WATMM Joyrex.com/WATMM.com Celebrates 13 Years

Almost my age! Damn I feel young.

I also thought I joined WATMM long after it's inception, but it was maybe a year or so removed from joyrex.com. And disturbingly it means that I've frequented this site for a third of my existence on this planet.

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:44 AM, goDel said:

So when the site's sixteen we are allowed to post NSFW content again?

hah !!

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:44 AM, goDel said:

So when the site's sixteen we are allowed to post NSFW content again?

 

 

*shitstorms the hell out of this thread*

 

Congrats!!!

Take a guess

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:06 AM, lumpenprol said:

in celebration, i propose "universal un-banning".

Proposition denied

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:17 AM, Kanakori said:

Almost my age! Damn I feel young.

That explains a lot.

cheers

Is this to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's "I'm old as fuck now" party?

Pure coincodence

  On 6/5/2012 at 1:45 PM, delet... said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:44 AM, goDel said:

So when the site's sixteen we are allowed to post NSFW content again?

 

hah !!

  On 6/5/2012 at 4:30 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:44 AM, goDel said:

So when the site's sixteen we are allowed to post NSFW content again?

 

 

*shitstorms the hell out of this thread*

 

Congrats!!!

 

Take a guess

 

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:06 AM, lumpenprol said:

in celebration, i propose "universal un-banning".

 

Proposition denied

LOL

Hey, about these warn points I've got. What's the expiration date on those? Will I carry those with me for the rest of my life? How about celebrating a sweet 13 by dropping everyone's warn points.

  On 6/5/2012 at 5:57 PM, goDel said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 1:45 PM, delet... said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:44 AM, goDel said:

So when the site's sixteen we are allowed to post NSFW content again?

 

hah !!

  On 6/5/2012 at 4:30 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:44 AM, goDel said:

So when the site's sixteen we are allowed to post NSFW content again?

 

 

*shitstorms the hell out of this thread*

 

Congrats!!!

 

Take a guess

 

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:06 AM, lumpenprol said:

in celebration, i propose "universal un-banning".

 

Proposition denied

 

LOL

 

Hey, about these warn points I've got. What's the expiration date on those? Will I carry those with me for the rest of my life? How about celebrating a sweet 13 by dropping everyone's warn points.

What's the point of removing them? Only you and the Mods can see them, so it's hardly anything negative towards you in regards to the forum. Assuming you don't earn any more, there should be nothing to worry about regarding those, right?

The point of removing them? All these little accidents can add up over time. Let's say I have 5 points over 5 years, is that much? I'm tempted to think not. Drop them after a year or two. Show your fellow watmmer some forgiveness after a while (of good behavior).

(Amen)

Warning points help to give the mods some perspective on what kind of user you have been when we dole out punishment for a new infringement. Your warning points were accrued in the last year. I would say that it's entirely appropriate that you carry that cross around with you. Perhaps it'll derail any future 'accidents'.

heh

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:17 AM, Kanakori said:

Almost my age! Damn I feel young.

We Are The Music Babysitters

many cheers to Joyrex/guise, keep on keepin' on just like a 13-year-old should!

omg thatne!

wow, sweet

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:13 PM, delet... said:

Warning points help to give the mods some perspective on what kind of user you have been when we dole out punishment for a new infringement. Your warning points were accrued in the last year. I would say that it's entirely appropriate that you carry that cross around with you. Perhaps it'll derail any future 'accidents'.

 

heh

mods can still see the warnings even so they are removed. I don't get why they are not removed after good behavior for a certain time. Why not give the member some chance to excuse himself for what he / she did and them remove the points? Its one thing to slip a wrong wording on a bad day or getting caught in some heated discussion and then regretting it instantly and another to persevere evil trolling with the intent to constantly piss people off. On a forum I administrate we send people messages after the warning and when they honestly regret what they did the warnings are removed sooner or later. Sure its harder to moderate without using warnings right away but the mods / admins are very respected people here and often a verbal warning by a mod is more than enough to get things back into place. Instead I see warnings given instantly without announcement. sure its more easy to shoot the guy and leave but I would really like a more human way of moderation.

get the trolls but without shooting everybody in the knee

  On 6/6/2012 at 3:03 PM, o00o said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:13 PM, delet... said:

Warning points help to give the mods some perspective on what kind of user you have been when we dole out punishment for a new infringement. Your warning points were accrued in the last year. I would say that it's entirely appropriate that you carry that cross around with you. Perhaps it'll derail any future 'accidents'.

 

heh

 

mods can still see the warnings even so they are removed. I don't get why they are not removed after good behavior for a certain time. Why not give the member some chance to excuse himself for what he / she did and them remove the points? Its one thing to slip a wrong wording on a bad day or getting caught in some heated discussion and then regretting it instantly and another to persevere evil trolling with the intent to constantly piss people off. On a forum I administrate we send people messages after the warning and when they honestly regret what they did the warnings are removed sooner or later. Sure its harder to moderate without using warnings right away but the mods / admins are very respected people here and often a verbal warning by a mod is more than enough to get things back into place. Instead I see warnings given instantly without announcement. sure its more easy to shoot the guy and leave but I would really like a more human way of moderation.

 

get the trolls but without shooting everybody in the knee

Well, wouldn't you theoretically not have to worry about how many warning points you accumulate if you weren't actively trying to break the rules? We've never banned anyone for an accumulation of warnings over a period of years, so there's no worries there - but we've had plenty of people who abused the auto-reduce feature we had in the past where they figured out when the warnings would drop off, troll a bit more, then wait. Anyone who is genuinely invested in being part of the community should never have to worry about their respective warning points, so the argument to remove them loses relevance since unless you accumulate a bunch over a short period of time due to purposely bad behaviour, there's really no risk of being banned if you're overall a decent member.

  On 6/6/2012 at 1:37 AM, tht tne said:

many cheers to Joyrex/guise, keep on keepin' on just like a 13-year-old should!

<3!

  On 6/6/2012 at 4:29 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 6/6/2012 at 3:03 PM, o00o said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 6:13 PM, delet... said:

Warning points help to give the mods some perspective on what kind of user you have been when we dole out punishment for a new infringement. Your warning points were accrued in the last year. I would say that it's entirely appropriate that you carry that cross around with you. Perhaps it'll derail any future 'accidents'.

 

heh

 

mods can still see the warnings even so they are removed. I don't get why they are not removed after good behavior for a certain time. Why not give the member some chance to excuse himself for what he / she did and them remove the points? Its one thing to slip a wrong wording on a bad day or getting caught in some heated discussion and then regretting it instantly and another to persevere evil trolling with the intent to constantly piss people off. On a forum I administrate we send people messages after the warning and when they honestly regret what they did the warnings are removed sooner or later. Sure its harder to moderate without using warnings right away but the mods / admins are very respected people here and often a verbal warning by a mod is more than enough to get things back into place. Instead I see warnings given instantly without announcement. sure its more easy to shoot the guy and leave but I would really like a more human way of moderation.

 

get the trolls but without shooting everybody in the knee

 

Well, wouldn't you theoretically not have to worry about how many warning points you accumulate if you weren't actively trying to break the rules? We've never banned anyone for an accumulation of warnings over a period of years, so there's no worries there - but we've had plenty of people who abused the auto-reduce feature we had in the past where they figured out when the warnings would drop off, troll a bit more, then wait. Anyone who is genuinely invested in being part of the community should never have to worry about their respective warning points, so the argument to remove them loses relevance since unless you accumulate a bunch over a short period of time due to purposely bad behaviour, there's really no risk of being banned if you're overall a decent member.

indeed. trolls we know who you are, and the inverse.

OK, fair points.

I drop my case (and wear my points with pride).

i've still got one warn point from the time i edited and deleted my posts too frequently

i only just noticed this in the warning: "C'mon, man... post something of substance!"

so maybe it wasn't for the editing