This is a thread for people who will not be or have not been on the site for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.
Generally, expect the following from this thread:
- People announcing their departure or return.
- Moderators announcing a significant forum ban — not trolls or vandals, but someone people will notice and miss.
- Inquiries about an absent troper.
- Responses to inquiries about an absent troper.
Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 3:48:36 AM
Alright, we chatted about it a bit, and Absent People really does need to be kept more or less on topic. As the moderation team has at times contributed to derails, we recognize that it's at least partly our fault. (That doesn't mean you get a pass for being rude, cute.)
Here's what Absent People is to be used for:
- People announcing their departure or return.
- Moderators announcing a significant forum ban — not trolls or vandals, but someone people will notice and miss.
- Inquiries about an absent troper.
- Responses to inquiries about an absent troper.
Chatter around this will be tolerated only up to a point. If there's something that can be said in a different thread, or by PM, please use those instead. If you have a concern about a banned troper, please take it up with a moderator via PM.
Thanks for your cooperation.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Fair enough; Best Of will now have to take his cat pictures to Photos, it seems.
Enquiring of the general troper population: Anyone know where Day is? He hasn't posted since Christmas, and didn't announce that he'd be gone.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.@Septimus: You are correct. For example, these two posts are fine, but more in that vein would be excessive.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Hopeless Daydreamer has no bans or thumps (of any significance) on record.
edited 10th Jan '13 1:37:01 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I guess the issue is that this thread becomes a hangout place when that's supposed to be the job of Yack Fest as a whole.
I don't think being off-topic is that big of a problem here. We've had instances, but they come in chunks because of something happening or something to talk about coming up. I can say that discussions here are largely at least centered on, and originating on, departures and returns.
What is a "special ta"? This isn't really a major thing, just enforcing rules that we should have had to begin with.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I had read it as "special tag," myself.
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