To report or to take the high road

[JustGeorge]

Yeah, years and years ago. Just like Jerry Springer before his show became a 30 ring circus condensed into one set.

Really! I never had any idea that Jerry Springer was anything other than daytime trash TV....

 

[Shadow Wolf]

You & I will rule this place.

I would be interesting though. Yank away the forum from those English kuh-nigit mods and the descendants of the anglo-saxes, and it fall under new world order of stubborn Celts.
At least RF can rest assured that while there will be some mod decisions made in unity, they'll often be highly contested and never really actually ever settled as the debates and arguments over the rules and whats breaking eternally continues.

 

[Thief]

At least you won't snitch on me for that insult.

let me think about it

 

[Revoltingest]

Really! I never had any idea that Jerry Springer was anything other than daytime trash TV....

He was mayor of Cincinnati.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Really! I never had any idea that Jerry Springer was anything other than daytime trash TV....

Hard to believe, but he was actually respectable once upon a time. Governor of Cincinnati, Ohio, even.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

let me think about it

You're a thief. You can't snitch without snitching on yourself.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

As her internet wife, you're entitled to raid her statistics.

I never even got my dowry. That cheap Jew-ish husband of mine!

 

[Heyo]

In the context of this discussion, breaking forum rules.

And how do I know what is breaking forum rules?
OK, sometimes it is obvious (like spam e.g.) but what if my trigger is a bit harder on most of the offenses?

I'm not going to report people if they talk about doing drugs, though, because I think that rule is stupid.

So you only report on rules you approve of? Well, so do I and other non-snitchers.

But if they're insulting people, generally being nasty, trying to proselytize, etc., I report them.

I value free and clear speech a little bit higher than diplomacy (and diplomacy is often lost on people - and I'm bad at it).
I'd like to be able to call male bovine manure [expletive deleted].

Note: I'm not advocating to remove the report button nor for limiting its use. I use it sparely but ymmv. I support most of the rules and I think the mods are mostly doing a good job. They are sometimes a bit over sensitive for my taste but I'm not the measure of all things.

 

[Revoltingest]

I never even got my dowry. That cheap Jew-ish husband of mine!

It's my fault.
@Rival put me in charge of that.
(She has little experience with wedding planning.)
Here you go.
Better late than never, eh.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It's my fault.
@Rival put me in charge of that.
(She has little experience with wedding planning.)
Here you go.
Better late than never, eh.

That wasn't the agreed price. But I guess if you make goat nuggets out of them I'll accept.

 

[Revoltingest]

That wasn't the agreed price. But I guess if you make goat nuggets out of them I'll accept.

Goat is indeed tasty.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

And how do I know what is breaking forum rules?
OK, sometimes it is obvious (like spam e.g.) but what if my trigger is a bit harder on most of the offenses?

So you only report on rules you approve of? Well, so do I and other non-snitchers.

I value free and clear speech a little bit higher than diplomacy (and diplomacy is often lost on people - and I'm bad at it).
I'd like to be able to call male bovine manure [expletive deleted].

Note: I'm not advocating to remove the report button nor for limiting its use. I use it sparely but ymmv. I support most of the rules and I think the mods are mostly doing a good job. They are sometimes a bit over sensitive for my taste but I'm not the measure of all things.

Dude, this really isn't worth typing that much over.

 

[Revoltingest]

And how do I know what is breaking forum rules?

I read the rules.
I read posts.
I report those posts that violate the rules....when I notice them.

 

[Heyo]

Dude, this really isn't worth typing that much over.

It's the only thing worth typing that much over.
When I look at what has a measurable effect on a forum, it is only that what is about the forum.

 

[Heyo]

I read the rules.
I read posts.
I report those posts that violate the rules....when I notice them.

My method is similar:
I read the rules.
I read posts.
When I find one that could be objectionable I ask myself
1. Do I care?
2. Am I confident the mods also find it objectionable?
I don't report the post. (Except for spam. I'm confident we almost all agree what is spam.)

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It's the only thing worth typing that much over.
When I look at what has a measurable effect on a forum, it is only that what is about the forum.

I don't know what you expect me to say. You want me to describe how posts break rules? I'm not staff. You just have to use your best judgement.