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Sidmouth · 05-11-2002, 10:35 AM

As for me having no sense of humor: I certainly do, and my bookmarks contain a small selection of humorous websites. This is not one of them.

This website is for the discussion of muds. Sure, muds are a form of entertainment, but that has never stopped literary critics from hotly debating the merit of an author, or high life elites in New York from trashing this or that new broadway play. I think most people here are here because they wish to discuss the nitty gritty of muds. What makes a mud entertaining? How can I make mine more entertaining?

To take a comparison, Slashdot is filled with spammy posts, some of which are quite funny. Even if you do find links to a certain website (you know what I'm talking about), calls for slashdot blackouts and "why *BSD is dying" posts to be funny (and the latter 2 are very amusing to me), you probably do not read them, and any legitimate poster would almost certainly not speak up in their defense. This is noise run wild, and it is a -moderated- forum where you can avoid most spam by browsing at high mods. Topmudsites has no such system. The point is, I don't go to slashdot for funnies. If I wanted to laugh, I could go to seanbaby.com, forum3000.org, thespamletters, or any of a number of other sites.

Now, if it is the case that the majority of people on the boards do not find the signal to ratio noise of these boards to be annoying, then perhaps nothing should be done about it. However, if many people find that: a) the spam is annoying, and b) it damages the usefulness of the forums for appropriate discussion, then something -should- be done. It is my opinion that people have mixed views about a, but I believe we have a majority that will agree with b. Again, the very least that should be done is for the posts to be removed from the recent discussions, as this will greatly mitigate b.

-Sidmouth

[EDIT]: Decided I did not agree with myself about censorship. If anyone feels that Orion is being unfair, I think it is appropriate that they should bring it up. Just keep in mind that this is a private forum and Orion has been entrusted by Synozeer to censor if he sees fit. If people have an issue with Orion's management of threads, they should bring it up with him or Synozeer, but it's a little early to call for his resignation on the basis of a post or two that you felt was justified and he didn't.

[EDIT]: Reread Kyandra's original censorship post and find myself agreeing with my original statements (which I deleted). As the owner of this -private- forum, Synozeer is well within his rights to censor language and offensive humor if he sees fit. My clarification above is in the spirit that if you believe a moderator is truly abusing their powers, debate is welcome. However, I think Synozeer has made it clear that he objects to strong language on these boards, and so it is quite clear that Orion is acting appropriately to me.

If you wish the policy on strong language to be changed, then start a thread, but make it a little more constructive than "Orion should resign and only Nazis disallow dirty jokes".

05-11-2002, 10:35 AM	#32
Sidmouth Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 35	As for me having no sense of humor: I certainly do, and my bookmarks contain a small selection of humorous websites. This is not one of them. This website is for the discussion of muds. Sure, muds are a form of entertainment, but that has never stopped literary critics from hotly debating the merit of an author, or high life elites in New York from trashing this or that new broadway play. I think most people here are here because they wish to discuss the nitty gritty of muds. What makes a mud entertaining? How can I make mine more entertaining? To take a comparison, Slashdot is filled with spammy posts, some of which are quite funny. Even if you do find links to a certain website (you know what I'm talking about), calls for slashdot blackouts and "why *BSD is dying" posts to be funny (and the latter 2 are very amusing to me), you probably do not read them, and any legitimate poster would almost certainly not speak up in their defense. This is noise run wild, and it is a -moderated- forum where you can avoid most spam by browsing at high mods. Topmudsites has no such system. The point is, I don't go to slashdot for funnies. If I wanted to laugh, I could go to seanbaby.com, forum3000.org, thespamletters, or any of a number of other sites. Now, if it is the case that the majority of people on the boards do not find the signal to ratio noise of these boards to be annoying, then perhaps nothing should be done about it. However, if many people find that: a) the spam is annoying, and b) it damages the usefulness of the forums for appropriate discussion, then something -should- be done. It is my opinion that people have mixed views about a, but I believe we have a majority that will agree with b. Again, the very least that should be done is for the posts to be removed from the recent discussions, as this will greatly mitigate b. -Sidmouth [EDIT]: Decided I did not agree with myself about censorship. If anyone feels that Orion is being unfair, I think it is appropriate that they should bring it up. Just keep in mind that this is a private forum and Orion has been entrusted by Synozeer to censor if he sees fit. If people have an issue with Orion's management of threads, they should bring it up with him or Synozeer, but it's a little early to call for his resignation on the basis of a post or two that you felt was justified and he didn't. [EDIT]: Reread Kyandra's original censorship post and find myself agreeing with my original statements (which I deleted). As the owner of this -private- forum, Synozeer is well within his rights to censor language and offensive humor if he sees fit. My clarification above is in the spirit that if you believe a moderator is truly abusing their powers, debate is welcome. However, I think Synozeer has made it clear that he objects to strong language on these boards, and so it is quite clear that Orion is acting appropriately to me. If you wish the policy on strong language to be changed, then start a thread, but make it a little more constructive than "Orion should resign and only Nazis disallow dirty jokes".