Your Chance To Change The DC Forum For The Better

[Direckshun]

Hey folks. Regular DCers, and everybody else.

This past weekend I asked the forum what makes DC a cesspool in their eyes.

There were many answers. Some was that too many people are stupid. Some were that there are extremist conspiracy types that make discussion difficult.

But the overwhelming answer is that too many people act like recalcitrant assholes who too often shit on people instead of promoting a discussion.

So I thought I'd throw an idea out there. I brought this up for the mod team, and they told me that if I put it before the people and DC was interested, we could get something moving.

This is a suggestion for potentially increasing the quality of posting in ChiefsPlanet's DC forum. As we all know, this place is legitimately a cesspool. We all know it is, we all agree it's a mess of haters and idiots and conspiracy assholes.

For ten-plus years, ChiefsPlanet policy towards that forum is "light" moderation, which means the best possible course of action is to let the maniacs eat themselves, but mostly to just keep that shit out of the Lounge (which I don't blame the mod team for, not one bit). That policy has permitted the DC forum to be pretty rough for most posters to participate. And the few that do participate regularly aren't that big on it. We have a pretty high turnover rate in the forum.

A new suggestion: temporarily test out a new policy, which is that of elevated moderation. There's not a lot you can do about stupid people (myself included), or folks with extreme views, but there is plenty we can do about people just acting like assholes to be assholes. For a small period of time (like six months, or even three months), ChiefsPlanet could implement an Asshole Ban on DC, meaning everybody in that forum must be respectful, and refrain from simply shitting on people, at the risk of something like a 1-month DC ban.

That may require more moderation, which much of the mod team would be unwilling to do because, c'mon, this place is a cesspool. As a result, this forum would casually elect a DC Asshole Panel, which would be a four-person board (two liberals/Democrats, two conservatives/Republicans) who regular the forum and can signal instances of assholery to the mods for a temp ban. In order for the panel to officially tip off a mod, three of the four members must agree that the Planeteer in question is in fact acting like a genuine asshole.

All of this is a complicated way of saying that DC doesn't just have to be a trashcan to keep the Lounge clean. I've been on (and am on) other boards where the political forum is a thriving exchange of ideas. And I don't mean to rob DC of its sarcasm, wit, or ribald humor. Just the blatant assholery from all sides that makes it occasionally tough to bear.

I send this suggestion up for your consideration. The poll above will stand for a week. (I would like it if a mod could sticky this thread? Too much to ask?) At the end of the week, if we at least have a plurality in favor of testing an Asshole Patrol, we'll take the next steps which would include selecting which members we'd like to serve on it.

Poll forthcoming.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

The main problem is that the dipshit conspiracy ****tards deserve--NEED--to be called dipshit conspiracy ****tards and this would seem to limit the ability to do so.

Yup but think of all the mass suicides, CP DC will probably reach critical mass.

See Something, Say Something

heimlich maneuver?

[mikey23545]

Looks like Direckshun may need to get illegal aliens in here to vote if he's going to win this vote.

[CoMoChief]

This thread is spam.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

This is what Art Bell meant by the Kingdom of Nye.

[La literatura]

It would be nice to have a "Bullshit" warning at the top of some threads (e.g., each one of pete's).

[ClevelandBronco]

Big surprise. Leftist cock chuggers voting yes.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by La literatura

It would be nice to have a "Bullshit" warning at the top of some threads (e.g., each one of pete's).

Why do you hate Drudge?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

The main problem is that the dipshit conspiracy ****tards deserve--NEED--to be called dipshit conspiracy ****tards and this would seem to limit the ability to do so.

Conversely, idiot **** sheep need to be identified as idiot **** sheep.

[FD]

I say keep this shithole just the way it is.

[KC native]

Won't work. DC for the righties is just pile on after pile on. You would never get enough consesus to ban anyone other than the few liberals who post here.

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by La literatura

It would be nice to have a "Bullshit" warning at the top of some threads (e.g., each one of Direckshun's).

Fixed your post, since both Direckshun and pete post stories from Drudge.

[BucEyedPea]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

**** this. Kiss my testicles.

Gay. It's essentially guys here. You sure you want this?

[lewdog]

If you had to ban all the assholes in the DC, you might as well make this the Christian mingle site.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

As we all know, this place is legitimately a cesspool. We all know it is, we all agree it's a mess of haters and idiots and conspiracy assholes.

No, we don't all agree.

This might be your worst idea ever. I know that's hard to believe, but it's true.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I say no and use ignore. Few boards that claim to moderate do so without bias or favoritism toward buddies in real life.

This is really all that needed to be said. Good job, BEP.