- Joined
- Oct 13, 2011
- Messages
- 19,918
In the past couple days, this board has gotten away from what we set out to build. This site is meant for serious football discussion from people who want to cut past the bull****. We haven't had that lately. Some people have blamed the new posters, but that's not fair. A lot of our veterans have done their part in stirring **** up and turning informative threads into ****ing matches.
So we're going to stop this before it gets worse. There are going to be a few changes which I think will get us back to the level of discussion the users deserve.
First, we're going zero tolerance on personal attacks. It's not that personal attacks offend my morals. We're grown men (and women). But if you want to call someone an *******, do it in PM or on the West End Zone. Nobody else wants to read that crap. If you call someone a ****, they're going to call you a ****, and before you know it we have five pages of block quotes and garbage.
The first time you attack somebody personally, it's a warning. Second is a five-day ban. Third is a ten-day ban. Fourth is permaban. All bans are read-only. You can still browse the forums, but you can't post. I hate to be the hall monitor, but too many threads are being derailed for this to continue.
Second, there will be a ten post a day limit on new posters and certain older posters. At any time, you can PM one of the mods (including myself) and ask to be taken off the ten-post limit. We'll look at your track record, and if you're here to talk football there will be no issue getting unlimited status. But those with the least to say tend to post the most, and this is something we have to address.
Third, certain posters who have required the most moderation will be on probation. A small group of posters seem to be at the center of most of the disastrous threads. We know you guys understand the game. Talk about it instead of how much of a ****face poster X is.
Last, we will be creating a Gameday board. From kickoff to an hour after the game, the football board will be frozen and all posts will be on the Gameday board. This board won't have the same rules as the football board and will give people a chance to vent and kneejerk and fire Golden. An hour after kickoff, we'll move some of the threads over to the football board and start again.
We want this board to be the best Canes board on the web. We have the people to do it. All I ask is that you stick with us, speak your mind and help us become the board we've all been looking for.
- D$
So we're going to stop this before it gets worse. There are going to be a few changes which I think will get us back to the level of discussion the users deserve.
First, we're going zero tolerance on personal attacks. It's not that personal attacks offend my morals. We're grown men (and women). But if you want to call someone an *******, do it in PM or on the West End Zone. Nobody else wants to read that crap. If you call someone a ****, they're going to call you a ****, and before you know it we have five pages of block quotes and garbage.
The first time you attack somebody personally, it's a warning. Second is a five-day ban. Third is a ten-day ban. Fourth is permaban. All bans are read-only. You can still browse the forums, but you can't post. I hate to be the hall monitor, but too many threads are being derailed for this to continue.
Second, there will be a ten post a day limit on new posters and certain older posters. At any time, you can PM one of the mods (including myself) and ask to be taken off the ten-post limit. We'll look at your track record, and if you're here to talk football there will be no issue getting unlimited status. But those with the least to say tend to post the most, and this is something we have to address.
Third, certain posters who have required the most moderation will be on probation. A small group of posters seem to be at the center of most of the disastrous threads. We know you guys understand the game. Talk about it instead of how much of a ****face poster X is.
Last, we will be creating a Gameday board. From kickoff to an hour after the game, the football board will be frozen and all posts will be on the Gameday board. This board won't have the same rules as the football board and will give people a chance to vent and kneejerk and fire Golden. An hour after kickoff, we'll move some of the threads over to the football board and start again.
We want this board to be the best Canes board on the web. We have the people to do it. All I ask is that you stick with us, speak your mind and help us become the board we've all been looking for.
- D$
Last edited by a moderator:
