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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 5,865
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We do not treat all newbies bad. Only people who do not follow the rules. I welcome anyone new here. But you cannot make being new an excuse for not knowing the rules.
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#26 |
Leecher
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3
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I really don't think it's all that bad to request when you're rather new. Personally, I don't see what's wrong with requests or begging, but that's just me. I'm not the biggest fan of the rules, but whatev
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#27 |
Process Master
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 742
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Also, has any staff commented in this topic? Nope, just back seat modders, people who like reminding people about the rules and being rude when challanged. Also, isn't begging "Have you got Sex Beast Returns?" not "Does anyone know what happaned to Stormszone.com?
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#28 |
Process Master
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 742
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besides, this guy didn't just request, he asked what had happened to stormzone, so there!
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#29 |
This is a user title.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 383
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...I'm sorry, but I've just got to say this:
The back-seat moderating going on around here is getting rediculous. I am absolutely sincere when I say that it is a far greater nuiscance to this forum than anything the hapless "newbies" have ever done. Seriously: some guy makes his first post, and every time it even resembles some kind of request, a rampaging horde of "forum veterans" raids the scene and crucifies the poster on a burning cross in some random black family's front yard. For every one such post that's made around here, there are literally pages of flames and arguing over it. If the self-righteous, holier-than-thou backseat-moderators are so concerned about the forums being clogged with requests and begging, then the first thing they can do is to shut the hell up and stop clogging up the forums with ten times the volume of posts. The next step would be to take their own advice and actually use their brain. I swear, this has all gotten to the point that it's downright obsessive--maybe even paranoid. Seriously, guys, you don't have to destroy their heads or set them on fire, they won't turn red and assault you with freshly-mutated claws, and anyone who expects everyone who comes along to willingly read a long generic ToS or rules list needs to be slapped. This isn't the only website out there, yaknow; and when you've got places like the BEArchive's forums and Gaia Online out there, it's inevitable that people are going to come in here unaware that there's a higher standard in place. Instead of harassing them to the point that they never come back, try to simply be patient and politely point them in the right direction. Let me stress the key word there: politely. In an environment like the Internet, you don't know how proficient someone might be with your language; terms and phrases--and all their connotations--can easily go over the heads of whomever you're addressing. Toss in a form of communication as ambiguous as text into the equation, and you have yourself a molotov cocktail of misunderstanding. Let's not even get into how quickly websites (or better yet, anything on the Internet) can vanish or move without warning. Thus, you've got to try to treat any "misguided souls" with patience, care, and respect; they may very well end up returning the favor, in one way or another. Instead of driving away potentially-productive members, open their eyes so they can have a chance to unlock said potential. At the very least, it's unquestionably the mature and intelligent way of dealing with the situation. Whatever you do, mark my words: the sort of barbaracy that has been taking place will only serve to destroy The Process Forum. |
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#30 |
Alea iacta est
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,056
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I thought there was a section for requests shouldn't this be there
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 5,865
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is not a mod.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Northeast USA
Posts: 4,188
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The flame is for laziness, not for requesting. I'll actually look for it, and if I can't find it on the first page of a couple google searches, or in the Links section of The Process, I'll tell them don't do that again and maybe even help them find it. First result on a typo'd google? Please, that's just soaking yourself in gasoline and handing me a match. |
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#33 |
Lurker
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 27
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im sorry guys...
i dident know that whas the main page of the progress and its true that stormrszone is replaced by the other site well looks like the mystery is solved |
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#34 |
Lurker
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 27
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oh and im not always that explosive
infact this whas the first time i did |
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#35 |
FLAME Magnet!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,851
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The reason for the backseat modding is so that the forums don't become clogged up with pointless request threads. Sort of why the rule is in place. Doesn't matter if we have no official authority, one of the primary rules of being in a group with very few authority figures is to POLICE YOUR OWN.
If you don't do your part, you're just as guilty as the violater
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#36 | |
Frequent Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 157
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I totally understand the idea of getting behind the thing you love and protecting it and maintaining it while the admins are away, but seriously. 4 pages of arguing over something that's already been answered kinda seems like a waste to me. It's bumping somewhat otherwise important stuff off the top of the list so we can pursicute a "noob." Granted I know what it's like to have tons of people asking for info that is right there infront of their faces (i got 15 DA notes asking me if my site was back up or not and the answer was right on my DA journal which they would've seen when they clicked on "send note") but this getting a bit rediculous. Let's end this here. No more posts! It's done, it's over. The answer was found. The guy is sorry. I'm sorry, you're sorry. It's all taken care of. The End! |
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