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Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/11/2019 6:40 pm

John West
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I've been quietly investigating the matter of Jeremy since you started complaining. I'm waiting for one reply, but so far as I can tell right now the only person having any problem with him is you. In fact, some people have even complimented his moderating (N. B. mainly staunch conservatives).

Now, we have clear rules against posting off-topic so much it drags the thread off-topic (threadjacking). We've given you a tonne of room to air your complaint publicly, and two other avenues (i.e. Brian and I). I'll be deleting all further posts about this in this thread. 

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/10/2019 10:13 pm

John West
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It looks like Clinias left after Greg made it clear that we weren't going to tolerate pro-slavery and pro-racialism rants. I've just now banned him for good measure.

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/08/2019 7:14 pm

John West
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I've opened a thread about the scholastic disputations subforum here, and a running list of updates here.

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/08/2019 4:29 pm

John West
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I really hope that people didn't vote overwhelmingly for the new forum (or, at least, let others do so), wait until Brian dropped $400, and then decide they don't want it.

Here is another another link. The login or sign up button is on the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/07/2019 6:46 am

John West
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I've been thinking, for a long time, of opening a dedicated formal debate subforum with rules modeled on the scholastic method of disputation. They don't leave much room for shenanigans. It might be good for those looking for a super formal mode of debate. Perhaps I'll reopen the issue in the new forum's administration forum. 

(One caveat: I'm not, personally, going to have much time to keep after it for the next year, so it will partly depend on whether other moderators are willing to get behind it.)

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/07/2019 6:39 am

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seigneur wrote:

Your response to all this: Laissez faire, i.e. you explicitly prefer the current lawlessness to rules.

My response to all this was to adopt a policy that explicitly reins moderators in from the kind of heavy-handed threadlocking you're worried about. 

What you're proposing would actually increase moderator power. Based on the rules you just linked and what Jeremy has said, he would have banned you at least half a dozen times already.

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/05/2019 11:32 pm

John West
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I hadn't even thought to see whether we can add banners. Thanks.

(I edited this in above, but I'll put it here for good measure as well: in case anyone reading earlier comments is worried, there is no bad blood among staff. Jeremy and I are friends going back like ten years now. I think he's wrong about quite a lot, of course.)

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/05/2019 9:57 pm

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Here is the link to the new forum again for anyone who still wants to sign up. I hope to see you all there (and so does Jeremy, for what it's worth). It's still under construction, obviously, but it has potencies that this forum lacks.

Chit-Chat » Should we update to new forum software? » 1/05/2019 9:49 pm

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By the way, Jeremy isn't just an administrator on this forum. He's the owner. I literally couldn't remove him if I wanted to. I couldn't remove him if he wanted to. (We actually tried once when he wanted to step down.) He's not the owner of the new forum. I would be more worried that between the massive cloud of poison now in front of the new forum's entrance and natural human hesitation, you've made a move unlikely and thereby Jeremy untouchable.

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