You know what happens when forum staff make a habit of deleting interesting posts and closing interesting threads? Interesting members make a habit of leaving. For the sake of the community, take off the kid gloves and let us have our fun. Even if it's at each other's expense. Even if it's off topic. Just stop smothering us.

Word.

Looks like I missed this one too

Although I did see the Thaggles thread disappear. I was disappointed, made one of my few hilarious posts in there

You can have all the fun you want, unless your fun consists of bullying and personal attacks. Those are not permitted, unfortunately. "Off topic posts" in an off topic section is not something I personally care about. That was never a variable.

i wish we had more freedom in COT


conflict isn't a bad thing, without conflict there is little discussion


"bullying" & "personal attacks"


this isn't fucking middle school dude, people only get "attacked" when they say/do something that warrants it

Originally Posted by FraGTaLiTy

You can have all the fun you want, unless your fun consists of bullying and personal attacks. Those are not permitted, unfortunately. "Off topic posts" in an off topic section is not something I personally care about. That was never a variable.

See: Take off the kid gloves, let us have our fun, even if it's at each other's expense. By being overly protective and breaking up every fight you come across, you're not helping the forum, you're killing it.

Ive seen a couple different threads that have been deleted or locked. But the most recent that stands out is the Pistol thread.

Originally Posted by The Colostomizer

You know what happens when forum staff make a habit of deleting interesting posts and closing interesting threads? Interesting members make a habit of leaving.

If those members are the same members who thrive on tearing down other members simply because they can, then good riddance. You guys do not have the site's best interests at heart when doing that, so don't come at us acting like we're being just as detrimental to the community.

For the sake of the community, take off the kid gloves and let us have our fun. Even if it's at each other's expense. Even if it's off topic. Just stop smothering us.

If it's at someone else's expense, absolutely not. Sorry.

Originally Posted by The Colostomizer

See: Take off the kid gloves, let us have our fun, even if it's at each other's expense. By being overly protective and breaking up every fight you come across, you're not helping the forum, you're killing it.

Like I said, you can have all the fun you want, but bullying and personal attacks will not be permitted here. Since you guys are more than often the deliverers rather than the receivers, I understand your perspective, but it's at the expense of others' "fun", which is simply counterproductive when it comes to "helping" the forum. The bullying and personal attacks makes it a sh*tty place for them, and quite frankly, makes this forum look downright unappealing which will hurt growth.

There's nothing wrong with arguing, but when you stride from the argument at hand and begin harassing the person itself, the line is crossed.

Originally Posted by FraGTaLiTy

You can have all the fun you want, unless your fun consists of bullying and personal attacks. Those are not permitted, unfortunately. "Off topic posts" in an off topic section is not something I personally care about. That was never a variable.

If policy is only about "bullying" and not off topic posts in Complete Off-Topic, then why was this thread closed?

• What is REP?

I don't see any "bullying" in there.