Is Bitch back (in town)?

[IotV]

(Not talking about slimane's return)

Horrible title aside, it's popping up all over the place.

So, are the moderators simply slack, or is it legal once more?

[Mvnl]

The rules definitely have not changed.

[SockMonkey]

Plus nobody is reporting anything anymore (apart from spam) which doesn't help!

[Someboy]

Seriously, no one reports anything at all anymore, and we don't have the time to go through every page of every thread.

[citoig]

To be honest, I think there's a bug with the reporting or summat. I actually sent a message about it, but I never heard back.

[Seanie]

There's no actual link to the rules anymore, so people seem to be LOL'n OMG'n and :) :( all over the place.

I've reported a few times but nothing seems to get done.

[SockMonkey]

I can honestly say I haven't received any reports from you at all recently, Seanie.

[kyle17]

There's no actual link to the rules anymore.

Just want to reiterate that, I posted about it in the forum rules thread but haven't heard back.

[Seanie]

I can honestly say I haven't received any reports from you at all recently, Seanie.

Well I've reported twice today. Did you receive them?

I mean if the rules have changed, fine, but there's no reference point for the new members now. There's no where that actually says you're not allowed to abbreviate or use emotions anymore.

[invertedbutterfly]

There's no where that actually says you're not allowed to abbreviate or use emotions anymore.

I know it's completely unfair to pick up on a typo*, but I do so love the idea that use of this forum is subject to a rule that outlaws emotions. My mind is ablaze with how it might work - would it simply outlaw expressing emotion, or would there be some system that would prevent our having any sort of emotional reaction to what we read here.

(You make a very good point, though. The forum standards have always been an important part of this place, so the fact they're no longer accessible would seem a rather important oversight).


*I should acknowledge the possibility that it's not actually a typo, and all the cool kids might be calling emoticons 'emotions' these days - I'm that out of touch, that it wouldn't surprise me!

[Seanie]

I think its actually my computer autocorrecting for me. I did actually type emoticons but it force corrected it to emotions without my consent.

Its the second time its happened to me today.

[SockMonkey]

Well I've reported twice today. Did you receive them?

Nope! Couple of spam reports from other people, but that's it.

[David_X]

I, for some reason, recieved them! In fact, checking my Junk, there's quite a few reported posts in there from various people: ops, alexcj, Aime, invertedbutterly, zycoli, Wuming01 and RJF, among others.

Which is really odd because since the change i've not been able to edit anything in Off Topic. And a lot of those posts reported don't seem to have even been in Off Topic.

[Seanie]

So I wasn't going mad, I had reported them!

[Resi12]

So no moderators are getting reports?

[IotV]

That makes a lot of sense; I've been reporting flat out!!!

[Someboy]

That makes a lot of sense; I've been reporting flat out!!!

Good to know - we need to get this fixed as soon as possible then.

[IotV]

Good to know - we need to get this fixed as soon as possible then.

I know like, there are so many problem users around the website now.

[lisaj]

I only seem to receive spam reports these days.

[IotV]

Some people just like to watch the world burn, I guess.

[KhiaShamone]

Just to check - the rule is that you can cite music lyrics that include it, but you can't call someone it, is that right?

[Vashetti]

Every time I see this thread I keep thinking that 'Bitch' is a member.

[StratusJM]

Just to check - the rule is that you can cite music lyrics that include it, but you can't call someone it, is that right?

You're also allowed to us the verb 'to bitch'. You may also refer to real life situations where other people called people bitches and if for some reason you want to talk about female dogs, you may refer to them as bitches. I think that's it.

[JadeFan]

Are you allowed to use the verb?! I thought it was banned only for song lyrics.

By the way, where have the rules disappeared to?

[StratusJM]

Yes, there's no logical basis for banning the verb. IIRC I asked SockMonkey and he said it was allowed.