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ZV needed a cleanse

Just saying, it would be nice if people would be friendlier when talking here. Of course it could be just because we are writing, and it's harder to read the emotions and tones. Something that is intended to be neutral could be read as rude. Even if we're behind the anonymous nicknames, we're all still living and feeling humans. I'm saying this just overall to everyone who happen to read this, as a reminder.

Yes, the purge was very sudden and very large, it surprised many of us.
Yes, the purge was obviously needed. I don't believe the moderators would do this if it'd be otherwise.

And still it's allowed to have all this feelings. It's allowed to feel sad and angry over the deleted threads, and it's allowed to feel frustrated with people who don't seem to understand the reasons behind this.
But it's not nice to be rude, these feelings don't justify it.
No problem... just for you, we'll set up a nice campfire, invite the Smurfs and Barney and the Care Bears, break out the marshmallows and other s'mores makings, and gather around to sing Kum-bye-yah...


NOT.

Grow a hide, fercrissake!
 
Oh, and the one line that most applies to this whole situation hasn't been used (so far as I've noticed, anyway):


THIS TOWN NEEDS AN ENEMA!



And it looks like @dogluver101 is just the "Joker" to deliver it! :)


2 bonus points and an extra chocolate chip cookie to the ones who know where it comes from...
 
Can you please restore the 2025 roll call thread in the Australian personals forum? It was consistently active and had decent interactions in it.
 
Feel like it’s related but I’ve noticed that I now can’t send dm’s at all. My guess is that the posts I’ve interacted with in the past have been removed which has affected my ability to send dm’s. Would that be true?
Yes.
 
Can you please restore the 2025 roll call thread in the Australian personals forum? It was consistently active and had decent interactions in it.
Same for the 2024 and 2025 roll calls in the German section please.
 
As far as I remember where there 2025 still users adding contest. And I see these threads as important knowledge bases about the users which I often check to learn something basically about them.
 
Did you even read the first post here? The reasoning behind the cleanup?
If there are threads of actual value that should be restored, ask the admins and they'll look into it.
I've read everything, but as I said - the whole point of a forum is to have some history. Most of the posts that were nuked weren't breaking the rules - this type of behaviour from the admins makes this place extremely unreliable. It's like how Trump does things - shoot first, think never. Plus with the strict rules and zero tolerance policy, it sometimes feels like walking on a mine field.


Maybe stay out of the DF...
Why do we have such a section? Aren't we supposed to build here a ZOO community? You have places like 4chan/b or FB if you really have a that strong necessity to be toxic with random people on the internet.

Provide one example of someone getting banned that didn't deserve it.
Valkiria is clearly a troll or something. There was an argument between HIM (because there are no girls on the internet and I am pretty sure that you won't find a pussy between those legs) an another user and the other user that was clearly more genuine, but he got pissed off and then banned because of it. So why sacrifice genuine ZOOs for trolls that don't even identify as ZOOs?

Calling strict rules "Opression" is rulebreaker mentality. If those rules lead to frustration and anger, maybe this place is not for you.
Do you always read all the rules wherever you go? Whenever you click I agree? I will answer that for you, nobody does! That's why there always needs to be some tolerance and not just ban right away - it's what it means to be human.
 
I've read everything, but as I said - the whole point of a forum is to have some history. Most of the posts that were nuked weren't breaking the rules - this type of behaviour from the admins makes this place extremely unreliable. It's like how Trump does things - shoot first, think never. Plus with the strict rules and zero tolerance policy, it sometimes feels like walking on a mine field.
No, the point of a forum isn't "history". It's for people to communicate with each other.
And of course you'd pull a "trump" card. There goes your credibility.

Why do we have such a section? Aren't we supposed to build here a ZOO community? You have places like 4chan/b or FB if you really have a that strong necessity to be toxic with random people on the internet.
Because god forbid we have some fun in a free-for-all section.
If you don't like the section, STAY OUT OF IT. Hell, you even have a setting to completely hide it!

We don't have to conform to your idea of what a forum should, and shouldn't have.
How entitled are you?!

Valkiria is clearly a troll or something. There was an argument between HIM (because there are no girls on the internet and I am pretty sure that you won't find a pussy between those legs) an another user and the other user that was clearly more genuine, but he got pissed off and then banned because of it. So why sacrifice genuine ZOOs for trolls that don't even identify as ZOOs?
So a user got riled up by someone who is "clearly a troll", and broke the rules.
Welcome to the fucking internet.

We don't have entrance exams. We don't require proof of being a zoo. Fuck, 99% of the forum wouldn't pass if we did.

Do you always read all the rules wherever you go? Whenever you click I agree? I will answer that for you, nobody does! That's why there always needs to be some tolerance and not just ban right away - it's what it means to be human.
Ignorance of the rules isn't an excuse.
People arguing for "tolerance" on forums know jack shit about moderating a forum.

It's fucking impossible to keep track of how much "tolerance" a user has gotten.

Break the rules? Banned. It's that fucking simple. And frankly, that's the most fair method.
 
Why do we have such a section? Aren't we supposed to build here a ZOO community? You have places like 4chan/b or FB if you really have a that strong necessity to be toxic with random people on the internet.

@Valkiria is clearly a troll or something. There was an argument between HIM (because there are no girls on the internet and I am pretty sure that you won't find a pussy between those legs) an another user and the other user that was clearly more genuine, but he got pissed off and then banned because of it. So why sacrifice genuine ZOOs for trolls that don't even identify as ZOOs?
Mentioned a bit earlier. ZT listened to Fausty. ZT sent a telegram voice message and Fausty claimed he had that one much older forums.
Instead of listening to mods ideas or actually coming to assist mods, ZT listened to Fausty like he's running things.
 
Contrary to what some people believe, ZV doesn't ban people that easily.

Sure, there are some simple ways to get banned, but with just a tiny bit of common sense, there's not a lot you can do wrong (enough) to get hammered.
 
And of course you'd pull a "trump" card. There goes your credibility.
I am sorry. I am just a direct slav... we are not used to be PC.

We don't have to conform to your idea of what a forum should, and shouldn't have.
How entitled are you?!
Should I change my user name to Karen? Would that make you happy?
My whole point was that we are here to create a community based on our love for animals, but adult kids apparently just want to play in the sand box.

Welcome to the fucking internet.
Again - we are supposed to be a better community of animal lovers... not yet another FB group or something. There is too many of those already filled with toxicity... if the only thing that gets you hard is to be mean with each other - you have many many other pages to go.
People arguing for "tolerance" on forums know jack shit about moderating a forum.
I am sorry again. I didn't know that I was talking with "Mr know it all".
 
I am sorry. I am just a direct slav... we are not used to be PC.
I don't mind directness. I'm Dutch, I'm as direct as they come.
My issue with the statement is that equating it to Trump is just stupid.

Should I change my user name to Karen? Would that make you happy?
Nah, they we'd have 1000 karens on the forum. A "Karen" subtitle would be helpful.
My whole point was that we are here to create a community based on our love for animals, but adult kids apparently just want to play in the send box.
And who are you to tell an adult they can't do what they want to?

Again - we are supposed to be a better community of animal lovers... not yet another FB group or something. There is too many of those already filled with toxicity... if the only thing that gets you hard is to be mean with each other - you have many many other pages to go.
Why can't we be both? There is a separate section, which is separate by design. It's not that difficult.

I am sorry again. I didn't know that I was talking with "Mr know it all".
Wow. And I'm the toxic one?

Why aren't you part of the admin team already if I may ask?
1: Very few users meet the (trust) criteria to become a moderator, here.
2: Fuck no, I don't want to have to deal with the absolute trash some people contribute, here.
 
Yet you clearly said we get members to break the rules to get them banned.
It was just a more irrelevant rule because the guy clearly got pissed off - which was easy to spot from the context of the conversation that he was having with one of the trolls on duty. But it's not that important anymore. As long as many of the most active users are more or less trolls that have nothing to do with animal love and just like to play around, things will never change. One troll can repel hundreds of users from being active/ take part in the conversation.
 
My issue with the statement is that equating it to Trump is just stupid.
It's used to get a more emotionally driven response.

And who are you to tell an adult they can't do what they want to?
As a random person on the internet, I am clearly the only one entitled enough to do so. So you better listen to me or you are risking to get spanked publicly.

Why can't we be both? There is a separate section, which is separate by design. It's not that difficult.
Because the average person doesn't have enough mental power to keep those things separated. We need to be dum dum proof.

Wow. And I'm the toxic one?
YT: /watch?v=8z_riJgT9RY&t=9s
Like I said last time, I guess that I am just on the internet for way too long.

2: Fuck no, I don't want to have to deal with the absolute trash some people contribute, here.
I am glad about your honesty! And I do agree that sometimes dealing with yourself is not that easy!
 
It's used to get a more emotionally driven response.

As a random person on the internet, I am clearly the only one entitled enough to do so. So you better listen to me or you are risking to get spanked publicly.

YT: /watch?v=8z_riJgT9RY&t=9s
Like I said last time, I guess that I am just on the internet for way too long.

I am glad about your honesty! And I do agree that sometimes dealing with yourself is not that easy!
Now who's being a hypocrite, considering you want to get rid of the DF? You're full-on trolling, there.
Make up your mind on what you want.

Because the average person doesn't have enough mental power to keep those things separated. We need to be dum dum proof.
Nah. If they can't deal with it, that's their problem.
 
Ideally by stirring up some self-awareness, but that would exceed my expectations. I was hoping to come back to this thread to see the page and a half of new comments was anything but a flame war.
To which you reply by telling people they're "shitting up the place".
That's the pot calling the kettle black, there.
 
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