But u or no u, you all believe in it. I hear this all the time about how me and other members get "special treatment", or that some things people get in trouble for we don't, just because the mods like us better. Now I am here to debunk a few things. But I am just going to deal with me, and not others, cause I can't speak for others.
I do things others would get banned for. There is no real way to go around that because it's true, but it's not because they prefer me, or that they randomly decided that I don't get banned for this. Although they do prefer me to everyone else(who doesn't), it really has no bearing on who they ban/get in trouble.
Mods are chosen for a reason, they make judgment calls on who gets banned for what, and they, when the time comes, make the right calls. They aren't made mod because they like someone and won't ban them, because if I don't get in trouble for posts because of favoritism, that would mean all the mods love me equally and none want me to get in trouble for my work, which is definitely not the case. Trust me.
"So!" Some of you are asking, "whats going on dog?"
Well I will tell you! One factor is seniority. Most people who make inappropriate comments and get in trouble are new. You are new and meeting people, so how do you do it? You make a joke that would otherwise be a terrible idea! How do you expect it to go off well. You don't go to a new job and yell obscenities, or go to a new school and say dumb shit to everyone, including the teachers... just no.
It also has to do with familiarity, which ties in again with seniority. I have been here a long time, and we become good friends. Now the thing is, after being around so long people expect so much from me, it's normal, it's how I am. But that's not just it, think of AG as a black friend, or jewish, or whatever. When you have been friends for a long time, inappropriate jokes become normal. When you have been friends long enough, you can say things like nword or make jokes about a jewish friends cheapness, because they know you are joking, and you've been friends long enough that its ok. You don't just make a black friend and start calling them nword and saying "you love watermelon and chicken!". You just don't. So think of AG as your black friend and wait a while before cracking out stupid stuff.
Also, it has to do with the good stuff you have done for the site. Although I am ridiculously inappropriate, I do try and help the forums when I can. Not all my posts are bad, I make attempts to make good ones and help. Such as in the S&S forum, and these help. Because if you actually make good posts more often, when you say something inappropriate, it might get looked over because of all the good you have done.
Anyways, I am watching Conan and not really paying attention to what I am writing and I actually want to watch, so I won't go into more detail. You get it.
Long story short, first impressions count for a lot.
Every user I've been suspicious of has been permanently banned. Users are only permanently banned if they well and truly deserve it, as judged by the administration.
Klaus, however, made a great first impression. I think the first thing I said to him was "so help me God I will keep the 4chan out of AG!"
Hm. Maybe that wasn't such a great first impression after all, Klaus, you jerk.
Long story short, first impressions count for a lot.
I actually agree completely. In real life, first impressions are made subconsciously in 7 seconds(actual study). And I think that first impressions are made within the first 7 posts of a person. So be careful with that too.
Yeah, I mean, sure I did a pretty good job of keeping the 4chan out of AG for a while, but look where we are now...
...I'm the one making all the 4chan jokes :\\ What the hell.
What were my first seven posts... I think they were mostly huge wall-of-text essays on why the human-animal differentiation was a false one. Ironically, there's a thread still going on that in the World-Politics etc. right now...
What were my first seven posts... I think they were mostly huge wall-of-text essays on why the human-animal differentiation was a false one. Ironically, there's a thread still going on that in the World-Politics etc. right now...
Your first 7 posts that I saw all had to do with horses and thor... hmmmmmm.
