Forum Fights and What We Can Do To Fix Them

#21
Draku
(Dec 31, 2020 at 9:42 PM)Aidan Wrote: Honestly, an argument quarantine zone is probably the best way to handle it. Similar to controversial but specifically when two people want to go at each other. That way you don't have normal discussions turning into pointless fights.
this is what the salt mines are (not just a ban zone, but a place to put any unruly conversation into so it plays out in its own zone rules or not) but we seem to not use them enough for this purpose

anyways. i agree with those that have talked about how leaving or going KG only is not the solution. zelma managed to resolve a longstanding beef with a good thread on the forums about it, i think that sort of solution is very valid too. i'd like it if that got promoted more, like "go make a thread in the PPP about this" and if that's refused, salt mine time.

also agree with more heavily enforcing the etiquette rule on drive-by comments. those don't help much
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#22
Fun With Despair
everyone said the salt mines were a terrible idea until we finally had to use them.

finally, i have been vindicated
#23
Mario
It's incredibly disappointing we even need something like it but it seems like the right tool for the job I suppose
#24
Spritanium
Hottest take: "forum fights" are inconsequential and anyone above the age of 16 who is expending a non-zero amount of energy worrying about them should go outside and grow up in that order
#25
Spritanium
For fuck's sake where is Oracular when you need her
#26
Spritanium
We are assholes who shitpost and argue with each other, that's why we were fucking exiled from mario land in the first place and we should embrace that culture. If MW takes up so much of your time that it affects your mental health, you should learn how to take a break
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#27
Mario
(Jan 1, 2021 at 1:59 AM)Spritanium Wrote: Hottest take: "forum fights" are inconsequential and anyone above the age of 16 who is expending a non-zero amount of energy worrying about them should go outside and grow up in that order

it's not a big deal on the forums, but on Discord due to the shitty format it kinda takes up a ton of space
#28
Spritanium
(Jan 1, 2021 at 2:05 AM)Mario Wrote:
(Jan 1, 2021 at 1:59 AM)Spritanium Wrote: Hottest take: "forum fights" are inconsequential and anyone above the age of 16 who is expending a non-zero amount of energy worrying about them should go outside and grow up in that order

it's not a big deal on the forums, but on Discord due to the shitty format it kinda takes up a ton of space
Fair enough but I've managed to avoid this problem by taking part in more than one discord server. It's not like we're all stuck on an island together
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#29
Mario
(Jan 1, 2021 at 2:09 AM)Spritanium Wrote:
(Jan 1, 2021 at 2:05 AM)Mario Wrote:
(Jan 1, 2021 at 1:59 AM)Spritanium Wrote: Hottest take: "forum fights" are inconsequential and anyone above the age of 16 who is expending a non-zero amount of energy worrying about them should go outside and grow up in that order

it's not a big deal on the forums, but on Discord due to the shitty format it kinda takes up a ton of space
Fair enough but I've managed to avoid this problem by taking part in more than one discord server. It's not like we're all stuck on an island together

yeah it's an interesting problem. very easy to ignore a thread but when all the activity is in a certain channel it's like it's inviting you to jump in and that isn't really healthy for real time convos. Much easier to manage on a forum.

I think everyone's in multiple servers with the same people at this point too so its kinda silly. People are always mentioning their offshoot servers and even we're in one together lol
#30
Spritanium
Honestly with how thin skinned some of you are, MW is basically a troll's paradise. I literally started some kind of shitstorm the other day completely by accident lol. Maybe the problem isn't the arguments, but certain members' inability to let go of a random comment posted by an internet stranger
#31
Spritanium
Blew some minds with that post I can tell
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I agree with Spritey that a lot MW members are actual gigantic pussies and unfortunately the only cure for that is some good old fashioned discipline.

I'm gonna need you guys to turn around for me real quick...
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#33
Mario
(Jan 1, 2021 at 6:09 AM)Spritanium Wrote: Blew some minds with that post I can tell

I don't think anyone wants to bother explaining to you (who aren't that invested in this problem) why that's fucked up to say lmao
#34
Yrrzy
id rather hang out with all the people who left MW over its toxic argumentative atmosphere than the people who want to fight all the time and refuse to leave
#35
Spritanium
No I want it to be bad mfgg with funny spells

There has literally never been a time in this community's history where we haven't had ridiculous arguments over the stupidest shit. If you learn how to play into that and laugh at yourself it's a lot of fun
#36
Spritanium
(Jan 1, 2021 at 7:57 AM)Mario Wrote:
(Jan 1, 2021 at 6:09 AM)Spritanium Wrote: Blew some minds with that post I can tell

I don't think anyone wants to bother explaining to you (who aren't that invested in this problem) why that's fucked up to say lmao
It's a tough world out there, sometimes people send very mean ones and zeroes to us, and unfortunately the internet police can't stop it from ever happening

But hey if we want to try, maybe we can set up some kind of "Trial Member" system where the biggest Arguers are sectioned off from a private forum where only discussion about anime is allowed
#37
Spritanium
Also I'm not some kind of cool guy who broke out of the internet nerd spell and now has a bustling social life; you guys are still some of my closest friends and I still couldn't possibly give any less of a shit about this. I am just a man, a man who is exactly as pathetic as the rest of you but a lot better at making it work for me
#38
Spritanium
You know what though, having stupid discussions about stupid solutions to stupid problems is also a pastime of our community, so we should try to get this thread to at least 15 pages to please our ancestors
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#39
B3ll3
(Jan 1, 2021 at 6:56 PM)Spritanium Wrote: [...], so we should try to get this thread to at least 15 pages to please our ancestors
tiananmen square didnt happen and was justified if it did. also i think we should add either a quarantine zone for the furries or maybe get them out of the community altogether as that would do alot to get rid of the horny problem t b h. oh and the mods should actually do their job and enforce the rules instead of letting people get away with being assholes to each other. also @zelma i would appreciate it if you would stop spamming porn or anime images/horny anime images everywhere, its childish and you should grow the ef up.
We've had a couple members leave[though, not entirely because of the past couple weeks].
Tensions are a little high probably due to stress, anxiety, pandemic etc.
This is probably a great time to reset our attitudes, reflect and just try to be better people going forward.
A lot of us have known each other for a long time so it's cool to bullshit, joke around and have fun but once it gets too far we have to hold each other accountable and stop it.
Same applies to beef; we don't have to all get along or even interact with each other but there has to be a certain level of respect and in the spirit of that I just have to say that furry porn is almost always terrible.
I like Cream's mom because she receives high quality artwork and as a whole it's far more consistent than say Amy porn where I could see her one minute busting it wide open for SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and taking a dump in the middle of chao garden the next. I wouldn't personally abolish furries entirely from the internet but I would hold furry shit to a higher standard than other porn simply because some of the shit gets way too fucking wild, same goes for anything else that isn't directly in line with my fetishes or cream's mom.

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