Forum - View topicSo many rude people in this forum. Second Chance = ?
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Marcus H.
Posts: 13 Location: the Philippines |
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I think I landed on the worst thread to start posting.
First of all, I was expecting this site to have a forum that has a more professional or otherwise friendly member base. But that's not the case. "Thread killers" are rampant, and lots of them treat those opposite of their ideals as vermin that needs to be crushed. That's the main reason why every time the moderators are forced to close down the thread, maybe alongside soapboxing. I am a long-running member of another anime forums and I haven't encountered stuff like this. The only time is on Sankaku Complex, which I am not a member of. What's the problem? Is it the high-posting or "elite/elitist" members? The moderators? Or is it some other factor? Unless I could find a nice friendly group of people here, I might as well get the heck out of here. This community is fricking disappointing. :/ |
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Farix
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If someone posts something that is anti-industry or pro-fansubs/pro-scanlations, of course other editors are going to directly challenge them. If they don't want your anti-industry or pro-fansubs/pro-scanlations positions challenged, then they shouldn't make them public here.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 9902 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC |
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You had admitted that you came from one of the largest fansub communities; of course the atmosphere here would be very different from there. And yes, you started with a thread that almost always turns into a mud fight. Not really a good choice, if you ask me. And an off-topic suggestion: at this sad hour it's better for you not to use Hong Kong as an example of anything. |
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Marcus H.
Posts: 13 Location: the Philippines |
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I don't really care on the issue of fansubs or stuff like that. I just need another friendly and non-4chan anime forum to participate in. I might definitely find myself wallowing in the same mud I splashed in in the first place, so I'm steeling myself for that.
And don't worry about my words, dormcat. I clearly grasp the situation and I'll do my best to not extend it to my piece of Internet sky. I'm also surprised that this community is much smaller than I have expected. Is this because of the size of licensed material? (Just to avoid getting to a tangent, just answer with short replies. I don't want to get accused for causing a soapboxing affair.) |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 9902 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC |
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Unfortunately, according to one of our moderators, topics about
are targets of flame wars, and I agree with him. Personally I have steered away from them for a long time.
That probably contributes some degree but I don't think it's the major cause. |
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The King of Harts
 Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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No, I think it's because a lot of people hate Zac. Which is cool since I think he's funny and he keeps all the really pompous people from AoD over there. It's a win/win situation. He's kind of like a filter for really annoying people- sure some get through, but nobody's perfect. Even when they do get through, though, he bans them for being annoying. But yeah, the News Talkback isn't the best of place since you'll run into a lot of...um...opinionated people. The Interest Talkback, Anime, Retail and Community sections are pretty lax, though. The Anime section will get flamesy every now and then, but it's fairly rare occurrence. |
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abunai
Old Regular
 Posts: 5463 Location: 露命 |
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Personally, I think the weightiest reason is that we require people to be able to spell and use proper grammar. That sort of shuts out 99% of the internet, right there. - abunai Rude when the occasion calls for it. |
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vashna
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I actually thought the ANN Forum community was gigantic. Am I wrong?
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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It's plenty big, it just doesn't move at the speed of light because we moderate the hell out of it. Most internet forums don't have anywhere near the level of rules we have here. As Abunai already said, simply requiring "complete sentences" shuts out a whole lot of people. And while I appreciate the compliment, King of Harts, not that many people hate me, yeesh. I have a small brigade of vocal haters, that's about it. |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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Where would you rate yourself on the Justin Bieber scale?
We have to hope no-one invokes Candlejack becau |
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Marcus H.
Posts: 13 Location: the Philippines |
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I did notice, Zac is really high on my blunt scale, but I guess he's not that all the time. "Just when needed", I guess.
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John Casey
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That's about as truthful as this picture. 
Afterall, JC lives! But I digress. TC, truth is, you're kind of doing this: You're a Muslim missionary, posting in a Christian website. Sites differ in functionality and community, man. Some shit simply...doesn't click with some here as it would better with others. Most people don't do this cause they're too damn impatient, but I say, lurk. Stay a lurker for a while, learn the ins and outs, then you'll know how you can talk to whomever. |
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The King of Harts
Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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Yea, I'm sorry about the backhanded compliment. It's just that when I peruse the AoD forums, and ANN comes up, I notice that several people don't say nice things about you. Then you add in the people here who don't say things and it just seems like a lot. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
Forums Superstar  Posts: 16935 |
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So let me get this right....you're going to come in and run your mouth and completely judge an entire forum's fanbase. You're going to be rude and ignorant yourself and insult the entire forum after being here for only 2 days and making 10 posts. How about first before you complain about a lack of professionalism and lack of friendliness you show some yourself. Otherwise you're just a big hypocrit. You might also want to be around for more then 2 days before you starting casting judgment on us as Christ reborn. We have our share of idiots but judging the entire forum given your short stay here is what is truly disappointing. I'd personally love to know what other forums you're on where there magically aren't idiots. That I would love to see. |
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Keonyn
 Subscriber Posts: 5567 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
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Errrr ... anyways...
It simply comes down to specific topics more than anything. As mentioned above fansubs and lolicon and the endless dub/sub debate will pretty much always degrade in to attacks and trolling. We have a lot of passionate people here about these topics on both sides, but it only takes one person to turn a thread down the road of attacks ans insults and pretty soon it's simply better off locked. It's actually because we have a pretty sizable community that this happens. As for it seeming smaller, that is because of the speed at which it flows as mentioned above. Too put a bit more meat on what Zac said, it's simply because we have a more rigid rule structure here than many forums. All the "List your favorite anime" and "What anime characters do you like?" threads don't really fly here because we don't allow simple list posting but instead encourage discussion and reasoning. Another instance is that recommendation threads aren't allowed outside the official genre specific ones we have. This is simply because there was a point that they were becoming so common they were practically taking the anime forum over and drowning out the actual discussions. But yeah, you're going to meet all kinds here, and fansubs are one of the most volatile hot button issues you can bring up at this time. Dub/sub debates aren't quite as bad as they used to be, but I think when I first started posting here that was probably the most volatile one at the time. The loli debates are gaining steam lately though, so I wouldn't be surprised if that takes the top position eventually. |
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