The New Rules (Currently in Beta)

[Umbrella Corp]

Can we discuss the avatar issue? I'm not a fan of anuses and gore.

Don't be a little bitch.

[Arnox]

Arnox.. like I said before, all you have to do is make it NO PERSONAL INFO... PERIOD, even if the poster is posting their own name, address, SSN, whatever is identifying information. Problem solved! The BBS doesn't need any of the kidiots' PI bullshit at all. What does a BBS based on knowledge is power have to do with the retarded kidiots' little PI games and PI posting concerns? Nothing.

I don't think we need to go that far.

a fucking line drawing

If it's accurate enough/shows distinctive IRL characteristics about that person then yes, it is PI.

anything that can be used to identify a user or their family members IRL.

Again though, the user reporting PI needs to verify that those are in fact identifying to him/her before we do anything.

That drawing is not a drawing of any IS member.  Maybe it happens to resemble someone, coincidentally,  but I assure you it isn't a drawing of anyone in particular.

Here's what I'm curious about: what is stopping anyone from claiming it to be a drawing of them?  Couldn't anyone here claim that drawing is their "PI"?  What if more than one person claims to be the person in the drawing?  Who do you believe?   How do you verify their claims?  Are you going to ban someone for drawing a picture that may coincidentally happen to resemble someone else?

And how is a drawing that coincidentally resembles someone personal information?   What could someone possibly do with this drawing?   If nobody were to claim to be the person in the drawing, nobody would ever connect the drawing to them in the first place.

If I type the name "john smith" that's possibly someone's PI.   But so what?  If nnobody here admits to being john smith, no one would know who they are.  If we all stay anonymous doesn't PI become moot?

Look at post #135 for an example of verification. As to drawn pictures, it will be left to the staff to decide if something is PI or not and whether the verification is legit. Everything on a case-by-case basis.

[Prometheus]

In a perfect world, I'd like a way to just turn off avatars on a case by case basis from within the site. I say this knowing it's an unrealistic expectation.

[aldra]

In a perfect world, I'd like a way to just turn off avatars on a case by case basis from within the site. I say this knowing it's an unrealistic expectation.

you can use adblock for that, or if you use opera as a browser just right-click > block content

[Prometheus]

Oh, I know that. I meant it on behalf of people who may be using public computers. Not much bothers me personally, and I always sit with my back against a wall while in public.

[aldra]

fair enough. it'd be difficult to implement though, and it'd put a little more strain on the database for such little benefit... especially considering you can just disable avatars, signatures and the like from your control panel. I have all that disabled partially because I log in here from work, and partially because signatures are for hardcore faggots

[Lanny]

fair enough. it'd be difficult to implement though, and it'd put a little more strain on the database for such little benefit... especially considering you can just disable avatars, signatures and the like from your control panel. I have all that disabled partially because I log in here from work, and partially because signatures are for hardcore faggots

qft

[Prometheus]

See above about "perfect world", and "unrealistic expectation".

[aldra]

yeah, I was offering a more realistic solution to attempt to elevate that post from 'daydreaming'

[equanimity]

A little off topic, but why would anyone even want an avatar of gore or hardcore porn?

[DaGuru]

9 pages later, and Lanny is still going strong whining about wanting his candy bar.

And for small rest of you that also decided to rules lawyer and pick apart absurd loopholes....exactly WHAT the fuck is wrong with you? "What about this scenario?", "what about that drawing". "But we like picture collages, they are funnnnnnnn"....as if this is some middle school yearbook needing to see what each other look like.

I got a great idea, although I know it will never be implemented and half the userbase would leave out of butthurt. How about not posting ANY pictures of any sort, unless it has some TOPICAL PURPOSE to a discussion. Wanna show a pic or schematic of that engine manifold you are working on, fine. A closeup of that boil on your ass, to try to figure out what it is, sure. But throwing around pics and video of yourselves is asinine, this isn't Fakebook...nobody with any sense wants to see some pimply faced derelict that hasn't stepped away from the computer for 6 months.

There isn't one person that was attracted to Totse or similar forums and started hanging out/posting because of  picture posting. Or memes. Or other childish bullshit. The whole PURPOSE to Totse was the *gasp* text files, and similar discussion about controversial topics. Period. All this fluff, bells, whistles, pics and videos just further dumbs down those discussions....and idiotic fools turn the petty ponderous nonsense into controversies like above.

Funny how everyone thought the "older" Totse was better, was more mature, was more "informational"...and why is that? Its because it was ALL based on bellying up to the keyboard and using text share information/entertain each other, and now there is a huge niches of juvenile idiots that want to do anything BUT type out some original thought provoking ideas. Instead they want to play the fool, post pics, videos, smilies and other irrelevant bullshit that only lessens the experience. There WAS a day not that long ago where there were no avatars, no signatures, no cutesy user titles....none of that crap. And its a HUGE reason why those days the entire forum experience was "better".

Honestly a whole lot of you are bitching and whining and carrying on about the most insignificant nonsense possible. Boohoo, you aren't allowed to maliciously fuck with people's lives...whatever WILL you do? Its like you are sitting at a luxurious feast, and you are crying because you don't like the centerpiece in the middle of the table. Just shut the fuck up already.

Finally, when the fuck is Zek going to be demodded already? He didn't post at all yesterday, and the place had a completely different "unfagged" vibe to it. Now that he's back, it leaves such an awkward taste in a lot of people's mouths. Just demote the toxic fuckup already so anyone new coming here doesn't get a completely absurd and embarrassing impression to what this place is supposed to stand for.

[Lanny]

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[aldra]

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[fanglekai]

it's sad lanny can't stop crying

[stdio.h]

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