Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Rodimus Prime wrote:Honestly, I think the lack of traffic is a direct result of too many rules and regulations.
Back in the day we could get away with a lot, it was a more free and mature place to come to.
We can't have any arguments without someone stepping in and saying "Oh no, you hurt his feelings! You have individual opinions that might differ from ours? You can't do that!"
I have not seen those. Until now. And perhaps I worded my statement poorly. It's not the rules themselves, it's how they're interpreted. And please don't take that as an attack on your position, I wasn't really speaking of a specific moderator. (This is kinda tough to explain, because when this came up I thought back to 2001-2002 and how it was and the answer I gave was what came to mind. It was just different. Kinda like the wild West.)Burn wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Honestly, I think the lack of traffic is a direct result of too many rules and regulations.
The fudge? We have four rules. How is that too many? By all means, have a read of them and tell me how we can improve on them.
Yeah. And it made things much more interesting. People got banned (temporarily and permanently) because they posted what they thought, without thinking "OK, maybe I don't want to say this, because it might offend 1 of the few thousand members." It made for interesting reads, and yeah, sometimes people pay the price for being individuals. I offer myself for example. Just in the last year, I've wanted to tell a few posters on here what I thought of them and to F**K OFF. Simple as that. I kept it to myself, because any time something is said that might be offensive to the most sensitive among us, what happens? Posts get reported! Back then I would have done it (and did) in a heartbeat, and what did a mod say? "Work it out between you 2." It took a LOT of animosity between 2 posters for a mod to step in to resolve personal issues.Back in the day we could get away with a lot, it was a more free and mature place to come to.
I also seem to remember more warnings being issued and bans occurring on a regular basis.
I can't see the statistics regarding this, so I will just say that in my opinion, I think that happens more than it should. Why? Some people are wimps.We can't have any arguments without someone stepping in and saying "Oh no, you hurt his feelings! You have individual opinions that might differ from ours? You can't do that!"
When people report a post, staff are required to step in and say something.
One way to fix that? Establish a set of requirements for reporting posts. And a supposedly offensive post has to meet ALL of them.There's been times when we haven't and just closed the report, and people have complained about the lack of action. So we either do something, and apparently get damned, and do nothing, and get damned.
OK, so at least we agree on that.Admittedly some of the reasons for reporting is because some people are too sensitive and they really should just toughen up.
Again, perhaps I worded my previous post wrong. Maybe it's not the rules themselves, but the atmosphere they promote. I hate to say this, but I this of this place anymore as kind of a kiddie-site. Understandably, Transformers are toys for children, and kids learn earlier and earlier these days how to use a computer and a message board. But my statement regarding the differences in how this place was 15 years ago and is now still stands. It's my answer to the question by the OP.We do let a LOT slide, but as I said above, and you know all too well, we're open to discussing on how to improve things.
I do. Not always...Social media has had an impact though, there's a bunch of Toy Fair pics, and no doubt people head to FB before heading to their favourite sites.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
shajaki wrote:yes seibertron is slower than TFW, but thats not a bad thing.
years ago, i was a regular on TFormers and it was a pretty happenin place. i fell out of the hobby for a few years. when i came back, TFormers was a ghost town. i checked out TFW and here.
Noideaforaname wrote:Dunno about how it used to be, but I kinda enjoy the slower, calmer pace here. It helps avoid a lot of the craziness other sites tend to get. Certainly don't see things like "elbowgate", every fan-built bot thread turning into a feminism debate, etc., over here.
Like he's the only one...RhA wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Dunno about how it used to be, but I kinda enjoy the slower, calmer pace here. It helps avoid a lot of the craziness other sites tend to get. Certainly don't see things like "elbowgate", every fan-built bot thread turning into a feminism debate, etc., over here.
That's because we have duragrip, who keeps women at a safe distance.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
shajaki wrote:and you dont need a post count of 4788730976 for others to take notice.
Seibertron wrote:I ended up banning our forum admin and his right hand man because the rules they were enforcing were too strict. They were preemptively banning members here on Seibertron.com.
Burn wrote:Stuart, quit it. I told you ages ago to not take it personally if people don't respond to your posts. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE!
All you're doing is making yourself look like a paranoid whiner, and I don't think you're really a paranoid whiner are you?
Stuartmaximus wrote:if i am i'd either have to change my name or rank(i don't think you've got a paranoid whiner rank?)
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:been studying 3D modeling and concept designing, and learning ZBrush
Burn wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:been studying 3D modeling and concept designing, and learning ZBrush
Would a thread about 3D modelling interest you? I know SillySpringer is into it, it's something I'd like to get into (we have Inventor at work and it confuses the **** out of me) and I'm sure others would be interested.
Don't flatter yourself. Just because you can't see us, doesn't mean we're not here. Your paranoia is justified.Stuartmaximus wrote:Guess i've scared everyone else away lol.....as i've got the forum all to myself
Rodimus Prime wrote:Don't flatter yourself. Just because you can't see us, doesn't mean we're not here. Your paranoia is justified.Stuartmaximus wrote:Guess i've scared everyone else away lol.....as i've got the forum all to myself
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