Many wise people have previously suggested that we ignore the tirades of the more colorful commentators of these forums. I'm finally seeing the light of this proposition. Thus, I propose that all members of the SL Forums who wish to see it end refrain from responding to those particularly egregious threads and their authors for 48 hours, beginning today at noon PST.
As of today, I vow to be part of the solution. I will not fuel the hatred of the prime nuisance or the berzerk stooge. Please join me in solidarity.
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Ardith Mifflin
Mecha Fiend
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,416
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04-26-2005 09:21
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blaze Spinnaker
1/2 Serious
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 5,898
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04-26-2005 09:24
There is something so fundamentally cool about this.
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Cienna Samiam
Bah.
Join date: 13 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,316
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04-26-2005 09:29
Many wise people have previously suggested that we ignore the tirades of the more colorful commentators of these forums. I'm finally seeing the light of this proposition. Thus, I propose that all members of the SL Forums who wish to see it end refrain from responding to those particularly egregious threads and their authors for 48 hours, beginning today at noon PST. As of today, I vow to be part of the solution. I will not fuel the hatred of the prime nuisance or the berzerk stooge. Please join me in solidarity. 48 hours. You got it. Let's hope it catches on.  _____________________
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Lordfly Digeridoo
Prim Orchestrator
Join date: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3,628
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04-26-2005 09:31
Better yet, just add the more gregarious posters to your ignore list.
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
Posts: 7,141
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04-26-2005 09:34
Signed, and I think as LF has suggested, to go one step further and place them on ignore. I already have Prokofy on ignore, although I can see him quoted in other's posts.
 Anyway, I will go with this 48 hour shunning, hopefully after that period, people will choose to continue to ignore them._____________________
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David Valentino
Nicely Wicked
Join date: 1 Jan 2004
Posts: 2,941
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04-26-2005 09:35
Many wise people have previously suggested that we ignore the tirades of the more colorful commentators of these forums. I'm finally seeing the light of this proposition. Thus, I propose that all members of the SL Forums who wish to see it end refrain from responding to those particularly egregious threads and their authors for 48 hours, beginning today at noon PST. As of today, I vow to be part of the solution. I will not fuel the hatred of the prime nuisance or the berzerk stooge. Please join me in solidarity. Very good. I great way to demonstrate your personal power. Everyone should indeed make a choice as to whether they wish to make things "larger and more negative" or let them stay small and insignificant when dealing with hostile or negative posts. _____________________
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Cristiano Midnight
Evil Snapshot Baron
Join date: 17 May 2003
Posts: 8,616
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04-26-2005 09:35
I have placed Prokofy on ignore as well - I just wish people would stop quoting, or that ignore would ignore quotes
I definitely think not feeding this particularly voracious troll is a good idea._____________________
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Lecktor Hannibal
YOUR MOM
Join date: 1 Jul 2004
Posts: 6,734
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04-26-2005 09:37
*signed*
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MrsJakal Suavage
Purple Butterfly
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
Posts: 1,434
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04-26-2005 09:42
I have placed Prokofy on ignore as well - I just wish people would stop quoting, or that ignore would ignore quotes I definitely think not feeding this particularly voracious troll is a good idea.Did it yesterday.... Remove user from ignore listProkofy Neva This message is hidden because Prokofy Neva is on your ignore list. |
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
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04-26-2005 09:42
Count me in. Why stop at 48 hours though? I'm going to make a concerted effort to not respond at all to these individuals anymore. I tried before and only lasted for about 24 hours before morbid curiosity sucked me back in.
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blaze Spinnaker
1/2 Serious
Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 5,898
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04-26-2005 09:45
Alright alright.. I get it, this is upsetting you all.
I'll chill out. Never really thought people would take it this seriously, but after some consideration I should have reliased this SecondLife is a bigger deal to everyone than I originally thought. _____________________
Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :
"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches." |
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Cienna Rand
Inside Joke
Join date: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 489
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04-26-2005 10:01
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Cienna Samiam
Bah.
Join date: 13 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,316
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04-26-2005 10:05
Great job, Cienna! I have one just like that now. Brings a tear to my eye.
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Jake Reitveld
Emperor of Second Life
Join date: 9 Mar 2005
Posts: 2,690
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04-26-2005 10:07
I dissent. I enjoy all the rantingsnad ravings of the forums. I even contribute a few of my own. Its much better than TV.
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
Posts: 7,141
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04-26-2005 10:09
I dissent. I enjoy all the rantingsnad ravings of the forums. I even contribute a few of my own. Its much better than TV. How hard is it to be better than TV? _____________________
“Time's fun when you're having flies.” ~Kermit
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Pol Tabla
synthpop saint
Join date: 18 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,041
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04-26-2005 10:10
As of today, I vow to be part of the solution. I will not fuel the hatred of the prime nuisance or the berzerk stooge. Please join me in solidarity. Done and done. _____________________
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Cienna Samiam
Bah.
Join date: 13 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,316
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04-26-2005 10:10
Well Jake, I suppose one of the functions of a community forum is to entertain, but really -- why support flooding the place with shit when you could as easily have a sharing of ideas without rancor and no attention whores?
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
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04-26-2005 10:16
i stopped responding several days ago. over the weekend i realized that i'd automatically stopped reading threads once i saw specific names. that clicks for me well enough that i don't need to use the forum ignore list. i just don't read any more of the thread from that point.
it's a stretch for me. i like to understand what people are thinking and i like to be generally informed. it hurts to understand that people don't actally have a point but are just waffling through verbose contradictions to keep useless conversations cycling through threads like griefers leaving trails of autorezzing physical objects for us to follow and deal with. anyway, it seems that when some people start posting in a thread, the thread become all about their ramblings. ignore is inadequate because everything that follows focuses on the pointless diatribes that i wouldn't be reading in the first place. i suppose it does make the forums less useful than they've been to me in the past. is that maybe the goal? if the forum were perceived as being a useful tool of the privaleged few, it would have to be destroyed as a matter of course. oh but there is no course so that can't be it. ha ha now i'm rambling. it's contagious and i'm infected. shoot me now! _____________________
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Jake Reitveld
Emperor of Second Life
Join date: 9 Mar 2005
Posts: 2,690
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04-26-2005 10:21
Why is reality tv most successful when there is drama involved? Other people's rancor makes me feel smugly superior of course. But then, if I actually watched TV, I'd watch Redneck TV. What can I say? Sometimes my guilty pleasure is being a dama whore.
I do think there is room for constructive commentary here, I just have yet to see any, at least not in the general forum. With topics like this one, or "is av sex cheating" or "escorts in SL" I think the great joy of the General Forum is its tawdriness. But then again I buy the Weekly World News. |
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Toy LaFollette
I eat paintchips
Join date: 11 Feb 2004
Posts: 2,359
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04-26-2005 10:26
I put the one on ignore today........... Damn that felt good
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Shadow Weaver
Ancient
Join date: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,808
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04-26-2005 10:27
I put the one on ignore today........... Damn that felt good Toy you would never do that to me would ya..sniff...  _____________________
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Toy LaFollette
I eat paintchips
Join date: 11 Feb 2004
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04-26-2005 10:31
Toy you would never do that to me would ya..sniff... heck no _____________________
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Trinity Serpentine
Schwan's Avitar Reject
Join date: 1 Oct 2003
Posts: 2,972
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04-26-2005 10:33
Did Shadow just write something? I have him on ignore.
Seriously, I think this is a great idea. I have refrained from reading and/or posting to several of the more antagonistic posters for months. My life is too short and some of the posts are too long-winded. _____________________
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Ingrid Ingersoll
Archived
Join date: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,601
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04-26-2005 10:35
Deal.
Except I'm not putting Blaze on ignore, I don't think his intentions are the same. _____________________
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Lora Morgan
Puts the "eek" in "geek"
Join date: 19 Mar 2004
Posts: 779
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04-26-2005 10:35
I very rarely put people on ignore lists (actually before this, never). Because behind every post is a human with good points and bad. And even when I disagree with someone I still want to hear their viewpoint. But when every post is paragraphs and paragraphs of paranoid attacks, I just grow tired of scrolling past it all.
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