The state of GDT and postgame thread moderating

[pctronics0072]

Honest question. Why was I banned from the gdt. I really have no clue.

 

[VrabelJr]

A negative post or two is fine but it’s not like mods have a sentiment tracker for every single poster. Also there are certain kinds of posts (BB hate, Brady crap) that deserve instant thread ban because it’s just low IQ and tired. I like the moderation and this is the first season in many I find myself consistently in those threads.

 

[pctronics0072]

@Ian

Can we please address moderation in the GDT? Can we make it so that the moderators have to give an actual REVIEWABLE reason for the block? I think that bans should be handed out only for truly egregious behavior, not for making a post that a moderator does not like. If the moderators are blocking that many people that they do not have time to type out a reason, then in my opinion they are banning too many people. Can the staff please provide concrete guidelines for this?

Today, I was blocked from the GDT. I still have no idea why. I did not make a single post against the patriots in the whole thread. It is rare that I get the chance to just watch the game and participate in the GDT and joke around with the other members. Disappointing that this opportunity was taken away.

 

[festy1986]

I actually messaged @Ian about this last year and he said he would check back with me on it. He never did but that wasn't the problem, my interest in participating in those threads died because a certain mod around here who needs to farm points and has a total control complex has to micromanage everything we do.


I had to reach out again to him because I was literally removed from the post game thread in which our thoughts were being solicited for saying "I learned that green bay isn't very good"

That seriously caught me a thread ban.

I THOUGHT the ignore feature was added for this very purpose, to keep this mod from abusing their privilege because we aren't positive enough for their liking.

I have a half decade on this particular mod and I don't ****ing appreciate when they lash out calling a certain sector of the board trolls because we don't see things all sunny side up all the damn time.

You don't see me out here complaining about people's opinions, it'd be cool if that same respect was extended to me.

 

[Kontradiction]

A negative post or two is fine but it’s not like mods have a sentiment tracker for every single poster. Also there are certain kinds of posts (BB hate, Brady crap) that deserve instant thread ban because it’s just low IQ and tired. I like the moderation and this is the first season in many I find myself consistently in those threads.

Agree. Only certain messages should be allowed on a public message board. This is a great post.

 

[VrabelJr]

Agree. Only certain messages should be allowed on a public message board. This is a great post.

It isn’t a public message board. It’s a privately ran and funded forum on the public internet. This isn’t a public utility paid for with tax dollars. There are plenty of other watering holes to piss in on the internet for the chronically negative.

 

[borg]

 

[Kontradiction]

It isn’t a public message board. It’s a privately ran and funded forum on the public internet. This isn’t a public utility paid for with tax dollars. There are plenty of other watering holes to piss in on the internet for the chronically negative.

It’s not privately funded. Other than that, your post is right on the money. Correct as always.

 

[Kontradiction]

Million dollar idea - let’s have a public message board where people only agree with one another. That will last years. Decades, even. It will be so much fun.

 

[VrabelJr]

It’s not privately funded. Other than that, your post is right on the money. Correct as always.

You’re saying the exchange of money for reduced ads makes it publicly funded? Yikes. I say we start a kickstarter to send you to business school.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

This team is going to get worse before it gets better. All I know.

 

[VrabelJr]

Million dollar idea - let’s have a public message board where people only agree with one another. That will last years. Decades, even. It will be so much fun.

There’s intelligent discussion based around disagreements and then there’s whiny, pissing and moaning about the same themes over and over again.

You’re not even interesting to debate with. You just spew straw men and logical fallacy after logical fallacy.

 

[Kontradiction]

You’re saying the exchange of money for reduced ads makes it publicly funded? Yikes. I say we start a kickstarter to send you to business school.

I have an MBA. What do you call soliciting money from the public in order to run a message board? I call it publicly funded. You think that’s private? Right as always. You’re brilliant.

 

[festy1986]

You’re saying the exchange of money for reduced ads makes it publicly funded? Yikes. I say we start a kickstarter to send you to business school.

I'm more concerned with your attack on people's IQ and deciding if their brain power doesn't match yours they should be banned for dumb takes.

That's hilarious.

 

[Kontradiction]

There’s intelligent discussion based around disagreements and then there’s whiny, pissing and moaning about the same themes over and over again.

You’re not even interesting to debate with. You just spew straw men and logical fallacy after logical fallacy.

It’s a message board, open to the public, and at least funded in part by the public. You’ll get ****posts and you’ll get Shakespeare. I wish I could analyze you but, honestly, I have no clue who the hell you are.

 

[Disco Volante]

Million dollar idea - let’s have a public message board where people only agree with one another. That will last years. Decades, even. It will be so much fun.

That already exists, it's called Reddit.

And it ****ing sucks.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

You may be asking yourself, “has he been drinking?” And the answer to that question is yes.

Already figured that out about 3 hours ago

 

[jah]

Just learned from this thread that my tax money is funding Patsfans. Why am I even donating?

 

[ahmed]

Completely agree with this. Since he, whose name cannot be mentioned, left there is very little tolerance for any sort of negative feedback or criticism.

Now this is no longer the only Pats discussion place I visit.

 

[TBR]

That already exists, it's called Reddit.

And it ****ing sucks.

I got permanently banned from reddit for "homophobia" by making a light hearted sack or ball joke about Carl Nassib. The mods here seem pretty fair since I've made similar jokes, including moments ago after he got a sack, without issue. So I'm kinda surprised to hear posts are getting deleted in the game thread. I posted there today and didn't see anything outlandish before getting deleted. Even if something like "fire Belichick this guy sucks" is silly, I would hope those types aren't getting deleted.