Hilarious, and yet I honestly feel bad for them.Cherry Picker wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:12 pm Hey is anyone else thinking this has something to do with Putin’s minions sowing chaos by posting obtuse, inflammatory hearsay to stoke the seeds of fascism and desolate our democracy. If not, I have no explanation what’s going on. Obviously there is some serious propaganda and repression going on. Goebbels would be proud of the Mods over there.
It was an excellent forum once upon a time and I miss that.
Sure there have always been plenty of silly kids posting there.
But they used to have great leaders to show the kids the way, keep them in line.
This all started with a group of negative posters over there in my opinion.
Slowly they spread their influence and gained control...
(none of this happens if it's not a rebuild)
Eventually they got to the mods, but what could the mods do at that point?
I like to fantasize that if I were a mod there I could have prevented it from happening.
But in my heart I know there is no way one person could have done anything.
I would have become exasperated and left... or more likely: burned out/banned.
I also think it's partly a systematic thing.
Meaning I think HF should give more power to the home mods on each team's forums.
These global mods and should merely make suggestions to the home mods.
See, the home mods are gonna have a better feel for the intent of the post
... because they are more intimate with their posters.
They could have a panel of overseers to examine complaints in case a home mod were to go rogue.
I think one of the qualities to look for in choosing a mod is his/her loyalty to the team and GM.
Yes, his/her POSITIVITY!
I know that sounds corny and yes there are more important qualities
... but bottom line, the forum is supposed to be a FAN forum.
A positive mod is going to naturally always remind people of that in various ways.
Hey, if you're not enjoying your team and enjoying the back-and-forth discussions about your team
... WHY ARE YOU DOING IT??
It's not your job, you're only in it for the fun!
If you're getting angry and frustrated as a poster on a sports messageboard, you're not doing it right.
(or it's not the right site for you)