Equally Ambiguously Gendered Spouse of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Jdvn1]

Oh, I absolutely agree. But I also know that while the mods here try to be fair, they also have completely arbitrary powers of when to make a thread or poster stop, and when to help one along. And I have a great deal of respect for that - it is exactly how I would run a site like this, rather than trying to put some "complete" rules into stone and then being a hypocrite by breaking them myself all the time.

So, occasionally, a thread is shut short, and at other times, they're let to go on much longer than you might think Eric's Grandma would appreciate. No big - it all balances, more or less.

That's how I see it too.

 

[Kemrain]

Then again, you're biased when you say that.

When aren't I?

- Kemrain the Biased.

 

[Torm]

then closed it after you made your first post about polyamory...

My first post didn't involve religion directly. Yours did. And I trust the mods here - if they went ahead and shut yours down, it may not have been where it had been, but where it was going. Something they have a fair idea of having seen literally thousands of these conversations before.

And I've seen them reopen a thread because of popular demand before. And I've seen them apologize for a bad moderation before. (And, I've apologized for invoking moderation before. ) Nothing's being handed down from "on high" here.

 

[Kemrain]

That's how I see it too.

Gotta agree. Nothing but respect (unless you count abject fear) for the mods and admins around here. Great folks.

- Kemrain the Brownnoser, but Totally Serious About It..

 

[Rystil Arden]

Oh, I absolutely agree. But I also know that while the mods here try to be fair, they also have completely arbitrary powers of when to make a thread or poster stop, and when to help one along. And I have a great deal of respect for that - it is exactly how I would run a site like this, rather than trying to put some "complete" rules into stone and then being a hypocrite by breaking them myself all the time.

So, occasionally, a thread is shut short, and at other times, they're let to go on much longer than you might think Eric's Grandma would appreciate. No big - it all balances, more or less.

Yeah, probably, it was just the one wrong thing I would post here on which to call me. I would have accepted "There are two Hivemind threads and I chose this one because it said I was a meanie at the beginning" or "This one talked about incest" as reasons, or even "I like Kemrain better than Rystil." would have been fine with me.

I don't question the decision to shut the thread. That's why I said I don't care. I question the decision to use that reason as a reason. Its a big difference.

 

[Darkness]

Besides, if you're debating the reasons for it being shut down, that goes to Meta. Or better yet, in a PM to Darkness.

Yeah. PM or e-mail, please. (Asking in Meta boards would be against the rules. Or in any forum, for that matter, including this one. )

In any case, as mentioned in the thread, the reason I shut it down was that I had to shut down one of the Hivemind threads and I chose Rystil's simply because it featured more religion + incest jokes at the time. Not a fatal dose - just more than the other thread. Kinda like how you don't have to outrun the troll - just the slowest party member.

 

[Torm]

I question the decision to use that reason as a reason. Its a big difference.

That's just silly - let it go. Think about how many posts went by with me, you, and K'Trava bouncing ALL OVER religion the other night....

Like I said, it's a balance.

 

[Rystil Arden]

My first post didn't involve religion directly. Yours did. And I trust the mods here - if they went ahead and shut yours down, it may not have been where it had been, but where it was going. Something they have a fair idea of having seen literally thousands of these conversations before.

And I've seen them reopen a thread because of popular demand before. And I've seen them apologize for a bad moderation before. (And, I've apologized for invoking moderation before. ) Nothing's being handed down from "on high" here.

I told you it was a bad analogy, so please don't actually use it as an analogy of the arbitration because I said (before I posted the analogy) that it wasn't

Instead, use it as I suggested as a mirror into how I felt after hearing that as a reason.

 

[Rystil Arden]

That's just silly - let it go. Think about how many posts went by with me, you, and K'Trava bouncing ALL OVER religion the other night....

Like I said, it's a balance.

It is the fantasy equivalent of kicking a moon elf out of your town because "No drow allowed."

 

[Kemrain]

Rys, how can we cheer you up and get you talking about happy things again?

- Kemrain the Concerned.

Well, kicking Elves is a start, but... Not all the way there...

- Kemrain Elfkicker.