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Post by CM Poor on Jul 7, 2020 5:13:53 GMT -5
I recently got heat for replying to too many posts. Apparently I was "spamming" threads. I've never seen a message board with this kind posting mentality. Reading what you guys are talking about as it pertains to old threads is even more bizarre. Why would someone be against messaging on a message board? You should hear how some of the mods gripe about the fact that everyone is allowed to create new threads. Message board superiority.
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Post by Jackass Pacific on Jul 7, 2020 6:40:36 GMT -5
I recently got heat for replying to too many posts. Apparently I was "spamming" threads. I've never seen a message board with this kind posting mentality. Reading what you guys are talking about as it pertains to old threads is even more bizarre. Why would someone be against messaging on a message board? You should hear how some of the mods gripe about the fact that everyone is allowed to create new threads. Message board superiority. wait, what? as in they want only certain people to be allowed to make threads?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2020 8:05:02 GMT -5
The answer to all your questions is “Power”.
These boards were created and are maintained to simulate real life power under the guise of figs.
I’ve caught and exposed almost every mod on these boards for being a hypocrite. But it’s not only the mods it’s the board rats too. They hope one day to be a mod, they are often identified by their grievances and not by their collections.
The thread lock is their favorite move, and unfortunately this is a privately owned website so they set, break, make up rules to fit their narrative.
To them it’s a Figtatorship and not a Figocracy.
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Post by CM Poor on Jul 7, 2020 8:38:53 GMT -5
You should hear how some of the mods gripe about the fact that everyone is allowed to create new threads. Message board superiority. wait, what? as in they want only certain people to be allowed to make threads? To be fair, the WWE board, in particular, gets a metric f*ck ton of weird threads. I don't think that's a secret to anyone who's been here for a minute. Some of them are new users, usually kids, who haven't yet developed a sense of "netiquette". Others are frequent flyers...either troll/gimmick users looking to get a reaction, or the sort of shut-ins wrestling tends to attract that don't know any better. Nevertheless, that's...well, the internet. It's been like that forever, it's never going to not be like that, and relatively speaking, even for all the abnormies this place does manage to pull in, it's still pretty damn tame around here. Still, you'd never guess it every time there's a weird thread that's gotta be shut down or something goes off the rails, and it's just one lament after the other about how they wish there could be restrictions on who can create threads and when, as if modding even the busiest board here is some full time job.
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Post by sonstuds on Jul 7, 2020 9:30:41 GMT -5
Old threads swindled me in a ponzi scheme and stole my wife.
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Post by GBGav on Jul 7, 2020 11:45:08 GMT -5
The answer to all your questions is “Power”. These boards were created and are maintained to simulate real life power under the guise of figs. I’ve caught and exposed almost every mod on these boards for being a hypocrite. But it’s not only the mods it’s the board rats too. They hope one day to be a mod, they are often identified by their grievances and not by their collections. The thread lock is their favorite move, and unfortunately this is a privately owned website so they set, break, make up rules to fit their narrative. To them it’s a Figtatorship and not a Figocracy. Come on over to WF:UK if it's Figocracy you're looking for. I let that place pretty much run itself because that's the way that board has always been. Yeah it's much quieter than it was 10 years ago at the height of our renegade ways but I find that the members are cool so I never have to shake my fist at them. I'm well aware of one or two members who have been banned multiple times in the past but I don't think they deserve to be so they're fine with me. No ban hammers in my hands.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 7, 2020 11:46:33 GMT -5
just curious as to why its such a HUGE deal when an older thread gets topped. Good choice of post because members and/or mods are way too quick to jump on an old thread and post not to top it or lock it. The requests for buying outside of the classifieds is also one that gets locked quickly. BUT you haven't seen anything til you've been on the board that at one point was the wrestlecrap forum. This board is no longer wrestlecrap so don't get me wrong but it is probably the best board there is but the moderation is way too extreme in their closing of threads or admonishing board members despite the one time mod posting in almost every thread demeaning posters because his knowledge of wrestling was so much greater than everyone else's. He apparently owner/paid for the board so... He's no longer a mod or poster there due to personal reasons and I'm sure if a mod sees this post I'll be banned in a half of a heartbeat because they have this mentality as if they are "protecting" their board almost like a Bradshaw or Bob Holly. I've been on that board since 2010 or 2011 and never noticed the main MOD until just recently but from what I gather he had WAY too much time on his hands being home during the covid lockdown and decided to post in every thread which included locking lots of threads because he didn't want them becoming too incendiary. I never noticed anything but class from most of the board members so he probably just wanted to feel superior. To finish the story, he did step down as mod and no longer posts after revealing he requested nudes from board members in exchange for him making colorful names for them on the board. SMH. I'm probably banned now. LOL. In conclusion, yeah the bumped thread closures suck but you haven't seen anything til you've been on the board that derived from the wrestlecrap board.
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Post by k5 on Jul 7, 2020 12:12:47 GMT -5
#bringbackmonthlymods
it was fun and democratic. if not monthly, then at least every 6 months
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Post by Valbroski on Jul 7, 2020 12:13:28 GMT -5
I’m gonna top this whole thread as soon as it gets old. Call the police, see if I care.
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Post by CM Poor on Jul 7, 2020 15:20:05 GMT -5
#bringbackmonthlymods it was fun and democratic. if not monthly, then at least every 6 months Only if we can guarantee that it doesn't come with the requisite campaigning for the coming month's mod spot that always started on like, the 10th of the month.
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Post by PJ on Jul 7, 2020 16:02:55 GMT -5
The answer to all your questions is “Power”. These boards were created and are maintained to simulate real life power under the guise of figs. I’ve caught and exposed almost every mod on these boards for being a hypocrite. But it’s not only the mods it’s the board rats too. They hope one day to be a mod, they are often identified by their grievances and not by their collections. The thread lock is their favorite move, and unfortunately this is a privately owned website so they set, break, make up rules to fit their narrative. To them it’s a Figtatorship and not a Figocracy. Power? Mods have no power. We are asked to help the admin look over a board for the site. But you can ask CM Poor we aren’t given anything for it nor do we have this power to ban people like everyone likes to throw around as if it’s fact. The only people who can ban someone is an Admin. And while I’m sure it may not always seem to be the case I do always try to get along with everyone. So @kmangio if you are saying that you have had problems with almost every mod on the site and the “board rats” whoever they are then maybe the problem is you and not everyone else?
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Post by LK3 on Jul 7, 2020 17:28:31 GMT -5
I don’t know why it’s a big deal either. If someone made a new thread about the same topic because they were conscious about bumping an old one, then what’s the difference? There’d be a thread about the topic at the top of the first page regardless.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 7, 2020 18:37:15 GMT -5
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Post by Jack Specific on Jul 7, 2020 21:18:46 GMT -5
We did this because many members had bumped up older, irrelevant topics pushing down newer relevant topics. Also there were some just spamming random old topic for post count. To keep things relevant you can simply create a new thread if current ones are not really current or older then a couple of months. I hope that clears things up a bit.
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Post by Jackass Pacific on Jul 7, 2020 22:37:07 GMT -5
who cares about post count. its an internet message board. is it really that big of a deal if people want to comment on stuff? let the new people say stuff. who. ing. cares. i'm actually going to make it a point to top old threads now so people can bitch and moan
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2020 5:24:35 GMT -5
The answer to all your questions is “Power”. These boards were created and are maintained to simulate real life power under the guise of figs. I’ve caught and exposed almost every mod on these boards for being a hypocrite. But it’s not only the mods it’s the board rats too. They hope one day to be a mod, they are often identified by their grievances and not by their collections. The thread lock is their favorite move, and unfortunately this is a privately owned website so they set, break, make up rules to fit their narrative. To them it’s a Figtatorship and not a Figocracy. Power? Mods have no power. We are asked to help the admin look over a board for the site. But you can ask CM Poor we aren’t given anything for it nor do we have this power to ban people like everyone likes to throw around as if it’s fact. The only people who can ban someone is an Admin. And while I’m sure it may not always seem to be the case I do always try to get along with everyone. So @kmangio if you are saying that you have had problems with almost every mod on the site and the “board rats” whoever they are then maybe the problem is you and not everyone else? When famed author Rosalind Wiseman gives speeches at schools about bullying she says there is always one girl who stands up and says “we don’t have a bully problem at our school”. Wiseman named her book after that student.
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Post by bababooey on Jul 8, 2020 8:12:48 GMT -5
who cares about post count. its an internet message board. is it really that big of a deal if people want to comment on stuff? let the new people say stuff. who. ing. cares. i'm actually going to make it a point to top old threads now so people can bitch and moan I honestly don’t post as much as I used to and I couldn’t care less about old threads being bumped. The only time I get annoyed by it is when the title of the thread is something I’m interested in. I see it and think it’s gonna be new info, then I go into it and see someone just wrote “cool” after years of the thread being inactive. I do think I can explain the post count though. I don’t know if this is still the case, but years ago you needed a minimum of like 50 posts to be able to access the classifieds board to buy/sell/trade. It was basically supposed to get you engaged with other members before doing business. I remember a lot of new members used to join and just spam the board without saying anything of substance so they could get into the classifieds sooner. I think a lot of those people were probably scammers. I do remember there used to be like a ranking system linked to your post count, which could make it like an ego thing.
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Post by Chip on Jul 8, 2020 8:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 8, 2020 8:53:12 GMT -5
It is pretty annoying going into a thread with title that interests me only to find out it's from 5-10 years ago. On the opposite side, I don't really care for how quickly someone (mods or regular members) puts a stop to someone either asking about trading pre-50 posts or asking about a link to an item listed on the popular selling site.
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Post by PJ on Jul 8, 2020 9:13:56 GMT -5
It is pretty annoying going into a thread with title that interests me only to find out it's from 5-10 years ago. On the opposite side, I don't really care for how quickly someone (mods or regular members) puts a stop to someone either asking about trading pre-50 posts or asking about a link to an item listed on the popular selling site. Mods and regular members have no control over that. All anyone ever does is let them know they need 50 non spamming posts in order to access the classifieds section. Other than that we have nothing to do with it. The rest is up to the Admins or the board program. Admins are the only ones who can reset post counts and as for the other sites it’s the site’s programming that switches it to say spam. A mod can edit, lock or move posts on the board they are in charge of but that’s it. On any other board on the site we are just like anyone else where we can only edit or delete our own posts.
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