@larsiu I have ears you know. And I’ll give you and @unclemark the reality. I hate Butch. I hate everything about his personality. And his trump obsession is certifiable. But so what. That’s his prerogative. He can post as much Trump hate as he wants. Butch is a good poster. He posts long posts. Links articles. Thinks. We see things polar from trump to iu football but so what. He is nothing like hurrying. Hurrying is pure garbage as a poster. You post data. Actual data and he posts that’s not true. Dems nd er supported blm. That’s not true there weren’t more crossings under Biden. Biden didn’t have inflation. You post a literal fact and he has laughing emojis. That should not be allowed. That’s a gadfly. A troll. Not here for discussion. Debate. Just a pos. Shooter fell somewhere between. But there has never been a more useless poster than hurrying. I hate Butch but that is not Butch. He’s a good poster. He posts in good faith. Hickory does not. The latter should be banned.
@larsiu bulk deleted posts and locked threads. Quietly. He was the best moderator we’ve had for as long as I can remember
@unclemark there is never discussion to be had with hickory. Neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrr he just slithers off like the snake of a poster he is when confronted with data
As much as I dislike Butch and Hurryin's incessant "look what Trump did today" posts, they will engage (Butch more than Hurryin) in discussion wtih McM and try to hold their own.
That would be fine if that's what was happening. Those two post their stuff, and McM goes ape shit trying to shout them down and run them off. Then, he goes ballistic when they push back. Lather rinse repeat. No discussion to be had.
Good luck in your new position. Lord knows I couldn't deal with it.
There isn't much of a discussion anyway. We have a topic started, by the 5th post everything begins to migrate to something entirely different. Either due to animosity toward each other or friendly banter. Either way, the original issue is pretty much done for. I think part of that is that there are so few here. And those here tend to have long histories.
I don't know how a moderator really changes that. Maybe we can create list of 20 common insults, and someone could just reply "#13".
Sadly, the best way of choosing passed long ago. We could have had Kref create buttons, and the best button would be mod.
Here is a crazy idea: the thread creator says how they want it moderated. Do they want it to stay on target, be free-flowing, free-for-all, or polite? State it up front. We had reasonable success with that in the old thread on the Ukraine War. If the thread creator wants elbows thrown in the thread, maybe that should be considered before posting in it. If they want respectful posting, maybe that too should be considered before posting. So if McM starts a thread he wants to stay on target, it would be on me not to come in and make fun of soccer no matter how much the alleged sport deserves it. We could even have dueling threads on the same subject, as someone may not like the rules for the existing thread.
It may not require much moderating; I think many of us would do well knowing what was expected.
@bar-down Moderating content is impossible. Hasn’t happened since Buzz was around. Agree on Bulk. Quietly kill shit. Maybe an occasional reminder where the line is and move on.
but banning people? Nah. People just pop back up anyway. It’s of no use.
@larsiu this is better than your prior post. No one needs bowl starting ten new trump hate threads a day with preemptive strikes of no replies I don’t like
@larsiu bulk deleted posts and locked threads. Quietly. He was the best moderator we’ve had for as long as I can remember
You don't want me in charge. Every post you made saying PCA isn't the greatest would be instantly deleted. And then you would be put on blast for all the board to see what happens when you post lies.
@arthur-dent well look who brought soccer into this thread. My my my.
the thread isn't listed against that.
I think it’s some flavor of erectile dysfunction.@snarlcakes I have no idea who pca is or whatever you’re on about
@snarlcakes I have no idea who pca is or whatever you’re on about
https://twitter.com/marinersglaze/status/2091620401256562932?s=46
@snarlcakes don’t you think he wishes he could be this guy? Achieve that level of fame and notoriety?
@bar-down Moderating content is impossible. Hasn’t happened since Buzz was around. Agree on Bulk. Quietly kill shit. Maybe an occasional reminder where the line is and move on.
but banning people? Nah. People just pop back up anyway. It’s of no use.
I want you to start banning murt just to see what kind of names he'll come up with.
He's still got a long way to go to catch up to Farva.