So Many People are Leaving JU

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from JoeUser Forums
As of late, a lot of bloggers have decided to leave JU due to the childish antics of some of it's members. This is sad. Blogging wasn't made for harrassing eachother, it was designed for the enjoyment of writing; the enjoyment of sharing with a community.

According to websters dictionary, a community is defined as "A group of people with similar interests." That similar interest that brings us together is the enjoyment of blogging, but some do not share this common thread. Some use their blogs in an unjust and hateful manner. This is not a common thread throughout JU members. Some of us are here because we enjoy hearing what others have to say, others...well, who can tell?

If this is the direction this so called "community" is headed, than this is not healthy and I think many people will decide to leave. It is sad to see great bloggers like Dharma and manopeace go. They were real assets to the community. The healthy community that used to be JU. If this harrassment goes on, even if it does not effect me directly, I'm out too.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
blacklisting people tends to cause them to take their bitching to the forums as opposed to a thread, so every time you load a forum, there it is. you can ignore it, I suppose, but it becomes easier just to ignore the whole site.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Helix:
Why should people have to be blacklisted in the first place? What about respect for individuals?

Myrrander:
I agree...we've seen some unruly behavior for the past couple weeks.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I said this on another site {manopeace} I say stand and fight for what you believe in. the truth is anytime there are a crowd of people there are going to be some ya love, some ya hate, some ya admire, some ya dont..

I have one person blacklisted NOT FOR HER POLITICS but for her personal attacks..
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Moderateman:
Good point. There are a million people on earth, I guess you are bound to piss off one or two. But I have seen some harrasing that's just been awful on here.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Maybe we should start a petition against the childish folks.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
What about respect for individuals?


Thats exactly how people get blacklisted. They go onto other peoples blogs and act childish or they write articles that violate the community norms here (attacking other bloggers by name especially in the title of the article). They have no respect for the rights of others so they are slowly excluded from the community.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thats exactly how people get blacklisted. They go onto other peoples blogs and act childish or they write articles that violate the community norms here (attacking other bloggers by name especially in the title of the article).


Blacklisting only goes so far, though. Once you've blacklisted someone, they tend to go write entire articles dedicated to what a turd you are. Not naming you in the title means they can get away with doing it...there are people here who walk the line when it comes to rules. I've been guilty of flaming in the past, I think that a lot of people have...however, there are things that you just don't do, dig?

That being said, things are changing. JU is learning as it goes along....and I'm learning with it.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
It seems like more of this needs to be done if people are going to act childish.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Blacklisting only goes so far, though.


Thats why we also need an "Ignore" feature...
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thats why we also need an "Ignore" feature...


If I were a praying person, I'd have been praying with all my might for one of those. As it is, I'm not....so I'll just pester Draginol and Karma for one instead.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
#5 by alison watkins
Monday, February 28, 2005


Moderateman:
Good point. There are a million people on earth, I guess you are bound to piss off one or two. But I have seen some harrasing that's just been awful on here.


hey I figure if I aint pissin someone off I aint doing my job here..... lmao..
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dharma and Greywar:
You guys both have good points, but i agree, Blacklisting only goes so far.

Moderateman:
very true.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's totally lame-ass, Al...that's what it is. Oh...and since the queen bee happens to be quarantined at the moment, she can't comment...but I wrote an article about this topic once myself...what I envisioned blogging to be, and I got ripped a new butthole for it...just so you know.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
marcie:
That is crappy...I will have to read it!
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

What JU needs, IMO, are volunteeer moderators who do NOT have blogs (and never have) here so that they don't become personally involved.

The moderators would patrol the FORUMS only. Just my 2 cents.

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Draginol:
That makes sense...bringing in some outside sources that don't know a thing about JU.
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Words on online forums do not hurt unless one allows them to hurt.
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
I haven't been active here in a while and I guess I've missed a lot of uproar or whatever you care to call it.

Seems to me the easiest thing to do is simply ignore those who can't behave like adults.
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
What JU needs, IMO, are volunteeer moderators who do NOT have blogs (and never have) here so that they don't become personally involved.


This might be nice if these folks were willing to put in the time necessary to both patrol and read enough here to have a grasp of the situation but it is just as unlikely to work online as it is in real life. After all the best cops are the ones who live in the neighborhoods they police. Personal stake = diligence just as in business. You need incentiv to sift through thousands of forums posts and thousands of blog entries with comments. This incentive is extremely unlikely to exist without the patrollers having a stake in the community or the forum business (aka Stardock employees who don't blog). In fact anyone willing to work as a netcop without being involved in the community here is unlikely to even be mentally stable (power addicts most likely). JMHO.
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
I just don't see anyone volunteering their time w/o having a blog. But it's a good idea.

I used to mod during my time at AOHell. It sucked.
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
I ain't givin up my blog to be a hired gun. But except for one person I would just let everyone rum amok anyways. Free speep is what it's all about for me. If someone annoys me I just do not read them anymore, eassy huh? like if the program pisses ya off do not whine and complain about it,, change the frelling channel.
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
My own extended absence here had nothing to do with anyone's bad behavior. I was just "away" for a while. I wouldn't allow someone else to run me away from my own blog.

If there is someone here I don't like to read, I don't read them. Seems simple to me.
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top

to be a hired gun

It would actually be a "volunteer" gun, which makes it all the more improbable.