me is that people want to use it for the wrong reasons. No one's attitude or views change, no one learns to control their urges to be a jerk. I can understand if we were dealing with spammers it is applicable but with people not breaking any rules, ehh no.
I really think this is a waste of time for the webteam when everyone should be capable of not responding in a rude fashion to another user. As I have said before, if they can't handle being a jerk to people who don't break any rules and aren't doing anything, then they SHOULD be punished. People who want this for that purpose should not feel like a victim, they are the instigators.
But I will tell you, I have to put up with a lot of "jerks" on here and it is blatantly obvious people are trolling/being jerks that i am surprised more ninjas don't pick up on it. Even though some people may act like tools, I still want to hear what they have to say. Making more people removed from the forum just means less of the forums I can use and participate in.
I think what would really help in the long run is to maybe crack down on these people who insist on flaming other users and watch it. Even it is a slap on the wrist, it still gives the message "Hey we won't tolerate that here, stop it". This to me says "It is okay to be a jerk, out of sight out of mind".