topic Re: arrogance ? in SmorgasBoard

arrogance ?

juggalo9er — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:18:20 GMT

Can someone please direct me as to what the proper etiquette is when you believe a poster is making arrogant smug rmarks?

Re: arrogance ?

p- — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:20:34 GMT

@juggalo9er wrote:
Can someone please direct me as to what the proper etiquette is when you believe a poster is making arrogant smug rmarks?

That's pretty subjective... If they are in clear violation of this site's terms of service, just notify a Mod and they will take care of it. This community has guidelines. Otherwise, the best course of action is to either subtly poke fun at them until they flounce away, or grow a thicker skin and move on. In other words, tattle, give it right back, or suck it up and drive on. I generally favor the last two options myself.

Re: arrogance ?

yudeology101 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:37:28 GMT

@p- wrote:
@juggalo9er wrote:
Can someone please direct me as to what the proper etiquette is when you believe a poster is making arrogant smug rmarks?
That's pretty subjective... If they are in clear violation of this site's terms of service, just notify a Mod and they will take care of it. This community has guidelines. Otherwise, the best course of action is to either subtly poke fun at them until they flounce away, or grow a thicker skin and move on. In other words, tattle, give it right back, or suck it up and drive on. I generally favor the last two options myself.

I do this with the most wildly fashion as possible, w/o violating the TOS terms.

Re: arrogance ?

Revelate — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:48:02 GMT

@p- wrote:
@juggalo9er wrote:
Can someone please direct me as to what the proper etiquette is when you believe a poster is making arrogant smug rmarks?
That's pretty subjective... If they are in clear violation of this site's terms of service, just notify a Mod and they will take care of it. This community has guidelines. Otherwise, the best course of action is to either subtly poke fun at them until they flounce away, or grow a thicker skin and move on. In other words, tattle, give it right back, or suck it up and drive on. I generally favor the last two options myself.

If someone is generally trolling it up anyway to the detriment of the community, even borderline cases it's not a bad idea to Report it as Inappropriate Content anyway.

To be perfectly honest I had more time to keep up with the forums beforehand; now I'm just not in a life circumstance permitting that. If someone files an AR, all the moderators get notified, and I can go take a look without trawling the forums like I used to do for hours on end. Now if nobody says anything, I sometimes wind up seeing an issue weeks later after it's become a real problem and I don't get the chance to try to handle it with a light touch as I'd personally prefer.

Can't speak for the other moderators but I would suggest they all have similar times where they're busy, and it's impossible for one individual to read the whole forums anyway.

Might be considered tattling but I don't subscribe to that, personally I'd rather see AR's on things that *might* become a problem than things which already are. The first can be resolved sometimes without impact to the community, the second it's already has impacted the community and there isn't much to be done other than applying the nuclear option.

Re: arrogance ?

juggalo9er — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:36:27 GMT

i prefer to dish it right back out...i just have problems keeping it toned down

Re: arrogance ?

azguy13 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:43:16 GMT

I think we all know exactly what the OP is talking about and I am really really really trying to just ignore it. Is it detrimental to the community? Yes, I belive it is. However, the TOS is not being violated so us mere mortals cannot do anything but ignore. That is, unless you want to get mod-whacked, lol.

Re: arrogance ?

Gunnar419 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:04:43 GMT

@azguy13 wrote:
I think we all know exactly what the OP is talking about and I am really really really trying to just ignore it. Is it detrimental to the community? Yes, I belive it is. However, the TOS is not being violated so us mere mortals cannot do anything but ignore. That is, unless you want to get mod-whacked, lol.

I failed to hold my tongue yesterday when I saw the arrogance that (I assume) the OP's talking about. And an entire thread ended up mod-whacked.

I enjoy the atmosphere of civility and helpfulness around this place and I respect the mods for the hard job they do. I confess my guilt for what happened yesterday.

But I'm sorry ... that I can't really say I'm sorry.

I probably should have followed yudeology's method though. Payback through subtlety.

Re: arrogance ?

Stralem — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:12:23 GMT

Another vote for dishing it back.

Trolls trolling trolled trolls is a beautiful thing to witness. I personally think myFico could use a bit of that quintessential internet madhouse spirit.

Re: arrogance ?

Burned2manybridgesB4 — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:12:30 GMT

Poking is fun, and sometimes deserved.

On the other side of the pond, you guys would just love "membersince99," and his bashings...lol.

Re: arrogance ?

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 04:28:30 GMT

As Rev pointed out, ARs are the best way to alert us. We are here to make sure the community, as a whole have a forum in which they are comfortable with visiting; this will never be the place for 'one' to be more important than the 'many'.

We are all busy and sometimes things do get missed - do not be afraid to use the AR or if you feel more comfortable, PM a MOD.

~Lexie

Re: arrogance ?

MidnightVoice — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:58:40 GMT

@yudeology101 wrote:

I do this with the most wildly fashion as possible, w/o violating the TOS terms.

As in Oscar?

Re: arrogance ?

yudeology101 — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:59:59 GMT

@MidnightVoice wrote:
@yudeology101 wrote:
I do this with the most wildly fashion as possible, w/o violating the TOS terms.
As in Oscar?

Sure...you offering the trophy?

Re: arrogance ?

juggalo9er — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:10:19 GMT

@yudeology101 wrote:
@MidnightVoice wrote:
@yudeology101 wrote:
I do this with the most wildly fashion as possible, w/o violating the TOS terms.
As in Oscar?
Sure...you offering the trophy?

ladies and gentlemen we have a weiner...i mean winner

Re: arrogance ?

yudeology101 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:36:01 GMT

@juggalo9er wrote:
@yudeology101 wrote:
@MidnightVoice wrote:
@yudeology101 wrote:
I do this with the most wildly fashion as possible, w/o violating the TOS terms.
As in Oscar?
Sure...you offering the trophy?
ladies and gentlemen we have a weiner...i mean winner

LOL

Re: arrogance ?

eagle2013 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 03:53:24 GMT

@Gunnar419 wrote:
@azguy13 wrote:
I think we all know exactly what the OP is talking about and I am really really really trying to just ignore it. Is it detrimental to the community? Yes, I belive it is. However, the TOS is not being violated so us mere mortals cannot do anything but ignore. That is, unless you want to get mod-whacked, lol.

I failed to hold my tongue yesterday when I saw the arrogance that (I assume) the OP's talking about. And an entire thread ended up mod-whacked.

I enjoy the atmosphere of civility and helpfulness around this place and I respect the mods for the hard job they do. I confess my guilt for what happened yesterday.

But I'm sorry ... that I can't really say I'm sorry.

I probably should have followed yudeology's method though. Payback through subtlety.

I saw that! I really wish that thread would be re-opened.

Re: arrogance ?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:26:08 GMT

@eagle2013 wrote:
@Gunnar419 wrote:
@azguy13 wrote:
I think we all know exactly what the OP is talking about and I am really really really trying to just ignore it. Is it detrimental to the community? Yes, I belive it is. However, the TOS is not being violated so us mere mortals cannot do anything but ignore. That is, unless you want to get mod-whacked, lol.

I failed to hold my tongue yesterday when I saw the arrogance that (I assume) the OP's talking about. And an entire thread ended up mod-whacked.

I enjoy the atmosphere of civility and helpfulness around this place and I respect the mods for the hard job they do. I confess my guilt for what happened yesterday.

But I'm sorry ... that I can't really say I'm sorry.

I probably should have followed yudeology's method though. Payback through subtlety.

I saw that! I really wish that thread would be re-opened.

Sorry, the thread in question will not be revived.

Re: arrogance ?

Burned2manybridgesB4 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 13:40:48 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@eagle2013 wrote:
@Gunnar419 wrote:
@azguy13 wrote:
I think we all know exactly what the OP is talking about and I am really really really trying to just ignore it. Is it detrimental to the community? Yes, I belive it is. However, the TOS is not being violated so us mere mortals cannot do anything but ignore. That is, unless you want to get mod-whacked, lol.

I failed to hold my tongue yesterday when I saw the arrogance that (I assume) the OP's talking about. And an entire thread ended up mod-whacked.

I enjoy the atmosphere of civility and helpfulness around this place and I respect the mods for the hard job they do. I confess my guilt for what happened yesterday.

But I'm sorry ... that I can't really say I'm sorry.

I probably should have followed yudeology's method though. Payback through subtlety.

I saw that! I really wish that thread would be re-opened.
Sorry, the thread in question will not be revived.

What'd I miss???? Tell me...tell me...

Re: arrogance ?

stillirise — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:36:31 GMT

@Burned2manybridgesB4 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@eagle2013 wrote:
@Gunnar419 wrote:
@azguy13 wrote:
I think we all know exactly what the OP is talking about and I am really really really trying to just ignore it. Is it detrimental to the community? Yes, I belive it is. However, the TOS is not being violated so us mere mortals cannot do anything but ignore. That is, unless you want to get mod-whacked, lol.

I failed to hold my tongue yesterday when I saw the arrogance that (I assume) the OP's talking about. And an entire thread ended up mod-whacked.

I enjoy the atmosphere of civility and helpfulness around this place and I respect the mods for the hard job they do. I confess my guilt for what happened yesterday.

But I'm sorry ... that I can't really say I'm sorry.

I probably should have followed yudeology's method though. Payback through subtlety.

I saw that! I really wish that thread would be re-opened.
Sorry, the thread in question will not be revived.
What'd I miss???? Tell me...tell me...

Me too...tell me

Re: arrogance ?

Shogun — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:57:55 GMT

If this were more of a trivial subject area that we cover on the boards, I could see some leeway with some of the types of posts. But when people are here to help themselves financially, save their home from being foreclosed on, getting leins and judgements, or possibly falling into debt turmoil, I think some of the less helpful/warranted posting types could be done without. But that's just my opinion on the matter.