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  • justincredible
    Belly35;1526472 wrote:Notice communication and opinion voiced without ... all the immaturity and prevertion comments
    All you've done is contribute to the problem, making you part of the problem yourself. Did you expect me to start banning people after you started a "bait" thread?

    Everyone thinks they have the perfect idea of what is going to "save" the forum. We've tried a bunch of different things in the past and nothing has brought in an influx of new members that some people think are just waiting to jump in and talk. Remember when we had the infraction system and actually banned members for a hot minute? Yeah, it didn't help.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    justincredible;1526479 wrote:All you've done is contribute to the problem, making you part of the problem yourself. Did you expect me to start banning people after you started a "bait" thread?

    Everyone thinks they have the perfect idea of what is going to "save" the forum. We've tried a bunch of different things in the past and nothing has brought in an influx of new members that some people think are just waiting to jump in and talk. Remember when we had the infraction system and actually banned members for a hot minute? Yeah, it didn't help.
    Is there a loyalty program? I've been infracted and banned multiple times. What do i get for sticking around?

    @Belly35 - how about we break down the wall for a minute. Getting a rise out of you is the entertainment. It doesn't matter what you say.
  • cat_lover
    gave out lots of Reps on this thread
  • thavoice
    dlazz;1526477 wrote:I am. Justin is stupid so i stole his porch furniture.
    I know, so am I. Just trying to make him feel better.
  • hasbeen
    cat_lover;1526485 wrote:gave out lots of Reps on this thread

    you're part of the problem
  • Heretic
    justincredible;1526479 wrote:All you've done is contribute to the problem, making you part of the problem yourself. Did you expect me to start banning people after you started a "bait" thread?

    Everyone thinks they have the perfect idea of what is going to "save" the forum. We've tried a bunch of different things in the past and nothing has brought in an influx of new members that some people think are just waiting to jump in and talk. Remember when we had the infraction system and actually banned members for a hot minute? Yeah, it didn't help.
    Yeah, to seriously tie in with that, the problem with having message board problems is that different people have different ideas of what the problem is and none of those people really ever look at themselves as a problem even if other people are telling them they are. And there's never going to be a consensus on what the problem is. You can go back a few months to the F4F vs. LT/CoA deal, where the multitude of polls on who was the problem and should this mod be revoked all came out to be more of a 55-45 (if that) percentage than a 90-10 deal where anyone could say that the site has spoken and that's that.

    I mean, with this case, you have a person complaining about personal attacks and the like. In a way that involved making personal attacks on a user and then just now trying to say it has nothing to do with that person, but that's a different story, I guess. And there's nothing wrong with that, as I'd say that is one of the bigger complaints (at least until we decide to do stuff about that, in which case, asshole mods becomes the biggest problem).

    But then, that complaint comes from one of the more annoyingly over-political posters on the site who constantly drops in references to how this society problem or that is due to the welfare state community organizer not my president mofo guy, which also seems to be annoying to a few people judging by the responses here. Because no one (other than full-fledged politards) likes that guy who always is looking for ways to shoehorn his political views into every damn topic of conversation regardless of how forced it is.

    So it all turns into "person with annoying posting habit complaining about others with annoying posting habit".
  • vdubb96
    Heretic;1526502 wrote:Yeah, to seriously tie in with that, the problem with having message board problems is that different people have different ideas of what the problem is and none of those people really ever look at themselves as a problem even if other people are telling them they are. And there's never going to be a consensus on what the problem is. You can go back a few months to the F4F vs. LT/CoA deal, where the multitude of polls on who was the problem and should this mod be revoked all came out to be more of a 55-45 (if that) percentage than a 90-10 deal where anyone could say that the site has spoken and that's that.

    I mean, with this case, you have a person complaining about personal attacks and the like. In a way that involved making personal attacks on a user and then just now trying to say it has nothing to do with that person, but that's a different story, I guess. And there's nothing wrong with that, as I'd say that is one of the bigger complaints (at least until we decide to do stuff about that, in which case, asshole mods becomes the biggest problem).

    But then, that complaint comes from one of the more annoyingly over-political posters on the site who constantly drops in references to how this society problem or that is due to the welfare state community organizer not my president mofo guy, which also seems to be annoying to a few people judging by the responses here. Because no one (other than full-fledged politards) likes that guy who always is looking for ways to shoehorn his political views into every damn topic of conversation regardless of how forced it is.

    So it all turns into "person with annoying posting habit complaining about others with annoying posting habit".

    There is no way the majority of the people on here understood any of that, especially Belly!!! LOL!
  • thavoice
    vdubb96;1526512 wrote:There is no way the majority of the people on here understood any of that, especially Belly!!! LOL!
    Most OC'ers couldnt read something that long. Fly4fun maybe, but other than that I am saying not many read it. Myself included.
  • Heretic
    vdubb96;1526512 wrote:There is no way the majority of the people on here understood any of that, especially Belly!!! LOL!
    That's what I call: WINNING BY DEFAULT!
  • ernest_t_bass
    justincredible;1526479 wrote:Everyone thinks they have the perfect idea of what is going to "save" the forum.
    I don't, b/c I don't really give a fuck.
  • justincredible
    ernest_t_bass;1526561 wrote:I don't, b/c I don't really give a fuck.
    Hyperbole.
  • Belly35
    I never said anything about banning anyone ... Just tone down the vulgar, degrading and immature slander comments directed at other OC members by a few … no reason someone has to make those type of comments when trying to have open dialog on a site dedicate to the opinions of others.


    What this site worth?
  • ernest_t_bass
    thavoice;1526515 wrote:Most OC'ers couldnt read something that long. Fly4fun maybe, but other than that I am saying not many read it. Myself included.
    O-Trap could read it. Probably LJ, too. Hell, LJ could type all that with one key.

    Don't believe me, just ask him! /sleeper'd
  • justincredible
    Belly35;1526564 wrote:I never said anything about banning anyone ... Just tone down the vulgar, degrading and immature slander comments directed at other OC members by a few … no reason someone has to make those type of comments when trying to have open dialog on a site dedicate to the opinions of others.


    What this site worth?
    It's worth enough.

    But seriously, I'm not really sure how to calculate that.

    I don't disagree with your first point. But I also haven't seen much, if any, of that recently. The idea is to threadban people that go over the top with stuff like that.
  • ernest_t_bass
    Belly35;1526564 wrote:I never said anything about banning anyone ... Just tone down the vulgar, degrading and immature slander comments directed at other OC members by a few … no reason someone has to make those type of comments when trying to have open dialog on a site dedicate to the opinions of others.


    What this site worth?
    Belly, I started a thread like this once. Your best bet is to just STFU, and it'll all subside. The more you QQ, the thicker it'll get.

    mofo
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    Quick question, did Sleeper just stop being isadore or was isadore banned for life?
  • justincredible
    Raw Dawgin' it;1526573 wrote:Quick question, did Sleeper just stop being isadore or was isadore banned for life?
    I think we might have banned isadore but I can't remember for sure.
  • Heretic
    justincredible;1526574 wrote:I think we might have banned isadore but I can't remember for sure.
    I think he's somewhere in his second one-year ban, unless we just pulled the plug on him completely.
  • Devils Advocate
    It's all comes down to one problem:

    Obama!

  • Iliketurtles
    Heretic;1526502 wrote:Yeah, to seriously tie in with that, the problem with having message board problems is that different people have different ideas of what the problem is and none of those people really ever look at themselves as a problem even if other people are telling them they are. And there's never going to be a consensus on what the problem is. You can go back a few months to the F4F vs. LT/CoA deal, where the multitude of polls on who was the problem and should this mod be revoked all came out to be more of a 55-45 (if that) percentage than a 90-10 deal where anyone could say that the site has spoken and that's that.

    I mean, with this case, you have a person complaining about personal attacks and the like. In a way that involved making personal attacks on a user and then just now trying to say it has nothing to do with that person, but that's a different story, I guess. And there's nothing wrong with that, as I'd say that is one of the bigger complaints (at least until we decide to do stuff about that, in which case, asshole mods becomes the biggest problem).

    But then, that complaint comes from one of the more annoyingly over-political posters on the site who constantly drops in references to how this society problem or that is due to the welfare state community organizer not my president mofo guy, which also seems to be annoying to a few people judging by the responses here. Because no one (other than full-fledged politards) likes that guy who always is looking for ways to shoehorn his political views into every damn topic of conversation regardless of how forced it is.

    So it all turns into "person with annoying posting habit complaining about others with annoying posting habit".
    I read all of this... pretty much you could have just posted your last sentence and you would have been fine. But I agree with what you posted.

    For me on a forum I don't get bother by anything really. I've told a few of my friends about the site but none of them really get on forums for they've never checked it out. They did however get some good laughs from some threads (the breowns will make the playoffs thread by footwedge for sure was a big hit).
  • Curly J
    Heretic;1526502 wrote:Yeah, to seriously tie in with that, the problem with having message board problems is that different people have different ideas of what the problem is and none of those people really ever look at themselves as a problem even if other people are telling them they are. And there's never going to be a consensus on what the problem is. You can go back a few months to the F4F vs. LT/CoA deal, where the multitude of polls on who was the problem and should this mod be revoked all came out to be more of a 55-45 (if that) percentage than a 90-10 deal where anyone could say that the site has spoken and that's that.

    I mean, with this case, you have a person complaining about personal attacks and the like. In a way that involved making personal attacks on a user and then just now trying to say it has nothing to do with that person, but that's a different story, I guess. And there's nothing wrong with that, as I'd say that is one of the bigger complaints (at least until we decide to do stuff about that, in which case, asshole mods becomes the biggest problem).

    But then, that complaint comes from one of the more annoyingly over-political posters on the site who constantly drops in references to how this society problem or that is due to the welfare state community organizer not my president mofo guy, which also seems to be annoying to a few people judging by the responses here. Because no one (other than full-fledged politards) likes that guy who always is looking for ways to shoehorn his political views into every damn topic of conversation regardless of how forced it is.

    So it all turns into "person with annoying posting habit complaining about others with annoying posting habit".
    TL/DR
  • SnotBubbles
    Raw Dawgin' it;1526415 wrote:Remember when you were fun and said things about ETBs sister and jungle fever?
    I tried to rep you because I do remember that, but I was told I need to spread it around more.
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    hasbeen;1526110 wrote:Shut the fuck up.
    1_beast;1526350 wrote: You SHUT THE FUCK UP. YOU are one of the problems!
    Reps times a million.
  • I Wear Pants
    This really did turn into serious business. Negs for that.
  • friendfromlowry
    So, in conclusion, Belly wants this place to be like elementary school where no one is mean.