Message board 101

Being an asshole has it's place though (said the asshole).

But seriously, if people are cluttering the boards with duplicate threads or starting ridiculous threads, why wait for the mods? There should be a degree of vigilance, everyone should feel free to jump on someone for being a retard. There's an unspoken social aspect to this site, one where nobody wants to feel like the new kid at school who got made fun of for his haircut. In my opinion, mocking definitely has it's place. While the mods can lay down the law, we as members can still reinforce the message. We may not be able to ban or give official reprimands, but we can make people feel silly, that's for darn sure. It's a big site, especially during the season. If you see someone being a retard by starting dup threads or writing illegibly, let them know it. This also sends the message to the general public that we as members stand behind the mods; nobody likes dup threads.

Now, I'm NOT advocating personal attacks. I'm not saying jump all over their religious beliefs or something. Just give 'em what's coming to them. You want to act like a retard, you get treated like a retard. It's that simple.

So if people criticize the mods for being Nazi's, just release the hounds on 'em. The mods, as site administration, can't really come down on idiots the way they like to. When someone starts a dup thread, I get a sense that's almost palpable that Matty is THIS CLOSE to writing a post that says "LOOK AROUND BEFORE YOU POST, RETARD." But he can't do that, so he just links to the other thread and locks it. But believe me, he wants to say it. So, let a non-mod say it for him. He can live vicariously through us.

Don't mean to put words in your mouth, Matty, but that's the way I see it.

LOL

Yep, pretty much sums it up.

Keep in mind, the mods speak to offenders privately and we keep a record of who the repeat offenders are. And amongst us we discuss the site and its troublemakers on a nearly daily basis.

So would you prefer that us members not mock people for doing something like creating dup threads or writing like a kindergartner?

I'll do whatever you want, just figured that there's a social aspect involved when a group comes down on somebody. Plus I figured it's a way for us members to reinforce your message.

So would you prefer that us members not mock people for doing something like creating dup threads or writing like a kindergartner?

I'll do whatever you want, just figured that there's a social aspect involved when a group comes down on somebody. Plus I figured it's a way for us members to reinforce your message.

I think a.) the perception that we just lock a thread and move on is inaccurate and b.) there's a really fine line here when someone starts to mock another because the "victim" becomes defensive and problems start to escalate

There's no right answer I suppose. I think the key is to always remember you should "attack the post, not the poster"

I think a.) the perception that we just lock a thread and move on is inaccurate and b.) there's a really fine line here when someone starts to mock another because the "victim" becomes defensive and problems start to escalate

There's no right answer I suppose. I think the key is to always remember you should "attack the post, not the poster"

The problem is people are bound to take things the wrong way no matter what you do.

Personally I'm getting tired of tip toeing around certain people. I've found that some people aren't worth saving, and lately I've been booting people left and right it seems. We're cleaning house you could say, because frankly it's not worth letting a few morons ruin things for everyone else.

I think a.) the perception that we just lock a thread and move on is inaccurate and b.) there's a really fine line here when someone starts to mock another because the "victim" becomes defensive and problems start to escalate

There's no right answer I suppose. I think the key is to always remember you should "attack the post, not the poster"

Fair enough, I can do that. I'll make sure I refer to the thread or the post as retarded, rather than saying the person who wrote it is retarded.

Fair enough, I can do that. I'll make sure I refer to the thread or the post as retarded, rather than saying the person who wrote it is retarded.

You should have been a lawyer. :)

Hate the sin, not the sinner, eh?

The problem is people are bound to take things the wrong way no matter what you do.

Personally I'm getting tired of tip toeing around certain people. I've found that some people aren't worth saving, and lately I've been booting people left and right it seems. We're cleaning house you could say, because frankly it's not worth letting a few morons ruin things for everyone else.

True, true. We are taking a harder stance on many people. Like you say, some people aren't worth saving.

The problem is people are bound to take things the wrong way no matter what you do.

Personally I'm getting tired of tip toeing around certain people. I've found that some people aren't worth saving, and lately I've been booting people left and right it seems. We're cleaning house you could say, because frankly it's not worth letting a few morons ruin things for everyone else.

About time. Thanks for this thread/post. Lately I've been wanting to avoid this site instead of looking forward to logging on...

The problem is people are bound to take things the wrong way no matter what you do.

Personally I'm getting tired of tip toeing around certain people. I've found that some people aren't worth saving, and lately I've been booting people left and right it seems. We're cleaning house you could say, because frankly it's not worth letting a few morons ruin things for everyone else.

And there were quite a few "morons" on the thread re: Bill Belichick's apparent lack of class this past weekend. It became personal with some and after awhile I just bailed out to just read some of the insane and immoral comments. It was like reading some weird fiction novel or something. Anyway, thanks for doing the dirty work for the rest of us that sincerely enjoy this site.