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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2012 - 02:03pm PT
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I got banned from boldering.com once, for about a week. If anyone here knows anything about boldering.com, you will understand the magnitude of that accomplishment!
But, I've only heard one reply here, so far, that even attempts to address my original question in a head-on manner.
Off Topic: Oh yeah, with Locker's posts, I skip to "page down" to get past all that white space. nbd. But I thinks what he posts is often pretty hysterical and I wish he'd use less whitespace. It detracts from his frequently brilliant posts and photoshop hacks.
YOU HEAR THAT, LOCKER YOU STUPID MOTHERF*#KER?! CUT IT OUT!!
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Feb 22, 2012 - 02:04pm PT
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My opinion...Couldn't stand Skip...seems about as evil as they come. Little f*#ker was like a attack dog on some of the better climbers (Donni, Long...etc) on ST and he was a liar.
LEB...her/he/it pollution level was quite high and unrelenting when it came to getting her point across at all cost. I also believe her to be a liar. Will the real Lois please stand up.
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Gary
climber
That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down
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Feb 22, 2012 - 02:44pm PT
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my diet is miserably restrictive...
Sorry to hear that locker. You extended the life of my late, lamented Megas and for that you'll always have a special place in my heart.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Feb 22, 2012 - 02:55pm PT
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What was the question again?
how exactly would you propose folks ignore a user who suddenly appears in a long-established thread, and starts making bizzare, offensive, or wildly off-topic remarks say, every second or third or fourth post in the thread?
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johnx01
Trad climber
UK
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:16pm PT
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As I always said LEB=DMT
-John
I kinda liked her/him/it
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:17pm PT
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K, coz. Duh. Good suggestion. I've just generally avoided staying abreast of site admis stuff at the two or three forums if frequent, if for no other reason to maintain the illusion that there was no site admin.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:19pm PT
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A pet peeve of mine (and I understand it's my own issue - nothing more or less) wasn't only someone posting every second or third post, but rather when they would post two or three times in a row when a 'edit' of their last post would suffice.
So a page would look like this in terms of posting:
Avatar A
Avatar B
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar C
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar D
Avatar A
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Etc.
This kept certain threads at the top or on the front page when it was generally one person who was posting.
This makes it far harder to ignore - at least for my weak brain.
Greasemonkey was awesome. Every time my firefox installed an updated version though, I would lose it.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:22pm PT
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It worked to a great extent.
I wonder. Suppose that there is a thread in which a bunch of folks are discussing -- in a refined and dignified manner -- something important to them. Then Dingus shows up and starts taking over the thread. It's true that if I don't like what Dingus writes, I can install greasemonkey and Dingus vanishes. But the problem is still there because, as is the way of the web, half the people involved have started responding to Dingus' invasion by yelling at him, while the other half respond by getting derailed into whatever nonsense he's written. This leaves BVB and I as the only refined and dignified posters left, and we become so frustrated that he leaps off the wagon, and I leap off the bridge.
So, while greasemonkey can help, it's not the total solution.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:30pm PT
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But the problem is still there because, as is the way of the web, half the people involved have started responding to Dingus' invasion by yelling at him, while the other half respond by getting derailed into whatever nonsense he's written. This leaves BVB and I as the only refined and dignified posters left, and we become so frustrated that he leaps off the wagon, and I leap off the bridge.
So, while greasemonkey can help, it's not the total solution.
Yep, you end up reading a whole lot of posts that don't make any sense because they are responding to someone else, while maybe responding to you.
sign me
leapingoffthetrain
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:37pm PT
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What Ghost said. I can't even begin to recall how many times I just threw up my hands and abandoned a thread that had been/was/could have been great giggles, not because I was hearing stuff I didn't like, but because someone has jumped in and was posting whack nonsense every other post, or four posts in a row, or every third post or whatever. Long, obtuse, off-topic posts. One after another. Endlessly. Over and over and over. Night without end. Like a bone-crushing sonic scream of unbearable white noise that stripped the flesh from your body, and sent you down a path of naked insanity clawing out your own eyes, ripping at your hair, wailing inconsolably at stark raving madness of it all.
Well, something like that. In any event, it could be a tad frustrating.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Feb 22, 2012 - 03:38pm PT
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The occasional reminders
I could use some of whatever it is you are using. There is no "occasional when it comes to LEB or Dr. F or Rockjox. When they get going, and they do most days, whichever thread they are on is now nearly impossible to follow.
And for those people who think I want these people gone because of their politics or opinions.. I say "meh". I agreed with 95 percent of Crowleys politics, just not his way of posting on a forum.
Backtojumpingofftrains
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matisse
climber
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Feb 22, 2012 - 04:08pm PT
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^^^^^^^^
what dingus said about SNR.
While not meaning to dogpile on someone who is gone, those of you who laud Lois' medical contributions-her internal medicine was fairly good, but for some other stuff she sometimes was just flat out wrong. -didn't stop her from posting up stuff she knew nothing about.
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jstan
climber
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Feb 22, 2012 - 04:20pm PT
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We are discussing how to restrain those who attempt to monopolize everyone's attention. Mind you any method of doing so, banning is one, will also degrade our environment. That said, there are options:
1. When someone does this to an objectionable degree, people can specifically draw the poster's attention to this by posting that precise objection. If we all feel this is a problem there should be no ensuing food fight.
2. A less personal way to do it is to have the mechanism installed on the site for rating individual posts. Unfortunately this would not make clear why a post has been found to be objectionable.
3. The site could be enabled to allow a quota of only N posts per 24 hours from any address, and suppression of address duplication would have to be installed. When the quota is exceeded the site might do this simply by not publishing it till the following day. For my own part I edit previous posts wherever possible for this very reason.
I am sure there are many other options. The first is harder to do, the second is very broad brush, and the third would tend to encourage discipline.
Edit:
TGT:
That option has been discussed at length and many have found it to be inadequate.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 22, 2012 - 04:25pm PT
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There's also the little wheel gadget on the mouse.
Just give it a little flip and on to the next post.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Feb 22, 2012 - 05:38pm PT
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It takes a lot more than one little flip to get past one of rok's rants.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Feb 22, 2012 - 05:44pm PT
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Like a bone-crushing sonic scream of unbearable white noise that stripped the flesh from your body, and sent you down a path of naked insanity clawing out your own eyes, ripping at your hair, wailing inconsolably at stark raving madness of it all
Man, you were at that Sun Ra show in Providence too?
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Gary
climber
That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down
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Feb 22, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
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Like a bone-crushing sonic scream of unbearable white noise that stripped the flesh from your body, and sent you down a path of naked insanity clawing out your own eyes, ripping at your hair, wailing inconsolably at stark raving madness of it all
Man, you were at that Sun Ra show in Providence too?
Now THAT'S funny!
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apogee
climber
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Feb 22, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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"There's also the little wheel gadget on the mouse.
Just give it a little flip and on to the next post."
That's my 'greasemonkey'...that, and a little self discipline..works almost all the time, and doesn't have any software conflicts...
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Prod
Trad climber
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Feb 22, 2012 - 05:50pm PT
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A pet peeve of mine (and I understand it's my own issue - nothing more or less) wasn't only someone posting every second or third post, but rather when they would post two or three times in a row when a 'edit' of their last post would suffice.
So a page would look like this in terms of posting:
Avatar A
Avatar B
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar C
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar D
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar A
Avatar B
Etc.
I've been guilty of that...
Prod.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Feb 22, 2012 - 05:51pm PT
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You knew this was coming didn't you Crimpy?
Prod.
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