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Originally Posted by Tuna
You missed the part where I highlighted your attempts to get newbies to blatantly break MB rules. I guess your version of a welcome wagon is a permaban
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I didn't miss your comment, Tuna, but my reason for offering to post that particular member's music after a moderator deleted the link from the member's music thread is that he was NOT a newbie. He had been a member at MB for a year and had posted on and off about music and not just his own.
I may be in the minority here at MB, but I like to talk about famous people's music up in the music forums and I also like to talk with "regular" people about their music in the songwriting section. Therefore, I try to stick up for our members who like to make music and get feedback here at MB.
My version of the ideal welcome wagon at MB is to...
(1) be polite to new members;
(2) recognize when a member isn't "new";
(3) be more welcoming to members who like to make music and not just listen to it;
(4) don't assume members are here just to post about their own music when they do post about it (I know how exciting it is for people to find a music community and to share with others who love music);
(5) be polite when members break the rules.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
[...]I'm not really sure what mods could possibly have done about that situation under the vegan/slappy theory of moderation, since according to them, newbies should be free to be as hostile as they want without interference from the mods.
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According to me, newbies
as well as established members shouldn't be free to be as hostile as they want, and moderators' responses should be polite. Moderators shouldn't call people trolls when they aren't trolling, for example.
If moderators see someone who they feel is breaking the rules, I simply want moderators to be courteous when pointing it out to that person in private, and also when discussing it openly on the Boards, if dealing with the issue publicly is necessary.
I've seen many instances of moderators being patient, helpful, and considerate. When they write discourteously to or about other members, then that's the behavior I want changed.
I'm not against "interference" by moderators. I want polite interference.
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Originally Posted by Engine
Maybe I'm jaded or stupid but this whole thing attracts me to VEG even more than I already was. I wouldn't mind dying on an un inaccessible island with her. Hopefully the weather would be warm but that wouldn't matter much. We'd listen to Baroque music until all the batteries die, and eat tropical fruits or tundra vegetables. Due to hunger and non-modern living, we probably would quickly forget things like MusicBanter.
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Viva Vivaldi!
I'm glad MusicBanter inspires people to share their love of music that will exist long after MB is forgotten.
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