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gusty ([info]gusty) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2009-10-19 19:25:00


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Entry tags:boobies, dan fogelberg's llamas, furries, mod wank

Mods behaving badly.
On the FurAffinity forums Techiewolf makes a post asking if they could help with the coding of the site. For years now, the site has been promising the arrival of a brand new version of the site's coding called 'Ferrox'. 'Ferrox' could be considered sort of a Duke Nukem Forever thing, as very little progress seems to have been made (if any) and there's no definite release date. The user is informed that any coding help needed would be towards 'Ferrox' rather than the site's current code. All goes fairly uneventfully until Vitae (a former mod) comments: "I wouldn't bother trying to help, every time someone does try they're just shunned and tossed into the garbage at the end."

Mod Tsawolf, who also is a coder for the site, doesn't like this sentiment one bit. So he decides to make a post allowing users to decide what Vitae's punishment should be via poll:

Hello, everyone! It's tsawolf, your (second) favorite mainsite ops nerd! You're probably wondering exactly what the hell this thread is all about - and for good reason! A user posted a thread asking how they could help out with the mainsite coding. Several people were helpful, some were... not so much.

(quotes Vitae's post here)

When I read this, I became a sad techie. FurAffinity loves when people help out! Rather than have the administration punish Vitae unilaterally, like we normally would, I decided to do something a little more... fitting. Since Vitae was complaining about how useless helping out is, I decided to put their punishment in your hands. Directly above me, there are several poll options. Whichever poll option has the most votes at the end of tomorrow (that is, 00:43 Wednesday, EDT) will be Vitae's punishment. Feel free to suggest your own in the thread as well!


Some folks jump right on the bandwagon and start suggesting punishments. Others, however, aren't too thrilled at the idea of someone being called out and punished for having an opinion.

LadyMissie: "Someone stated an opinion? Holy mother of FUCK. You have some serious butthurt. God damn."
blackfuredfox: "welcome to life. this is how things function in life with EVERYTHING. after awhile you stop giving a shit and join in.

And some people are just there for the laughs:

Brazen: "Permanently change his username/title to Lord Sillynipples, and his avatar to a pair of cartoon boobs wearing tophats and monocles."

Takumi_L:"Man I failed a test today but I told my professor that there was some SRS furry drama on the internet so he passed me."

And finally, mod Carenath expresses their opinion of people upset by the post:"Okay, so we have established, that you guys have absolutely nothing better to do, you all win 9000 internets *roll eyes*"

It's interesting to note that for a brief period the thread was closed, and then reopened, the reason for which was never mentioned.

ETA: On Tsawolf's user page, LeoMidori asks: "Excuse me, I know I'm not a moderator or anything, but is this really the appropriate way to act? This is public humiliation."

Tsawolf replies: "As I explained in the thread you linked, the punishment (or rather, the decision thereof) fits the crime. It can hardly be considered public humiliation when the user chose to make the post in the first place! :)"




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UR JES JELLIS
[info]dawnswalker
2009-10-20 04:46 am UTC (link)
Come on Mod Squad, you know you want to do this for Fandom Wank.

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Re: UR JES JELLIS - [info]reeve, 2009-10-20 04:11 pm UTC
Re: UR JES JELLIS - [info]phosfate, 2009-10-20 04:33 pm UTC
Re: UR JES JELLIS - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-10-20 06:42 pm UTC
Re: UR JES JELLIS - [info]phosfate, 2009-10-20 06:43 pm UTC

[info]baskinglizard
2009-10-20 04:52 am UTC (link)
Brazen: "Permanently change his username/title to Lord Sillynipples, and his avatar to a pair of cartoon boobs wearing tophats and monocles."

Okay that icon would actually be pretty hilarious.

also, that mod is just asking for wankery. wow.

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(no subject) - [info]sesana, 2009-10-20 05:06 am UTC
Don't you love being right about people on the internets? - [info]overlord_mordax, 2009-10-20 06:04 am UTC
Re: Don't you love being right about people on the internets? - [info]sesana, 2009-10-20 06:05 am UTC
Re: Don't you love being right about people on the internets? - [info]overlord_mordax, 2009-10-20 06:09 am UTC
Re: Don't you love being right about people on the internets? - [info]visp, 2009-10-20 09:07 am UTC
Re: Don't you love being right about people on the internets? - [info]overlord_mordax, 2009-10-20 05:06 pm UTC
Re: Don't you love being right about people on the internets? - [info]eleutheria, 2009-10-21 03:31 am UTC
Another one - [info]undomielregina, 2009-10-20 06:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]onyxnoir, 2009-10-20 12:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eldritch, 2009-10-22 01:27 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]visp, 2009-10-20 09:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]evanwaters, 2009-10-20 08:20 pm UTC

[info]invu
2009-10-20 04:56 am UTC (link)
Wow, the power has clearly gotten into someone's head. Sadly, my only thought on this was, "what is this, the communist version of democracy?"

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[info]rennyn_alerothi
2009-10-20 05:25 am UTC (link)
Damn. My GPA isn't too shabby, but if I had known I could claim SRS Internets Drama as a valid reason for missing/messed up homework, I'd probably have a Masters degree in something by now.

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(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-10-20 09:29 am UTC
(no subject) - tetradecimal, 2009-10-20 01:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2009-10-20 03:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - tetradecimal, 2009-10-20 04:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2009-10-20 04:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tofuknight, 2009-10-20 04:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bigbigtruck, 2009-10-20 05:04 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2009-10-21 06:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]erinya, 2009-10-23 08:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - tetradecimal, 2009-10-20 04:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]artimusdin, 2009-10-20 07:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brennalarose, 2009-10-20 10:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tez, 2009-10-21 07:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2009-10-21 08:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tez, 2009-10-22 03:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ruslan, 2009-10-23 07:06 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-10-20 06:36 pm UTC

[info]ari_o
2009-10-20 05:40 am UTC (link)
The idea of FUCK having a mother is very confusing--much worse than chicken/egg.

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(no subject) - [info]ardath_rekha, 2009-10-20 05:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ari_o, 2009-10-20 05:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kelmendi, 2009-10-20 06:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ari_o, 2009-10-20 06:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]magnolia_mama, 2009-10-20 01:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ari_o, 2009-10-20 05:12 pm UTC

[info]bacon_lover
2009-10-20 06:32 am UTC (link)
Seriously, we let people get away with shit about allowing the public to view rape videos, how CP should be legal, dogfuckings and all the other crap that people spout here, but the second somebody says something slightly disparaging about FA, the admins start rounding up the banhammers and lynch mobs? If this is a joke, I didn't get it.

Oh man. Can't. Stop. Laughing.

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[info]puipui
2009-10-20 06:55 am UTC (link)
Permanently change his username/title to Lord Sillynipples, and his avatar to a pair of cartoon boobs wearing tophats and monocles.

I'm not a furry, but I support this idea!

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[info]xero_sky
2009-10-20 07:05 am UTC (link)
I'm a sad techie

How do you manage to be an internet furry for any length of time and yet still remain such a delicate flower?

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-10-20 09:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]istaerlus, 2009-10-20 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]evanwaters, 2009-10-20 07:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-10-20 11:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2009-10-21 03:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-10-21 06:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kittikattie, 2009-10-21 09:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2009-10-22 01:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-10-22 04:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]white_tean, 2009-10-23 04:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2009-10-23 11:49 am UTC

[info]honorh
2009-10-20 07:52 am UTC (link)
lol furries

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[info]lady_jafaria
2009-10-20 07:58 am UTC (link)
"Tsawolf", even though I'm sure he didn't intend the acronym, is just making me think of airport security. Like, you go there and there's a furry scanning your stuff.

*scrubs brain of that mental image*

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(no subject) - [info]evilsqueakers, 2009-10-20 08:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]twinno, 2009-10-20 11:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady_jafaria, 2009-10-21 12:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2009-10-21 03:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]librarianmouse, 2009-10-21 07:44 am UTC

[info]dragonfangirl
2009-10-20 08:09 am UTC (link)
STOP PERSECUTING ME!

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(no subject) - [info]dragonsong12, 2009-10-20 04:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2009-10-21 03:39 am UTC

[info]seca
2009-10-20 09:02 am UTC (link)
I really wonder if he honestly thought making a poll for that would go well. I mean you might as well attach a blinking neon sign with sparkly text to the post saying 'Wank Here'.

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[info]neuronin
2009-10-20 01:19 pm UTC (link)
It's kinda like watching the Butthurt Olympics.

My favorite event? TriWAAAAAAHthalon.

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(no subject) - [info]jkefka, 2009-10-20 04:03 pm UTC

[info]jkefka
2009-10-20 02:19 pm UTC (link)
Ok. Passive-aggressive smilies and furrys wanking into the sunset, always fun.

Passing a test they would otherwise have failed because of furry drama on the internets? Who the fuck is your professor? Are they under the impression that "furry" is an ethnic group or something? I'm really not quite sure how the hell that works.

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(no subject) - [info]eilan, 2009-10-20 03:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jkefka, 2009-10-20 04:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]eleutheria, 2009-10-21 03:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]prodigy, 2009-10-22 02:09 am UTC

janegray
2009-10-20 03:12 pm UTC (link)
It can hardly be considered public humiliation when the user chose to make the post in the first place! :)"

Plus, their avatar was totally wearing a miniskirt!

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(no subject) - [info]dragonsong12, 2009-10-20 04:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-10-21 04:18 am UTC

[info]kumquat_of_doom
2009-10-20 05:39 pm UTC (link)
Now, now everyone.

Please, no furbashing.

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(no subject) - [info]nursewretched, 2009-10-20 06:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-20 06:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nursewretched, 2009-10-21 06:29 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2009-10-21 06:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nursewretched, 2009-10-21 06:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mister_terrific, 2009-10-20 09:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-20 09:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-10-21 08:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2009-10-21 03:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]napalmnacey, 2009-10-22 01:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]princessjessia, 2009-10-23 02:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aliaras, 2009-10-21 01:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]theropicus, 2009-10-21 06:39 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amxjm, 2009-10-21 07:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-23 04:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 03:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 04:03 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 04:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 04:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 04:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 04:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 04:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 04:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 04:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 04:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 04:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 05:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 05:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2009-10-24 05:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-24 06:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]damien, 2009-10-28 12:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2009-10-28 12:31 am UTC

[info]ghoulsis
2009-10-20 06:16 pm UTC (link)
It can hardly be considered public humiliation when the user chose to make the post in the first place! :)

Why does this make me think of Airplane?

They bought their tickets. They knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash!

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[info]darkeyes
2009-10-20 07:16 pm UTC (link)
.....a Duke Nukem Forever thing, as very little progress seems to have been made (if any) and there's no definite release date...

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHA
*takes deep breath* AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAaaaaaaa....
*keels over snickering*


Oh wait, there was wank?

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[info]evanwaters
2009-10-20 07:32 pm UTC (link)
This part I liked:

"Making offhand criticisms about the Fur Affinity staff is a bannable offense, don't you know, and must be punished on a zero-tolerance policy."

"User was banned for this post."

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[info]o_o
2009-10-20 10:26 pm UTC (link)
I hope one of the options was tossing Vitae into the garbage. That would be a truly Alanis-irony punishment.

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(no subject) - [info]duraniedrama, 2009-10-21 05:11 am UTC

[info]cmdr_zoom
2009-10-21 12:17 am UTC (link)
Opining that a long-promised update is not actually coming Real Soon Now™ is a punishable offense over there?
Or did the mods just have an urgent need for some shiny public spectacle to try to distract the mob from that inconvenient truth?

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(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-10-21 01:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darksumomo, 2009-10-21 06:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sisterelwood, 2009-10-21 06:52 am UTC

[info]zara_zero
2009-10-21 02:18 am UTC (link)
Oh boy, this is great. I'm not even halfway down the first page and there's already exchanges like this:

Riptor: OK, I find this incredibly unfair. :| He was just saying his opinion. He didn't try to hack the site or anything, I say lay off of him. But, feh, if you must do this, I'll just vote to let him go free.

Tsawolf: Hush you. :3

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[info]beejium
2009-10-21 05:51 am UTC (link)
OMG ICKIS!!!!

[/has nothing to say about this wank]

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[info]vzg
2009-10-21 06:35 am UTC (link)
"As I explained in the thread you linked, the punishment (or rather, the decision thereof) fits the crime. It can hardly be considered public humiliation when the user chose to make the post in the first place! :)"

And I'm sure Tsawolf would love for that to be turned around on him/her.

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(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2009-10-21 07:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]urpletastic, 2009-10-21 12:41 pm UTC

[info]sisterelwood
2009-10-21 08:05 am UTC (link)
Some updates on this...

There have been allegations of mods going onto user pages and changing what is there-
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1004036/#cid:8399903

And site owner, Dragoneer, seems to be working on something in response to what happened-
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1004313/#cid:8405206

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(no subject) - [info]varethane, 2009-10-22 02:34 am UTC


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