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POPSYou Can't Have A Picnic Without Ants. “Don’t feed the troll” Simple and surefire rule. Trolls feed on your reactions. Ignore them. Put comments under moderation. This way you can approve or disapprove of inappropriate comments. Don’t be overly sensitive just because they go against what you stood for. Debate is healthy. Ban them. If you have persistent trolls, you might just want to block them. This way they will not be able to wreck havoc as they please. If you remove a post, aren't you preventing free speech? Discussion boards are by design a forum for open communication, a place where the community is encouraged to freely discuss its opinions. Only remove troll posts when they become disruptive to open communication. A troll is actually silencing the voice of a majority of the community members. Ask the troll to take their comments elsewhere.
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POPSShould there be a legal limit on the volume of our music? This is such a tough call. Like many people, i love listening to loud music on my iphone - some songs just get better and better the louder you make them. But the idea that so many of us are damaging our hearing as a result is upsetting. On the other hand, enjoying loud music is so good for the soul. I suppose like everything else in life, even the volume of our music needs to be enjoyed in moderation.
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POPSEvidence of Abject Delusion The truther petition was the least of it all. You have the mind of a warped Hate-monger with no passion for the truth in Masbury. Driven by vitriolic division and party politics, blatantly lacking any moderation in his contempt for the decent.
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POPSThe MLM Mall Young Living created the Everyday Oils collection to meet a variety of daily needs, from cooking and first aid to cleaning and aromatherapy.
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POPSChocolate 'cuts death rate' in heart attack survivors "However, I do encourage those who are looking for healthier desserts to consider chocolate in small quantities," he said. "For individuals with no weight issues who have been able to eat chocolate in moderation and remain slim, I do not limit it," he added. The researchers caution that clinical trials are needed to back up the findings of their study.
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POPSTips and tricks to eat better. As a former stress-eater who has been steadily losing weight for years I can agree that knowing your triggers and taking your focus off what you "can't" have and putting it on what you can help immensely. It's all about moderation.
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POPSClipmarks: NO REASON AT ALL NEEDED TO DELETE COMMENTS This was the thread that led to my asking Clipmarks for clarification on their comment deletion policy. It's official. {{Antara}}, and any clipper, is allowed to delete any comment on clips they initiate, for any reason or none at all. I personally maintain a "No personal attacks against other clippers" policy as my only reason for censoring comments. But if I just don't like you, your politics, your hair-color, your religion, your ethnicity, sexual orientation, your city of birth, the facts you offer... I can delete your comments, no consequences. The deletion pop-up reads Please only remove comments that appear to be spam or that you believe to be unquestionably outside the bounds of civility. But that's only a suggestion. I think this will lead to less discussion and a even more negativity and hostility between clippers, and I do hope Clipmarks reconsiders.
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POPSMy complaint e-mail to Clipmarks re: Antara Full text in case you don't want to click through to the screenshot: I'm the clipmarks user "spiritualmonkey". Is there some way to file a complaint against a clipmarks user? I believe Antara is abusing her privileges as moderator to delete non-abusive comments that she disagrees with. I point to this example http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8AE40B3D-A41A-4D2E-B4BF-42067149143D/ I do not believe that the comment I left was in any way abusive or uncivil, and I believe Antara deleted it because she disagreed with the factual assertions made. Is this allowed? Can I get more clarification on what Clipmarks terms or use are regarding deleting comments? I've stated in my profile and I delete (and now disemvowel) parts of comments that descend into personal abuse, and I think I've stood by that. I want to know if what Antara is doing is Okay with clipmarks. 7/24/09 Clipmarks has responded
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POPSAAbuse of moderation privileges? Seems not [SEE COMMENTS] Antara disemvoweled my comment on her clip because she disagreed with my assertion of the facts. That's abusive and, I believe, against clipmarks policy/terms of use. I disemvowel comments that descend into personal attack, no matter whom. That's been my stated standard from when I started & I've stuck to it.. {{Antara}}, I call your actions dishonest and accuse you of being unwilling to engage in serious debate. Your excuse was I deem this one whiny, dumb but mostly just condescending nonsense ---so you win a vowel free post too! I stated the facts about HLG's arrest, his providing ID, and the racist history of the word "uppity" in America. I didn't make any personal attacks, and I defy you to point to specifically how my comment was "abusive". I call bullshit. I've written to Clipmarks to complain . 7/24/09: CLIPMARKS HAS RESPONDED. See comments.
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POPSDisemvoweler: A Moderators Best Friend I've had a stated rule in my profile that I will delete comments in threads I clip that descend into personal attack. What the disemvoweler does is confiscates the offending poster's vowels. That way as the clip moderator, I can delete & repost their comment with only the offending segment edited. An example: "I think the politician you support has a history of lying and taking bribes. You must be a mental deficient or inherently corrupt for supporting him." becomes "I think the politician you support has a history of lying and taking bribes. Y mst b mntl dfcnt r nhrntly crrpt fr spprtng hm." Confronting peoples positions, facts, ideas, logic, or arguments. Just don't get personal or you lose your vowels. So says the moderator
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POPSKissing Hank's Ass Choice A: Kiss it-Get A Million Dollars-someday Choice B: Don't Kiss It-Hank Will Kick Your Ass Note: Nobody knows WHO Hank is but Karl is pretty sure that he exists. More news at 11!
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POPSVoicethread I found this really interesting plug in designed mainly for educational use but now available to web sites. I'm not sure how to best use it yet but would love to hear your comments. If you have used it please send me a link so I can see how you used it.
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POPSThe COPD Links Library For me and my smoking allies! Eat as healthy and fresh as you can in moderation! Educate yourself weather you are sick or not!
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