Does anyone know where I can find the 2018 crew change guide?
Lol X 1000!
Still think it's kinda pathetic people cant get by without CCG.
I would expect more tolerance from a kinda anarchist online community. Even though I have read and in general wasn't about to ask for it, it seems a bit harsh to ban someone for that... Don't tell me the old saying "Not knowing the rules doesn't mean you won't be punished" applies here, in a fucking anarchist community!!
Don't you guys think you could just warn the guy, send him a msg (probably copy paste, like the one I got from the founder when just signed up a few hours ago) and delete his thread?
Just imagine how many members you lose over this bullshit of thinking you're too good to explain someone the rules.
Its like being an asshole as a cop and give tickets for bs traffic felonies, or have the mercy and humility to forgive and EXPLAIN!!!
Stay safe
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And Justice for all
Just imagine how many members you lose over this bullshit of thinking you're too good to explain someone the rules.
The rules ARE explained, and quite clearly at that.
I'm going to throw my totally unwanted 2cents in...
I also think Matt can be a bit totalitarian - and some of the other mods can come across harsh/snarky from time to time...
BUT - !!!!
I appreciate that this isn't an easy group to moderate. Time, effort, and yes the dreaded MONEY! This shit is NOT free - no matter how many anarchists want it to be. Without Matt for designing, building, AND maintaining this site - We ALL wouldn't have it. Without the Mods putting in their time to keep threads straight, filed right, disputes negotiated, etc! NOBODY would be here - because none of this would make any sense at all... Just be a damn run on list of random comments... No good.
I might not always think personally (safe in my own lil world) that the overlords (said lovingly to all mods & financial contributors) of the site handle things as nicely or respectfully as possible - but for fuck sake! It's a hobo forum! Them guys often aint polite, haha
IT IS a stressful, time consuming, and finance requiring job!
And I for one am DAMN greatfull they do it! (even if my lil feelings sometimes get their toes stepped on) I just wish I'd found it 18 yrs ago!! & I hope Matt stays young & unjaded enough to keep it running 18 more!!
It's Matt's sandbox! We just get to play in it...
on one hand, you have a billion people on the internet using services like this forum "fo free" and with that comes all this entitlement and assumption like la la la anarchy la la internet anonymity which of course gets out of hand very quickly...so i can appreciate the pushback on that entitlement and misbehavior from the site administration and surely i am not alone in that
on the other hand if i start using a forum and I'm too much a space cadet to read the rules first does it completely make me worthless relative to the forum, i.e. worthy of being banned? it's easy to say if someone is stirring up, for example, hate for people based on ethnicity "yeh they need to go" but asking for the crew change is clearly more innocent (not to say i disagree with keeping it off of the site) so to what extent is ignorance an excuse?
a possible solution to cut down on unwanted types of traffic:
when someone creates an account require them to 'take a test' it could be 3 to 5 multiple choice questions based on the most important rules of the site. for example:
where on stp is it appropriate to ask for the crew change?
a. hitchhiking forum
b. road dog forum
c. nowhere at all
d. trainhopping forum
a theoretical 'rite of willful registry' such as that could force people to acknowledge the rules before being able to post
only an idea, to play devil's advocate, not feeling too passionate about it one way or another - but perhaps in the long term it could prevent issues like OP created
unfortunately I imagine a lot of people click to say they've read the rules and conditions of a forum without actually bothering to do so.... I admit I did this when first joining STP - its only when I began to value the community that I went back and read all the introductory stuff... I think this is the inherent problem - until you know you want to be part of an online community (through participation) the rules and regulations don't mean much to you ! they only become important to the casual user later, whereas a forum owner and moderators want the rules obeyed from day one....