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Dave W.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 07/28/2007 : 18:11:01 [Permalink]
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I can't answer this poll, as it all depends upon whose ox is being gored.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2007 : 21:32:58 [Permalink]
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| Well, almost no one is taking this poll. Hmmmm... It's not as though we can see how you voted you know. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 07/28/2007 : 21:35:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Well, almost no one is taking this poll. Hmmmm... It's not as though we can see how you voted you know.
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Well, if I'm the first and only, you'd know how I voted. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2007 : 22:04:05 [Permalink]
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37 views. No votes.
Half, if you were first-and-only, people would only know it if you told everyone that you voted. And then as soon as a different vote came in, they'd only know how you'd voted if you or someone else said "Half was the first one to vote, and he voted blah-blah-blah," because if nobody did that, who voted which way would be lost to history.
The only real way for privacy of votes to be compromised publicly is for people to confess.
And I'm not really even interested in the voters themselves. I'm looking for genuine feedback, not a pat on the head. While the results of the poll are non-binding (of course), they won't be ignored. But we're not looking to make friends and enemies lists.
Then again, zero votes is a result, and a meaningful one, too. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2007 : 23:32:29 [Permalink]
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A total of 101% ? I knew there was something suspicious happening here.
Damn, I guess that means you know how I voted too. The blue SFN decals on the side of the black helicopters really are a bit of a give away you know.
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John's just this guy, you know. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 00:30:58 [Permalink]
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What I really hate is the constant bullying we get in the form of these damned polls.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/29/2007 : 00:56:04 [Permalink]
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I am opposed to banning and, some will remember, have even argued against it. After all, the troll will just go elsewhere and inflict his imbecilic self upon others. I think that a couple or three hours in the thumbscrews will straighten out the most obnoxious of them and make them think a bit before becoming idiots anywhere.
Other than that, everything's cool.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 01:37:06 [Permalink]
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| I feel like the moderating here is kept to a minimum, though things are not left to get out of control. I've always been pretty satisfied with it. How I feel about the banning issue brought up by filthy is mixed. I do think that it that the threat of being banned helps keep things civil, but at the same time, even if I want someone to be banned, if and when they get banned, I always have a a mild tinge of regret. I'd hate to be in you guys place making the decisions and overall I think you do a good job. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
Check out my art store: http://www.marfknox.etsy.com
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/29/2007 : 05:46:56 [Permalink]
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I think in order to moderate fairly, you'd have to really understand every thread and every poster and every exchange more than the participants do. You'd have to have twice as many moderators as participants in order to do it right. That's why sites have "report" buttons, but then increasing the number of moderators does not necessarily increase the quality of moderators.
I've seen people moderate on other sites that have litte education on subject matter, and extreme prejudices on one side or the other. It often falls (not on this site) to people who are just immature and not very well educated, as who wants to do such a thing.
It ultimately falls to the owner to decide what kind of site they want, and how "fair" they want to be, and polls probably won't be much of a factor in that, or will they? |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
446 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 05:49:54 [Permalink]
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I have to say I do like being able to come to a board that I don't have to worry about the content of my posts and if they are going to get me banned. This place is very forgiving comparied to may other boards I have visited and it takes alot to get yourself banned here from what I see.
I wouldn't change a thing. |
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2007 : 11:14:25 [Permalink]
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| Something is wrong with this poll. We are getting far more hits from outside of our membership, which doesn't really tell us a whole lot. More comments from members would be useful too... |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2007 : 11:43:15 [Permalink]
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I picked "a little more strict".
During the Da Gnome era the moderation seemed a bit more like the current relationship between the Democratic Congress (the moderation) and the White House (President Jerome) - in other words, wimpy. I probably would have voted for more strict moderation back then. ;)
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Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2007 : 15:43:07 [Permalink]
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| I think you guys do a good job. As the former forum manager of large web site devoted to a particularly popular software game for the PC, I know exactly how hard it is to do a good job moderating. I have always preferred a hands-off approach; unfortunately, some people have to be dealt with harshly. It's more of a reflection on the user than the moderator. |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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