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By Anonymous, probably. Looking for the small fish in in the proverbial pond.
Actually, we're more like the plankton.
Oh Come On
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By Anonymous, probably. Looking for the small fish in in the proverbial pond.
Actually, we're more like the plankton.
good question, maybe Jet found another way to get back at PGG.
Did Plankton get banned, too?
Well you can't say this forum is boring any more.
And if you did, you'd probably get banned.
And if you did, you'd probably get banned.
Not quite where he was going with that one! I think he was insinuating that we we below the small fish in the big sea... we were more on the level of plankton... not Plankton. 😎
That's it
I know, I was just trying to crack wise.
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I know what you were up to. I also understand a guy with your education knows the place of plankton in the food chain.
😉
They're at the top right?
Sort of like some of the med students and residents here! 🙄
Well I guess it was an April Fools Joke.
So WTF is going on mods. Is this all a joke to you guys?
So WTF is going on mods. Is this all a joke to you guys?
They pulled the plug early.
My two cents, for my 9 years on SDN, I've come to think that the April Fool's pranks are borderline poorly thought out and executed here. Compound that with actual site changes on 1 April, and you engender confusion and resentment. (For example, the integration of the All-Students forum into the Lounge - which seemed to be the epitome of an April Fool's joke - occurred on 1 April, and was legitimate, and badly timed.)
The AS Forum was merged with the Lounge in March of last year. Not on AFD. Other than that factual nugget, I'd agree that it's possible that our volunteer staff might not come up with the most professional, high production value AFD pranks. But some of them have been pretty darn funny.
At the end of March. Close enough that it was not clear that it wasn't an April Fool's Day joke.
As for "some of them have been pretty darn funny", de gustibus non est disputandem. Or, "there's no accounting for taste". When only one side finds it hilarious, but at the expense of the other, a reasonable observer would have to consider that the prank was hateful, poorly conceived, or just not "nice".
A jug of water over your head while walking in, in a t-shirt or a swimsuit, can be funny. A jug of grape juice, when you are in your business clothes, is not.
I am not sure what hateful pranks you are referring to. The dancing hamsters last year must have really scarred some people, I guess.
I am not sure what hateful pranks you are referring to. The dancing hamsters last year must have really scarred some people, I guess.
I don't think you even did it intentionally, but your response is the prototypical SDN mod staff answer: "I am not sure to what you are referring". Alternately, "I don't understand what it is you find problematic". "What you say doesn't make sense to me."
Maybe I am just conflating years of sundry and various events.
Prototypical or not, it's the truth. I don't know what hateful pranks you are referring to. Please feel free to post them or PM me.
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Is it a requirement for mods to (over)use that quote from "Stripes"?
Chicks dig me...because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's usually something unusual.
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OK so the April Fools part of the prank is over. My apologies if anyone was offended or if anyone thought that it was a dumb stunt. We were just trying to have some funsies and lighten up the mood around here.
I was going to post in the other thread titled Is everyone Happy? but instead I will do it here and address a few issues that have been brought up and to make a few comments. As always, comments are welcome.
There is no censoring here. This is the most lightly moderated forum on SDN because the users want it that way.
See above.
Admin is very in tune with this forum and gives the area mods full discretion in all matters.
We are not silent, we just dont see the point in saying the same thing over and over.
We are going to have to agree to disagree over the interpretation of moderation style.
I like to think that I still am.
We were.
No, and I am glad that he has been seen around here lately because he is a great contributor to the forum.
Doubtful. Recent threads have been sprinkled with plenty of complaints.
We were just playing a little prank.
There was a blowup a couple of years ago that easily rivals this one.
What he said.
Amen.
False.
None of the staff are instigators and if they are, they are liable (and have been) removed from staff.
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As usual, no comment on the particulars of the 2 recent post-holds. I would be violating the SDN privacy policy that I agreed to abide by.
Read and reread the sticky at the top of the forum from Lee.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=453550
These sort of blowups happen periodically in this forum. This is nothing new. How much to enforce the TOS is perpetually an issue. After the last blowup a couple of years ago, staff felt the need to enforce the TOS more stringently. Recent events are not about bringing this forum in line with the moderation on the rest of the site. It is more complicated that a simple TOS violation. I know this answer wont everyone, but its about all I am willing to say publicly.
Hardly anyone is ever banned or post-held in this forum (troll nurses aside). Nothing is ever deleted unless it is porn, spam, etc or something egregious like posting a users personal information or attempting to out someone. All comments in this forum are reviewable by searching through threads. We are not hiding a single thing.
There have been a few bans of regular users along the way, but in every single case, without exception, a long and tedious process was followed prior to the official act. And then, sometimes we cant be sure we did the right thing.
The Anesthesiology forum is by far the most leniently moderated forum on this site despite repeated attempts to bring it in line with the rest of SDN and make enforcement equal across the board. Most of us on the board are med studs, residents, fellows or attendings. The further you get along, the less tolerance you generally have for strict moderation, particularly with the personalities that abound in this forum. All 3 of the area mods understand this because we have all been on the board for a good while now and are all attending physicians ourselves.
Every post that is reported is reviewed by staff. Usually all of the forum area mods give input. Sometimes admin, sometimes other staff who read the forums. The ultimate decision comes down to the area mods whatever the matter. The 3 area mods have the final say on 100% of the matters here. Despite the claims otherwise, we are not tools of the admin. Every single administrator on this site was vetted by Lee (the dude who started this whole site back in 1998 or so). They are all extensions of him, and I can assure you that he is the most reasonable guy around. Every administrator is very reasonable in their approach to matters of this sort, because they have all dealt with not-easy issues many times before.
Nobody is going to be happy with what we decide 100% of the time. Thats life I guess. We do the best we can.
Peace.
I was going to post in the other thread titled Is everyone Happy? but instead I will do it here and address a few issues that have been brought up and to make a few comments. As always, comments are welcome.
There is no censoring here. This is the most lightly moderated forum on SDN because the users want it that way.
See above.
Admin is very in tune with this forum and gives the area mods full discretion in all matters.
We are not silent, we just dont see the point in saying the same thing over and over.
We are going to have to agree to disagree over the interpretation of moderation style.
I like to think that I still am.
We were.
No, and I am glad that he has been seen around here lately because he is a great contributor to the forum.
Doubtful. Recent threads have been sprinkled with plenty of complaints.
We were just playing a little prank.
There was a blowup a couple of years ago that easily rivals this one.
What he said.
Amen.
False.
None of the staff are instigators and if they are, they are liable (and have been) removed from staff.
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As usual, no comment on the particulars of the 2 recent post-holds. I would be violating the SDN privacy policy that I agreed to abide by.
Read and reread the sticky at the top of the forum from Lee.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=453550
These sort of blowups happen periodically in this forum. This is nothing new. How much to enforce the TOS is perpetually an issue. After the last blowup a couple of years ago, staff felt the need to enforce the TOS more stringently. Recent events are not about bringing this forum in line with the moderation on the rest of the site. It is more complicated that a simple TOS violation. I know this answer wont everyone, but its about all I am willing to say publicly.
Hardly anyone is ever banned or post-held in this forum (troll nurses aside). Nothing is ever deleted unless it is porn, spam, etc or something egregious like posting a users personal information or attempting to out someone. All comments in this forum are reviewable by searching through threads. We are not hiding a single thing.
There have been a few bans of regular users along the way, but in every single case, without exception, a long and tedious process was followed prior to the official act. And then, sometimes we cant be sure we did the right thing.
The Anesthesiology forum is by far the most leniently moderated forum on this site despite repeated attempts to bring it in line with the rest of SDN and make enforcement equal across the board. Most of us on the board are med studs, residents, fellows or attendings. The further you get along, the less tolerance you generally have for strict moderation, particularly with the personalities that abound in this forum. All 3 of the area mods understand this because we have all been on the board for a good while now and are all attending physicians ourselves.
Every post that is reported is reviewed by staff. Usually all of the forum area mods give input. Sometimes admin, sometimes other staff who read the forums. The ultimate decision comes down to the area mods whatever the matter. The 3 area mods have the final say on 100% of the matters here. Despite the claims otherwise, we are not tools of the admin. Every single administrator on this site was vetted by Lee (the dude who started this whole site back in 1998 or so). They are all extensions of him, and I can assure you that he is the most reasonable guy around. Every administrator is very reasonable in their approach to matters of this sort, because they have all dealt with not-easy issues many times before.
Nobody is going to be happy with what we decide 100% of the time. Thats life I guess. We do the best we can.
Peace.
They like the Aunt Jemima treatment too.
I honestly don't know if anybody can ever overuse any quote from Stripes.
I love that movie...Arch - are you SURE that d712s post hold wasn't because he said something negative about Kentucky's basketball program? 😀
pgg - I started to put that quote in, but I'm pretty sure I've used it on this site before... but it's still one of my favorites from that movie.
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That's the fact, Jack.
I honestly don't know if anybody can ever overuse any quote from Stripes.
I effin' HATE Kentucky basketball (all of their sports, really), so I know that wasn't the reason.
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Just wait until he gets owned by this guy:
Oh I hope so!!!
Just wait until he gets owned by this guy:
At first glance I thought that that guy's name was "Whitey."
