Originally posted by hoven5thI don't know any internet forums or mailing lists that don't have any rules, and possible measures if someone doesn't follow the rules. They are usually meant to protect other users, and some of them make a lot of sense. For example, I don't think anyone should be allowed to post personal information (e.g. address or phone number) about another user if the other user hasn't agreed to it, and if it happens, I think it's perfectly okay to remove that post. I also don't think it would be a good idea to allow people to post illegal material and to keep it in the forums. There are other rules which are very much open to discussion and which don't always make sense to me. RHP is a lot more heavily moderated than any other forums or mailing lists I have been on; then again, people tend to be a lot more rude and insensitive here than in any other forums or mailing lists I have been on, so there may be more need for moderation. But there have been many cases in which I didn't understand why a post was deleted or a user banned (and I won't even get started on the procedures or non-procedures about banning users). But this is probably impossible to avoid, especially in an international forum with a wide age range. We all have different ideas about what's offensive, it's very much a cultural thing, and a lot of misunderstandings can happen due to language difficulties/differences.
As ignorant, offensive, and just plain stupid as some comments can be, don't the people who make them still have a right to do so? So I guess RHP is a fascist dictatorship.
Or maybe just a rational enterprise. okay, so I think I get it now. Offensive language is bad for business. If people are angered by things they see on the site, they will be reluctant to cough up $30 a year.
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Originally posted by NordlysYea, I understand about personal information. When things can be dangerous to those involved, I can see whay there should be some oversight. Still, I've tried to type certain words before, and my post wouldn't post with the "offensive" language. I bet if I typed in someone's address it would post.
I don't know any internet forums or mailing lists that don't have any rules, and possible measures if someone doesn't follow the rules. They are usually meant to protect other users, and some of them make a lot of sense. For example, I don't think anyone should be allowed to post personal information (e.g. address or phone number) about another user if the o ...[text shortened]... and a lot of misunderstandings can happen due to language difficulties/differences.
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Originally posted by hoven5thIt's just one of them dictatorships.
I am fairly new to this site, so forgive me if this seems like a stupid question, but why would anyone want to alert a moderator about a post or thread. Maybe it's my extreme-liberal perspective talking, but I can't imagine why anyone would request censorship. Is someone doesn't like a thread, can't they just go to a different one or something? Is it rea a facist dictatorship, or a representitive democracy? Or am I just confused and ignorant?
The owners of the site make rules and expect you to follow them if you want to use the site.
Terrible thing....
Originally posted by hoven5thAs clever as Robo-Mod is, I don't think it's clever enough to distinguish personal details. It stops at character string recognition.
Yea, I understand about personal information. When things can be dangerous to those involved, I can see whay there should be some oversight. Still, I've tried to type certain words before, and my post wouldn't post with the "offensive" language. I bet if I typed in someone's address it would post.
However, if my personal address happened to be in a North Eastern (of England) town beginning with "Scun" and ending in "thorpe" then pointing this out to people would see robomod kcik into action.
Originally posted by rhbHeaven forbid if you try to tell people about your new wristw@tch.
As clever as Robo-Mod is, I don't think it's clever enough to distinguish personal details. It stops at character string recognition.
However, if my personal address happened to be in a North Eastern (of England) town beginning with "Scun" and ending in "thorpe" then pointing this out to people would see robomod kcik into action.
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Originally posted by hoven5thYes, robomod can be really annoying. For example, I have written some posts in Japanese, and they didn't get through because the polite past tense contains the same letters as the S-word. And if people want to post offensive stuff, they can easily find ways to bypass robomod. I guess it was introduced to spare the moderators some work, but I am not sure how much good it actually does.
Yea, I understand about personal information. When things can be dangerous to those involved, I can see whay there should be some oversight. Still, I've tried to type certain words before, and my post wouldn't post with the "offensive" language. I bet if I typed in someone's address it would post.
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Originally posted by NordlysYes, a webstate!
Can't we have a compromise - a webstate?
According to the labor theory of value, it is us, the workers, who produce the value for those who own the website by being opponents in chess to those who subscribe and by posting in this web community. Yet we are alienated from our work by the capitalist dictatorship who essentially uses the webstate as a tool to censor our ideas. This keeps us from planning a coup! Workers unite!
Originally posted by hoven5thArise, ye workers from your slumber,
Yes, a webstate!
According to the labor theory of value, it is us, the workers, who produce the value for those who own the website by being opponents in chess to those who subscribe and by posting in this web community. Yet we are alienated from our work by the capitalist dictatorship who essentially uses the webstate as a tool to censor our ideas. This keeps us from planning a coup! Workers unite!
Arise, ye prisoners of want.
For reason in revolt now thunders,
and at last ends the age of cant!
Away with all your superstitions,
Servile masses, arise, arise!
We'll change henceforth the old tradition,
And spurn the dust to win the prize!
So comrades, come rally,
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale,
Unites the human race.
So comrades, come rally,
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale,
Unites the human race.