"THE SHAKING OF I-MOCKERY'S VERY FOUNDATION"

[Helm]

So wait, I understand there's the rule against racist remarks and all that, but Rog, there's tons and tons of threads with maybe not racist, but otherwise crass and down-right stupid remarks directed towards anyone that's willing to be insulted everywhere on this forum. Nothing's being done about that.

I also understand that you don't have the time to deal with every litttle thing that goes on in each thread and have thusly adopted a pretty easy-going moderating policy (up to now) which personally I found a good idea. But I don't understand having so many completely worthless users around here that contribute absolutely nothing to any discussion and are generally insulting, but then pub gets banned because he said ****** and that might upset potential advertisers? Sounds to me that these advertisers are more important that keeping this forum clean and enjoyable for all, otherwise there wouldn't be a double standard like that. Sounds like you're saying that it's ok to be a retard and insult anybody, as long as you're not insulting anyone on the grounds of his race, or post pictures of penii which is so PC it makes me sick to think about it. As a matter of fact, it's the sort of thing i-mockery.com makes fun off.

I think your rules and guidelines need to be refined either to the extent that all sorts of insulting should be prohibited, or none at all. So far this hasn't been an issue because the said rules, when it came to people fighting here were generally not enforced but now it's a completely different deal.

[eva01]

i agree with helm. we cant post sexual content but we have pornographic emoticons? and i have heard, been called, and insulted by people using the n-word a lot, too.
are you really much of a mocker if you use cheap-ass shots like that? NO. you are a mocker who has gotten rid of all of his good ideas, and wit, to boot.+ all of the humor on the post. its not funny, its mean.
i know you guys cant regulate everything but i could p.m. you if i see any to help keep it down if you want.
thats all i gotta say for now.

[AChimp]

Can we ban eva01 for being a complete queer?

[Helm]

Wait did you just voluteer to be mock's snitch? What the fuck is the problem with you, man? What are you doing here? I find YOU insulting! Advertisers might not, but I do! I'd like to see YOU banned, you miserable piece of shit.

i know you guys cant regulate everything but i could p.m. you if i see any to help keep it down if you want.

No amout of '******' could make this any worse.

[eva01]

i just said that
im not gonna tell no one anything. jeez
and i dont want to take my chances and get fucking banned, asshole.

[Helm]

You're seriously the most pathetic excuse of a person I've ever seen around here. Don't worry, Mock won't ban you. You don't use the n-word, right? That's all it takes.

[ScruU2wice]

Why didn't Pub get a warning?

[eva01]

i just dont like to use that word. its an archaic term that should be forgotten. and im not pathetic because i dont say it, either. im not gonna be a snitch either, i should have put the roll eyes emoticon in my post. like im really going to tattle on people. thats gay.
i would much rather say nigga cuz they cant get you with that.

[da blob]

you're just pathetic, period. whatever you say.
Stop digging now if you don't want to reach the hot layers - not that it would be a bad thing, but I just thought I ought to warn you.

[Helm]

Oh how I hope they can.

[Mockery]

Originally Posted by helm

Sounds to me that these advertisers are more important that keeping this forum clean and enjoyable for all, otherwise there wouldn't be a double standard like that. Sounds like you're saying that it's ok to be a retard and insult anybody, as long as you're not insulting anyone on the grounds of his race, or post pictures of penii which is so PC it makes me sick to think about it. As a matter of fact, it's the sort of thing i-mockery.com makes fun off.

Don't be a douchebag. It's called I-MOCKERY for a reason. I simply draw the lines of acceptable mockery where I choose, and no, advertisers who are kind enough to pay to keep it up are not the only reason. If people start posting shit like that constantly, it's eventually going to get blocked by more and more spam filters. The last fucking thing I need is to go into work one day only to find that they've blocked my own site. This is one of the few places on the web that I check out on my lunch break. And again, I only read maybe 10-15 different posts a day so a LOT goes unseen. I cannot reiterate that enough. But if I see someone making racist/homophobic/pornographic posts, I'll delete 'em.

Originally Posted by ScruU2wice

Why didn't Pub get a warning

He did get a warning, right HERE.

And again, Pub's ban was a simple 3-day ban, get over it people. Kryste this is pathetic. I've said it many-a-time people, if ya don't like how we moderate these forums (and we have very light moderation on here compared to most places) by all means go elsewhere.

We'll find away to live on without your witty posts...

[glowbelly]

helmy-poo, they were begging to be banned. they started a thread with the specific intent of being idiots to try and prove a point that didn't really need to be proved to begin with.

i personally can pretty much guarantee that the people who were banned, aren't racist people, BUT to the average person coming into this site and seeing that thread (that has been deleted/moved) as the one with the most posts, well, they would get a completely different idea about what this place is about. rog spends a lot of time on this site, doing his best to keep it free for us and free from porn. when he asks that you control yourself by adhering to TWO simple rules, i don't think it's in anyone's best interest to OPENLY go against it unless they want to be banned and they did want to be banned...so they were.

i don't really know what else anyone should have expected.

[Mockery]

See? Karen gets it.

[AChimp]

Gotcha. No racist threads, but threads full of "fucktard" because that's what this board is about.

[eva01]

saying "fucktard"would keep people away, too. :/

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by eva01

saying "fucktard"would keep people away, too. :/

NO

[ScruU2wice]

I think that not know if Pub got warned was what kinda set Schimid and Crunch off. they both said they were getting tired of the I-mock or the internet, but this was just kinda the spark that set off the fire. :/

[eva01]

Originally Posted by ArtificialBrandon

NO

well, some people. they might go "oh no, they siad the big F!

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by eva01

well, some people. they might go "oh no, they siad the big F!

Would you want to talk to people like that, anyway?

[Matt Harty]

How did I miss all of this? Damn bed times.

[eva01]

talk like what?

[Helm]

it's eventually going to get blocked by more and more spam filters.

Ok I can understand the reasoning behind the filter issue, and I can understand the porn thing too, for same reasons, but then it sounds as if you're almost ok with someone making a hateful racist post but being roundabout in it and not using specific filtered words. Just because someone's not using a word doesn't mean he's not saying something racist.

For example vince should be banned ages ago for not-quite-well veiled racist remarks :/

And I don't see why you have to bring advertising sponsors into this at all. It's one thing to not want to see blatantly racist posts around because it offends your ethics, and another to do so because it might offend the ethics of potential sponsors. I don't care at all about potential sponsors, but I care about you, because I'm on your message board, and going by your rules, and not potential-sponsor.com's message board. I just want to see where the big difference is in calling everybody a 'fucktard' and why that's not frowned-upon behaviour.

helmy-poo, they were begging to be banned. they started a thread with the specific intent of being idiots to try and prove a point that didn't really need to be proved to begin with.

I don't care too much about pub and whatnot I wasn't even around. I don't care if they're racists or not. I care about what sort of moderating example this will make for the future. It's something that I want to understand because I've seen loads of blatantly offensive threads that could give the wrong idea to the person coming here and no bans besides for this one.

[The Retro Kat]

eva shut the FUCK up youre a FUCKING cunt

[Matt Harty]

I think it was the blatant title of the thread other than what was in it that stood out.

[soundtest]

I'd like to know why I'm not banned. I egged them all on by suggesting they post porn if they really wanted to be banned. My (now removed) posts in all of that basically say exactly what Helm is saying here.