Actionpost

A form of goalpost manipulation where the ultimate objective is to get a user to do something that can be used against them. The actionpost is the moving standard of acceptable behavior, the shifting boundary that the target is provoked to cross. First, they're encouraged to break a small rule. Nothing happens. Then a bigger rule. Still nothing. Then a major rule. The boundaries keep expanding, the consequences keep not coming, until the target finally does something catastrophic. That action is captured, screenshotted, reported. The actionpost has done its work: lured the target step by step into self-destruction.

Example: "They wanted him banned, so they set up an actionpost. First, they encouraged him to post off-topic. He did; no warning. Then to be slightly rude. He did; still no warning. Then to attack another user. He did; still nothing. Emboldened, he went further—harassing, threatening, crossing every line. Finally, he doxxed someone. Immediate ban, permanent record, potential legal trouble."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026

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Actionpot

A form of honeypot designed specifically to get users to do something negative, controversial, or illegal—a server, community, or group created to encourage rule-breaking behavior, then document and report it. An actionpot might present itself as a place where "anything goes," where norms are suspended, where rebellion is celebrated. In reality, every rule-breaking action is recorded, every illegal act documented, every participant a potential target. Users join seeking freedom; they leave facing consequences.

Example: "The server advertised itself as a place with no rules—say anything, do anything, be free. Users flocked to it, pushing boundaries, breaking norms, doing things they'd never do elsewhere. Then the screenshots appeared—every rule-breaking moment, every illegal act, attached to real names. The actionpot had been a trap from the start, designed to harvest bad behavior for exposure. The users paid; the potters laughed."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026

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Action

You have been saying THIS ENTIRE TIME...

Hym "That ACTION... Is MORE IMPORTANT than WORDS... YOU DID THE ACTION... That's constitutes SIGNING THE CONTRACT... And THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN FULFILLED!!! It's TOO LATE to say 'No.' 🎶It's too late to turn back now. I believe I believe I believe I'm falling in looove🎶 You have ascented to the importance of your own actions. And the ACTION... In which you have COLLECTIVELY ENGAGED (as humanity)... Is 'Use my work to create AI.' Even if YOU FAILED. Even if you HAVEN'T SUCCEEDED IN MAKING AI... YOU STILL 'USED MY WORK FOR THAT PURPOSE.' It is an explicit attempt. And much like CHILD MURDER... The attempt still counts."

by Hym Iam December 2, 2025

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Pro-actionary

Pro-actionary
There are two distinct forms of Teams, Proactive & Reactionary, while both serve their individual purposes well, it is often a recipe for disaster when against all the laws of physics, reason, common sense and proven business history are against it, someone gets the bright idea to create a hybrid. And so from the Alchemy that is Management Philosophy a creature that is meant to dwell at the point in the middle where these two worlds collide is born:
The Pro-actionary..

“Man I’m really not sure about this Pro-actionary thing, all I do is catch hell for not knowing when I’m supposed to be doing one or the other. I get yelled at for not responding fast enough, then I get clobbered for not putting a system in place to have known the thing was going to happen in advance”

by MassGoldWing February 25, 2008

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