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Post by Twilight Zone on Nov 17, 2011 21:11:41 GMT -5
In the future I'll take my grievances to PMs. I suggest that be a rule. edit Because I have come to the realization that arguing with forum staff looks bad for the board and bad for me and it should be private. My sincere apologies Oriet.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 17, 2011 22:21:09 GMT -5
He is right about one thing though, all forums are dictatorships if you compared them to a form of government. I've seen like 1 website that claimed to be modeled after a democratic system & it was obviously a paper-thin facade.
I'm not even sure how a non-authoritarian message board would work. If the admin can't control what goes on, then who does?
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Post by ironbite on Nov 18, 2011 0:56:46 GMT -5
In the future I'll take my grievances to PMs. I suggest that be a rule. edit Because I have come to the realization that arguing with forum staff looks bad for the board and bad for me and it should be private. My sincere apologies Oriet. Smartest thing you've ever said.
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Post by MaybeNever on Nov 18, 2011 1:05:42 GMT -5
He is right about one thing though, all forums are dictatorships if you compared them to a form of government. I've seen like 1 website that claimed to be modeled after a democratic system & it was obviously a paper-thin facade. I'm not even sure how a non-authoritarian message board would work. If the admin can't control what goes on, then who does? You set up a yearly election and all forum members with more than X posts or X number of months or days of membership can vote for the president or council or however one wishes to do it. Then the council votes on stuff. Not purely democratic, but colloquially so. For a pure democracy you just put everything to the members. Nobody gets banned, no rules get made, et cetera, until the membership has cast ballots. Probably not the most efficient way to run a site, and it would almost certainly lead to serious problems, but then democracy's inefficiency is in some ways a strength.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 18, 2011 1:14:18 GMT -5
You could do those, but they would only exist so long as the current admin didn't decide to just shitcan the whole system.
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Post by MaybeNever on Nov 18, 2011 2:40:51 GMT -5
You could probably set up a system to limit the ability of one person to do that, but that is, after all, a problem in many real-world democracies too.
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Post by The_L on Nov 18, 2011 9:50:45 GMT -5
I'm not even sure how a non-authoritarian message board would work. It's been tried. I do believe it was called /b/.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 18, 2011 11:49:23 GMT -5
Not familiar with /b/'s setup.
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Post by The_L on Nov 23, 2011 19:07:56 GMT -5
"Rules: LOLNONE!
Moderation guidelines: LOLNONE! Enjoy your ban!"
Spend 5 minutes on /b/ and you will immediately understand why it is simultaneously the home of awesome memes, and the cesspool of the Internet.
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Nov 24, 2011 0:43:10 GMT -5
Rules of /b/: Is it funny? If "yes" continue on. If "no" do not post. Newfag.
Is it legal to post? If "yes" post. If "no" post and hope FBI is not watching.
Moderation rules of /b/: If it would be funny to ban, ban.
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Post by ironbite on Nov 24, 2011 1:11:10 GMT -5
I propose a new set of rules.
Ironbite-the same set of rules that govern the mysterious forums of Cybertron
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 24, 2011 1:50:10 GMT -5
I propose that I write a new rule into existance.
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