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Emma Hart

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:23:27 +1200

But, but, punctuation humour!

Okay.

Do you lean more towards one approach (heavily/lightly/not moderated) than another?

I really am a moderation moderate. And I think the appropriate degree of moderation varies with the type of community – those that deal with more sensitive issues may need heavier moderation. Fora that…

Rich Lock

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:55:32 +1200

To drag this back on topic:

Emma, I'm not entirely sure what point you're making here, apart from 'effectively managing internet communities is hard work'.

Do you lean more towards one approach (heavily/lightly/not moderated) than another?

I'm interested because PAS seems to fit within the 'self-moderating' camp more than any…

JackElder

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:26:18 +1200

Girlfriend in a comma.

(one for the Smiths fans there)

Sam F

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:12:19 +1200

Thread's comma cropper.

Russell Brown

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:49:45 +1200

comme ca?

or instant comma?

linger

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:27:19 +1200

that comma disappeared because of the italics problem

and that was a comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon.

Lyndon Hood

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:58:48 +1200

Isn't there a fanfare for him?

And you're a comma commedian.

Stewart

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:51:07 +1200

Isn't there a fanfare for him?

Rich Lock

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:50:08 +1200

I think having the comma in the superhero name would be a little awkward. I mean, who has a comma in their name?

Comma, Man?

Lyndon Hood

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:15:55 +1200

The result was that everything looked like 'fuck'.

Apparently some US TV stations bleeped the Rev. Wright "God damn America" thing.

As in, "God #$%& America!"

Emma Hart

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:04:40 +1200

I'm more used to random asterisking, but substitution extra entertaining.

It is, though there's still entertainment to be had from obscuration. My old boss used to use #$%& instead of any naughty word from 'damn' upwards. The result was that everything looked like 'fuck'. (To me, anyway.)

Once I worked this…

Danielle

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:56:42 +1200

Oh, also, that comma disappeared because of the italics problem, I imagine. You have to put in an extra space.

Danielle

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:56:04 +1200

We established the comma in the phrase. But I think having the comma in the superhero name would be a little awkward. I mean, who has a comma in their name?

Lyndon Hood

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:53:37 +1200

I could have sworn I put the comma in. We established there was supposed to be a comma, right?

Lyndon Hood

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:50:04 +1200

clubttic

Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated. It's knowledge, bro.

also:

Christian site sends Tyson Homosexual to the Olympics.

Stephen Judd

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:40:32 +1200

The clbuttic issue is a variation on the Scunthorpe Problem.

James Green

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:10:53 +1200

clbuttic is good. I'm more used to random asterisking, but substitution extra entertaining. Oh, and thanks Mark, for explaining why I was occasionally having problems with attack.

And just while we're on bad language, may I commend Ernest the Engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2046_Bqp7rI

Don Christie

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:25:31 +1200

clbuttic definitely a clbuttic candidate for 2009 word.

Perl programmers would have know to avoid such an obvious faux pas, naturally.

mark taslov

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:40:06 +1200

Haha, sweet! Christianity as a dog chasing its tail

Sacha

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:41:48 +1200

It's never the wrong thread. (That should probly go in the guide too)

Don Christie

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:30:09 +1200

Damned straight, Emma.

Of course, when I'm mayor of Quantum Auckland...

Oops. wring thread.

Rob Hosking

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:10:03 +1200

Good for unintentional hiliarity, though.

Yep. Serve that guy right though. Those Princes of Moab were a bunch of bad donkeys.

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:06:01 +1200

Clbuttic!

Ha, that's clbuttic.

giovanni tiso

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:16:50 +1200

The Up Front Guides

Can I be the first to pre-order the book?

James Butler

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:28:36 +1200

Good for unintentional hiliarity, though.

Clbuttic!

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:15:08 +1200

They have an ultra conservative bot mod, tuned to censor danger like 'sex','homosexual', even 'homophobia'. If you keep on with the expletives, they bump you off, when you come back there are small glitches, i.e. not being able to see your cards, random troop placement etc. Damn well works too.

…

andin

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:54:54 +1200

From 't Hand Mirror

We like inclusive language, and we know we're not perfect at that either – so when we get it wrong we call each other on it gently, as we might a dear friend.

Doin' it (the Lang-goo-arge) gently and inclusively, I had a flashback just then.…

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:35:40 +1200

That Top Troll link is brilliant. What happens to the winner? 120th trimester abortion?

giovanni tiso

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:32:56 +1200

What worries me, I guess, is the possibility of getting so many people with different commenters 'killed' that everyone is in essence having a different conversation from everyone else.

That's precisely what happened in a number of newsgroups I used to follow in the dying throes of Usenet. It was…

Public Servant on a tea-break.

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:28:18 +1200

Say, did anyone else check the 'Top Troll' site? Dearie, dearie me.

I just thought, if only we could enter Dad4Justice – that title could be won by a local boy.

It's all about "Putting New Zealand on the map" people.

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:13:27 +1200

sometimes emma, i think the level of your awesomeness is so huuuge it's impossible to measure
Word up.

You guys will make me blush. Which I'm almost sure is still possible.

mark taslov

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:13:15 +1200

Cool post Emma. I've been playing 'Attack' on facebook lately (Risk®). They have an ultra conservative bot mod, tuned to censor danger like 'sex','homosexual', even 'homophobia'. If you keep on with the expletives, they bump you off, when you come back there are small glitches, i.e. not being able to…

Danielle

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:04:14 +1200

sometimes emma, i think the level of your awesomeness is so huuuge it's impossible to measure

Word up.

Russell Brown

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:00:51 +1200

that everyone is in essence having a different conversation from everyone else.

I think it's called "Twitter".

Anyway, must go. Must make TV. They pay me.

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:48:10 +1200

Say you write a sports blog, and every now and then someone complains that you talk about a popular sport too much.
Ummmm...?

Go on Hadyn, say it...

Another example would be having an explicitly environmentalist blog and someone complaining about you banging on about global warming all the time.…

Sue

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:46:21 +1200

sometimes emma, i think the level of your awesomeness is so huuuge it's impossible to measure

Danielle

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:45:56 +1200

... the release of the original Beatles catalogue, ...on Wednesday, September 9, 2009...
Same day the Beatles Rock Band comes out. Coincidence?

I have been in High Squee Mode all day about this. The last. CDs. I'll ever. buy!

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:29 +1200

Also, I miss the "kill" function of rn & xnews (show me no more from a given person).

I am intrigued by this idea, though I don't think I want to sign up to its newsletter. What worries me, I guess, is the possibility of getting so many people with different…

Hadyn Green

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:05 +1200

... the release of the original Beatles catalogue, ...on Wednesday, September 9, 2009...

Same day the Beatles Rock Band comes out. Coincidence?

Hadyn Green

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:43:11 +1200

Say you write a sports blog, and every now and then someone complains that you talk about a popular sport too much.

Ummmm...?

3410

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:37:46 +1200

O/T (that's cool, right?), but Emma, here's some good news, after 22 years of substandardness.

Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009...…

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:16:08 +1200

Some sites, I wish they'd set political sidewalls and delete everything from left or right of that. I think The Standard is headed that way. Mind, I guess I'd only be able to comment on Indymedia.

Also, I miss the "kill" function of rn & xnews (show me no more from…

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:07:40 +1200

Yeah, xkcd has a certain 4chan-ness about it. I guess that makes the bot not quite as innovative as I was making it out to be, but I really like that post, the way he lays out the problem, the various solutions and their flaws. The solution was chosen with…

Sam F

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:48:39 +1200

Gah – serve me right for not even following to the first line of the xkcd link, where I would have found that /r9k/ actually came from there. Disregard my witterings above.

Sam F

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:43:11 +1200

That xkcd bot experiment reminds me of ROBOT 9000, which was a sub-board of 4chan with pretty much the same parameters – anyone posting a phrase or image previously posted was blocked from posting for a few minutes, as opposed to regular 4chan boards where every post is famously a…

Emma Hart

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:42:26 +1200

I am prostrated before your ability to codify.

Dude, pics or it didn't happen.

Raymond A Francis

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:42:19 +1200

That is soooo funny
And isn't it nice that PA has managed so well to avoid the obvious pit falls........obvious when codified of course

Russell Brown

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:35:04 +1200

I am prostrated before your ability to codify.

Public Address

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:35:04 +1200

Discussion from blog post.