We're seeing an uptick in people randomly throwing out political bullshit in threads in the Lounge. Don't. Report people who do. They'll get booted from the thread for a first offense and more than that if they continue.
The end.
(Oct 2020 update)
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
It's safe to say thread bans aren't working, at least for the handful of people who simply can't keep politics out of any given conversation.
Due to continued reported posts and general frustrations around inserting politics into absolutely everything, and idea came up to restrict people to DC, much like the Romper Room.
So, everyone gets three thread bans as warnings, and after that will get a vacation in DC (the other forums will be view only). The thread bans and DC vacations will be posted in the transparency thread.
Just like several other rules, there's of course gray area and it doesn't really matter where the line is drawn, because those who can keep politics out of the Lounge will never come close to the line and those who can't will insist on running right up to it.
Generally speaking, we're talking about political opinions or blatantly inserting politics into a thread that isn't even a little bit on topic, or otherwise leaking DC BS into the Lounge or other forums.
Originally Posted by Bwana:
Yeah things were a little exciting in the background around here for a couple of days. That's the kind of excitement we can all live without.
I respectfully disagree.
I wouldn’t mind they stick around and take out the rest of the trash over there.
ReeRun is low hanging fruit compared to some of the others.
Originally Posted by threebag02:
There has to be a whiny little bitch on this site that reports shit way more than others....
There probably is a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for that, but like I said before, there really isn't that many posts reported. With that said, we probably act on 25% of them at most. If it's blatant, we get after it right away. We had one post today where several people reported it, so I want in and took care of it.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Yes. He was arrested and fired because of the post on ChiefsPlanet. He's a pilot and threatened to crash his plane carrying Elizabeth Warren a day before he was scheduled to fly her.
We were contacted by the FBI about it and required to preserve records of the posts.
I stand corrected.
Did this coincide with you taking a holiday?
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Nah, this was last summer. We weren't allowed to talk about it for a while.
If I remember right, (this may not be what you're referencing to the DC situation), there was also another issue where someone went nuts and did real-life crossover that set off a big firestorm which created the Real-Life Crossover rule (it may have been established prior to that, but my memory is failing me at the moment)?
Originally Posted by Coach:
If I remember right, (this may not be what you're referencing to the DC situation), there was also another issue where someone went nuts and did real-life crossover that created the Real-Life Crossover rule (it may have been established prior to that, but my memory is failing me at the moment)?
I think Skip called someone's employer back in the day. Can't remember the specifics. And I know stories of JDPrez, but that predates me.
