2009-11-12, 15:54 | Link #42 |
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People are speaking as if the mods were over out troaths for every spoiler material you can possibly imagine, when in fact it is the opposite. People are still able to post highly spoilerful information like episode title listings, comments on the preview on the next episode and magazine reports and comments on the series without the use of spoiler tags, which IMHO is a little contracting, those should be quarantined and put under a proper label as everything else.
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2009-11-12, 15:58 | Link #43 |
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Have people been given long bans over spoilers in the past? Has there been a "no strike and your out" rule being enforced? I've seen many people, past and present post spoilers and get away with nothing but a warning because they went on to post minutes later. Guess what, people who are idiots and don't list their tags won't care. True your intention was there before, but it was never enforced harsh before. Of course that will lead to heavy problems and misused spoilers. I'm sure if we didn't have people repeating questions and putting absolutely everything in spoiler tags due to the restrictiveness of the fourms we would not have a problem.
Even if we don't go back to exactly the situation before, this makes discussions of series without a sub form incredibly restrictive. To find a manga/light novel/ whatever to ask a simple question is impractical. why not make an exception in that case so we can actually have conversation? People complain about being spoiled ruining their experience, but in my opinion not being able to find out what happens kills me every week? Why should their need overtake mine? If i was to ask and use spoiler tags properly they would actively need to spoil themselves, where as in their case my opinion is not even an option. These people are really really tempted to walk that fine line and purposely try to spoil people staying within the rule guidelines |
2009-11-12, 19:18 | Link #44 | |
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There are times I try to follow your thoughts and all it leads me toward the nearest barren landscape. I don't know what prompting you to come across as so mean...
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I must confess that I'm kind of annoyed by this take of yours and I rarely am annoyed at anything. While I understand everyone is free to express their opinion, some sensible thinking and restrain are warranted nonetheless to express any opinion before it can be considered in any light. I'm sorry to say this, Cats, but I think I'll start deleting your posts if you continue to come across like this. Whether it is a self-conscious process in your part or if you are doing such inadvertently without fully understanding the scope of your own words, it doesn't take away the fact that right now all you are accomplishing with your choice of words in your posts are to agitate matters.
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2009-11-12, 19:41 | Link #46 | |
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I'm just glad that you've made things clear to prevent any further misunderstanding, so you've my thanks.
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2009-11-12, 21:44 | Link #47 | ||
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I'm afraid the rest of your arguments are all non-starters if you were trying to appeal to the staff.
So... at this point, I think I've probably said just about all I can about the thinking behind the current policy, and provided every insight I can think of into the things that would need to be considered if you wanted to propose a change that would be seriously considered. It's not just a simple matter of putting forward a good-sounding argument about some sort of matter of principle. You have to sell your proposed change to people who went through an awful lot of work, and many long hours of debate, to settle on what we have and who generally don't see an urgent need for change even if they personally don't totally like every single byproduct. So, I guess when people are ready, the staff will be here to listen. Until then, people can fester in their anger, but I'm just being honest when I say that it won't change anything. But, of course, I'm assuming that people want to actually want to see a change made, and not just vent. |
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2009-11-12, 22:20 | Link #48 |
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Relentlessflame - A lot of this is philosophical.
I've felt for awhile now that the moderation on the boards may err a bit too much on the strict application side. That is, to say, if a thread goes off-topic even for just a few posts of a tangental discussion, the mods can come down pretty heavy against it. Heck, I've seen this on Images threads where people were simply talking about a particular image for awhile; honestly, I don't see why that's such a big deal, as it's not even off-topic imo. Likewise, if people focus on the source material for awhile... if you get a few pages straight of spoiler-tagged discussion... I just don't see why that's such a big deal, worthy of moderator consideration, particularly if the source material discussion genuinely relates to the topic at hand. I mean, if this is what the posters actually want to talk about, then why should anybody get in the way of that? The very idea of steering discussion seems a bit strange and needlessly limiting to me. Threads will always eventually come back on topic anyway. In the cases where I wasn't familiar with the source material, I simply skipped over pages that had lots of spoiler-tagged discussion in them, and either posted on something related to the topic at hand that I was familiar with, or I waited for somebody else to do so, or I decided to spoiler myself out of curiosity. In the cases where I was familiar with the source material, then I joined in on the discussion. I'm a big believer in free-flowing discussion until somebody gets out of line with flaming. When it comes to off-topic discussions, I've often found that posters will police themselves - a poster will sometimes post "Ok, guys, that was a nice off topic chat, but it's time to get this back on topic". And then... it gets back on topic. So, to put this all in political terms... I'd prefer a slightly more libertarian Anime Suki. Some boards that I've been on are practically anarchistic, and I'm very glad that Anime Suki shines in comparison to them, but... I think that you're erring maybe just a touch too much the other way. I tend to feel that as long as there's little to no flaming, trolling, or spamming going on, and as long as there's a good atmosphere for discussion, and as long as people know where to go to look for things, then that's all the moderation that you need. If the moderators are accomplishing precisely that much, then they're doing an awesome job. Well, in the case of Anime Suki, there's also the case of keeping threads concurrent with new episode threads and the like, and Anime Suki's mods do a great job there as well. Basically, I think that after that... let the posters do as they will. Be like a NHL ref that "lets the players play" and only "calls" the truly egregious stuff, if you get my analogy. Just my opinion. Anyway, I'm not just venting. My viewpoints presented above are my honest viewpoints, and they do reflect the sort of policies and policy application approaches that I think would make Anime Suki even more conducive to good, dynamic, free-flowing discussion than what it already impressively is.
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2009-11-12, 22:23 | Link #49 |
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So you're saying that all of your rules are just standards, people can and will be banned simply for pissing a mod off and that even if i stay within the bounds of the rules i should always watch my back and be careful and never say anything for fear of being banned? This is exactly the type of thing that leads to pages of spoilers! When everything has to be a life or death situation with them and nobody feels like they can say anything. Maybe if "i hope so and so gets some development soon" isn't treated like the end of the freaking world we wouldn't have people overusing spoilers.
I have proposed very feasible modest changes. For sub fourms where it is very easy to discuss different versions of the work in one place there is absolutely no problem with an absolute ban on spoilers in anime threads, but with out a sub forum, we have no option. I don't really feel like repeating my multiple reasons why trying to hold a conversation over multiple threads in different situations is much less practical than say just using a spoiler or two. The anti-spoilers have a very simple option. DON'T CLICK THE SPOILER! And while your right, technically there is nothing stopping us from discussing anything, in certain places you designate, it becomes impractical, a big "screw you" to the spoiler fans. Seems as if on anime suki you just have to be the loud majority and the mods will cater to your every whim. I would bet if the percentage was closer to half/half we would not have seen anything like these rules being implemented. Last edited by SeedFreedom; 2009-11-12 at 22:36. |
2009-11-12, 22:51 | Link #50 |
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Not for nothing SeedFreedom, but you show no respect for those who dislike spoilers. Your view is one sided despite what you may think or say. Your signature is proof enough of that (which you should change seeing as how you spoiled it for me and who knows how many other people).
Its not a difficult thing to go to another thread to talk about something by the way. vB's subscription system is easy to use and helps you find the topic you need to go to easily.
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2009-11-12, 23:21 | Link #51 |
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While it is crudely put, its not far from the truth as far as the spoiler policy goes. The fact is the fans who are highlighting these issues about the current spoiler policy remains in the very minority, a blip on the radar if I may be blunt. What's more.. all of those issues were considered in one way or the other at the time and it was still put into affect just because it addresses the core issues with spoiler. And as long as this policy works to protect the majority who are vulnerable to spoiler, it will be in place.
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2009-11-12, 23:36 | Link #52 | |
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How about just having a [manga][/manga], [game][/game], [novel][/novel] and [speculation][/speculation] tag. (with maybe short forms like [m] [g] [n] [?] for convenience)
They won't work on the "click me to open" principle, as that has failed. They also don't presume or require a title, as that is unreliable and perhaps even misleading. They instead work using cookies (ie. store data in your browsers little memory). You are asked a simple yes/no question and your answer as well as information to identify in which thread you've gave it will be stored in the cookie. Say this was the [manga] tag, the question would be "Have you read the manga? [yes] [no]" (words in brakets would be buttons).
The question should preferably appear at the top (ie. first line) of the post as a sort of header (rather on the spot). Once answered for one post it is, as mentioned earlier, applied to all posts in the thread. Oh and, all 3 tags should be treated as inlined, not block as is the case with the [spoiler] tag, so that you may write them inside your paragraphs with out spliting your paragraphs in the process. Advantages,There's of course one extra requirement to make it work. The following rule, (this doesn't even touch the "spoiler policy" mind you) Quote:
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2009-11-12, 23:42 | Link #54 |
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SeedFreedom, your main point seems to be that "If someone is spoiled, big deal its not the end of the world. This gives off a vibe that tells me (as put by DragoZero) that you don't have respect for those who dislike spoilers. At this point you're just venting and not providing constructive ideas towards a reasonable change that would make everyone happy.
Anyways as for my thoughts on this whole thing. I pretty much like the current policy used on this sight, though it does have its impracticalities. Those impracticalities are not knowing at times where to go within the forum to have a "spoiler" discussion. Most notably, series that have no sub-forum. Now this usually leads to having to find a manga/light novel thread for the anime (if there is a manga/novel adaptation for it) and this is what some find as an inconvenience. I believe in these situations a link should be provided in the first post of the thread linking to the appropriate page of where to hold a "spoiler approved" discussion. I believe this could prove useful in providing people where to go without much effort on their part (if it is really that much of an inconvenience for them searching for the thread themselves). Just finished posting this after Cats presented that idea and now I must also give my good word too it. Great idea Cats.
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2009-11-12, 23:54 | Link #55 | |
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And, SeedFreedom, while I suppose that nearly everyone here knows about Darth Vader, I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that a lot of people don't know that fact about Dumbledore, given that it doesn't come to pass until the later novels. Like DragoZERO, I think it's rude, but then I'm another of those "anti-spoiler" people that you seem to think are beneath contempt. GuidoHunter Toki's suggestion of a link to any source material discussions might be a good one, though it's probably a bitch to implement. If it were to be automated, the moderators would have to enforce a consistent set of titles so that the link would be inserted in anime discussions where a corresponding manga/novel discussion exists, and leave it out when it doesn't. Given that series titling is already rather inconsistent, since it relies to a degree on how subbers choose to title their works, I'm not sure I can see an easy way to implement this. That doesn't mean I don't think our intrepid site administrators couldn't come up with a method to do so, of course. As far as I can tell, they can do just about anything they put their minds to!
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2009-11-13, 00:02 | Link #56 |
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Let's see if I can make my last post in this thread count...
Anything is feasible. The question still remains if what I consider to be user friendly is also the case for someone else. For example, why do fans who clicked on spoiler which is clearly marked for a spoilerish content cried spoiler after reading it? Common sense would dictate not to click on something hidden if I didn't have a clue as to what may lie inside. Same thing goes for the usage of clearly marking spoiler tags. How many of us actually take the time to think up a reasonable warning to give hints to the content inside those tags? And not to mention a conscious effort to write up a proper warning doesn't guarantee the warning will be received equally by everyone. There is still a chance someone will read the warning wrongly and thus may venture into reading something he/she didn't want to. There are several examples outlined in the thread that highlights the very issue with the usage of spoiler tags. People are curious by nature. Hiding things elaborately won't really solve the issues just because it now takes more than one click. People can still get to those spoilers and then complain about how they were spoiled. The difference is it took them more than one mouse click. The key issue here is, of course, self-restraint which every one of us lack to a certain degree. The lack of consideration that follows there after is just a by product. Hence, the spoiler policy at its full glory. Anyway, it's been fun!
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Also, to the extent that some people don't tag spoilers at all... part of it is a result of total spoiler bans on certain threads. What this results in, sometimes, is a kind of *hint, hint, nudge, nudge* sort of post where people familiar with the source material are kind of talking at a spoilerrific level with other people familiar with the source material, only they're trying to keep their hints vague enough that only other people familiar with the source material will get them. Of course, this fails sometimes, and it lets folks in on the spoiler, unfortunately. With the removal of total spoiler bans (including bans on even spoiler tag use), you would likely see fewer of these sorts of *hint, hint, nudge, nudge* posts, as people would no longer have a reason to try them as a kind of loophole around the spoiler policy. Quote:
Again, those of us who use spoiler tags properly are being punished because of those who don't.
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About my current signature, the book has been out for years, the movie has been released, and even the Simpsons have parodied it. I think that is more than enough time. Last edited by SeedFreedom; 2009-11-13 at 00:19. |
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2009-11-13, 01:39 | Link #59 | ||
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You have not thought this through at all. If people aren't even able to label things now with a text box, you think things are suddenly going to get better because you've now given them even more ways to get it wrong? And now we're going to have to moderate because some moron clicked "speculation" when he meant "novel" and spoiled the world on some major secret? Besides, not everyone who has read the novels has read all the novels; some have only read the translations, and some have read the raws. Are you now going to add more tags for the language of the medium as well? Or maybe someone would be okay with spoilers for novel 4, but they just haven't gotten to novel 7 yet -- oops, it's all or nothing! Further, you really expect people to grasp the subtleties of applied tags when they're only able to view the thread from their own "spoiler-allowed" perspective with some "little boxes"? Are you going to give them some sort of "preview" so they can make sure it looks acceptable to outsiders and they didn't screw up the tags? 'Cuz that's likely... And, besides that, what about all the other thoughts that went into the policy? "Fix" this one issue and everything else be damned? Hey, here's a thought: it's called threads. Maybe we could, say, have one thread for the anime, one for the manga, one for the novel, and then people could just pick the one that contains the one they want to discuss. If they want to do a comparison, they could just pick whichever media is further ahead in the story. Is that really so hard? Or wait, apparently it is, because it fractures the conversation. Well guess what, the conversation is already fractured because the audience isn't all on the same playing field. All this crap is just because a small minority think it's so important that they get to discuss their precious spoilers in the anime thread, since they can't be bothered to perform the small gesture of taking it outside. Posting on this forum is not some sort of right. I at least applaud the fact that you're trying to be constructive, but no. Hell no. The problem was never that people lacked the option or prompting to do it right. The problem was also not that we lacked the technology to make it easy to manage. The problem is that people just can't be bothered to do it right because they don't give a damn. They won't give more of a damn if you make it even more complicated to do it right. They can't even put the right description in a box that says "What is your spoiler about?". Made. Of. Fail. Quote:
At this point, I'm ready to say just post in the topic for the medium you want to discuss and get over it. It may not be perfect, but it's not as hard or as devastating as you all make it out to be. You've just all up and decided, like little children, "I don't want to try to work within the rules, because the rules are wrong", and do little more than pout and complain that it's not fair. Sorry, but I'm fresh out of sympathy. I'm going to lock this thread now because I'm fairly certain that further discussion on this topic will be nothing but more back-patting between the small circle that are in favour of this change with little effort to actually come up with real solutions that reflect and consider all the facets of this problem. If someone has a constructive suggestion, then please post the suggestion only -- not the "rhetoric" -- in a new thread. But before you do that I want you to really carefully think everything through and consider all of the arguments that are at play, and not simply what you personally think is important. Posting another thread that just aims to continue the rhetoric of this thread is pointless because we've gone around in circles enough times now and we're not getting anywhere. So take some time, think about it, and we'll talk again once people are ready with concrete, workable ideas and positive, constructive suggestions. |
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