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Forum downtime... yet again.
This time it was |55555| who went on a mass deleting spree. He's been demodded now.
Luckily, the auto backup system had made a backup only about an hour or so before he started deleting stuff, so we really didn't lose much.
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Re: Forum downtime... yet again.
*chuckles* Didn't even know he was a mod...
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Re: Forum downtime... yet again.
You okay Soul? You seem/seemed pretty stressed before all this went down. Hence the lack of your usual jovial attitude, and that thread about people needing to the leave the forum.
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Heh, I wondered that too. Soul is usually happy and full of wonderment and rainbows and shit
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Re: Forum downtime... yet again.
Might be related to a realization that certain people really are fucked up, and make the worst excuses for it. That and another long-time member deleting shit. Again.
*Tentaclerape*
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What a surprise. I never would of expected a MOD of all people to do something like this! Wow, I never thought this could happen. I mean, one of our wonderful loving mods actually did something like this? Unheard of. Right?
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Am I the only mod (Uh, admin) yet to go on a deleting spree?
I AM A THIEF IN THE NIGHT I WILL SAVE AS MANY AS I CAN
I KEEP THEM IN MY BASEMENT
I TELL THEM I AM THEIR MOMMY NOW
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Why would anyone bother going on a deleting spree anyway?
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Yep, I did it. AWOL hit me up on MSN and explained the whole situation with you telling him and other members to leave, threatening to ban, so I was like w/e here's my password let's have a field day.
You know what's funny about all this? I deleted the forums over a year ago, and in the process made the mod forum public. I figured I would be demoded then, when you put the excuse that I did it to prevent the mod forum from being leaked in my throat so I just ran with it. lolololololol
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SS is dead. The admin is telling people to leave and threatening to ban long time members that I respect. This is the nail in the coffin, mark my words.
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Quote:You okay Soul? You seem/seemed pretty stressed before all this went down. Hence the lack of your usual jovial attitude, and that thread about people needing to the leave the forum.
I'm a bit more apathetic than I used to be. Not sure if that qualifies as 'okay'... but it doesn't really bug me that much. But I guess that's kind of the whole point of being apathetic... right?
Quote:Heh, I wondered that too. Soul is usually happy and full of wonderment and rainbows and shit
Rainbows... and shit?
I think we need a rainbow emoticon thingy... actually, no, we need a brown rainbow emoticon.
Quote:Might be related to a realization that certain people really are fucked up, and make the worst excuses for it. That and another long-time member deleting shit. Again.
Wanna know something funny? When I saw there was a mass deleting spree going on, the first thing I felt was relief. Simply because it gives me a nice excuse to blatantly ignore the forums for a day (or pretty much as long as I feel like it).
Quote:Am I the only mod (Uh, admin) yet to go on a deleting spree?
Nah, there are others too.
Quote:I deleted the forums over a year ago, and in the process made the mod forum public. I figured I would be demoded then, when you put the excuse that I did it to prevent the mod forum from being leaked in my throat so I just ran with it. lolololololol
My memory must really suck, 'cause I don't remember that at all. Or maybe the forums have been deleted so many times it all just seems the same to me.
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|55555| Wrote:SS is dead. The admin is telling people to leave and threatening to ban long time members that I respect. This is the nail in the coffin, mark my words.
Everyone who respects people who believe in a right to hurt people for lulz can leave SS and nothing of value will be lost. I think SS would be better off if that happened.
Free speech is one thing, but actually enjoying causing people pain is another. Doesn't fall under free speech at all and I don't want people like that here.
EDIT: Actually, there isn't anything wrong with respecting people who believe in a right to hurt people for lulz. What bugs me is respecting them because they believe in a right to hurt people for lulz... I'm not saying you do, just thought I should revise that statement.
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|55555| Wrote:SS is dead. The admin is telling people to leave and threatening to ban long time members that I respect. This is the nail in the coffin, mark my words.
No, the nail in the coffin was when assholes like you pushed one of SS longest standing and most respected users off the boards with you faggotry.
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Quote:My memory must really suck, 'cause I don't remember that at all. Or maybe the forums have been deleted so many times it all just seems the same to me.
I could get you the IRC logs if you want lol.
SoulRiser Wrote:|55555| Wrote:SS is dead. The admin is telling people to leave and threatening to ban long time members that I respect. This is the nail in the coffin, mark my words.
Everyone who respects people who believe in a right to hurt people for lulz can leave SS and nothing of value will be lost. I think SS would be better off if that happened.
Free speech is one thing, but actually enjoying causing people pain is another. Doesn't fall under free speech at all and I don't want people like that here.
EDIT: Actually, there isn't anything wrong with respecting people who believe in a right to hurt people for lulz. What bugs me is respecting them because they believe in a right to hurt people for lulz... I'm not saying you do, just thought I should revise that statement.
SS would be empty if that happened and you know it. We're the only ones left.
Ayliana Wrote:|55555| Wrote:SS is dead. The admin is telling people to leave and threatening to ban long time members that I respect. This is the nail in the coffin, mark my words.
No, the nail in the coffin was when assholes like you pushed one of SS longest standing and most respected users off the boards with you faggotry.
Who the hell are you?
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This is the first time anyone has been kicked off of SS due to something other than being a spambot or a super obvious troll, correct? And even the trolls take forever to get banned. Let's not make a habit of it.
That being said, freedom of speech =/= freedom to do whatever you want. Hurting others is hypocritical of anyone who believes in the youth-rights/anti-school idea. These forums shouldn't be used to facilitate those types of activities.
However, this is the first time, to my knowledge, that anyone has brought an activity onto the forums that actively supports activities that hurt people. Sure there's been jokes about shit here and there, but no one has actually presented those ideas in a fashion that others could act on.
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Quote:No, the nail in the coffin was when assholes like you pushed one of SS longest standing and most respected users off the boards with you faggotry.
This brings back nostalgia of the good old days when Ayliana and Rebelnerd would have massive huge arguments all day long and derail almost every thread with a huge debate...
Quote:I could get you the IRC logs if you want lol.
I sort of vaguely remember something about some forum permissions acting screwey. But it's ok, I can't be bothered to read logs again now.
Quote:SS would be empty if that happened and you know it. We're the only ones left.
This isn't true. There are people left who don't agree with what AWOL and Jesusrex did.
And even if that actually was true, so be it. Let it be empty and start from scratch. There are plenty of new people who visit SS every day, some are bound to join the forums.
Quote:This is the first time anyone has been kicked off of SS due to something other than being a spambot or a super obvious troll, correct?
Technically, they haven't actually been kicked off or banned, but I guess that's just semantics... I'm actually kinda surprised though that people take things I say that seriously.
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Wait, what happened (besides the deleting spree and the obvious)? I've been gone the last few days. What did AWOL and Jesuswhatever do?
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Messed with a website google set up to help families find their lost relatives in the tsunami... They reported people dead.
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Absentinsomniac Wrote:Messed with a website google set up to help families find their lost relatives in the tsunami... They reported people dead.
Damn, that's low. I knew they were assholes but I didn't think they would do something that cruel. Did Google get everything sorted out or are they still reported as dead?
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I doubt google even noticed. If they did, not much they could do about it. I'd bet that they weren't the only ones doing this. The idea probably originated on a chan somewhere.
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Now that the shitstorm is finally calming down, I'd like to make three points known:
1. I reported one person as missing to see if the system was stupid or not, then lol'd at how idiotic Google was being.
2. After that, I kept updated on the various *chan threads taking part in this lulzworthy endeavor.
3. I proceeded to defend Rex on moral grounds.
However, that being said, shitstorm is over.
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Oh, but what a lulzy endeavour!
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AWOL Wrote:Now that the shitstorm is finally calming down, I'd like to make three points known:
1. I reported one person as missing to see if the system was stupid or not, then lol'd at how idiotic Google was being.
2. After that, I kept updated on the various *chan threads taking part in this lulzworthy endeavor.
3. I proceeded to defend Rex on moral grounds.
faggot, you go balls to the walls and report everyone as dead
I can't believe how big pussies you all are. scared of hurting japanese? boo fucking hoo, no one cares about the japanese, the make shitty anime and have tiny penises
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXMA34CeoQ
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Lunatic Wrote:Oh, but what a lulzy endeavour!
Can't tell if sarcasm
Jesusaurisrex Wrote:AWOL Wrote:Now that the shitstorm is finally calming down, I'd like to make three points known:
1. I reported one person as missing to see if the system was stupid or not, then lol'd at how idiotic Google was being.
2. After that, I kept updated on the various *chan threads taking part in this lulzworthy endeavor.
3. I proceeded to defend Rex on moral grounds.
faggot, you go balls to the walls and report everyone as dead
I can't believe how big pussies you all are. scared of hurting japanese? boo fucking hoo, no one cares about the japanese, the make shitty anime and have tiny penises
Was busy taking care of the porn, and the submission process was tedious and boring.
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I made my username God and wrote about how various peoples time "had come to an end". I found it funny, honestly.
But now, after all this happened, I don't know. All these points people have brought up about how this is wrong or how it's lulzy. I don't know what to think about it now.
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Linki Wrote:I made my username God and wrote about how various peoples time "had come to an end". I found it funny, honestly.
But now, after all this happened, I don't know. All these points people have brought up about how this is wrong or how it's lulzy. I don't know what to think about it now.
they are not stupid, thats an obvious troll. you set your name as one of the victims, report yourself alive first, and THEN list everyone as dead
seems more legit
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Linki Wrote:I made my username God and wrote about how various peoples time "had come to an end". I found it funny, honestly.
But now, after all this happened, I don't know. All these points people have brought up about how this is wrong or how it's lulzy. I don't know what to think about it now.
Think for yourself. Fuck everyone else's points, fuck trying to be cool, just decide weather you think this is right or wrong. Or, you could even say "fuck it" and just be neutral. Honestly, I believe it is wrong. If i was searching for one of my family members and the internet was the only means of having any news on that person, I'd be pissed of someone fucked it up.
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Jesusaurisrex Wrote:faggot, you go balls to the walls and report everyone as dead
I can't believe how big pussies you all are. scared of hurting japanese? boo fucking hoo, no one cares about the japanese, the make shitty anime and have tiny penises
Ahahaha, What does that have to do with being a pussy, if what he did is anonymous? Do you associate masculinity with sadism?
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Absentinsomniac Wrote:Linki Wrote:I made my username God and wrote about how various peoples time "had come to an end". I found it funny, honestly.
But now, after all this happened, I don't know. All these points people have brought up about how this is wrong or how it's lulzy. I don't know what to think about it now.
Think for yourself. Fuck everyone else's points, fuck trying to be cool, just decide weather you think this is right or wrong. Or, you could even say "fuck it" and just be neutral. Honestly, I believe it is wrong. If i was searching for one of my family members and the internet was the only means of having any news on that person, I'd be pissed of someone fucked it up.
Guess I'm neutral then.
To think that the rescue teams are using the people finder search as a guide to look for people, see someone reported dead and move on leaving that person to starve to death etc. That's not going to happen. Really, how could you think that?
Maybe a mother looked for her son and saw he was confirmed dead as status, then later on her son rang up a couple days later to say he was alright. That would've been hard on her emotionally.
I see how it might cause vain mourning, but I don't see how it could actually hurt anyone.
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Linki Wrote:I see how it might cause vain mourning, but I don't see how it could actually hurt anyone.
That's like saying verbal bullying can't hurt anyone
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