OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
Dec. 11th, 2003 02:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spatch1. Now that profile has been in place since 1999. The Weird> it was quoting from (a forum where every post is anonymous) didn't even exist for nearly four fucking years. Thufir don't exist on ISCA anymore. (Well, not the Thufir we all know and love. The new Thufir's a chick. Kinda like Dax on Deep Space 9.) The poster who came up with that brilliant quote (Marie Laveau) don't exist on ISCA anymore. And now that profile don't exist on ISCA anymore.[Mail> msg #61900149 (1 remaining)] Read cmd -> Next Dec 2, 2003 16:05 from Selat (Sysop) to Spatch Greetings, The following has been removed from your profile for violating the policy helpfile regarding Weird>. Namely that weird posts, either real or fake are not allowed anywhere on ISCABBS. This includes user profiles. As this is a new policy, no warning is being issued here. *********** I want whatever drug Thufir or Spatch is taking. I want to ride that technicolor zauerkraut flavored hellion merry go round. [Chow Yun Weirdabe> msg #1798501 (1 remaining)] [Mail> msg #62051632 (0 remaining)] Read cmd ->
2. This "black hole" policy concerning Weird>, of all forums, is just incredibly fucking stupid.
3. The sysop should've mailed me and requested I change the profile instead of doing it automatically. This allows the user, who had not heard of this new policy and therefore did not think he was doing anything wrong, to take the responsibility himself to conform to the "new policy" and fix it and be a good little doobee and all that. Changing the profile immediately and without notification sends this: OH HEY YOU BAD BAD PERSON YOU DID SOMETHING BAD AND WE DONE FIXED IT FOR YOU, BUT DON'T WORRY, IN OUR BENEVOLENCE WE DIDN'T ISSUE A WARNING YOU LUCKY SOUL YOU.
4. This "black hole" policy concerning Weird>, of all forums, is just incredibly fucking stupid.
5. The last time I got "sanctioned" by a sysop was in 1996, when one of them realized that no, you can't live in Massachusetts and have 90210 for your zip code. No, wait. I was twitted for a week in 1998 because they thought I was plotting an insurrection against someone's x-disable list in Weird>. That was fun.
6. WHICH OF YOU BASTARDS NARCED?
7. ISCA sucks.
I've been on that damn BBS since 1994. My 10-year anniversary is coming up there in a month or so. Almost all of my online circle of friends either came from ISCA originally or knows me through someone who did. I've dated and kissed how many Roomaides and Sysops? You know. All that. But now the BBS is a former shell of what it used to be. Nobody I knows posts there regularly anymore. The truncated WHOlist, which used to number over 1000 simultaneous logins, now doesn't even fill up one screenful of scroll. I log in every two months or so just to keep the username. I know, I can't let go -- even though everybody else has -- but it's just a legacy, a database entry, a six-digit usernumber that I can't give up. (Yeah, remember when six-digits were the newbies? Yeah. Sup.)
So now this is my profile. I bet I'll get yelled at for this, too, as it "violates the happy spirit of ISCA" or something. Who knows. Note the outdated address and the outdated web address. Come and get me, you bastards. I'll be waiting.
Spatch Cambridge, MA 02140 Email: spatula@worldstop.com WWW: http://spatch.ne.mediaone.net ONLINE since: 12/11/2003 1:20 from 213.subnet192. The following has been removed from your profile for violating the policy helpfile regarding Weird>. Namely that weird posts, either real or fake are not allowed anywhere on ISCABBS. This includes user profiles. As this is a new policy, no warning is being issued here.
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WTF d00d
Date: 2003-12-11 06:47 pm (UTC)Greetings,
A new helpfile has been added regarding Weird> that includes a change in the policy regarding the Weird forum.
Please familiarize yourself with this policy, most importantly the first paragraph as this applies to all users whether they are members of Weird> or not.
Weird> is an all-anonymous blackhole forum. In order to enforce
the blackhole nature of Weird>, all Weird> posts, real or fake, are
off-topic throughout ISCABBS.
To gain access to Weird> all users must agree to a waiver. Once you
have read the waiver and wish to be admitted to the forum, please
(Y)ell requesting access and state that you have read and agree to the waiver.
The following is the waiver:
Thank you for requesting admission to Weird>. In order to be admitted, you must agree to all of the non-negotiable conditions below.
* Weird> is a blackhole forum -- information posted there may not be
reposted anywhere on ISCA.
* The following content will be deleted: threats (immediate permanent kickout), personal attacks, extended bickerfests, and graphic sexual content. A user will be permanently removed from Weird> upon second kickout.
* There are no appeals to Sysops or the Review Board for sanctions
associated with Weird>. Exceptions to this rule pertain to current UI students only, per ISCABBS Policy Section 8, Item 3 (elp, "Policy").
* All rights to complain about the content of Weird> are completely
waived. Discussing specific sanctions in Weird> is completely off-topic in Administrative Issues> as well as all other fora. You are welcome to Yell> comments and concerns. However, complaints about specific posts will be responded to with a copy of your agreement to these conditions.
By agreeing to these conditions, you have decided to enter Weird> on your own accord and you are free to ap it at any time. If you agree to abide by all these conditions, please reply to this message indicating your agreement.
Sample: I agree to all conditions to be invited to Weird>.
You will then be invited into the forum. If you do not concur, you will not be admitted. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to ask, via Yells>.
2003.11-Tib
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Re: WTF d00d
Date: 2003-12-11 07:53 pm (UTC)Of course, the rules are retarded as well, but what in the hell is up with this whole "I accept the rules" garbage.
Okay, I don't care. There. I feel better.
Re: WTF d00d
Date: 2003-12-11 10:59 pm (UTC)Maybe I should request entry through my second account and we can publish them somewhere.
Re: WTF d00d
Date: 2003-12-11 11:21 pm (UTC)They really should just strip the Sysops of their Sysop title and give them "Mommy" or "Daddy", accordingly.
Though then that'd raise big-ass arguments because someone would vehemently protest against being given the title of an institution they do not believe in (blah blah blah conforming to the patriarchycakes) and if there was still a good right-wing troll around, they'd make some "barefoot and in the kitchen" comment and when that little flamewar died down, someone else would argue that they need to have both Mommy and Daddy in their title, and someone else else would demand a third, gender-neutral title, and someone else else else would argue that the system is entirely biased against single parents for god-knows-what reason.
ISCA SUCKS. (drawing of trailer hitch missing its chrome goes here)