Dont say anything offensive on Rig Talk

[Maddnotez]

Oops

[clipless bumper]

Haha - what did you say?

[Maddnotez]

Haha - what did you say?

"Gay"

[nightflameauto]

Haha - what did you say?

"Gay"

Clearly you weren't in Off Topic. That's a cesspool that makes old HCAF seem kind and gentle.

[clipless bumper]

What if you had said 'ghey' - would that have been alright???

[Maddnotez]

Haha - what did you say?

"Gay"

Clearly you weren't in Off Topic. That's a cesspool that makes old HCAF seem kind and gentle.

I guess some background to be fair.

There is no more off topic. The new corporate owner Nero who hasn't contributed anything besides buying the forum from Brad removed OT section.

He made a threatening thread about it and I replied saying Gay.

[greatmutah]

Maybe you should have specified not gay as in homosexual but gay as in your parents chaperoning your prom?

[nightflameauto]

Haha - what did you say?

"Gay"

Clearly you weren't in Off Topic. That's a cesspool that makes old HCAF seem kind and gentle.

I guess some background to be fair.

There is no more off topic. The new corporate owner Nero who hasn't contributed anything besides buying the forum from Brad removed OT section.

He made a threatening thread about it and I replied saying Gay.

I hope he realizes that he's just making the problem worse. When they closed the politics forum and warned sternly about not posting politics in off-topic then disappeared we just saw off-topic become the cesspool that resulted in them eventually shit-canning off-topic. Now we're gonna see those mongloids push the rest of the forum into obscenity laced political pot-shots between the same usual suspects.

Buh, bye rig-talk. It used to be fun, but you dun goofed.

Meanwhile they bantinate over nothing nonsense. But calling each other libtards and nazis constantly is perfectly OK. What a shit-show.

[Maddnotez]

Haha - what did you say?

"Gay"

Clearly you weren't in Off Topic. That's a cesspool that makes old HCAF seem kind and gentle.

I guess some background to be fair.

There is no more off topic. The new corporate owner Nero who hasn't contributed anything besides buying the forum from Brad removed OT section.

He made a threatening thread about it and I replied saying Gay.

I hope he realizes that he's just making the problem worse. When they closed the politics forum and warned sternly about not posting politics in off-topic then disappeared we just saw off-topic become the cesspool that resulted in them eventually shit-canning off-topic. Now we're gonna see those mongloids push the rest of the forum into obscenity laced political pot-shots between the same usual suspects.

Buh, bye rig-talk. It used to be fun, but you dun goofed.

Meanwhile they bantinate over nothing nonsense. But calling each other libtards and nazis constantly is perfectly OK. What a shit-show.

it's funny tbh. Forums have declined unfortunately quite a bit over the years. Hopefully he paid a lot of money for RigTalk because I can't see that being a winning investment.

I get it, it was a direct attack basically challenging the forum owner. I'm not really crying about it or playing the victim but I rarely went to off topic and have never posted anything remotely as offensive as a ton of other members did on a regular basis but my one comment gets me removed after what, 13 years of dedication:lol:

Ehhh oh well. I could still technically re register under a new email if I wanted probably. But I posted kind of as a warning Nero is not playing guys, he means it when he says "that's it".

[nightflameauto]

I peeked in. Sure enough the political bullshit is spilling into the rig-talk subforum. Predictable as wind is South Dakota.

[Maddnotez]

I peeked in. Sure enough the political bullshit is spilling into the rig-talk subforum. Predictable as wind is South Dakota.

im sure Nero has already disappeared into the South Dakota winds and nothing will happen to those members.

[Ostinato Rubato]

Haha - what did you say?

"Gay"

During pride month no less.

[clipless bumper]

Maybe you should have specified not gay as in homosexual but gay as in your parents chaperoning your prom?

Same thing - unless you mean it is happy-happy-joy-joy to have your parents chaperone......

[fretless]

[Dave]

[Maddnotez]

[GuitarBilly]

I get not wanting politics in the forum because it's a moderation nightmare. But canning Off-Topic completely seems a bit too much. I have been able to keep politics out of here without having to go that far.

Here's the thing about forums being a "cesspool". They're not. Not even Rig Talk. What you usually get is a handful of members (usually 10-15, maybe less) that do ALL the assholing and run other people off "their" forum. So it looks like a cesspool but it's usually just a few assholes doing it.


If you have a room with 3000 people and 10 are taking shits on the floor and smearing them on the wall, soon the whole room will smell and look filthy but the fact is only 10 people did it.

I don't follow RT closely but I am willing to bet that a very small asshole wiping there would solve the problem without having to remove OT. I doubt this is being caused by a significant amount of members. I've been doing this long enough to know better.

[nightflameauto]

I get not wanting politics in the forum because it's a moderation nightmare. But canning Off-Topic completely seems a bit too much. I have been able to keep politics out of here without having to go that far.

Here's the thing about forums being a "cesspool". They're not. Not even Rig Talk. What you usually get is a handful of members (usually 10-15, maybe less) that do ALL the assholing and run other people off "their" forum. So it looks like a cesspool but it's usually just a few assholes doing it.


If you have a room with 3000 people and 10 are taking shits on the floor and smearing them on the wall, soon the whole room will smell and look filthy but the fact is only 10 people did it.

I don't follow RT closely but I am willing to bet that a very small asshole wiping there would solve the problem without having to remove OT. I doubt this is being caused by a significant amount of members. I've been doing this long enough to know better.

My guess based on posting patterns in the off-topic is it's actually two, maybe three people doing the majority of the shit-stirring over there. They have several alt accounts, but two main accounts poking at each other and then several hangers on chiming in. Seriously, those should have been temp banned ages ago, but they never did it. And each step has been a subforum wipe rather than a targeted spanking.

They're making the problem worse, not better.

[Maddnotez]

Yep, it's definitely the same few people. 2 or 3 maybe, they don't post anywhere else besides OT.

But I agree with Billy. If it is THAT big of a deal where you're going to be uptight then remove the actual people causing issues instead of the entire sectuon

[Maddnotez]

I peeked in. Sure enough the political bullshit is spilling into the rig-talk subforum. Predictable as wind is South Dakota.

Funny I just peeked.

One guy called Nero an asshole, a few others went right into politics on that very thread yet I get banned for saying gay. Lol....fuck that guy.

[linthat22]

I got banned on sevenstring.org. But the weird thing is, I think it was for a thread I managed to get locked and they banned me about 20 days after that occurred. Strange.

[greatmutah]

I peeked in. Sure enough the political bullshit is spilling into the rig-talk subforum. Predictable as wind is South Dakota.

Funny I just peeked.

One guy called Nero an asshole, a few others went right into politics on that very thread yet I get banned for saying gay. Lol....fuck that guy.

How did you get banned but Picasso still runs his mouth? Also, why is WizardOfOzz allowed to post anywhere? That dude is still a massive douche canoe.

[GuitarBilly]

I remember at HCAF the Wizard of Oz used to post these really detailed reviews and I thought "wow this guy knows a lot". Until one day he posted a clip. OMG dude is the worst fucking player ever. Really couldn't string 3 chords together or keep basic rhythm. He's the epitome of the "internet expert" that NO ONE would listen to IRL.

[greatmutah]

Right!! I remember those clips. He got laughed outta HCAF. But he acts like he’s king shit around Rig Talk. Dude needs to grow the F up.

[mortatone]

I run a forum that's basically what's left of HCOJ. We've managed to keep a political section with a hard line rule that politics don't belong in the main chat area. It's taken a couple of years for [some] people to respect the rule but it's basically come to be accepted. Temp bans work for some folks but changing their user names to reflect the dipshittery they display has been the most effective tool. And it's kind of a fun ritual for everyone to enjoy