Debate user Null about recent changes to Autism Thunderdome

[Osmosis Jones]

ok so as long as i'm civil about it i can still call people retards, right?

Only one way to find out, retard.

 

[Just A Butt]

Only one way to find out, retard.

respectfully suck my anushole, with love and civility

 

[Polyboros2]

ok so as long as i'm civil about it i can still call people retards, right?

You're account is old enough to know, a real Kiwi calls them an exceptional individual.

 

[Absolutego]

ok so as long as i'm civil about it i can still call people retards, right?

Civil, and as long as it doesn't completely derail the thread topic with back-and-forth fighting. A big motivation for the "Agree to Disagree" rule is that, unlike imageboards, where the content is ephemeral, KF serves as an archive, and users will read through entire threads. That means multi-page slap fights not only hamper the ability for users to discuss the thread topic in the moment, it hampers the experience of other users reading the thread in the future.

I'm sure anyone ITT who has read long threads about cows to catch up on their drama is familiar with the experience of two to three users arguing for 5 pages and you starting to hit "next highlight" on loading the page instead of reading through all that shit. So think of this place as the politics/current events/philosophy version of cow threads.

 

[Just A Butt]

yeah but then all the newfags ruined it, like they ruin everything

as long as it doesn't completely derail the thread topic

i mostly meant in Deep Thoughts. you know, the threads that are all like "is it ok to be a fat piece of shit who hates to bathe and still not understand why i can't get laid?"

 

[Osmosis Jones]

yeah but then all the newfags ruined it, like they ruin everything

i mostly meant in Deep Thoughts. you know, the threads that are all like "is it ok to be a fat piece of shit who hates to bathe and still not understand why i can't get laid?"

Personally I think it should be a mission to squeeze everything out of them and milk them like the lolcows they are.

 

[Just A Butt]

milk them

you're not wrong, however i find being abusive is a lot more effective than it should be in this area

 

[What the shit]

All is good in the world.

 

[thismanlies]

Us low IQ gorilla niggers thank you for enabling stickers again.

 

[Lurker]

nool just doomed @Absolutego into dealing with infinite stickersperg reports

 

[What the shit]

I’m still not satisfied because the moai head isn’t a react in here.

 

[thismanlies]

I’m still not satisfied because the moai head isn’t a react in here.

That's not a rating, that's our mascot.

 

[The Last Stand]

This is a mistake. Your retard users are a bunch of SJWs and see agreement as a sign of weakness to destroy.


This is also a mistake. Your retard users do not deserve your courtesy.


Not a great name.

Otherwise good luck. I can't wait for @Absolutego to commit suicide.

You don't have to use it.

 

[Lurker]

oh also my only suggestion would be to change the name. Mass Debates is pretty funny, but I think Slapfights should be the board name

 

[MelloYello]

And, reading that thread, I see an OP the user put effort into making look good and people having fun in the comments.

Fair enough, and I didn't mean to trash that particular user.
Point being, that thread isn't meant to be informative or newsworthy, that's why I'd personally keep it separate from the "news".

Regarding the second point about permabans, they aren't off the table, but the number of people who prove utterly unwilling to treat this forum as a place for entertainment and laughing at the absurdity of our world, instead of engaging in internet combat, is far smaller than the number of users who just haven't lurked enough and can be swayed to use this site as it's intended.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I was under the impression that the point of contention with LasPak was the matter of permabans.
I think there's merit to having certain people not partake. For instance, the signal-to-noise ratio of Melinda Scott's thread has been considerably improved by banning her.

 

[X Prime]

You know what, I changed my mind.

Mass Debates is a great name once you say it out loud.

 

[Just A Butt]

change the name.

I changed my mind.

you guys really don't get the reference?
sad

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

Does anyone know if andfoids dream of electric sheep?

 

[Absolutego]

Fair enough, and I didn't mean to trash that particular user.
Point being, that thread isn't meant to be informative or newsworthy, that's why I'd personally keep it separate from the "news".


Maybe I'm mistaken, but I was under the impression that the point of contention with LasPak was the matter of permabans.
I think there's merit to having certain people not partake. For instance, the signal-to-noise ratio of Melinda Scott's thread has been considerably improved by banning her.

Keep in mind the first half of the board name is "Articles &". Though it has become primarily a news board, that isn't its sole purpose.
I'd rather not comment on the LasPak situation, as it was before my time.

 

[Polyboros2]

nool just doomed @Absolutego into dealing with infinite stickersperg reports

As someone that wanted stickers back, I 100% support banning people that complain about the stickers they receive. Reddit Karma and Twitter Ratios lead to narcissist dopamine, stickers shouldn't support that.