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Originally Posted by KCQuestor
One thing is for sure, it makes it real easy to read the board when I can skip half of the threads.
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First off, how can any reasonable person have a problem with OP's post. Basically be decent to each other and fun with this site.
However...playing the devil's advocate, a couple of thoughts
There have been a couple of cases of extreme behavior in terms of postings getting out of hand...I would use the "Doubles" thread as an example. I have always felt, unless things truly get out of hand...let the board flow freely...and references to St Chris desires to let this happen.
Less moderating vs constant moderating was not only the way St C wanted it...but this was also the most effective way to let this board flow.
I mean come on...this is an adult board, not the weekly Church bulletin board.
BTW, just to be clear, I don't believe that the OP was advocating for a Church bulletin board style of posting.
I never felt that "no moderating" was an effective way either.
There is a very large grey area between the over the top (OTP) postings and "being decent".
There are certainly a lot of members...perhaps even majority...that do not like or care for what they perceive as drama, childish postings and the downright hateful stuff. And despite the fact that I sometimes enjoy stirring things up occasionally, I totally respect those that find this type of "Facebook" type posting as being very unappealing.
So to those that feel that way, I respectfully throw out a few thoughts
a) I see Modda is back. I feel he has done a great job of demonstrating the "less moderating" technique. Not the "No moderating" technique. Things got a little carry away while he was gone. Hopefully any back lash that has occur, will not cause him to become heavy handed, but that he will continue his style of Moderating.
Personally I have full confidence, that with his continue past style, he will quickly nip the OTP stuff...without killing the flow of postings in Eccie. Some of that non-OTP postings will continue to rub some members the wrong way. But here's some ideas
b) This site has an ignore function...when you encounter someone's postings that you don't care for...it is your friend! I'm guessing that I have been put on a few's ignore function. I would love for them to shout out....but since I'm on their ignore list, they won't see this,lol.
If I don't like a member's posting style, I don't use the ignore function...I just skip on by their posts. But ignore function helps those that don't find this style to be helpful.
c) Now here comes the devil's advocate.
First off, the obvious OTP stuff has no place in Eccie. Outing folks, racist remarks, hateful name calling spewing, threatening someone personal harm, etc, etc. I know that with Modda being back, that stuff will now be quickly dealt with.
To the folks that find all the other drama and games distasteful...they totally have the right to feel that way. Things such as the ignore function and effective Mod actions, help
ensure they get to not have to play in that end of the pool.
But those of us who enjoy stirring things up...within Eccie guidelines... have just as much right to do what we want to do.
Now sometimes stirring the pot up....is just that. But many times, people get so hung up on "being nice" that they miss the real point, in certain situations. Step back, a lot
of the times, this stirring is actually sending out either valuable info or calling out things that are either incorrect behavior or highlighting a possible problem.
There are many ways to contribute to this board...way beyond reviews that states "Mary sucks a mean dick" (sorry about that example ladies).
Face it, although there are those who despise the drama....look at the threads that contain them. They have a significant posting numbers....but even more they have high view counts. Real simple.....
There are folks who enjoy stirring things up...and there are significant amount of folks who enjoy sitting on the sidelines and watching.
d) For gosh sakes, except for the OTP postings...way to many people get mad or hurt over stuff that is typed by faceless people on a keyboard. I mean, come on.
If that is consistently your problem...well, I hope folks understand the point I'm trying to make here. Enough said here??
Both the "non-drama" folks and the drama folks have equal rights to make their postings on Eccie. Neither side should feel compel to take shots at each other. There is room for both sides....let the Mod determine when things get out of hand.
So that's why I chose KCQ post as a winner. KCQ has a very high post count, but I honestly can remember only a very few times when he got involve in what others would consider drama.
His solution....skipping half of the threads. Now that's a classic solution. For those that wish to be more selective in reading this board...what a great and simple solution
