I have an idea that's simple and might fix everything

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[–]JasonCarswell 11 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 5 fun -  (37 children)

I thought the answer would be "suicide".

All joking aside, I'd stated as much many times before and even within the last couple weeks a time or few.

I suggested that people be temp banned for 2 days, then 2 weeks, then permanently.

I've also suggested that 3 strikes with each strike expiring after a time, such as 6 months, meaning that if you fuck up once per season max, you'll be gone in under a year.

Most of all I firmly believe it should not be up to one person's discretion and that we should have trusted teams for fairness on SaidIt.

Since I've not been updated otherwise, I still have at least 2 strikes over my head from years ago, though I'm still very unclear what for specifically other than we had a spat.

Do me a solid and make up and/or leave Amelia out of it.

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 7 fun7 insightful - 6 fun8 insightful - 7 fun -  (19 children)

I thought the answer would be "suicide".

I was so tempted to post that on your thing, when you were writing about reasons you might not be around. Lol.

I suggested that people be temp banned for 2 days, then 2 weeks, then permanently.

NO SIR. THIS IS A COMMUNITY AND WE DO NOT EXILE OUR MEMBERS.

Isn't that what we all hate about reddit? Why not just do 2 day bans. Amelia will have a blast banning people for 2 days, nobody is permed, everyone wins.

Do me a solid and make up and/or leave Amelia out of it.

She is integral to my plan.

[–]hennaojichan 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I didn't know either—I've missed a few mini-series over the years. So here is Urban Dict on based: The quality of having an opinion without regard for what other people think, often a controversial opinion but not always. Upon expressing such an opinion it is customary for others to acknowledge the person as being based.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, well that sounds nice.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I thought is was also associated with conservatives, the Right, and/or Alt-Right. Or maybe that's just the examples I've seen, aside from Shoe0nHead.

Also, while not necessarily, it seems like it's often a compliment and praise for being courageous in your convictions.

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I agree completely but that was the most upvoted definition on Urban Dictionary, that is pretty sketchy, but I rely on it as an expatriate. I'm guessing the average age on UD is 19. I thought it just meant a Trump supporter who was well-informed.

I like ShoeOnHead even though we don't always agree—reference to a Dali painting and the movie Brazil that I recommend to everyone who hasn't seen it, if you can find it.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Even Wiktionary is compromised too.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

Sadly some users, even prolific ones, force themselves out. Apparently /u/useless_aether did. I'm also trying to remember the other one who was 50/50 but slid.

Trolling on Amelia is not integral to anything.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (12 children)

Trolling on Amelia is not integral to anything

We must have different definitions of that word.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

Shit disturbing.

What's your definition?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

Trolls try to provoke a negative reaction for their own amusement. It's not just anything someone does you don't like, which is how it seems to be used these days.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

Fair enough.

So trolls are shit disturbers for self-amusement. Masturbatrollers.

What do you call shit disturber stalkers?

What do you call shit disturbers infiltrators intend on destroying a forum?

What do you call shit disturbers infiltrators intend on destroying a forum, quickly, loudly, and obviously?

What do you call shit disturbers infiltrators intend on destroying a forum, slowly over the long haul? Shills? Not accurate if they're not paid.

I call all of them asstrolls.

I didn't call you a troll, but I said your actions were trolling - also means fishing for shit.

Edit: This might be a good post for /s/Terminology.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

I think there's a disconnect between what I mean and how it's coming across to you. Banning people, from an administrative viewpoint is necessary. It is an important consideration to allow an admin the authority to ban people on their own recognizance. Why you think me talking about it is a jab at Amelia, besides maybe a little playfully is slightly confusing.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Okay. It's not clear that it was actually playful.

I don't know a lot of things. I do know TAM did the best possible under the circumstances during the Texas crisis and was heavily criticized. Further, you guys had some issue and TAM tried to make it right. I don't know if that effort was good enough, successful, or if you still held grudges. M7 may be as sensitive as TAM is but he doesn't share it.

Regardless, I don't make fun of folks, except when calling out their hypocrisy, prejudice, prudishness, narrow mindedness, and absurdities. More often I try to amuse myself and the readers.

Lastly, I aim to defend SaidIt and its integrity, even if I constructively criticize the few issues I have with how it's run on occasion. I have no reasons to attack M7 or TAM directly, even in jest, and I stay clear of criticizing their admin actions too as much as possible.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Oh... I was wondering who the fuck Tam was. Lol. Just clicked.

People will get over it but there's still some hurt feelings. C'est la vie.

[–]Airbus320 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

Go temp ban yourself

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

Cat Stevens Islam Yusuf

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I'm being followed by a moon shadow, moon shadow, moon shadow. — Cat Stevens

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Yusuf estes is from texas and based unlike u/Americanmuskrat

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

What does based mean?

[–]hennaojichan 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I put my answer in the wrong place. See above.

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate. Shake it off. — Jonathan Swift

[–]SubliminalCriminal 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

send them back to reddit for a month.

[–][deleted]  (5 children)

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    [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

    The dashes are code for a line space.

    You are only the second person to point this out because most people can't see them.

    Apparently the line space code is visible in one of the mobile apps or mobile browser modes. I'd like to know what you're using. I pinged /u/d3rr before (and just now) and suspect he'd like to know too.

    I also wonder how much of the Commenting wiki manual (issues, tips, tricks, Markdown code formatting guide) is accurate only for PC browsers.

    I care about grammar, punctuation, capitals, and presentation, out of respect for the readers and for clarity. Why bother to share anything at all if it's a struggle to decode and read?

    I stopped bitching about the SaidIt GUI a long time ago and created custom CSS's to improve all the stupid little things that could easily make SaidIt a better experience. One of these things that drives me nuts is the space between paragraphs is much too tight needing only a pixel or two more.

    More than not having the paragraphs blend together into a single mass, the silhouette of block of text is important for keeping on the correct line as you're reading. If you start on the top line of a paragraph and reach the end of the line you must continue on the second line, but if that second line is muddled within a block of text it's harder to read.

    Ironically my eyes were just fine when I started the CSS and this (bad?) habit of re-formatting everything, but over the last year it's become obvious that I need glasses and my eyes are declining more than I'd prefer.

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      [–]magnora7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      Yup it's forked from RedReader, and actually d3rr manages the redreader repo

      [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      I'm sure /u/d3rr, former co-admin of SaidIt, is/(was?) involved too.

      Unfinished and partly outdated, this article has more info: https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt#Apps

      [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      Because he is the fake left

      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

      I recommend 'purgatory' votes: allow users to vote on placing some items in a 'purgatory' sub that remains linked at the top of the banner, but is not in the original sub. If something gets enough purgatory votes (eg. 10+), it moves to that sub, which is still accessible to everyone. If it gets enough insightful and/or funny votes, or while in purgatory (eg. 10+), it remains or appears again in its original sub. In this manner we can see what users don't want, but not necessarily 'downvote' posts. (/u/theameliamay and /u/magnora7 and /u/d3rr)

      [–]RightousBob 8 insightful - 5 fun8 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

      This whole suggestion is just what a brigade or a shill operating multiple sock puppet accounts would want in order to be able to shift and mold what gets seen and what doesn't.

      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

      Leave me alone, Bob

      [–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

      Mildly interesting, but it's a distinction without a difference IMO. It could easily be gamed.