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Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
Except that oftentimes, they don't - either because they can't be bothered, or because the rule-breaking posts target someone they dislike.
Today, there were a bunch of posts poking fun at Wyldfyre over her gender. Now, is Wyld my favourite member? Nope. But is the constant and blatant transphobia that comes up every single time she posts in a thread fair or warranted? Of course not.
But who (other than me and Harlow and maybe a couple of particularly LGBT-aware members) is going to report that type of thing? Group opinion is: LOL TRAPS ARE FUNNY HAHAHAHAHAHA WYLD THINKS HE'S A GIRL LOLOLOL (which is obviously a disgusting attitude, do I even need to clarify that?). So it doesn't get reported, despite the fact that those posts break the rules. And if enough people don't report them, they don't show up in the report queue - a single report won't do anything.
Hell, in this very thread, there are people claiming that Harlow wrote this because he's mad that people think I'm ugly. How is that relevant to the topic of discussion? How is that anything other than derailment and flaming?
Answer me that, and maybe I'll concede that there isn't a problem.You realize that moderators do read their PM's right? You're allowed to PM them if you see something that needs to go and that isn't being taken care of.
People have been trying to get users to report more for years, and nothing works.
The people who you are calling flamers are the ones pointing out that Harlow is part of the problem that he is describing. Isn't discussing what the problems are what we're supposed to be doing? What have you been contributing to the discussion? The most I've seen you do previous to this post is start baby witch hunts against users posting in this thread by trying to "root out the flamers". You've offered nothing in the way of a solution or anything productive.
If you want the best response to this thread, see Elite Mouse's post on page four. If you want a simpler response: "The Flood has not gotten worse, if anything it's a lot milder than it was in '09 and '10. Many, many, many people have said the same thing as Harlow over the years and obviously nothing has changed."
calm your clams
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
Shame most of you can't grow up and engage on his level, really.
Sad times.Seriously, get off your high horse. Everyone you're criticizing are the realists who know nothing is going to change because we've witnessed these threads before and we know nothing will change in way of report usage or language usage in the Flood.
[Edited on 01.02.2013 4:17 AM PST]