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[mwarvik3838]

You misunderstand. We don't hate it because it's moderated(Though one reason is the weeks it takes to approve one little post >_>), we dislike it because of the numerous amounts of SPAM there, and the fact that on-topic stuff isn't approved, while spam is. >_>

Below are 3 postings with the words, 'hate'.  

I was merely mentioning that there is a reason why it's designed the way it is.  And I know the LMB's can be frustrating - as I have been there.  

There is a tremendous amount of traffic there.  And it could be that someone puts in PII data in one of the messages, or cyberbullying or something like that.  So the spam posts may be 'safer' than some of the other types of posts they get.  It could also be that there is a group of moderators, approving a single message, without the context of the rest of the thread.  A whole lot of reasons.  So yeah, I am not a huge LMB supporter, but if I am 6, 7, 8 years old, it may be the only place I can go to that is safe, and my parents approve.

Again, it is due to COPPA, and if anyone wants to know, by asking 'what is coppa', then I will explain.

Yes, it is better for children than here, fully safe (i think)

[Blade]

Ok, say I post in the "WHICH TOA IS THE STRONGEST", there might be things about "I want Axonn to appear in 2010," or "The Toa Stools are the new Toa," but I post that I think Lewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest, and it gets rejected for being off-topic... That's what we mean.

[lindavz]

Ok, say I post in the "WHICH TOA IS THE STRONGEST", there might be things about "I want Axonn to appear in 2010," or "The Toa Stools are the new Toa," but I post that I think Lewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest, and it gets rejected for being off-topic... That's what we mean.

but maybe Lewa Nuva Phantok isn't the STRONGEST, and it's the WEAKEST?

and therefore it is off topic. 

(jk)

[Blade]

XD Nice. But nah, when the title's like that, and it's asking you who's the strongest, and is said to be off-topic, multiple times, that's when you get annoyed

[lindavz]

XD Nice. But nah, when the title's like that, and it's asking you who's the strongest, and is said to be off-topic, multiple times, that's when you get annoyed

so that is when you post "Toa-Lewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest" or ""ToaLewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest" or ""ToaLewa Nuva Phantoka" is one of the strongest" and it gets through! 

and the ones that post back that "Toa-Lewa Nuva Phantoka" isn't the right name - won't get through cause they are off topic! 

[Blade]

Or rather, the other way around But yeah, that goes to show how weird the LMBs can be at times with it's weird approval states I hope with the redesign they fix all these spam problems too, they SEEM to be getting better... But we'll see.

[Chase25]

Yeah, and people like Empire should be supspended from posting for a while because of spam. Because just to tell you about 3 quarters (9k) of Empires posts are spam. :-\

[MsRowdyRedhead]

A lot of people seem to do that...trying to get their post count up.. It gives new meaning to the word maniac

[Empire981]

Yeah, and people like Empire should be supspended from posting for a while because of spam. Because just to tell you about 3 quarters (9k) of Empires posts are spam. :-\

dude, if i was spamming the mods would hav told me it.              HEY?!!? wait.... u got told not to spam!

[Blade]

Actually, the mods haven't told anyone AFAIK not to spam, and take a look Here for what's considered spamming. Which is what should be on the LMBs in terms of spamming rules.

[Rakoua]

You don't get punished on the LMBs...
Nor do you get notified.
Though I wouldn't advise you to keep posting so much... The Spambusters aren't picky. *Looks around*

[MÆLXTRØM]

The LMB has no hope of resurrection.  Offsite forums are the only way to go.  Rule by the people.

Yeah, and people like Empire should be supspended from posting for a while because of spam. Because just to tell you about 3 quarters (9k) of Empires posts are spam. :-\

dude, if i was spamming the mods would hav told me it.              HEY?!!? wait.... u got told not to spam!

Lol.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

Yes.. on Offsite forums,  if people spam, it will be deleted, and they will be warned...and even banned if need be.

[Blade]

*Ignores revival rule and necromances like I did with ZETS*

...

Easy, make a LEGO machine of combat of a sword, and use it to help me defend myself, plus make a shelter.

Easy, make a LEGO MOC of a sword, and use it to help me defend myself, plus make a shelter.

Easy, make a LEGO My Own Creation of a sword, and use it to help me defend myself, plus make a shelter.

Heh, here's my response.

... What. I meant My Own Creation, not Machine of Combat... Though I guess a Battle Machine would help too =P

-_-'

Link to topic: http://messageboards.lego.com/en-US/showpost.aspx?PostID=1727646 Last page, look for my only post there currently.

[Blade]

What periods?

Yeah, it is xD

[Blade]

Oh yeah, the overuse of punctuation gets annoying, but I tend to block it out xD

[Ace]

Don't forget the handful of posts that read, "how do you talk to mods?" in the Talk to the Mods topic. It's these type of posts, the ones that fall into the "I-can-answer-my-own-question-just-by-browsing-through-two-pages-of-the-topic" category, that drive me insane. Then five people respond, "Well, you talk to the mods by..." and their responses take up a third of one of the pages in the topic! It's absurd!

[The Host]

Five people respond because it takes a day for posts to get through, and noone knows if someone's answered yet... But I quit LMBs a while back...

[MsRowdyRedhead]

They should have a warning that pops up when you open the post screen that says

"Did you read the topic first to see if your question is already answered or your comment has already been made?"

[Extremefire]

They should have a warning that pops up when you open the post screen that says

"Did you read the topic first to see if your question is already answered or your comment has already been made?"

yeah that would help and if any one made a copy or quoted the message it should give you a option to go right to the post