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# Yeah
It's handy being a mod innit.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:21, archived)
# I don't know where this rumour got started
but I want proof, dammit.
(I helped save b3ta! wastedindustry yes indeed sir, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:22, archived)
# yea this^
*Edit* actually, who is a mod?
And how were they made mods?
And have they sworn a secret mod oath never to reveal their special powers?
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:22, archived)
# have you read
so long and thanks for all the fish? (i think, it may life...)

it's the bloke in the shed who's our mod!!!
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:26, archived)
# I have indeed read it
But can't think of the reference you're making
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:28, archived)
# the bloke zaphod goes on the mission to find,
has the cat, doesn't know if it's real or not, doesn't know if the people in the spaceships come to see him or not, near the end of the book
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:29, archived)
# this guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_characters_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_Ruler_of_the_Universe


=D

*edit* wow, really had to fight with that link
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:33, archived)
# that'd probably be him
haven't checked the link though as it starts en.wiki
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 18 May 2007, 15:46, archived)
# is monkeon a mod?
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:22, archived)
# Dunno
probably - given his User ID number and all

But who gives a toss
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:24, archived)
# But, I need to know because its a mystery now!
And he must be one of the few double digiters left
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:26, archived)
# OOh!
bitter?


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:24, archived)
# No
Just bored of seeing unfunny crap on the FP.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:26, archived)
# So that's a yes then
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:27, archived)
# Depends on your definition of bitter.
If you read "bitter" for "bored", then I guess I'm bitter. Doesn't really matter: there's still a lot of unfunny monkeon crap that undeservedly gets on the FP.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:30, archived)
# Cheers
I like your work too.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:31, archived)
# Ahahahahahahaaaa
(I helped save b3ta! wastedindustry yes indeed sir, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:33, archived)
# Ad hominem?
Fail.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:34, archived)
# Ahahahahaaaa!
Check and MATE!

Arf!


(I helped save b3ta! Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:36, archived)
# I don't think so.
If my shite had been FP'd then he might have an argument. Otherwise, no.

(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:40, archived)
# it's your own fault mate
you are a victim of your consistantly high quality/volume of work and having a low number. you should take a leaf out of my book - post one new pic per month which took half an hour and isn't that funny :D
(I helped save b3ta! Grundlebiscuit, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:41, archived)
# Now thats technique you can take to the bank!
(I helped save b3ta! AutoPrawn is glad we're living in the future now, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:43, archived)
# you knows it
;)
(I helped save b3ta! Grundlebiscuit, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:46, archived)
# how do you rate 'undeservedly' exactly?
it's not really up to you, but the mods,
and at the end of the day, monkeon's work always
gets a good appreciation from most of the B3tans
posting at the time as we appreciate his style of
subverted and distinctly 'different' humourous
viewpoint on things.

Just because you find some of it unfunny, it's no reason to say it shouldn't be FP'd.
If you were a mod, however, THEN you'd have a point

At the end of the day, FP's are a nice pat on the back every now and then,
but it shouldn't be the be all and end all of posting, we do it, cos we enjoy it
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:45, archived)
# It is the patting
of oneself (or one's friends) on the back that I take issue with.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:49, archived)
# but why have you assumed monkeon FP's himself?
have you actually ASKED him, or do you have reason to believe this is so?
It may be that the mods like him and his style as much as the present /boarders do :)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:50, archived)
# The assumption
is based on the extremely high number of FPs versus the hummus-level of the posts. (And the very low ID)

No, I have not asked him.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:56, archived)
# surely hummus - level is only relevant to the person who's reading it
either people like posts, or they don't, who KNOWS
what will get FP'd? that's part of the mystery. He just happens
to have a higher success rate than most, it shouldn't
devalue the posts which make it there
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:58, archived)
# (Part of) the point I am making,
is that there is no mystery: when a monkeon post arrives on the board, one knows it will be on the FP without even having to look at it. And that seems rather pointless to me.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:08, archived)
# but not every single monkeon post is FP'd though
as I said, he just has a higher success rate than most of us,
so fair play to him for doing stuff that mods like
The FP isn't be be all and end all of B3ta,
it's the creativeness
and the ability to appreciate creativeness that counts,
the FP is just a nice acknowledgement of good shopping/original thinking/popular hummus
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:14, archived)
# I have
never seen one that wasn't. But then perhaps I'm not on here enough.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:15, archived)
#
It would be completely pointless fping your own pictures because it takes away all the fun of trying to get one for starters.

I assume my work gets fpd because it appeals to certain moderator's tastes, and - unlike your amazing head swap pictures and fuckwitted jokes about 'botty sex' - I at least try and do something original.

Now.. what do you add to this community exactly?
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:58, archived)
# the sour taste of bitterness
/possibly

keep up the good work matey, I for one enjoy your stuff
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:02, archived)
# I don't add anything to the community.
But I am not aware that that is a prerequisite to being a member of it.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:02, archived)
# It's supposed to be
a creative community.

I think you want popbitch.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:14, archived)
# I've never heard of popbitch.
I don't think it is unreasonable to have "uncreatives" being members of a creative community. For example, not all visitors to art galleries are artists.

I enjoy viewing all the funny stuff on here, but the fact I don't post pictures myself does not IMO preclude me from being critical.
(I helped save b3ta! Jago Laurens, Fri 18 May 2007, 14:19, archived)
# this^
(I helped save b3ta! - D - SharkTrousers, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:30, archived)
# i get what you mean
but unfortunatly b3ta works on an unspoken popularity contest before anything else.

this pic however is very woo imo, but some of the stuff on the FP at the moment is not as good as stuff on the popular page.

it's the way b3ta works. personally i would just avoid taking the FP seriously; what does it actually mean to anyone at the end of the day? there's more worrying things in life.
(I helped save b3ta! Grundlebiscuit, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:38, archived)
# it's not a competition
the FP is only there to attract visitors
(I helped save b3ta! The King of Hats Cone of shame, Fri 18 May 2007, 13:57, archived)