BiWC;Archives.: January 2018

January 21, 2018

22 year old social influencer tries for a free hotel room, owner shuts her down

tl;dr:
-22 year old instagram girl emails hotel owner - wants a free stay in exhange for social media exposure
-hotel owner informs her the hotel has more followers than her, so **** yourself
-hotel owner posts emails and response, keeping all her info private
-she posts video response (outing herself, wtf?) saying he bullied her and shamed her
-got a lot of likes and responses
-peoples comments attack the hotel owner and defend the girl
-hotel owner bans all bloggers from him premises

full story:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/vlogger-accuses-dublin-hotel-owner-of-bullying-after-he-shares-her-email-asking-for-free-a3743721.html

hotel owners response + her original email to him:
https://www.facebook.com/WhiteMooseCafe/photos/a.1626436094303667.1073741828.1623682991245644/2048405988773340/?type=3&theater

pics:

January 14, 2018

Electric Radiator vs Traditional Heat

The biggest question is whether you sufficiently enjoy the luxury of having the entire dwelling equally warm, or are happy just warming the areas where you spend time.

I live in an all-electric highrise, with through-the-wall combo aircon/heat units. Because those bring in a certain amount of outside air that has to be heated, I've concluded that it's more efficient for me to use plug-in electric radiators in various rooms for most of the winter. I only run the through-the-wall units when I'm planning to use the living-dining room or have company coming.

As I understand it, electric heaters all have equivalent, nearly perfect, efficiency of turning energy into heat. So the difference between my options would be that one is 220v and the other 110v—I don't see how that could make a very large difference in usage—and the issue of introducing (and needing to heat) outside air. I've decided I get enough fresh air introduced from the building's hallway that I'm not concerned about that. Finally, one of my heaters is a radiant type that I use in my home office. It gives me the perception of additional warmth on my skin even beyond what it warms the ambient air to. So I feel like I'm getting a bargain there as well.

In a house with forced-air using ceiling vents, you also have the lost efficiency of ceiling vents (as hot air rises). They make aircon more efficient, but you waste a certain amount of energy warming the air at the top of your rooms, or have to push it downward with a ceiling fan.

January 11, 2018

Moderation Overhaul just went live. Check out Allen's post. 451 - 500

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Moderation Overhaul just went live. Check out Allen's post.

TheFallenPriest 3 hours ago#451

Troll its name calling, which I completely accept. Does this also mean that calling someone a fanboy fits in to this new definition as well? I would love to stop seeing a back and forth of fanboy and troll.

I just hope it isn't now changed to just fanboy fanboy fanboy

Play Gamefaqs Bingo with me. Any time you get 5 in a row in a single topic shout BINGO! in it.
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Roxborough4Ever 3 hours ago#452

--Zero- posted...

TaiIs82 posted...
I really don't know what to make of this. I would have to see it in action because typically stuff has just been enforced so inconsistently. I've refrained from namecalling as 1) it's unnecessary (can win arguments without it) and 2) I assumed it was already banned - or at least, people would complain and mark all the time like it was anyway. And that's really why I suspect this announcement has been made.

Seems like a lot more work for the mods.

In a way, I can see it being easier for them. If the queue's already full of complaints about namecalling, it's easier for them to just take down everything rather than question and spend time thinking about whether it's serious enough to take down.

Maybe this was in an early announcement because it was one of the fastest things they could agree on. I'd feel sorry for them if this came first by order of importance...if namecalling is seen as one of the biggest issues on the site, it would suggest there's better things they could be doing with their time. When they say "we can't get to the serious stuff that's been up for hours, if not days, because we're just so busy" and the priority rule change is placed on namecalling, are they truly swamped?

Especially with the political climate lately, it's probably never been easier to feign genuine beliefs that are reprehensible while trying to play coy about what they're really supporting, baiting people to call them "racist" or something even more extreme, then just marking all that and laughing as those people get in trouble. And when you build up a history in a community of that, it's all the easier, because you can go extreme for a bit, establish a history, a reputation, and then need only lightly poke at that and hint to it from then on. Mods won't pick up on what they're doing but the troll's intended audience certainly will.

I'm surprised you're saying this but I think this is something we can agree on.

I guess the California-invented concept of "misgendering" is still not a violation.

Uh, what? Mods have specifically enforced that stuff.

Tl;dr. How long did it take you to prepare all that?

in your world, you are too weak to read more then 3 paragraphs lol.....

You feast on red herring because it is your birthright.

delete

Roxborough4Ever 3 hours ago#453

nicklebro posted...

When are we ever going to get to the point of mods having to take responsibility for their actions? Put their name on shitty moderations so we know who to blame.

my old account, Roxborough_Park got banned because I advocated a shotgun for home defense and they suspended me saying i "censor bypassed"..next thing I know I was banned. It was Raptor_LC.....he even admitted to it. We want accountability.

You feast on red herring because it is your birthright.

delete

thelovefist 3 hours ago#454

Raptor LC must be salty about the changes to the flaming rule since his message board contributions often are calling other users joke accounts, trolls or shitposters all of which are now moddable.

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