my userscripts for chipmusic.org (Page 3 of 5)

It has always been possible to block information with scripts. I block ads pretty much everywhere with the consequence that I will never see them, and even without technological aid, we all have the freedom to ignore each other.

What I wonder relates to other communities where I lurk or participate, that there are fragmentations of people who may or may not seem to dominate in various ways, forming insulary cliques, probably accidentally, the result being that nobody wants to talk or try anything new.

Is the future of chipmusic.org to become silent 30-40 year olds who occasionally complain? Is the future of chipmusic in the hands of novices who rarely use hardware and don't know how to work a soldering iron? Do these questions belong in a new thread?

I think the main problem with this script is that people will now use it for the wrong reasons. ant1 made it because of rightfully obnoxious posts, not because he disagreed with people.

Using a script like this on a forum is like using speedhax during a time attack. It just defeats the purpose of a forum imo.

Last edited by Je Mappelle (Aug 4, 2012 6:44 pm)

for anyone interested in the actual facts about the hedgehog incident,

I derailed one thread with pictures of hedgehogs entitled,

"How to add a drop?"

arguably one of the stupidest questions I've ever read.

that forum can be found here;

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7823/ … dd-a-drop/

any other threads I've posted hedgehogs in can be seen here

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7841/ … sand-dogs/ [I can post what I want in wailord threads]
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7716/ … the-attic/ [This was my own thread]
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7867/ … -use-lsdj/ [posted 1 hedgehog when provoked]
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7872/ … kp-manual/ [dumb question]
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7855/ … -i-needed/ [my own thread, again did not post a hedgehog until provoked]
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7747/frostbyte-codex/ [posted 1 hedgehog]
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/7964/ … iven-chip/ [this was lazare's thread]

so in conclusion

you shouldn't use a loaded word like censorship if you're going to use it incorrectly (or spell it incorrectly). censorship isn't a personal choice, it's made by other people. for example:

keeping a story out of the news: censorship
not watching the news: not censorship

this is a person by person option to opt-out of having to read shitty users' posts in a thread. it isn't keeping people from posting. do you know who else used to use loaded phrases on the internet to blow things out of proportion? HITLER.

no it's not.

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it's kind of crazy that it took 2 1/2 years for one annoying as fuck user to drive someone to create this script. and i think it's a much... healthier? option than this:

Because 1) the mods already know. trust me. The mods use this site just like the rest of us, and they get annoyed by annoying as fuck posters just like the rest of us. The users might have already gotten warnings for all we know. But then again, I'm a dick on here (albeit, with a purpose) and no one's warned me.

But really, 2) taking action against a shitty member is much closer to censorship than just ignoring a member. I would love to see some members banned for acting like retards. But in my heart I know that's not right. So I'll be quietly ignoring them using this script instead.

Last edited by Saskrotch (Aug 4, 2012 7:16 pm)

I understand your argument and I agree that it was a bit missused in the context. My point is still that this might not be the solution to the problem. Then again, if the mods don't bother to warn/punish people that do these things, the script would certainly serve the purpose. I just don't want such a thing to be handled carelessly since I think it could do more harm than actual good... Hard question to answer before it's been put to practice though. Let's just see I guess, no one is forcing me or anyone else to use it... So I'll just be quiet for now...

Exactly my point. I don't have anything against Nuclace, maybe the requested behavior is to stop bumping bad threads.

Returning to lazerbeat's feature request, what if threads had a checkbox at the top where if you uncheck it won't bump in your "recent" page anymore?