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Gibberings CLXV - Reported for being racist against drugged up clowns

swampdragon said:
Pleasantly sunny day today, with tea and scones. I think I'm going to enjoy this unemployed lark.
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You've moved havent you ? Cos i was gonna say that its strange that the weather is shit here about 1 mile away from where you approximately used to live.

Unemployment is absolutely great for the first few months, partcicularly with a summer coming up, and if you've been working for several years before hand without ever having had much of a break. (standard 28 days a year, like wow thats really got the work/life balance right :sus:) It becomes a bit shit though after a while, when you start running out of money or things to do and find it difficcult to get back into work. Im gonna be getting some help with registering at a load of Temping agencies next week. I really should be able to get something out of that.
 
curious_24 said:
Truthfully now, does anyone actually play any of the embeds that people casually drop into these threads? I'm not having a go, just curious.
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Almost never. Partially purely because they are irritating - bordering on spam at times.

Mental Kenny said:
Fuck it nit going to click on a Gibberings thread until the youtube embedding is not allowed anymore, no point trying to have a conversation with somebody, attempting to exchange ideas and opinions, and in the past we used to have occasionally good debates in the Gibberings thread, some of the deepest conversations and debates happened in here in the past.

By allowing the constant posting of videos the mods are allowing the lowest common denominator of the forum in terms of ability to talk and contribute to spit in the plate of the most eloquent posters.
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There has been talk of taking a firmer stance on random vidembeds in threads that have not been specified as being embed-friendly. AFAIK it's not actually possible to block them unless they're blocked completely throughout EADD which leaves the only other option being to edit or delete such posts and ultimately to issue warnings and infractions for folk who don't get the message. I think opinion so far has mostly been that the latter could be a tad Draconian so we've been trying a more laid back approach of reminding people now and then that embeds are a pain in the arse, nobody really clicks on them - and there's nothing preventing people posting simple linkies instead if they really do want to mention something so using an embedded link instead does nothing but slow page loading, it can seem unnecessarily intrusive when there's discussion going on and suddenly a spate of embeds splurge right through the middle of it, and everybody hates them (except for those who post them presumably).

Personally I would like them to remain almost exclusively in specified threads. I do think they can be appropriate elsewhere at times but not music videos - we have a music video embed thread for that which nobody uses cos everybody hates vidembeds - it seems unfair to inflict them on people where there is an existing setup for posting and viewing them for those for whom loading times are not such a problem. I'd rather avoid going the perhaps overly harsh route of actually using the disciplinary system for such relatively minor issues but if people consistently choose to ignore more polite requests to refrain and keep them for where they are meant to be it may well have to come to that.

This is probably a discussion best had in the Metathread given that's what it exists for. If people have opinions one way or t'other post them in the Metathread and even the most incompetent of us mods will get a better idea of what overall opinion is. Yes we could just go in and start slapping wrists but we prefer to get some feedback from everybody else. Bluelight is not a democracy but it doesn't have to be a dictatorship either and I think most - perhaps all - staff would rather work with everybody else than just go ahead and do whatever we like. Incompetent or not, it's a hard balancing act to walk the line between doing too little (which plenty posters would seemingly be most happy with) and being 'Mod Nazis' (which is a common complaint anyway). That is why the Metathread was created - so decisions can have more input from all who use EADD.
 
Yeah, temp agencies are brilliant for when you just need work quickly.. I've done a lot of admin work with them in the past. You'll generally get a better reception if you phone them and book an appointment to register, then it's a case of turning up and jumping through their hoops for registering. It's nice to know they exist as a safety net if unemployment goes tits up, yeah.

And yes, currently on a boat near Portsmouth. Missing the northern weather already. ;)

Shambles said:
Almost never. Partially purely because they are irritating - bordering on spam at times.
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Yeah, this.
 
Death to music videos in Gibberings.No fucker looks at them and they add nothing to the conversation.
If folk want to post them then post them in the appropriate threads.
 
Specify "no embedding" in the thread title..... its blatant most people will agree that they shouldnt be in here. it aint rocket science. and yes im guilty of posting them in here

As for kenny throwing a mardy wobbly, calm your tits holier than thou drug snob ponce. somebody reckons your a misogynist as well
 
Incompetent, Nazi and misogynist? Blimey I've been busy recently. Or not. I would agree I'd make a pretty incompetent Nazi and/or misogynist. General incompetency would be tricky to argue against for sure. I wasn't actually being snotty about it - if accusations of incompetency were a problem I'd be fukked several times over by now. Everyone is entitled to their opinion which was the point of my post - if people want to see changes ask for them in the thread where we specifically ask for opinions on ways to improve the forum.

Putting a 'No Embeds' message in thread titles would be easy enough obviously. It's not been entirely successful in the Tunes Thread which has had that message for ages now though so doesn't seem like a real answer. If we do go the firmer stance - complete with infractions for prolific offenders - route then of course we'd give fair warning in thread titles at least initially while people got used to it. It does seem a bit ridiculous to need to tell people in every thread individually not to post embeds though. Would make more sense to just have certain threads specified as being okay to embed in - which is currently the case but also ignored cos people know nobody clicks on embeds so try to shoehorn them into more widely-read threads for whatever reason. I really don't want to actually spank botties for such a minor thing but it's kinda looking like it will have to happen sooner or later cos it's gotten to the stage certain threads are virtually no-go areas for folk using mobiles or with slower connections and that's just not on. Something does need to be done but would be nice to get feedback from as many as possible to decide on the best approach to take. If mods just start deleting posts and dishing out warnings that's not gonna go down so well either so seems appropriate to discuss options so people get fair warning and can avoid any problems.

EDIT: Just realised it's Kenny somebody's got down as a misogynist. I'm not very awake yet :o
 
Yeah the second half of the post was directed at kenny, would never direct that at you, you know that shamby

Elitest drug snobbery wanker attitude possible racist and dislikes females... if that isnt a combo for being an utter wanker i dunno what is

That was a bit harsh aye. probably warrants a ban. peace and love <3

mwah
 
Just a friendly PM from a mod to the most prolific offendors (we all know who number 1 and number 2 are) would probably do the trick i would have thought. I doubt they would take offence, but as these guys are possibly 'on something' when they bomb the threads with these posts it may be more difficult to get them to change. Banning them for posting embedded videos would seem ridiculously disproportionaite.
 
Aye twas a bit harsh that Dan. Just because Kenny may have different views to other folk it doesn't make him a wanker. I always thought you all got on fine with him until lately.
Just my opinion
 
mydrugbuddy said:
Just a friendly PM from a mod to the most prolific offendors (we all know who number 1 and number 2 are) would probably do the trick i would have thought. I doubt they would take offence, but as these guys are possibly 'on something' when they bomb the threads with these posts it may be more difficult to get them to change. Banning them for posting embedded videos would seem ridiculously disproportionaite.
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Something that has been considered but probably not gonna be the way we choose to go - certainly not that alone even if we do - as it's not fair to single people out and if we're making a decision it goes for everybody not just people who may historically have been the most prolific embedders. I've just asked for modbuddies to chime in in our lil modthread so we can reach a decision and actually do something about it instead of the on again, off again discussions that has been the case so far. If anybody has an opinion on what they'd like to see done to address it Metathread is your friend (although given it's being discussed here I'm sure we'll see that too I suppose).
 
maxalfie said:
Aye twas a bit harsh that Dan. Just because Kenny may have different views to other folk it doesn't make him a wanker. I always thought you all got on fine with him until lately.
Just my opinion
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Until lately is exactly right. Though from what i understand from his recent public posts he has been recently kicked out of his home and currently has no where to be during the day time, so allthoug he is making some disagreeable posts recently, maybe he can be given a bit of slack, as it sounds like he is going through a difficult time.
 
Shambles said:
Something that has been considered but probably not gonna be the way we choose to go - certainly not that alone even if we do - as it's not fair to single people out
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I dunno, i dont really care all that much and am not really all that bothered w/e is done (apart from i wouldnt like to see anyone banned just for embedding links) but as it is really only 2 main people that do this a bit excessively at times, they have kind of singled themselves out. :?
 
Good to hear, you still searching for jobs?

Things have been better, a lot. But I do what I can ya know :)
 
I have not been bothering at all for a couple of months, was concentrating on getting at least some of my habits under control to start with. Now that is done I am getting some advice on how to improve my chances of landing a job.

If things arent going great, then sometimes the only thing that can happen is for things to get better. Or sometimes they need to get worse before they get better. :sus:
 
I wish you luck with your job hunt MDB. It can easily get you down when you want to work but for whatever reason you can't get a job.
Hopefully now you feel a bit more stable with your drug use you will be able to put more of your time & effort into getting a job.
It's so much better having a routine to your day and getting some nice money for your efforts rather than having nothing to do each day.
 
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