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As an active participant in the IVU Thread since it started, imo eliminating it is not the way to go here and for that matter the entire
Rubber Room!!
As I posted a day or so ago before the Rubber Room was taken down, imo true moderation does not simply entail moving threads
from the Political Section to the Rubber Room but a lot more such as actually moderating the threads and discussions,
asking relevant questions in the ones that are controversial and overall steering the conversation in a manner in which
will be productive to those participating in it to simply those reading it.
Namecalling and insults will not be tolerated under any conditions!!
People who do neglect the rules and resort to name-calling and insults will be warned once and if they do it again, will be banned
PERMANENTLY from that thread.
And yes to be fair, in the iVU Thread I have been guilty of this myself as much as anyone else, but have done it only in self-defense.
I would much rather have stimulating and provocative conversations whether it be about Trump, Biden, etc than the bitterness
and hate that exists in places like the IVU Thread now.
That said, I do believe that a participant in the IVU Thread or any thread has a right to POLITELY ask someone who posts something
with which a poster disagrees questions to explain his position and/or to POLITELT present evidence refuting what the other
poster said.
Some of this as I stated previously would mean a moderator would have to get involved in the thread!
His or her role would simply be to keep the thread on track rather than to state their own opinions.
It goes without saying that the ignore feature would be there for those who chose not to read what someone else had to say
for whatever reasons.
Imo moderators and/or administration should also have rules/standards so that the mess we saw a few days ago in the Rubber Room
with multiple threads started by a few posters does not exist.
This would mean moderators should moderate these threads and if in their opinion they decided that the only people
participating in it were a few people calling each other names, etc, with no intrinsic value overall of the thread and that it was
self-serving and personal in nature only, they should simply delete the thread and before closing it advise the people
participating in it to do it with pm messages between themselves!!
The other possible solution to this would be for the forum to have a thread with the title of the poster entitled for example
"Thoughts of Joe Blow" where that poster could confine all of his random thoughts and ideas in ONE thread which others
could read and offer any commentary wanted but without name-calling and insults.
That in itself would help to eliminate some of the current cloggings of the forum and allow those not interested to quickly
scroll past that thread to one in which they were/are interested!!
That's it!!
Rubber Room!!
As I posted a day or so ago before the Rubber Room was taken down, imo true moderation does not simply entail moving threads
from the Political Section to the Rubber Room but a lot more such as actually moderating the threads and discussions,
asking relevant questions in the ones that are controversial and overall steering the conversation in a manner in which
will be productive to those participating in it to simply those reading it.
Namecalling and insults will not be tolerated under any conditions!!
People who do neglect the rules and resort to name-calling and insults will be warned once and if they do it again, will be banned
PERMANENTLY from that thread.
And yes to be fair, in the iVU Thread I have been guilty of this myself as much as anyone else, but have done it only in self-defense.
I would much rather have stimulating and provocative conversations whether it be about Trump, Biden, etc than the bitterness
and hate that exists in places like the IVU Thread now.
That said, I do believe that a participant in the IVU Thread or any thread has a right to POLITELY ask someone who posts something
with which a poster disagrees questions to explain his position and/or to POLITELT present evidence refuting what the other
poster said.
Some of this as I stated previously would mean a moderator would have to get involved in the thread!
His or her role would simply be to keep the thread on track rather than to state their own opinions.
It goes without saying that the ignore feature would be there for those who chose not to read what someone else had to say
for whatever reasons.
Imo moderators and/or administration should also have rules/standards so that the mess we saw a few days ago in the Rubber Room
with multiple threads started by a few posters does not exist.
This would mean moderators should moderate these threads and if in their opinion they decided that the only people
participating in it were a few people calling each other names, etc, with no intrinsic value overall of the thread and that it was
self-serving and personal in nature only, they should simply delete the thread and before closing it advise the people
participating in it to do it with pm messages between themselves!!
The other possible solution to this would be for the forum to have a thread with the title of the poster entitled for example
"Thoughts of Joe Blow" where that poster could confine all of his random thoughts and ideas in ONE thread which others
could read and offer any commentary wanted but without name-calling and insults.
That in itself would help to eliminate some of the current cloggings of the forum and allow those not interested to quickly
scroll past that thread to one in which they were/are interested!!
That's it!!
This is the most uncensored website on planet Earth .
This place would make 4chan blush .
Try posting half the shit vlad or sheriff Joe post anywhere else on the internet and tell me how it goes
Alex Jones got sued for over a billion dollars saying less then what SJ spews on this forum on the daily
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Give this guy a mod job
The next logical question is now that there is no Rubber Room, what happens WHEN someone opens a new thread in the Political
section that the Administration/moderators feel is unacceptable.
The obvious question is do they simply leave it, delete the thread and/or simply shuffle it off to some kind of forum landfill!!
section that the Administration/moderators feel is unacceptable.
The obvious question is do they simply leave it, delete the thread and/or simply shuffle it off to some kind of forum landfill!!
You're a trouble makerLOL Too late, and after that happened, RR got shut down
I'm no trouble-maker, I ruin trolls and trouble makers like you NBA KID.
Awww you're upset I know ALL ABOUT YOU MR NBA_KID (Posting 2 sides of a game!)
Posts still waiting for you to answer... https://www.therx.com/threads/tuesday-mlb.1254861/page-3
This fraud, GREENBACKS AKA NBA_KID posted one side of games here. And the OPPOSITE side on that forum ensuring he got 1 win...screwing anyone who followed.
https://www.madjacksports.com/forum/threads/tuesday-hoops.6945542/
https://www.therx.com/threads/tuesday-ncaab.1236381/
Everyone could see this and the OPPOSITE sides on BOTH sides now...
He was banned after doing it repeatedly and other trolling.
Only idiot who needs a ban IS YOU, AND YOUR MULTIPLE ALIASES (MR, KYJELLY IS THAT YOU?)
I look forward to seeing the new policy.
IME reading opposing viewpoints is often more valuable than reading the views of people I agree with. That said, when the opposing view is to insult, troll, promote conspiracies, and wish death upon those who disagree the main things that are gained are frustration and a wish to spend my time elsewhere.
This change has a lot of potential to improve the site.
This is probably going to be my last post in this thread, but my overall feelings about eliminating the Rubber Room can be summarized
as "expediency," which in turn is defined by this definition:
"the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral."
ps I too will also be eagerly awaiting the new policy, which hopefully will elevate the status of the entire forum!!
as "expediency," which in turn is defined by this definition:
"the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral."
ps I too will also be eagerly awaiting the new policy, which hopefully will elevate the status of the entire forum!!
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