Bashing VS Honesty VS Honesty With Bashing, Forumdickery! Options

[superstitious]

I know that there was a similar topic to this once upon a time, but I figured it's been a while and wanted some fresh opinions.

In your opinion(s):

What do you consider "bashing"?:

What do you consider not bashing, just brutally honest?:

When, in your opinion, should a moderator punish for bashing?

Have you had your Wheaties today?

[superstitious]

do U MAD pics count as bashing
i think bashing is when the mention of homoeroticism of goku and vegeta is brought up

Ah man, I was bashing?! :(

Mods, stay the shit out of our lives and I promise you CB will be more interesting, and we'll have life back in it. Yes, there will be cliques and there will be members who are going to be loners and just generally hated. However, you can't just stunt the growth of this website just because you don't want a member to be butthurt about another member's comments.

I promise you, mods. I'm pleading with you. Stay the f*ck out of the members interactions with other people until it's absolutely necessary. Even when necessary, use caution and tread lightly.

Gosh, you know, I've actually been thinking that in general, mods are way more relaxed than they used to be. I remember when Suzzette (sorry to bring her up, I don't mean her any insult) was on staff and things were like wayyyy more strict.

I really don't see moderators warning much, at least that's my impression when I go through the warning thread (Backstage).

Please don't think that this is me, backing up staff no matter what they do. That's not what I'm about at all. The reason why I started this thread is to see what the community impression/interpretation of bashing and what not is, as it relates to forum interaction. I like getting the community opinions, always have.

"Stunting growth." It's kind of interesting that you put it that way. When I first joined here, people were really friendly, for the most part. I mean, I'm very old for this site and not one person made fun of me, alienated me or made me feel unwelcome. I remember thinking how cool that was. Fast forward a couple of years and people seemed to not be as welcoming to those who are new. Now, I think that that things are much friendlier,especially if newer folks take the time to get to know people. That's just a general feeling I'm getting though.

Oh, btw. f*ck wheaties. Honeycombs is where they at.

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I wrote all that stoned, btw Juna :D

Dangit, I guess the Wheaties question was a bad idea. haha Honeycombs are ok, but I prefer Frosted Flakes or Frosted Shredded Mini Wheats.

For a 'stoned' response, I thought it was a great reply, by the way.

edit: I'm so damn long winded that I missed several posts! lol

[saintsaens]

Ah man, I was bashing?! :(

Gosh, you know, I've actually been thinking that in general, mods are way more relaxed than they used to be. I remember when Suzzette (sorry to bring her up, I don't mean her any insult) was on staff and things were like wayyyy more strict.

I really don't see moderators warning much, at least that's my impression when I go through the warning thread (Backstage).

Please don't think that this is me, backing up staff no matter what they do. That's not what I'm about at all. The reason why I started this thread is to see what the community impression/interpretation of bashing and what not is, as it relates to forum interaction. I like getting the community opinions, always have.

"Stunting growth." It's kind of interesting that you put it that way. When I first joined here, people were really friendly, for the most part. I mean, I'm very old for this site and not one person made fun of me, alienated me or made me feel unwelcome. I remember thinking how cool that was. Fast forward a couple of years and people seemed to not be as welcoming to those who are new. Now, I think that that things are much friendlier,especially if newer folks take the time to get to know people. That's just a general feeling I'm getting though.

Dangit, I guess the Wheaties question was a bad idea. haha Honeycombs are ok, but I prefer Frosted Flakes or Frosted Shredded Mini Wheats.

For a 'stoned' response, I thought it was a great reply, by the way.

edit: I'm so damn long winded that I missed several posts! lol

BTW, I will agree that the mods have been doing a great job regulating. By that, I mean that they aren't regulating. That's a good thing.

However, I still think mods should be more active in the forums. I believe that if you're going to take a responsibility to moderate a community, you should be willing to be an active member of said community as well.

I'm also just a little irked that I was warned for calling someone a twat.

[superstitious]

I believe that if you're going to take a responsibility to moderate a community, you should be willing to be an active member of said community as well.

I agree 10000000000000% with that.

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