/MSG/ (04-17-2020), AProudLefty (04-20-2020), Truth Detector (04-20-2020), USFREEDOM911 (04-14-2020)
If The Anonymous is banned from a thread, I have been removing the post and adding the original poster to the thread ban so they can't do that any more.
However, I don't want to spend all my time deleting a post from The Anonymous and finding the original poster and banning them too. So, pay attention, if you are going to use The Anonymous to post in a thread from which The Anonymous is banned, you may be banning yourself... and if I have to make a rule it will be even more strict.
Just quit doing it.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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StoneByStone (04-17-2020), ThatOwlWoman (04-14-2020)
canceled.2021.2 (04-25-2020)
Disagreed. I've only seen it used for trolling; nothing of substance.
While I enjoy the light moderation and loose rules of this forum, things like the "Anonymous function" just muddy the waters, not add to the conversation. The trolls and sock puppets have plenty of tools already. This function is redundant.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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Jack (04-14-2020)
'The Anonymous' is more than one person?
That's just weird.
I don't see any useful function there.
Everybody should pick one name and stick with it.
I came to talk about just plain politics, not all this game-playing.
Everybody is entitled to their opinion, so just post what you believe and let the discussion flow. What's with all the game-playing?
I don't need to pretend to be somebody else to state my view.
I think all this identity game playing is not good for the political discussions.
It hurts the board.
It would be better if each participant were allowed only one identity, period.
I know we don't like rules around here but we have to have a few basic ones.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
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Trumpet (04-14-2020)
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Trumpet (04-14-2020)
What the hell is "The Anonymous function?"
ON HIS WORST DAY, JOE BIDEN IS A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN TRUMP WAS ON HIS BEST DAY!
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Althea (04-27-2020), Geeko Sportivo (04-28-2020)
When you go to a Forum, it's more than just honest discussion. Trolls are about, teasing and playful ribbing occur, inner feelings about race and religion emerge. The 'polite face' one carries in public is shed and the stark animal of the human is exposed. IMO, the Anonymous Feature is brilliant, very creative, and can be used in many ways.
I always support 'Thread Bans', even tho I rally against them in public. Delicate People need to be protected, I support that concept.
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Frank Apisa (04-14-2020), PoliTalker (04-14-2020)
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It's a troll playground. That "polite face" is already shed by the use of an anonymous user name. Since people can have, some some use, unlimited sock puppets, why is the Anonymous Function even necessary? No doubt the Trolls like it, but as the OP points out, it just makes more work for the mods.
I doubt they're being paid by the hour.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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