Agreed. What purpose do they serve other than to cause people to make up their mind on something prematurely? By labeling the topic you instantly conjure up all types of things in their brain.
Or maybe allow trolls and shills to search topics easily...
If anything, I say allow users to self flair a post.
Having it assigned to them isn't the best policy, IMO.
I often have the best discussions here trying to link several topics, and this type of online labeling wouldn't help those discussions (which is getting tagged? Propaganda? Ukraine? The Fed? Military-Industrial-Complex?)
Lol I can dig it, its pretty bad ass.
But yo, I wanna ask you cause someone below me just brought it up, but what is your opinion on the whole flytape debacle that happened last month? Ill preface by saying I think he was unjustly attacked by people who dont want to see this sub thrive. It was fairly obvious to me that 3rdeyenavigator was a shill...
Seemed like manufactured drama. And, Flytape was removed from the mod team for the weekend as a time out for being quick with banhammer. Seemed like silly drama to me.
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9 shadowofashadow 2015-05-01
Agreed. What purpose do they serve other than to cause people to make up their mind on something prematurely? By labeling the topic you instantly conjure up all types of things in their brain.
Or maybe allow trolls and shills to search topics easily...
4 canihaveahint 2015-05-01
[Send me money] Oh they're not so bad really.
4 JamesColesPardon 2015-05-01
If anything, I say allow users to self flair a post.
Having it assigned to them isn't the best policy, IMO.
I often have the best discussions here trying to link several topics, and this type of online labeling wouldn't help those discussions (which is getting tagged? Propaganda? Ukraine? The Fed? Military-Industrial-Complex?)
Sometimes things aren't so black/white...
5 [deleted] 2015-05-01
what instituted this sudden labeling of everything on the sub? I haven't seen anything like this before... Deff do NOT like it at all...
3 shadowofashadow 2015-05-01
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/34j411/walmart_store_closing_instructions_to_laid_off/cqvao5a
Just noticed this. We're getting mixed messages here.
0 JamesColesPardon 2015-05-01
Ask the mods.
3 shadowofashadow 2015-05-01
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/34j411/walmart_store_closing_instructions_to_laid_off/cqvao5a
Sounds like the mods might be in disagreement here. I can't tell what's going on.
2 [deleted] 2015-05-01
huh lol, Ive always just assumed for the longest time you were a mod... Whats up with the owl jim??
0 JamesColesPardon 2015-05-01
His name is Winston. And he's my friend.
'twas a gift by /u/mr_dong
And yeah, I just said "twas."
What are you gonna do about it?
2 [deleted] 2015-05-01
Lol I can dig it, its pretty bad ass.
But yo, I wanna ask you cause someone below me just brought it up, but what is your opinion on the whole flytape debacle that happened last month? Ill preface by saying I think he was unjustly attacked by people who dont want to see this sub thrive. It was fairly obvious to me that 3rdeyenavigator was a shill...
1 JamesColesPardon 2015-05-01
Are you referring to the podcast thing?
2 [deleted] 2015-05-01
Yeah, the thing that got him removed, and then reinstated, and then I guess removed again?
1 JamesColesPardon 2015-05-01
Seemed like manufactured drama. And, Flytape was removed from the mod team for the weekend as a time out for being quick with banhammer. Seemed like silly drama to me.
-1 OnSpeakerCrab 2015-05-01
The Flytape debacle. The mods are corrupt pieces of shit and people are just now realizing this.
3 Estamio2 2015-05-01
[Icke] There might be something...
2 unclescham 2015-05-01
Good eye.
2 shadowofashadow 2015-05-01
http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/34j411/walmart_store_closing_instructions_to_laid_off/cqvao5a
Mods getting their lines crossed? Are we doing tags or not?
1 Greg_Roberts_0985 2015-05-01
I like them.
1 make_mind_free2go 2015-05-01
oh, i was starting to whine: i wannt one
0 lsc7 2015-05-01
I imagine they are being used to combat "satire" sites, which I prefer to an all out ban on domains.
5 gwsb 2015-05-01
why not just one tag for satire?
2 lsc7 2015-05-01
I would suggest that as well.
2 gwsb 2015-05-01
just seems to be a lot less work.
2 shadowofashadow 2015-05-01
Ah good point.
-1 fxtaken 2015-05-01
Fascist.