Attn: Harvey

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My resistance to moderation is being tested. I may at least broaden our definition of what constitutes spam.

IMO Harv you do a fine job. Do what you feel is right.

Wouldn't want to be in your shoes.

Harvey wrote

My resistance to moderation is being tested. I may at least broaden our definition of what constitutes spam.

Sometimes I think PA is another forum member yanking our chain.  Some of the stuff he says is just so illogical.  And the last topic was so clearly intended as bait.

The evidence doesn't suggest it an alias. Sure I could be fooled, but it would take some effort.

My previous comment wasn't pointed at anyone in particular. It not my job to moderate opinions. Without differences of opinion, forums are pointless.

In the past I felt the key with moderating was to be consistent. That's one reason I barely do it... it's consistent.  Another reason is I just don't have the time.   But the amount of yousuck that's been posted recently makes it harder to find and enjoy the cool stuff people post. To some extent it kills the fun, for me.

Because a lot of our membership is Gore/Plattekill based, I've skied with a lot of the forum members.  It's kind of a interesting to me that the guys who really truly rip, don't talk much smack.

Harvey wrote

 It's kind of a interesting to me that the guys who really truly rip, don't talk much smack.

THIS^^

I find this to be true in many sports. When it comes to golf I'll let my clubs do the talking.

Harvey wrote

But the amount of yousuck that's been posted recently makes it harder to find and enjoy the cool stuff people post. To some extent it kills the fun, for me.

Last year, during an earlier flame war, the idea was floated to limit the number of posts certain forum members could make per day.  For example, if you're on the "flamer" list, you can't post more than 3 times in an hour or 6 times in a day. Maybe that idea got scuttled due to limitations in the forum software, I don't know. But perhaps its time to reconsider that idea as a way to limit the flow of vocal diarrhea that's been polluting the forum lately.

Of course the other thing we all can do is simply not engage the flamers.  Let their idiocy speak for itself.

pro2860 wrote

I find this to be true in many sports. When it comes to golf I'll let my clubs do the talking.

umm, that's smack talk right up there ^^^^  typical Dallas Cowgirl smack talker!!!!  

ScottyJack wrote

pro2860 wrote

I find this to be true in many sports. When it comes to golf I'll let my clubs do the talking.

umm, that's smack talk right up there ^^^^  typical Dallas Cowgirl smack talker!!!!  

hahahaha...still a little butt hurt about that last ass whipping?

ScottyJack wrote

pro2860 wrote

I find this to be true in many sports. When it comes to golf I'll let my clubs do the talking.

umm, that's smack talk right up there ^^^^  typical Dallas Cowgirl smack talker!!!!  

Kid Rock said it best. " It aint braggin mother fucker if you can back it up"

umm  philly was a beat down.  You guys got lucky and will implode in the second half of the season.  Wait till Dez's mom forgets to wash his laundry and he beats her again!

pro, your star receiver assaulted his own mother!  WTF???

I wasn't aware of that. Unfortunately the league is full of low lifes...

I say limit everyone to one post a week.  That'd be a good start.

Adk Jeff wrote

Last year, during an earlier flame war, the idea was floated to limit the number of posts certain forum members could make per day.  For example, if you're on the "flamer" list, you can't post more than 3 times in an hour or 6 times in a day. Maybe that idea got scuttled due to limitations in the forum software, I don't know. But perhaps its time to reconsider that idea as a way to limit the flow of vocal diarrhea that's been polluting the forum lately.

Of course the other thing we all can do is simply not engage the flamers.  Let their idiocy speak for itself.

We've been rolling over those kinds of ideas.

One idea I had was to limit ALL posters to X number of posts per day. It's not hard to see a trend - those posting the most are almost always ranting. At least it would be consistent, if not exactly fair.

I tried it last week, it took a couple hours to work it out.  I picked 10 posts as an arbitrary limit.  The problem is that some of our most prolific posters are good contributors often posting several times a day.  When Camp hit the limit the other day I killed it.

Another idea is to use our spam group. This requires no real work for me. I just drop a poster into a group for suspected spammers. It limits them:

Can't create new threads
Can't post links
Can only post 2x in a day
 
Possible solutions:

Raise the limit on spammers to maybe six posts
Bag consistency and ban or temp ban people who piss me off
Leave the forum as is
A few people could just grow up

What a pile of ridiculous horseshit huh.

Harvey wrote

Possible solutions:
...........

Why did you leave out the obvious (and most effective)?

Harvey wrote

Possible solutions:

Raise the limit on spammers to maybe six posts
Bag consistency and ban or temp ban people who piss me off
Leave the forum as is
A few people could just grow up

What a pile of ridiculous horseshit huh.

Maybe create a "flamer" group similar to your spammer group.  After 6 posts in a day (I'd argue for even fewer) their Reply button goes dark.  I'm sure we could collectively come up with a list of candidates for the flamer group.

Or if a new group can't be created, go back to the 10 posts per day limit for everyone.  Might not be so bad if Campy was limited in how many times he could post "Hahaha" or "ftw."

I doubt solution #4 will come to pass.

Adk Jeff wrote

  Might not be so bad if Campy was limited in how many times he could post "Hahaha" or "ftw."

 

To quote the great Noah John, "don't muzzle me man".

I just think ya'll need to quit worrying about these dorks. They'll go away just as quick as they got here. These new dudes are boring any_A_ways