Over moderation

[Squirrel]

I thought that might be it. I love it.

 

Yes, thanks. I'm quite adorable.

[PseudoSABR]

Yes, thanks. I'm quite adorable.

What happened?

[Squirrel]

What happened?

 

I had surgery.

[freshinthehouse]

I forgot about itstime have trouble with the ladies. He blew up on the other female poster on BYTO as well. Any remember her name?

[Squirrel]

I forgot about itstime have trouble with the ladies. He blew up on the other female poster on BYTO as well. Any remember her name?

Shorty

[The Wise One]

So what is the polite way to ask somebody why they post on something they have absolutely no clue about? Sometimes I really would like to know the answer to that question.

Almost kinda miss Leviathian be a salty dude towards others.

(Not about this thread)

[TheLeviathan]

Almost kinda miss Leviathian be a salty dude towards others.(Not about this thread)

 

*Tries to think of something salty*

 

I got nothing.....

[glunn]

So what is the polite way to ask somebody why they post on something they have absolutely no clue about? Sometimes I really would like to know the answer to that question.

Almost kinda miss Leviathian be a salty dude towards others.

(Not about this thread)

 

I think that the best course is to ignore such posts (and possibly permanently ignore the poster). If you are annoyed to the point that you almost cannot resist attacking the poster, then you can report the post by clicking on the triangle icon that has an exclamation mark inside it.

 

Alternatively, you can politely give reasons why you believe that the poster's position is completely wrong, so long as you don't attack him or her personally.

 

Example: "With all due respect, I believe that you are completely wrong, because ..."

 

Example: "What you are saying makes no sense to me, because ..."

 

As long as you can refrain from directly or indirectly attacking the poster, you are free to rip apart any reasoning or positions that you think are stupid.

 

Let's say that someone posts something completely stupid, such as a theory that the Twins should sign Butera to a 5 year contract because good defensive catchers are hard to find and he is a good clubhouse guy. If it seems to you that the poster is merely trolling to create conflict, then just report the post and we will look at it. But if you believe that the poster is uninformed and/or not intelligent, then feel free to blast their ridiculous theory.

 

Example: "I believe that signing Butera to a 5 year contract would be a terrible move, because his defense cannot even begin to make up for the fact that his offensive production is abysmal. Your idea seems ridiculous and I wonder whether you are being sincere or just trying to rile people up."

[Kobs]

That makes way more sense. A poster really had to go above and beyond to get the ban on BYTO. In six years, maybe ~15 people were banned from that site and I think I only banned 3-4 of them.

 

I'd be surprised to find we banned that many non-pornbots. If you banned 3-4, I would assume we didn't ban many more than that.

[DaveW]

I'd be surprised to find we banned that many non-pornbots. If you banned 3-4, I would assume we didn't ban many more than that.

 

To be fair, 7 of the 15 were itstimetotakeits personalities.. the ones I can remember where: Brock1978, Itstimetotakeit, Justanotherfan, DPJ (Temp), and Dankind (temp)

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'd be surprised to find we banned that many non-pornbots. If you banned 3-4, I would assume we didn't ban many more than that.

 

I know there were a few bouts of stupidity here and there that I didn't ban but you're right, the number probably didn't even go to 15... More like 10.