Is GAF too strict?

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Monroeski said:
Why is this bannable? Are all "would" posts bannable now?
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I think it's becoming seen as kind of a low-content creeppost. So not TOTALLY bannable, but, really, you can see how it's almost there.

Just like how memes burn out pretty fast after seeing them 100000 times. Near the end of their lifespan, they slowly start to be bannable until they vanish.

Pretty sure the Jack Nicholson one will finally get annoying for the admins soon, too, it's really getting posted 10-20 times a day these days.
 
jaxword said:
I think it's becoming seen as kind of a low-content creeppost. So not TOTALLY bannable, but, really, you can see how it's almost there.

Just like how memes burn out pretty fast after seeing them 100000 times. Near the end of their lifespan, they slowly start to be bannable until they vanish.

Pretty sure the Jack Nicholson one will finally get annoying for the admins soon, too, it's really getting posted 10-20 times a day these days.
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It's way past due IMO.
 
EVOL 100% said:
That post has some dual-meaning wordplay action going on though.

But yeah it's safe to say that making posts of that nature is basically throwing yourself in the river with your hands and legs tied up now.
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Are you saying violent insinuations towards females are tolerated by gaf while sexual ones are not? Gaf confirmed not fair????
 
Mumei said:
I have auto-subs; I just look at the Subscriptions directly. I suppose I could look at User CP but I've never done so. What's better about it?
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Shows subbed threads with new posts. Most recent at the top.

Really handy, especially when used with the "go to first unread post" button thing. I can't GAF without it.
 
Mumei said:
I have auto-subs; I just look at the Subscriptions directly. I suppose I could look at User CP but I've never done so. What's better about it?
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Subscriptions lists all your subscribed threads. User CP only shows the ones with new posts. Really handy when you just want to see if there's anything new.

Click it and see!
 
RE: dumb meme gifs

My approach to them is to delete the posts. No content or effort or discussion is lost and it encourages people to actually reply. I think that's the better way to deal with them and make the resulting threads be high quality.

I think maybe "lord knows I'd smash" "dam dat bitch is hot" level stuff maybe gets approached from a punitive POV because the mods who moderate that stuff are looking at it as symptomatic of a boys club that hurts the forum, versus most meme posts, which are just basically non-contributions.

Obviously it'd be great if people only replied if they had something to say instead of "QFT this /thread 5 golden manbabies i like ur ideas newsletter joek *clap*.gif ethered" but most of those are basically just stuff we can deal with by excising.

... Another example might be that someone doing a one-line troll-and-run in a movie or game thread might get punished more than someone doing a one-line "I loved this"--not because the positive opinion is more allowed or valid than the negative opinion, but because the negative or contrary one gums up discussion and the forum more.

You can see a theme between these two issues, right? Really you can see a theme in terms of all the answers we've given to every issue raised in this thread, right? I hope so, anyway.

Just my opinion, obviously everything is a judgment call and other mods might feel the context of a particular thread merits a different response.
 
So wait, it seems to be unclear in posts here, but are the people permabanned due to the creepy post thread?
 
EVOL 100% said:
That post has some dual-meaning wordplay action going on though.

But yeah it's safe to say that making posts of that nature is basically throwing yourself in the river with your hands and legs tied up now.
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Stumpokapow said:
I think maybe "lord knows I'd smash" "dam dat bitch is hot" level stuff maybe gets approached from a punitive POV because the mods who moderate that stuff are looking at it as symptomatic of a boys club that hurts the forum, versus most meme posts, which are just basically non-contributions.
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I would think something like this post could slip through the filter because even though it's obviously a rape joke I think jokes about tentacle porn in anime go back as far as anime itself. It's practically on topic. It goes beyond just "would" and at least makes a joke that's content relevant. Plus there are posts in that thread that seem to be okay that call her ugly, terrifying, and nightmarish but saying you'd have sex with her gets you the boot?

At any rate I would think the ban hammer should be more conservatively applied in threads like that one where the entire thread is literally based on somebody's physical appearance. It's a bit different than "OMG I'D SMANG IT SO HARD" in a thread about a video game interview with Jade Raymond.
 
Gifs seem fine to me if:

-They are a 'Thumbs up, I agree' type post. Like a 'brofist'. After all, it's supposed to be a feel good post between the two anyways and it's better than "This" or just "."
-Stupid threads that deserve stupid replies.
-Difficult one: A contextual situation where a gif applies to a situation. Say it's a thread about a deer turning on a hunter and kicking his butt. That anime deer principal fight would work well there I would say.
 
Razek said:
Gifs seem fine to me if:

-They are a 'Thumbs up, I agree' type post. Like a 'brofist'. After all, it's supposed to be a feel good post between the two anyways and it's better than "This" or just "."
-Stupid threads that deserve stupid replies.
-Difficult one: A contextual situation where a gif applies to a situation. Say it's a thread about a deer turning on a hunter and kicking his butt. That anime deer principal fight would work well there I would say.
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Okay, I'm interested.
 
plenty of reaction gif posts are funny and worth keeping.

even played out ones like Jack Nicholson.

One of the things I laughed hardest at on Gaf in the past few weeks was the post in the playstation mobile thread where someone pointed out the name of one of the games was "Foot Massage Pleasure" with the nicholson gif under it.
 
Razek said:
Gifs seem fine to me if:

-They are a 'Thumbs up, I agree' type post. Like a 'brofist'. After all, it's supposed to be a feel good post between the two anyways and it's better than "This" or just "."
-Stupid threads that deserve stupid replies.
-Difficult one: A contextual situation where a gif applies to a situation. Say it's a thread about a deer turning on a hunter and kicking his butt. That anime deer principal fight would work well there I would say.
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and especially in sport threads (where they also don't get deleted), reactions to live stuff going on.
 
jaxword said:
Pretty sure the Jack Nicholson one will finally get annoying for the admins soon, too, it's really getting posted 10-20 times a day these days.
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I hate that gif, I roll my eyes every time I see it. It's just that it gets used everywhere, for every reason, that now I just hate the sight of it. Half the time, I'm like, "really? That's relevant how?"

If I really feel the need to do the "this is neogaf" one, a simple, thisisneogaf.gif usually suffices.
 
ElTopo said:
No one can ever ruin this GIF.

J38KO.gif
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That one is fine. I'll allow it.
 
Snuggler said:
And? Is that supposed to mean something? You have a TV character as an avatar. People often do that as well, but it's not quite the same thing as GIF spam.
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True, but cats are played out and I find them personally annoying. The mods clearly agree (RIP Caturday and Kittonwy): let's ban all cats.
 
G-Fex said:
Yes.

Jack Nicholson needs to go along with the damn airplane picture
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Never

We even have a HD version of Jack Nicholson now. Just because some of you have a problem with it it shouldn't be banned; it's not offensive and I think it's still pretty funny in many cases.

I should post a deal-with-it gif
 
Monroeski said:
I would think something like this post could slip through the filter because even though it's obviously a rape joke I think jokes about tentacle porn in anime go back as far as anime itself. It's practically on topic. Plus there are posts in that thread that seem to be okay that call her ugly, terrifying, and nightmarish but saying you'd have sex with her gets you the boot?

At any rate I would think the ban hammer should be more conservatively applied in threads like that one where the entire thread is literally based on somebody's physical appearance. It's a bit different than "OMG I'D SMANG IT SO HARD" in a thread about a video game interview with Jade Raymond.
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I would agree that the context of a thread discussing physical appearance is more appropriate than a totally unrelated context, just as I'd agree that it's appropriate to discuss a person's obesity when the topic is germane (say insurance coverage, you-gotta-buy-2-seats-on-a-plane, etc) versus "GAVE BEWELL HAHAHAA SANDWICH!!!!!!!" I certainly wouldn't view it punitive if someone replied to that thread with "Wow, she looks terrible", because it's clearly a discussion about appearance.

There's still a distinction between a physical appearance in a sexual context and physical appearance in a non-sexual context. I don't think a woman and a picture of a woman per se is an invitation to make the thread "would you or wouldn't you". That's part of the boys club thing I mentioned. I suspect that the fact that that specific post was a rape joke (even though it also had an allusion to the anime trope you mentioned) combined with the fact that multiple other posts in the thread ended up being would/wouldn't probably added up to the moderation in that thread.

That being said, that thread kinda sucks because it's the worst kind of low-level "A person did something stupid! React!" "news" and because the OP article circumvents the Daily Mail ban by just citing a secondary source. I'm not saying "Who cares what some random does with her make-up?", I'm more saying "I know people care, but is this really something that does anything other than wastes our time thinking and talking about nonsense?" I mean, we didn't lock the thread, so by that standard it's allowed to continue, but I think the question is worth asking. Likewise, I think "Idiots get into fight over chicken nuggets" threads add nothing.
 
Nibel said:
Never

We even have a HD version of Jack Nicholson now. Just because some of you have a problem with it it shouldn't be banned; it's not offensive and I think it's still pretty funny in many cases.

I should post a deal-with-it gif
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You can do what you'd like.

If I could I'd list all the things that shouldn't be posted anymore cause quite frankly image and gif spam in certain threads with constant quotes is just...

Well I guess it IS neogaf.
 
Razek said:
Gifs seem fine to me if:

-They are a 'Thumbs up, I agree' type post. Like a 'brofist'. After all, it's supposed to be a feel good post between the two anyways and it's better than "This" or just "."
-Stupid threads that deserve stupid replies.
-Difficult one: A contextual situation where a gif applies to a situation. Say it's a thread about a deer turning on a hunter and kicking his butt. That anime deer principal fight would work well there I would say.
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Agreed.

In particular, the Citizen Kane applause gif is sometimes the best way to express how you feel about an excellent post.
 
Monroeski said:
I would think something like this post could slip through the filter because even though it's obviously a rape joke I think jokes about tentacle porn in anime go back as far as anime itself. It's practically on topic. It goes beyond just "would" and at least makes a joke that's content relevant. Plus there are posts in that thread that seem to be okay that call her ugly, terrifying, and nightmarish but saying you'd have sex with her gets you the boot?

At any rate I would think the ban hammer should be more conservatively applied in threads like that one where the entire thread is literally based on somebody's physical appearance. It's a bit different than "OMG I'D SMANG IT SO HARD" in a thread about a video game interview with Jade Raymond.
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There's an actual discussion to be had about the aesthetic qualities that the woman in the thread represents and whether it's appealing because of Anime or appealing in a vacuum with no contextual reference to train people in the past. So saying 'She's not very attractive' is NOT the opposite of saying 'Would smang'.

Also, that particular joke would have been WAY funnier if it just left out the rape part all together. Implied humor. Also, you know, rape jokes.
 
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