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Wankprophet ([info]wankprophet) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-12-06 18:04:00


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Heads up and hands where we can see 'em -- it's time for another Reminding of Certain Rules:

No trolling the wanks.

This has been happening more and more frequently lately, and not just with newbies. The general rule is, we're here to point and mock and occasionally go a little mad. Fandom_Wank and affiliated comms are snark communities, not a links dump to give you a convenient resource for how and where to best express your inner idiot. If you would otherwise have been involved in the wank -- a member of the comm, for example, or friended with the wanker, or any other reasonable proposition -- we obviously have no say in your right to comment. It's none of our business if you want to wank, except insofar as we get to mock you too. And if you feel a need to engage in honest discussion, well, the Internetz Iz Important Bizniss. But if you go diving into the wank from F_W, for the love of god, don't come telling us about it -- linking to it on F_W to get a reaction from us is pretty damned wanky in itself...it's like calling on us to support your wankery. Even if you did it with the "best intentions" (whatever the hell that means), you're giving every appearance of trolling.

If you want a good example of an egregious violation of the no-trolling rule, cast your gaze upon this little ugly. Discussion is one thing. Outright trolling is something else. Note: "I couldn't help myself" or "I had to" or variations thereof are not excuses. They're either: A) outright lies; or B) symptomatic of a lack of control over your motor functions so extensive that you're probably best off locked away from external stimuli, and certainly shouldn't have access to dangerous things like means of mass communication, or anything sharper than a plushie.

The above link is also a good example of self-modding. The mods, such as we are, are here to mock, just like most of you. We're lazy sumbitches, and much prefer people to behave themselves and/or engage in self-moderation. Since F_W has always been largely self-moderating, we'd like to emphasize that anyone can and should make a point of discouraging F_W trolling. Have at it -- not only will it make F_W a better place, but it'll give you a self-esteem boost by mocking and belittling someone else. And it's been proven that people with good self-esteem live longer, thus resulting in extended mocking shelf-life. However, given that this is getting more and more frequent, we want to serve notice here: this is your warning. We don't ban often -- there are currently fewer than 10 people on the ban lists, and three of them are the same person -- but we will ban the next time something like this happens simply because we want to make sure people know we're serious about this.

P.S. This all applies to any of the major wank comms ([info]fandom_wank, [info]otf_wank, [info]clairvoyantwank, [info]political_wank and so on.)
P.P.S. No need to gang up on the linked comment...it was just linked as the most recent example.



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(Anonymous)
2005-12-07 06:01 pm UTC (link)
If I am a mouse who responded to a wank independantly, before even coming in here, and only after doing so did I learn that the wank was posted in here, how can I make amends?...

...I know, I still feel bad.

Queencallipygos on LJ

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[info]slackerbitch
2005-12-07 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Say three Hail Marys and let me spank you.

Actually you're ok. What WP is talking about are those tools who come to FW, see some insanity, and then head to the wank location and join in the spooge-o-rama. They make us all look like LJ Drama and a bunch of trolls, and what a sad thing that is.

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(no subject) - [info]zebeckras, 2005-12-07 10:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]slackerbitch, 2005-12-07 11:07 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-12-07 06:58 pm UTC (link)
Sorry, but I have to ask since I'm a newb: what does "trolling" mean?

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[info]ruby_tuesday
2005-12-07 07:00 pm UTC (link)
Shit-stirring, basically.

Wikipedia explains it better than I can.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-12-07 07:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ruby_tuesday, 2005-12-07 07:19 pm UTC

[info]moonpigeon
2005-12-08 02:50 am UTC (link)
Heh, you must be a newb to the entire Internet.

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(no subject) - [info]qem_chibati, 2005-12-08 12:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]agent_hyatt, 2005-12-08 06:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]qem_chibati, 2005-12-08 11:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2005-12-08 07:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]qem_chibati, 2005-12-08 11:11 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-12-07 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Good to see.

~Miss Kitten's mouse

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[info]sidhebastardess
2005-12-07 09:10 pm UTC (link)
All very reasonable, hear hear and such. One question, though, for clarification's sake.

And if you feel a need to engage in honest discussion, well, the Internetz Iz Important Bizniss. But if you go diving into the wank from F_W, for the love of god, don't come telling us about it

So, is any contribution to a wanked conversation considered trolling? (Say, commenting--not flaming or mocking--on a community post that has been wanked?)

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[info]mindset
2005-12-07 09:28 pm UTC (link)
I shouldn't think so, but for god's sake, don't "I got this link from Fandom Wank" or something like that. If you're a member of the community and would have commented anyway, that's also ok, but don't come back to the wank post and say "but I just *had* to wank". (There's been a lot of that going on lately, which is why this post here.)

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(no subject) - [info]sidhebastardess, 2005-12-07 09:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]wankprophet, 2005-12-07 10:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sidhebastardess, 2005-12-07 10:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladybirdsleeps, 2005-12-07 10:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]slackerbitch, 2005-12-07 11:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2005-12-08 12:58 am UTC
I hate to point this out
[info]agony
2005-12-07 09:25 pm UTC (link)
But this will just drive them underground. They'll wank anonymously instead. They'll meet in speakeasies and indulge in moonwank brewed in wooden kegs.

THEY'LL GO BLIND, I TELL YA!!111!!!!

Thank you

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Question for the ages....
iror
2005-12-07 09:39 pm UTC (link)
THEY'LL GO BLIND, I TELL YA!!111!!!!

Which will they go blind from first? Just plain wanking or from the ill-concocted moonshinewank?

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Re: I hate to point this out
[info]ymfaery
2005-12-07 10:01 pm UTC (link)
..is that supposed to be a bad thing?

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Re: I hate to point this out
[info]wankprophet
2005-12-07 10:05 pm UTC (link)
That's part of the point. The fact that so many people have made a point of announcing their leap into the wank means that many of them find validation in it. Take away the validation and many of them won't even bother. And if they do, well, at least they're doing it for reasons that don't involve us, and without the implied "support" of f_w membership.

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Re: I hate to point this out
(Anonymous)
2005-12-08 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Makes me sad because I'm a mouse and when people comment anon it makes me look bad.

-caseypuffy

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[info]marlo
2005-12-07 11:55 pm UTC (link)
WHATEVER, YOU SUCK, thewhiteprophet Gandalf [info]wankprophet! NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU SAY! I'M SICK OF THE CABAL'S IRON-FISTED FASCIST BULLYING LIKE THOSE GIRLS IN HIGH SCHOOL! I'LL DO WHAT I DAMN WELL PLEASE!

AND I'LL POST ABOUT IT IN ALL CAPS! AND I'LL REPLY TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO DISAGREES WITH ME AD NAUSEUM!



C'mon, it's F_W tradition and nobody else was doing it (except those mousy cowards who apparently want you to turn off anon comments again).

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[info]phosfate
2005-12-08 12:57 am UTC (link)
BANNED!!!




There ya go.

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-12-08 01:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2005-12-08 04:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]marlo, 2005-12-08 04:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]apoplexia, 2005-12-08 11:17 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]marlo, 2005-12-08 08:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2005-12-08 11:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - cicer, 2005-12-09 02:27 am UTC

[info]rotten_fish
2005-12-08 02:31 am UTC (link)
So the gist of it is:

If you must "wank" (read: troll), don't come here and say "I wanked," because no one gives a shit it makes us look bad?

Cool by me.

N00b time! ::dances:: Who is this person who got banned:

three of them are the same person?

Next, on n00b time, right after These Messages!

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[info]platedlizard
2005-12-08 02:49 am UTC (link)
Who is this person who got banned: three of them are the same person?

I'm guessing Thorn Star and his various incarnations.

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(no subject) - [info]eljuno, 2005-12-10 12:31 am UTC

[info]slackerbitch
2005-12-08 02:48 pm UTC (link)
Phoenix, maybe?

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(no subject) - [info]eljuno, 2005-12-10 12:32 am UTC

[info]ravenscanary
2005-12-08 03:26 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the reminder.

And for God's sake, if you're going to wank and wank as a superior intellectual specimen, aka fandom_wank member, at least know the fandom you're wanking in.

Or idiocy like this happens. (The deleted post by tweedisgood read "Aren't Mal and Jayne of opposite sexes? If so, it isn't slashfic - that's homoerotica, whether m/m or f/f.

Not in this context that I care, since I have never seen the show or film and am not really bothered if I do. Just a ficwriter's observation..."
)

Ignorance is embarassing.

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(no subject) - [info]the_wanlorn, 2005-12-08 03:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]marlo, 2005-12-08 03:56 am UTC
Hmm - [info]wankprophet, 2005-12-08 04:04 am UTC
Re: Hmm - [info]marlo, 2005-12-08 04:08 am UTC
Re: Hmm - [info]ravenscanary, 2005-12-08 04:33 am UTC
Re: Hmm - [info]marlo, 2005-12-08 08:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ravenscanary, 2005-12-08 04:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]loony666, 2005-12-08 06:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]apoplexia, 2005-12-08 11:15 am UTC

[info]memii
2005-12-08 05:07 am UTC (link)
Hmm, with that deliberately trolling anon on the front page, maybe it's time we started passing out accounts to the good anons before anon comments get killed?

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(no subject) - [info]greyscale, 2005-12-08 04:01 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-12-08 08:34 am UTC (link)
Thank you.

Always glad to see F_W above all that idiocy, as opposed to wallowing in it.

I just wish the bad mice would go away so the good mice wouldn't look so bad. -_-

- AZ

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[info]cyn
2005-12-08 10:49 am UTC (link)
Just thought I'd pile on because I think you're sexy, WP.

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[info]shun_mcdaddy
2005-12-08 05:26 pm UTC (link)
IAWTP*


*I agree with this post!

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(Anonymous)
2005-12-09 07:02 pm UTC (link)
So basically fandom_wank goes by a "don't ask, don't tell" policy that makes it okay to go around and troll communities/other people's PERSONAL journals, so long as the rest of fandom_wank doesn't acknowledge that its trolling.

Wow. That's just awesome.

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(no subject) - [info]hugsnkisses, 2005-12-09 07:41 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-12-10 01:58 am UTC (link)
Right. A community dedicated to wanking people has standards about contributing to and trolling the wank. With the fine, londstanding tradition of F_W members going to posts and announcing their arrival with a loud "I got here through fandom_wank," you're just now getting a clue enough to do something about it?

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(no subject) - [info]m_butterfly, 2005-12-10 07:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]apoplexia, 2005-12-10 07:18 pm UTC


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