Moderation isn't about having employees read every single stupid thing your customers say (and they do, you just try not to tell them).
Trust me. Moderating an online forum is EXACTLY reading every single stupid thing your customers post. "Oh someone started a topic about religion? I guess I can cancel my other plans since my 5 hours will be spent in their reading everything that anyone posts to keep the flames down."
More to the point, in the long view you're only "in the midst of eradicating" the problem if you have a way to address the remaining strains.
containment, quarantine, education, getting the god damn catholic church out of Africa. (nothing against religion but, really, they're telling people in the middle of an AIDS epidemic that condoms are evil is not helping).
Besides,
Even if only helps 50% of the people given it due to mutation and multiple strains and whatnot. It'll at least slow down the rate of infection as less people will be transmitting it.
But we can more easily contain, control and prevent it now than we could when the epidemic started. Basically, to use a video game metaphor, it's like loading up the old save with new knowledge of how the fight goes.
Yes you are technically in the exact same position you were last time but you have a much better chance of winning this time.
Unless we do it like we did with Smallpox where we just aggressively push the vaccination around the world to everybody. That way there's no time for the 10% to fill the gaps.
You're helping 90% of the worlds HIV epidemic. If they can do this smallpox immunity style they can reduce the "HIV Epidemic" to "The HIV problem that we are in the midst of eradicating"
The problem with you advice (as it applies to me) can be best summed up with the following list of things I genuinely dislike doing whether I'm in any sort of hurry or not:
Standing on the subway platform waiting for the train.
Having to move at what other people consider "normal walking speed" (seriously, what is wrong with you people. How do you all be so slow?)
Standing anywhere waiting for anything
Being late for anything.
Waiting in general
Being more than a few minutes early for anything
Standing still for any reason
I have about 100 years on this planet, if I'm lucky, and I have no intention spending any of it not doing things. I LIKE hurrying. I HATE waiting and the idea of living in the country actually makes me somewhat queasy. So stand to the right of the moving walkway and let me through. I have stories to tell, worlds to dream up and adventures to take and and I don't plan to be late for them.
That's what we usually do here in Canada. Unless it gets really busy because inevitably someone in the "walking lane" will be a dick(or bitch lets not be gender exclusive here) stand still and back up the entire system which basically screws the whole line up for a while.
The worst is when you're trying to get down to the subway, and it's in the station and if you could propel yourself forwards you could make it but the idiot in front of you apparently just doesn't give a shit and you miss the train.
I have a theory. America is attempting to commit Manifest Destiny by making its people so fat that is becomes so massive that the rest of the world just collapses in on it. Black hole style.
Wow. So ignoring the attempt to start a political flame war...
It's not laziness at all. If someone says they want "a well regulated free market" I'm not going to run to Google. I'm going to point out that, by definition, a free market lacks regulation. Same as if they say "a communist class structure". Through my understanding of the terms "libertarian socialist" was an intrinsic contradiction so the logical conclusion was that either (A) the OP did not understand one of the terms (B) the OP wrote the wrong word (ie libertarian instead of liberal or some such) or (C) the OP had no idea what he was talking about or (D) the OP was wording his argument poorly. Therefore I asked my question in such a way to cover these options.
Except that I didn't know "libertaian Socialist" was an actual term for something as opposed to two dissonant concepts that bsDaemon chose to stick together to try to express some concept he had thought up. Telling someone who doesn't know something exists they should have Googled the definition of it is like asking someone who doesn't know how to spell "knife" to look it up in the dictionary.
isn't "Libertarian Socialist" a contradiction? Libertarians (as I understand them) want small government and free markets so that individuals can grow on their own strengths and merits. Us socialists want government services and regulations to help the greater good of the nation.
Anarchists want no government at all and a communal sense of camaraderie. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is off topic so please don't use this as a springboard for a political debate.
*tips bowler and polishes monacle* Very Good. Then we are in agreement on this point. It has been a pleasure discussing with you sirrah and I shall now take my leave.
My point is that 3 of the examples I gave are completely legal. The last one i consider moral in the same way I consider jaywalking when there aren't any cars around moral.
Saying "70% of people think file sharing is ok" != "70% of people think music should be freely available for download without having to pay for it" and that's what the statistic is trying to make it look like it says.
Yes, the library is a more free and open system than steam. Congratulations. You have shown a free government funded system allows more ease of access than a business model.
And I have never heard of anyone losing their account for letting someone else play it so unless you can find that provision you're just being cynical for the sake of making your point.
But the problem is, people use the "copyright goes on for 150 years" argument and then torrent games and movies that were made in the last decade and under a proper and fair copyright should still be protected. You have to practice what you preach.
If I send people in my group copies of my work. That's required.
Both are file sharing.
personally I download when I have never heard the band or have never seen the show (I don't have a TV and I live in Canada so I can't Hulu it) Then if I like it I will go on to purchase more of it. If I don't, I will delete. I accept that if I get caught they can try to sue me for a shit ton and I feel they're entirely in their rights to do so. I'm not actually the people they're going after but I am breaking copyright law and I am fully aware of the legal precedent that has been set for it so if I get caught and have to pay it is entirely my own fault.
Another case where it's justifiable is if I already own the product and I torrent a cracked version so I don't have to use the CD. Totally justifiable. (and i think up here in Canada it's also completely legal)
, nearly 70 percent of 18 to 29 year olds thought file sharing was acceptable in some circumstances and 58 percent of all Americans who followed the file sharing issue considered it acceptable in at least some circumstances.
"Some circumstances" is a very broad term. I'm opposed to people who just download everything and never pay the creator but I can think of any number of circumstances where it's acceptable and even required. That's a very poorly worded survey which ultimately means nothing
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Next step? My own TARDIS!
Moderation isn't about having employees read every single stupid thing your customers say (and they do, you just try not to tell them).
Trust me. Moderating an online forum is EXACTLY reading every single stupid thing your customers post. "Oh someone started a topic about religion? I guess I can cancel my other plans since my 5 hours will be spent in their reading everything that anyone posts to keep the flames down."
More to the point, in the long view you're only "in the midst of eradicating" the problem if you have a way to address the remaining strains.
containment, quarantine, education, getting the god damn catholic church out of Africa. (nothing against religion but, really, they're telling people in the middle of an AIDS epidemic that condoms are evil is not helping).
Besides, Even if only helps 50% of the people given it due to mutation and multiple strains and whatnot. It'll at least slow down the rate of infection as less people will be transmitting it.
But we can more easily contain, control and prevent it now than we could when the epidemic started. Basically, to use a video game metaphor, it's like loading up the old save with new knowledge of how the fight goes.
Yes you are technically in the exact same position you were last time but you have a much better chance of winning this time.
Unless we do it like we did with Smallpox where we just aggressively push the vaccination around the world to everybody. That way there's no time for the 10% to fill the gaps.
You're helping 90% of the worlds HIV epidemic. If they can do this smallpox immunity style they can reduce the "HIV Epidemic" to "The HIV problem that we are in the midst of eradicating"
Some of it probably will eventually, but they can probably cure or prevent the spread of at least a decent percentage of people.
So it's a win for the medical community and human race in general either way.
The problem with you advice (as it applies to me) can be best summed up with the following list of things I genuinely dislike doing whether I'm in any sort of hurry or not:
Standing on the subway platform waiting for the train.
Having to move at what other people consider "normal walking speed" (seriously, what is wrong with you people. How do you all be so slow?)
Standing anywhere waiting for anything
Being late for anything.
Waiting in general
Being more than a few minutes early for anything
Standing still for any reason
I have about 100 years on this planet, if I'm lucky, and I have no intention spending any of it not doing things. I LIKE hurrying. I HATE waiting and the idea of living in the country actually makes me somewhat queasy. So stand to the right of the moving walkway and let me through. I have stories to tell, worlds to dream up and adventures to take and and I don't plan to be late for them.
s/violent/violet
I knew I should've worn my violent shirt today... but the infrared but just so stylish!
That's what we usually do here in Canada. Unless it gets really busy because inevitably someone in the "walking lane" will be a dick(or bitch lets not be gender exclusive here) stand still and back up the entire system which basically screws the whole line up for a while.
The worst is when you're trying to get down to the subway, and it's in the station and if you could propel yourself forwards you could make it but the idiot in front of you apparently just doesn't give a shit and you miss the train.
actually since you'd be moving further for the same amount of walking (thanks to the walkway moving you as you walked) you get LESS exercise.
I have a theory. America is attempting to commit Manifest Destiny by making its people so fat that is becomes so massive that the rest of the world just collapses in on it. Black hole style.
Wow. So ignoring the attempt to start a political flame war...
It's not laziness at all. If someone says they want "a well regulated free market" I'm not going to run to Google. I'm going to point out that, by definition, a free market lacks regulation. Same as if they say "a communist class structure". Through my understanding of the terms "libertarian socialist" was an intrinsic contradiction so the logical conclusion was that either (A) the OP did not understand one of the terms (B) the OP wrote the wrong word (ie libertarian instead of liberal or some such) or (C) the OP had no idea what he was talking about or (D) the OP was wording his argument poorly. Therefore I asked my question in such a way to cover these options.
Except that I didn't know "libertaian Socialist" was an actual term for something as opposed to two dissonant concepts that bsDaemon chose to stick together to try to express some concept he had thought up. Telling someone who doesn't know something exists they should have Googled the definition of it is like asking someone who doesn't know how to spell "knife" to look it up in the dictionary.
isn't "Libertarian Socialist" a contradiction? Libertarians (as I understand them) want small government and free markets so that individuals can grow on their own strengths and merits. Us socialists want government services and regulations to help the greater good of the nation. Anarchists want no government at all and a communal sense of camaraderie. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is off topic so please don't use this as a springboard for a political debate.
Alright, what about American Graffiti?
and yet, despite that, is still the greatest movie ever made.
What about the 3 Indiana Jones movies and Labyrinth?
*tips bowler and polishes monacle* Very Good. Then we are in agreement on this point. It has been a pleasure discussing with you sirrah and I shall now take my leave.
My point is that 3 of the examples I gave are completely legal. The last one i consider moral in the same way I consider jaywalking when there aren't any cars around moral.
Saying "70% of people think file sharing is ok" != "70% of people think music should be freely available for download without having to pay for it" and that's what the statistic is trying to make it look like it says.
Yes, the library is a more free and open system than steam. Congratulations. You have shown a free government funded system allows more ease of access than a business model.
And I have never heard of anyone losing their account for letting someone else play it so unless you can find that provision you're just being cynical for the sake of making your point.
But the problem is, people use the "copyright goes on for 150 years" argument and then torrent games and movies that were made in the last decade and under a proper and fair copyright should still be protected. You have to practice what you preach.
If I send people in my group copies of my work. That's required.
Both are file sharing.
personally I download when I have never heard the band or have never seen the show (I don't have a TV and I live in Canada so I can't Hulu it) Then if I like it I will go on to purchase more of it. If I don't, I will delete. I accept that if I get caught they can try to sue me for a shit ton and I feel they're entirely in their rights to do so. I'm not actually the people they're going after but I am breaking copyright law and I am fully aware of the legal precedent that has been set for it so if I get caught and have to pay it is entirely my own fault.
Another case where it's justifiable is if I already own the product and I torrent a cracked version so I don't have to use the CD. Totally justifiable. (and i think up here in Canada it's also completely legal)
, nearly 70 percent of 18 to 29 year olds thought file sharing was acceptable in some circumstances and 58 percent of all Americans who followed the file sharing issue considered it acceptable in at least some circumstances.
"Some circumstances" is a very broad term. I'm opposed to people who just download everything and never pay the creator but I can think of any number of circumstances where it's acceptable and even required. That's a very poorly worded survey which ultimately means nothing