WAR ROOM LOUNGE V15: Lunge

[HomerThompson]

You zeb and mayham come to mind rather quickly

Mind you I like you guys but lets not act like it isnt what it is

Explain how I'm a troll account? Just because I can be an abrasive prick, does not mean I'm a troll.

All my stated positions on this board are genuine.

 

[curryjunkie]

Thank you.

So how many do you know you have?

i guess its less than 10, but i dont keep score, is this a competition? is there a prize?

 

[Gutter Chris]

Explain how I'm a troll account? Just because I can be an abrasive prick, does not mean I'm a troll.

All my stated positions on this board are genuine.

SHut up

Hotdogs much

Constantly poking at people and tattling

Just shut the fuck up and be who you are but dont whine when people call it what it is.

You can hold a legit opinion and still be a troll notice I dont catch the heat you do and am just as active and there isnt a lot of difference in many of our political opinions ?

 

[HomerThompson]

SHut up

Hotdogs much

Constantly poking at people and tattling

Just shut the fuck up and be who you are but dont whine when people call it what it is.

You can hold a legit opinion and still be a troll notice I dont catch the heat you do and am just as active and there isnt a lot of difference in many of our political options ?

Again, being a dick to people isn't necessarily trolling. I don't exaggerate my beliefs for impact, or play a character.

 

[Gutter Chris]

Again, being a dick to people isn't necessarily trolling. I don't exaggerate my beliefs for impact, or play a character.

If you say so dude. Ill let ya have the final word

 

[Ruprecht]

i guess its less than 10, but i dont keep score, is this a competition? is there a prize?

I've got you down for 8 in the last 2 years. Before that is beyond my ken.

I reported someone once. Luke Cummo for spamming the same cut and paste weirdness in random threads all over the board. That was a while ago though.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

If you say so dude. Ill let ya have the final word

If the man wants to die on the hill of claiming to be the same prick in real life then what can you do?

 

[Captain Davis]

i guess its less than 10, but i dont keep score, is this a competition? is there a prize?

Yes. The biggest bitch and next to @HomerThompson you are in the lead.

 

[Fawlty]

The "no snitching" culture is shitty, even on forums. On a side note, it's hilarious how many times throughout the years I have seen anti-black posters complain about the "no snitching" ethic while holding that it's wrong to "snitch" here.

As a poster, there is an overriding disincentive to reporting posts. Mods (not all of them or even a majority of them, obviously) share information with regular posters about which posters report people, and this information gets around in PMs. If it ever becomes public, the person who consistently reports posts that break the rules is harassed endlessly.

I report a post maybe once a year on average (less counting my entire time here), most recently for somebody who has been spreading lies about me for years. What stops me from reporting more posts is not some personal no snitching ethic, but because 1) I enjoy fucking with them right back, which means that it would be unethical to report them, 2) Apathy, but also 3) Because I don't want to be on "the list" because it would result in me being harassed, which just isn't something I feel like dealing with.

If there was no stigma, I would probably report several posts a month in here, because it would be good for the forum. It would be very easy to report 50 posts a year without ever making a report that is borderline or inappropriate. There is a diffusion of responsibility in a no-snitching culture which polarizes people into "snitches" and "cool." The poster who chooses to use the report feature as intended will end up with a number of reports that, if made public, would cause them harassment.

 

[Captain Davis]

The "no snitching" culture is shitty, even on forums. On a side note, it's hilarious how many times throughout the years I have seen anti-black posters complain about the "no snitching" ethic while holding that it's wrong to "snitch" here.

As a poster, there is an overriding disincentive to reporting posts. Mods (not all of them or even a majority of them, obviously) share information with regular posters about which posters report people, and this information gets around in PMs. If it ever becomes public, the person who consistently reports posts that break the rules is harassed endlessly.

I report a post maybe once a year on average (less counting my entire time here), most recently for somebody who has been spreading lies about me for years. What stops me from reporting more posts is not some personal no snitching ethic, but because 1) I enjoy fucking with them right back, which means that it would be unethical to report them, 2) Apathy, but also 3) Because I don't want to be on "the list" because it would result in me being harassed, which just isn't something I feel like dealing with.

If there was no stigma, I would probably report several posts a month in here, because it would be good for the forum. It would be very easy to report 50 posts a year without ever making a report that is borderline or inappropriate. There is a diffusion of responsibility in a no-snitching culture which polarizes people into "snitches" and "cool." The poster who chooses to use the report feature as intended will end up with a number of reports that, if made public, would cause them harassment.

You are less a bitch than the previous two.


Seriously though, I would like to know if there is a correlation between the two basic parties and the amount of reports made by posters of each side.

I’m still going to put my money on liberals reporting more. It’s more than n their nature to shut down different views they deem “offensive or hate speech”.

Personally, I think people should have the right to say whatever they want. If their peers don’t like it, they will let them know. It shouldn’t be up to some government body to censor our speech.

 

[Higus]

Not when the numbers are clear. That’s fact, something that liberals aren’t interested in.

I'd be interested in seeing these numbers.
Also, I'd like your opinion on the biggest left wing trolls, past or present, in the WR. We probably have different standards

 

[Higus]

i agree the left wing trolls are way more subtle about things but at the end of the day a troll is a troll and we have elected 2 of em

Is it fair to say not all trolls are created equal? I'd prefer to see more subtle right wing trolls, tbh.

 

[curryjunkie]

Yes. The biggest bitch and next to @HomerThompson you are in the lead.

 

[Tekk]

I think the takeaway from all of this is that Jesus would have supported the slave owners.

The imaginary sky wizard said it was ok, but what about Dredd Scott?

 

[Fawlty]

You are less a bitch than the previous two.


Seriously though, I would like to know if there is a correlation between the two basic parties and the amount of reports made by posters of each side.

I’m still going to put my money on liberals reporting more. It’s more than n their nature to shut down different views they deem “offensive or hate speech”.

Personally, I think people should have the right to say whatever they want. If their peers don’t like it, they will let them know. It shouldn’t be up to some government body to censor our speech.

Two different issues here but hate speech is protected speech in the US, and there is no indication that will or could possibly change.

I would guess that more right-wing posters get reported because they are the ones who are most likely to be racist, or Trump trolls, or incel-type prior bans.

 

[LMP]

I think the mods do a fair job on here. Sure there is always going to be a bit of political bias in the WR, that's just the nature of political forums. I think the only time I reported anyone was when the Charlottesville stuff was going down, the shit being said at the time was crazy.

There are a handful of trolls that get a long leash sometimes. I don't really blame the mods though. I think most of us in the WR are alright.

 

[Ruprecht]

Is it fair to say not all trolls are created equal? I'd prefer to see more subtle right wing trolls, tbh.

"Trolling" is nebulous, subjective term. I mean back in his more flamboyant youth Eugenicist/AviatorShades admitted that his online persona was an exaggeration (you'd hope so after reading his rants about "right wing sex" in the Bristol Palin thread), but I usually restrict "trolling" to people that are deliberately just trying to provoke reactions.
I distinguish between that and gimmicks/online roleplaying or just the standard, everyday, being completely full of shit.

 

[curryjunkie]

I think the mods do a fair job on here. Sure there is always going to be a bit of political bias in the WR, that's just the nature of political forums. I think the only time I reported anyone was when the Charlottesville stuff was going down, the shit being said at the time was crazy.

There are a handful of trolls that get a long leash sometimes. I don't really blame the mods though. I think most of us in the WR are alright.

@Lead theres only one way to clear this up, post the regulars names and how many times they have reported someone, then at least all the conspiracy bollocks will stop...

 

[Tekk]

Remember that time when a bunch of left-wing posters got together in a private chat and decided to spam the forum with troll threads and attack certain left leaning posters.

 

[LMP]

@Lead theres only one way to clear this up, post the regulars names and how many times they have reported someone, then at least all the conspiracy bollocks will stop...

Reports vs reported lol.