Manhattan Buckeye;1462896 wrote:Just out of curiosity for COA, Has Been, Like That, Dey Durkie and the rest of the people complaining: Did you ever think that the problem is you, and not the mods?

I dont have a problem with any other mod, and if you've been on this site long enough, you'd know there are 10+ ppl that have issue with F4F which is about a fourth of the OC's population.

wes_mantooth;1462893 wrote:Moderating is a pretty difficult thing to do and I wasn't very good at it honestly. There are posters that are way too sensitive about there teams or whatever and then there are the posters that smell the blood in the water and fuck with them. My approach was always to let everything go pretty much or try to diffuse the situation without the banning. There are a couple of posters on here that I just banned to fuck with them because they added nothing to the site but just aggravation to people. I think as a moderator, it is a no win situation...not going to make everyone happy.

I think you did a fantastic job tbh. You and heretic have the right approach when it comes to moderating.

SportsAndLady;1462880 wrote:I could post dozens of times where someone was given an infraction simply because the mods didn't like the poster.

I've been infracted by numerous moderators, and everyone loves ME!

Con_Alma;1462894 wrote:My God. I actually agree with BoatShoes on something!:thumbup:

Was going to post the same.

WebFire;1462906 wrote:Was going to post the same.

I repped him. My head almost exploded.

Commander of Awesome;1462902 wrote:I dont have a problem with any other mod, and if you've been on this site long enough, you'd know there are 10+ ppl that have issue with F4F which is about a fourth of the OC's population.

And almost everyone has had a problem with you and the gaggle of posters I mentioned. You can't troll thread after thread and not expect consequences. All of the people I mentioned (including you) have blatantly violated the TOS....I typically don't care, just use free speech to counter free speech.

However, Fly4Fun has to make decisions, I might not always agree with them, but I think he's doing a fair job given what he has to deal with. You realize you'd be banned over and over and over again at jjhuddle......do you not see that?

Lord knows F4F and I have never been buddies.. even dating back to the early 2000's on JJ.. but anytime he's had to moderate me, I've deserved it. The problem is you guys know you deserve it too, you just like to cry about it.

Manhattan Buckeye;1462896 wrote:Just out of curiosity for COA, Has Been, Like That, Dey Durkie and the rest of the people complaining: Did you ever think that the problem is you, and not the mods?

I am not going to say that i am clear of any fault, however I do find it bullshit that when I started posting on this site, I could be who I wanted to be. Keep in mind that is when we had a ton of posters. Then all of a sudden cry4fail decided this was jj huddle, so now even if i am fucking with someone (yes MB, despite how smart you think you are, half the time i am just busting your balls yet you are too much of a sensitive little girl to realize that) I am in threat of getting a ban from a rogue mod.

I always say this, but just take a look at the Cleveland Browns thread. Shit gets off track here and there, but we aren't little bitches. We get over it and then continue to discuss the Cleveland Browns. Since I have been a poster on this site I would venture to say we have had over 1000 pages of Cleveland Browns talk. We survived without any knee jerk petty modding.

wes_mantooth;1462893 wrote:Moderating is a pretty difficult thing to do and I wasn't very good at it honestly.

You should have stopped right there. (fify)

ZWICK 4 PREZ;1462909 wrote:Lord knows F4F and I have never been buddies.. even dating back to the early 2000's on JJ.. but anytime he's had to moderate me, I've deserved it. The problem is you guys know you deserve it too, you just like to cry about it.

There were times I def deserved it, but the fact of the matter is cry4fail can't use common sense and there have been plenty of times he has "punished" people for absolutely no reason.

like_that;1462910 wrote:I am not going to say that i am clear of any fault, however I do find it bullshit that when I started posting on this site, I could be who I wanted to be. Keep in mind that is when we had a ton of posters.

I think the fact that the number of posters has dropped has more to do with the novelty wearing off than any sort of problem with F4F. A ton of people came over at the beginning, because fuck the huddle, and then the "buzz" or whatever you want to call it wore off.

justincredible;1462915 wrote:I think the fact that the number of posters has dropped has more to do with the novelty wearing off than any sort of problem with F4F. A ton of people came over at the beginning, because fuck the huddle, and then the "buzz" or whatever you want to call it wore off.

I don't know about that. The OC had a good run for about 2 years, before membership declined. It would take much less time for "buzz" to wear off imo.

Manhattan Buckeye;1462908 wrote:You realize you'd be banned over and over and over again at jjhuddle......do you not see that?

This isn't the JJ Huddle. Do you not see that? lolfail (that's busting your balls, panties can stay aligned)

like_that;1462916 wrote:I don't know about that. The OC had a good run for about 2 years, before membership declined. It would take much less time for "buzz" to wear off imo.

Yup, in fact if you look at the unique visits, they begin to drop like a rock in July of last yr, about the time that F4F started that BS with banning DW and Hoops.

justincredible;1462915 wrote:I think the fact that the number of posters has dropped has more to do with the novelty wearing off than any sort of problem with F4F. A ton of people came over at the beginning, because fuck the huddle, and then the "buzz" or whatever you want to call it wore off.

It's dropped b/c every day we get older and get more shit piled on in our lives and give a little bit less of a shit about posting online.. i think.

I don't really have a problem w F4F but definitely agree that some of the thread/basement bans have been weak. IMO Like_That and COA are damn good posters BUT they're definitely a little over the top when it comes to F4F at times. I think if both sides toned it down just slightly it would go a long way.

ZWICK 4 PREZ;1462921 wrote:It's dropped b/c every day we get older and get more shit piled on in our lives and give a little bit less of a shit about posting online.. i think.

Bingo.

ZWICK 4 PREZ;1462921 wrote:It's dropped b/c every day we get older and get more shit piled on in our lives and give a little bit less of a shit about posting online.. i think.

And the same people only have so much to debate.

In my opinion, posters get run off more because of assholes than they do moderation.

Commander of Awesome;1462919 wrote:Yup, in fact if you look at the unique visits, they begin to drop like a rock in July of last yr, about the time that F4F started that BS with banning DW and Hoops.

Daily visits from June 1st, 2012 to June 25th, 2013. So, no. You're wrong.

ZWICK 4 PREZ;1462921 wrote:It's dropped b/c every day we get older and get more shit piled on in our lives and give a little bit less of a shit about posting online.. i think.

Agree completely. The problem is that this site needs to draw the next wave of posters and it seems to struggle with that

Plus I see Belly all the time at Giant Eagle so i'll just ask to see his grocery list next time and laugh at the misspelled words instead of reading his threads on here.

ernest_t_bass;1462925 wrote:In my opinion, posters get run off more because of assholes than they do moderation.

I agree. But we are wrong. The people being assholes said so.

justincredible;1462932 wrote:I agree. But we are wrong. The people being assholes said so.

I'm not pointing fingers, b/c I've been an asshole plenty of times, mostly to humble brag MB. (MB, that was a joke)

wes_mantooth;1462929 wrote:Agree completely. The problem is that this site needs to draw the next wave of posters and it seems to struggle with that

I agree with this. And F4F has nothing to do with not drawing new people. Because new people have no fucking clue who he is. And I think new folks that do visit would likely be kept from posting because they see people being assholes all the time. Why would anyone want to deal with that unless they were an asshole themselves? I don't want a site full of assholes.