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Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:30 pm: | 
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The main problem with such approach, is what do we do when dupewillie comes and spams the entire messageboard and turns away all posters. |
kazinski (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:35 pm: |
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I don't care about dupewillie. |
Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:39 pm: |
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Well a lot of people do. So if we could restrict him to Trash Talk, that's fine, but if we let him post over the entire forum, we lose all members and are effectively stuck with him.
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Chessdoodle (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:46 pm: |
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It takes an admin to restrict dupewillie to trashtalk! An alternative would be a forum with just a trashtalk section so everything is fine and on topic. |
insider (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:50 pm: |
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I think dupewillie is ok he is supporting Peltier. Some people say dupewillie and russianbear are the same person. |
Advanced pawn (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 01:59 pm: |
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I'm sure I did not mis-type the URL. |
Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 03:34 pm: |
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quote:It takes an admin to restrict dupewillie to trashtalk! An alternative would be a forum with just a trashtalk section so everything is fine and on topic.
Another alternative is to give all users administrative privileges automatically upon registration! I have looked into InvisionFree, it appears to support this. There are still a few problems of technical nature, and I'll ponder on this tommorow.
Btw, do you think it would be ok to keep the name "Free FICS Forum"?
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kazinski (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 03:52 pm: |
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If anybody is an admin anyone can destroy the place. |
Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 09:52 am: |
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Not really, as everyone can have administrative privileges to a certain extent, like not being able to delete the board. This poses plenty of problems of technical nature though, which none of the existing forum software that I know of is able to solve. I am reluctant to make a forum with just a Trash Talk section, as it effectively becomes a trash forum, and not a FICS forum. This leaves us with the minimalist administration approach: one simply moves unacceptable posts to Trash Talk, or deletes them altogether if they violate the guidelines, which is fairly close to what the Free FICS Forum was. As I don't even have time for this now, I would gladly set up a FICS forum for whoever is willing to maintain it.
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Plebusan
New member
Username: Plebusan
Post Number: 1
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 10:10 am: |
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Are you guys boycotting www.ficsforum.net or are you not aware of it or what?
It seems stupid to create several different websites for discussions about FICS. That just means everybody have to check several sites, or half the fics population discuss things in one place and the other half in another place. |
Advanced pawn (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 10:31 am: |
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Nobody uses ficsforum.net. It doesn't have freedom of speech, it doesn't allow guest postings, it is rarely used, just for stupid logo games. It is a joke not a serious forum. |
Gbate
Member
Username: Gbate
Post Number: 12
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 10:41 am: |
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Hmmm...nobody uses it...yep, this thread shows Advanced pawn to be correct, huh?
 ¡Muerte a los tontos! |
Chessdoodle (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 10:54 am: |
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GBate we are at bugboard so what is your point? Again please change this habit of reading some parts, misintepreting and jumping to wrong conclusions. |
Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 10:57 am: |
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quote:Are you guys boycotting www.ficsforum.net or are you not aware of it or what?
Does anybody really post there except Gorgonian and AcademiaNut? It is stupid of FICS admins not to check the Free FICS Forum instead of that silly worthless and unused place. ficsforum.net has a long history of censorship-loving policies, and there's just too much bad history attached to it for anyone to use it.
quote:Hmmm...nobody uses it...yep, this thread shows Advanced pawn to be correct, huh?
This thread is on Bugboard, GBate. If Advanced Pawn and I and the rest of the world are in error, please enlighten us GBate.
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Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 11:02 am: |
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quote:That just means everybody have to check several sites, or half the fics population discuss things in one place and the other half in another place.
Nobody has to check ficsforum.net unless they are interested in puzzle games. It's as simple as that. |
hithere (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 11:07 am: |
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how bizzare. i thought guest posts were reinstated, freedom of speech is a ridiculous thing to offer a message board (see "free fics forum" for an example of why), and the fact that its rarely used is not a reason why people are not using it. that is called a circular argument. |
Chessdoodle (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 11:23 am: |
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People are not using it because it sucks, it that simple. |
Ahoi (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 11:33 am: |
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What was wrong with the Free FICS Forum? No, guest postings aren't reinstated on ficsforum.net. And point me to one person, other than you and AcademiaNut, who still posts there. |
Gbate
Member
Username: Gbate
Post Number: 13
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 12:37 pm: |
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Chessdoodle, do *you* not recognize irony either? At least I am posting under my handle here 
¡Muerte a los tontos! |
Knighttour
Moderator
Username: Knighttour
Post Number: 414
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Friday, September 02, 2005 - 12:49 pm: |
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Interesting logic.
The only reason the FICS Forum isn't open to guests is CheatersRep kept spamming it with how to computer cheat. And now CheatersRep is claiming the FICS Forum is dead because it isn't open to guests.
I could DOS the "Free FICS Forum" then claim is is a bad message board because it is DOSed. Same difference. |
