Thirteen Panels of Doom

so according to this site Jon is known as darth baio.
i always knew there was something more inherently evil about him.
i think that is why i like him.

yeah. darth baio! he's scott baio in disguise...is this a bizarre, sinister plot?

Check the archives [goats.com] for the truth about Darth Baio.

In Response to mookypootpoot (#9145):

obscurity is forecer

so are typos

 

In Response to deerboy (#9224):

this whole rating system confuses me,
as does the difference between poking fun at someone for a typo and ridiculing them for being an atrocious speller.

In Response to kornz (#9301):

people here are pedants

people here like to poke at other people in inflamatory ways

your reaction was fairly atypical, and I did not get reaction that anyone was ridiculing you except when you were making illogical unfounded arguments

nothing personal of course

In Response to kornz (#9301):

I don't exactly accept that I was "ridiculing" you for being an atrocious speller.

Angrily pointing out your mistakes, yes. But being angry at someone isn't the same as making fun of them.

And the spelling errors are only the smallest little bit of the things you have done wrong - according to the generally held conventions here. Typos happen to everyone.

But again, you posted a lot of unimaginative, inane comments in threads that had been dead for at least a month, disrupting the reading habits of everyone.

Then you start whining that we're making fun of you because you're disabled - BEFORE YOU'VE TOLD US YOU'RE DISABLED.

None of these things make me think happy thoughts towards you.

The rating system is relatively clear. People give you points when they like what you've said for whatever reason. They take points away when they don't like the things you've said.

But only some people can give or take away points, and those people are chosen randomly and can only give or take away a very small set of points at a time.

In Response to kornz (#9301):

this whole rating system confuses me,

Slashdot-style moderation. Users who fit a certain profile become moderators at random times. They then get five points, each of which is used to raise or lower a posts's score one notch. When a moderator changes the score of your post, he or she changes your karma; positive karma has several effects, including being a factor in moderation. It's karmic like that.

There are some rules about which posts a given moderator can moderate. Regular, productive posters are usually eligible to meta-moderate, which keeps moderators in check by rating their actions as "fair" or "unfair" (anonymously and randomly).

Thus, post count is of little value (unless you're in the zamphir fan club), while post quality (posting things that others see as contributions to the conversation) is of great value.

I seem to recall I was supposed to throw together a FAQ, which would of course include all this. I appologize to Jon for my delinquency; frankly I'd forgotten about it. I shall yet see what I can do.

as does the difference between poking fun at someone for a typo and ridiculing them for being an atrocious speller.

Perhaps you're particularly sensitive about this one point, but as Z points out, it is hardly the focus of what you've gotten ripped for here. For what it's worth, since the fighting began, your posting habits appear to have improved. Now if you just get the chip off your shoulder you should be fine.

Everyone mis-speels, and everyone gets ribbed for it. Nobody's singling you out over that. We've been singling you out because in other ways you made yourself a target. Typos are just a quick, easy way to hit someone. Others have gotten lit up for it a lot worse than you.

Like it or not, the spelling cracks are part of the collective sense of humor (or something like that). We haven't changed our ways for other thin skins, so I don't see why we'd start with yours.

It's frustrating when you spend a lot of effort overcoming a problem to have people picking at the little things that get past you. That fact can be socially limiting if you let it. Hence, as I've said before, part of coping is being secure enough in your efforts that normal, every-day picking doesn't piss you off.

In Response to mea37 (#9313):

yes, it is frustrating, as frustrating as I am drunk

In Response to mea37 (#9313):

I seem to recall I was supposed to throw together a FAQ, which would of course include all this. I appologize to Jon for my delinquency; frankly I'd forgotten about it. I shall yet see what I can do.

You've written a couple [goats.com] of informative [goats.com]and detailed posts about this subject in the last week. You could copy and paste bits of those into a document and you'd almost be done.