Post by steelers54 on May 18, 2014 13:21:08 GMT -5
I guess I broke one of the rules by not sending a PM to the Mods but this needs to be said out in the open so EVERYONE can see it. I also guess this will most likely be locked or deleted, none the less I will try and see if we can't get all that's happened in the last few days to stop.
This forum is not the NFL and to my knowledge it was never intended to be, it was created to give all of us a chance to talk about a wide range of topics when there was little to talk about in the way of football related topics.
There has been talk about bashing and being hateful to a person or group,I'm not saying there hasn't been any of that here. For the most part we have acted fairly well and the Mods have had little to worry about until just recently. As for bashing and all the other stuff does anyone remember what went on at NFL.com, there was a lot of that over there by a few people that affected the whole forum, and that's why we are here today. Since censorship is being thrown around here a lot lately too need I remind you all how that was at the other forum, it got to the point you didn't know what you could and could not say from one minute to the next, now that was censorship.
It breaks my heart to see what's happened here the last couple of days. Religion and or Politics are not causing the problem, the problem was and is the comment made by an Administrator to a members post. I tried to clam things down by the post I made in the open line thread , nobody really listened, it was not hateful or any of the other things we are not supposed to say but it was deleted along with some of the other post that seemed to be causing the problem, and I'm glad that was done but it did little to stopping or making the problem go away.
The problem was addressed by one of the Mods to the Administrator which then fell on deaf ears, there was little to no reaction by any of the Mods who were posting in that thread. What came next is an over reaction by locking threads which still did little to defuse the problem.
I do believe there are times when you should pm one of the Mods because of what is being said, but at this point some of the members have little faith in the Mods at this point in time, they will have to regain the trust of the members of this forum. Yes they do have a thankless task and up to this point have been doing a very good job at keeping the peace around here.
What needs to be done?
The two people involved in this need to mend the fences between them, one has tried but the other one is unwilling to apologize or accept the apologies that were given.
I think in order to be fair there needs to be a balance set with an equal number of young Mods and some older members of this forum to be Mods.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE HERE LEAVE OR BE BANNED FOR WHATS BEEN GOING ON,and I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS FORUM TORN APART BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
We have a great group of people here and I know we can get this worked out, this place is way better than the NFL ever was.
This forum is not the NFL and to my knowledge it was never intended to be, it was created to give all of us a chance to talk about a wide range of topics when there was little to talk about in the way of football related topics.
There has been talk about bashing and being hateful to a person or group,I'm not saying there hasn't been any of that here. For the most part we have acted fairly well and the Mods have had little to worry about until just recently. As for bashing and all the other stuff does anyone remember what went on at NFL.com, there was a lot of that over there by a few people that affected the whole forum, and that's why we are here today. Since censorship is being thrown around here a lot lately too need I remind you all how that was at the other forum, it got to the point you didn't know what you could and could not say from one minute to the next, now that was censorship.
It breaks my heart to see what's happened here the last couple of days. Religion and or Politics are not causing the problem, the problem was and is the comment made by an Administrator to a members post. I tried to clam things down by the post I made in the open line thread , nobody really listened, it was not hateful or any of the other things we are not supposed to say but it was deleted along with some of the other post that seemed to be causing the problem, and I'm glad that was done but it did little to stopping or making the problem go away.
The problem was addressed by one of the Mods to the Administrator which then fell on deaf ears, there was little to no reaction by any of the Mods who were posting in that thread. What came next is an over reaction by locking threads which still did little to defuse the problem.
I do believe there are times when you should pm one of the Mods because of what is being said, but at this point some of the members have little faith in the Mods at this point in time, they will have to regain the trust of the members of this forum. Yes they do have a thankless task and up to this point have been doing a very good job at keeping the peace around here.
What needs to be done?
The two people involved in this need to mend the fences between them, one has tried but the other one is unwilling to apologize or accept the apologies that were given.
I think in order to be fair there needs to be a balance set with an equal number of young Mods and some older members of this forum to be Mods.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE HERE LEAVE OR BE BANNED FOR WHATS BEEN GOING ON,and I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS FORUM TORN APART BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
We have a great group of people here and I know we can get this worked out, this place is way better than the NFL ever was.