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Is it cold in here?:
Well said, and to add another choice to the list, you can ask first. At the risk of sounding like an ass-kisser, this thread is a Good Idea because the sort of people who care about it now have access to a moderator's advice. Learning by example, the best learning style for many people, is difficult when there are so many bad examples.

This next isn't a question about where the line is, but an exploration of how pithy it's possible to make things. Can the relevant rules be boiled down to "Don't rape the characters"? Putting them into sexual situations they would never agree to (including things that one character has proposed but that the other doesn't want) seems like another way to phrase what squicks Jeph and company.

pwhodges:
That's a good starting point, but I think there's rather more to it than that.  Maybe building up scenarios which although non-sexual are still preposterous?  It's hard to say other than what I've said already in this thread (and before that, in the welcome thread) - and I freely admit that I'm still feeling the way at present in any case.

Elysiana:
I recommend not overthinking it. Lay out the ground rules. When you feel that a rule has been broken, point it out. Over time, people will get a much better understanding of where the line is, and you won't feel the need to say "Well, this is okay, but this other thing is pushing it, but if you take this other tack I guess it's alright, but only as long as you don't do this."

Some people will cry, "But you didn't SAY we couldn't do that!" and you have the right to tell them, "I'm saying it now." You certainly can't be expected to lay out every last possible topic that might be taboo before it gets brought up, but when something does come up, a well-placed "Alright guys, this isn't appropriate, can you please back off" can do wonders.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. There will be some butting of heads but it'll sort itself out.

est:

--- Quote from: Elysiana on 14 Dec 2010, 10:39 ---I don't think est meant that the full thread, with all its "No"s and "Yeah sure"s, was bad; I got the impression he meant the topic itself was a bad one.

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Yes, this is what I meant.

and as for the confusion, it's pretty simple. There is a rules thread, which we have paraphrased in here.  So long as you abide by those rules I very much doubt you will ever get banned.

Can I please get an example of something that was lauded in one thread and then admonished in another?  Was it by moderators, or just general forum people?  I am curious!

xerada:
Thank you for taking the time and putting so much thought in your answers.
You've cleared up some of the confusion, and I think we'll have some cool discussions 'bout the comic that keeps pulling me back here.

pwhodges, I absolutely look forward to a moderator who's awake when I am :)



--- Quote from: est on 14 Dec 2010, 12:13 ---and as for the confusion, it's pretty simple. There is a rules thread, which we have paraphrased in here.  So long as you abide by those rules I very much doubt you will ever get banned.

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I did read them before I started posting. Please don't make me spell out the "BUT THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT ... IN THERE" argument. It's a weak one, but please don't pretend that these rules would help deciding if and what would or would not offend in the Dora/Marten Breakup Discussion. And I know it won't get me banned if I express some creepy opinion or whatever, but I like a civil discussion, and I'd like to know if the mods or Jeph are not comfortable with it. I don't want to get threads locked or deleted because of my posts, and I don't want to be insulted before I even know what I did wrong.


--- Quote from: est on 14 Dec 2010, 12:13 ---Can I please get an example of something that was lauded in one thread and then admonished in another?  Was it by moderators, or just general forum people?  I am curious!

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I don't want to point fingers, but if you want examples, take threads in October/November and compare them with the most recent Weekly Comic Discussions.

And, I don't think it's important if moderators or forum people were "thin-skinned", I was complaining about an atmosphere where people think it's necessary to shush someone whose post might possibly be offensive, while a lot "worse" examples are around.

I didn't want to be nitpicking, I just expressed how I felt about the current course of action. I expect it to get better, and I expect that most members of the forum will be grateful for an improved moderating style; but I feel that crude humour and creepy jokes will always have their place in this forum.

Edit: wrote.. more... text.. (maybe expressed myself better. I'm learning!)

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