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Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year. -
Mods - you have a PM with what I believe will be the best solution."The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, .. I'd worn them for weeks, and they needed the air"Comment
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Correct and correct.Geezer and I got a verbal run in. We've publically exchanged apologies and put it behind us. Doubt if an issue is going to happen again. Just thought I'd put forth an example.Comment
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Liney you probably have been as angry at me (or even more) for all the stupid crap I used to post, I don't agree with banning a regular poster for 15+ years. Talent has the best insight to recruiting along with WM Tiger. I think Buchanan has a good rap on this whole deal, how many times have you told people Stans a really nice guy in person?
People need to cool down, have thicker skin its not real life IMOComment
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Yep, if he restricts his sass to the oLIEo thread all is good
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I change my vote: ban him. Hate that guy."The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham LincolnComment
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I think it's pretty simple. Stan once said the same thing to me Talent said to you. When I was the victim of Stan, I got a lecture about how he was a nice guy. When YOU are the victim, however, suddenly someone has to be banned? Obviously it's a little silly. You should be able to see how blowing off someone's concerns is going to make them less sympathetic to you when you have the same problem.Originally posted by lineygoblue View Post
All that aside, it's fine that we're likely going to see this storm blow over, but there will only be more to come. It was easy to get a long under RR and Hoke, when The Game wasn't really a contest. The stakes are going to get higher and the windows for conflict more frequent. Even amongst those of you who go back 15-20 years, tempers flare. I think Jeff has it right -- the way the forum is moderated has to be better. That change should come before we've really and truly got something to argue about. I would like to see a move to a rules-based system. Make the rules clear enough so that there's no need for interpretation. Post them somewhere easy to see. Make the penalties for infractions clear.Last edited by hack; September 5, 2016, 07:52 PM.Comment
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Sorry to those of you who found OP and my bit a waste of space. I was highly entertained as I'm sure OP was, and others were as well. I think we did our best to keep it contained. But it's worth a mention because that's a classic case of what a subjective moderator linesman was. The words ``gay'' and ``moron'' were banned, and I respected that ban only to see linesman himself break his own rule multiple times. Often enough he did it in the days or hours after one of the forum's quarterly administrative meltdowns. I'm not in the guy's head, but it sure looks to me like he might have been doing it just to see if he could wind me up. Flouting his own powers here as moderator. Playground stuff. Once he even dared me to get upset about it. I found that to be a sad commentary.
It's clear that linesman really values being moderator -- whenever it's suggested that he give up those powers and join the ranks of regular posters he immediately threatens to leave the forum wholesale, and most of us respond to that in just the way he wants. I don't see any way how this manipulative bullshit is a positive for the community here, but that's just me. I know many people credit him with the civil atmosphere here, but increasingly I'm minded to give credit to the group as a whole, instead of to one person. The OT thread's a great case. Apart from the odd time or two involving Geezer, who is also in some ways the most open-minded person here, linesman has been the worst-behaved person in that thread. I think the credit for the strength of the forum goes to not just linesman but to all of you regulars going back to the WXing days. I think a new moderation approach that reflects the strength of the core group would be appropriate.Last edited by hack; September 5, 2016, 08:04 PM.Comment
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Good advice for most everyone here.Comment
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Hack,
You and OP were entertaining at times but just as often annoying. It seemed IMO it was more playful than malicious. Your guys' discussions taking up multiple discussions where they didn't really belong was more of an issue than anything.Comment
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Spilling over into multiple threads, yeah.Comment
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Just to clarify, you guys all WANT someone who continually makes snarky and insulting comments at you to be able to post here?Comment
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Some people value free speech. Some people just want a "safe space" and trigger warningsComment
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I can handle snark."The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham LincolnComment
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And Little Debbie's Oatmeal Creme Pies. You're pretty much useless with anything else.Comment
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