Moderate Moderators
by Tom Dakers on Aug 24, 2011 2:38 PM EDT
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PrintThe site has been growing by leaps and bounds lately and it has gotten to the point that it is hard for just Johnny, Hugo, Jessef and I to keep everything under control, especially when I'm off on holiday and without internet. 99% of the time it isn't a problem, our members are great but when we are adding new people, by the dozen each day, they don't always understand that what makes this site work is that we are a community. I often use the line that you are in our living room, don't say anything you wouldn't say sitting on the couch with me.
So, to deal with the fact that we can't be everywhere in every thread, we are adding three moderators. The mods have the same banhammer powers that the rest of us have (course we are hoping they won't be needed) but what I'd rather is that they are able be in a thread and able to say 'please stop'. If you are asked by any of the mods to stop something, please do. Pretend that arguing with a mod is like arguing with the umpire, you might might get thrown out of the game. Arguing the rules is a sure way to get the banhammer to drop on you.
The 3 new mods are Minor Leaguer, TonyFernandezSavedMyLife and Carm. Please treat them well. If you have a complaint with how they are doing their jobs, send it to me. Also if you see moments where moderation would be helpful, flag the comment and/or send me an email.
If you are new and are wondering about what the rules are, they are here. Basically, be reasonable, try not to insult, try not to swear, be a pleasant house guest. Disagree sure, but disagree with the argument, don't insult the person making it.
For me, the fun of this place is that, unlike most spots on the internet, people should be treated with respect. Just because many of us are hiding behind screen names doesn't mean we should say things we wouldn't say to someone's face.
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Banhammers are getting handed out like candy
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It's like Oprah
Everyone check under your chairs. You’re getting a banhammer, you’re getting a banhammer, you’re all getting banhammers!!!!
..Just kidding
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It's pretty tame thankfully
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That was a strike
You’re garbage ump!
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Yes, I would have been a little offended, being compared to umps, what with the conservatism, over-dramtism, and generally low level of performance...
"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking." (J.M Keynes)
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Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL
Let's Change the banhammer...
…to A “Joe West”.
Hugo thinks I'm a lazy academic
by bluejaysstatsgeek on Aug 24, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
If I was a mod
Even if someone said they’d stop being bad. I’d follow them around BBB asking if they wanted get banned until they got so mad they spit in my face. That’d be true ump style.
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by jays182 on Aug 24, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Can someone bump the OT thread
while your all hear, has disappeared off the front page.
It was around 400 ish comments was it not?
Why not create a new one?
I think you'll find I'm universally recognised as a mature and responsible adult.
Twitter is the thing with all the tweets...
Welcome to the show!
"Touch ´em all, Joe!"
by jaysfanfromeurope on Aug 24, 2011 2:50 PM EDT reply actions
congrats y'all
and noticed Woodman is now an “author”, even if that’s not a new thing
Total Internet points: 10 000
You need an avatar now buddy
@BBBMinorLeaguer
by Minor Leaguer on Aug 24, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Caused me to click on your profile
Watching Arsenal?
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How you feeling about their upcoming season
Looks like it could go downhill fast.
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Awww :(
</3
"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man" - Bill Shakespeare
by craig in calgary on Aug 24, 2011 2:51 PM EDT reply actions
I wanted a banhammer.
Perhaps it’s company policy to not give the BH to someone who’s been flagged more times than….(every metaphor I can think of is probably the reason I get flagged)
Touche Dakers, Touche.
"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man" - Bill Shakespeare
by craig in calgary on Aug 24, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
News!
BlueJays: .@bluejays have recalled OF DARIN MASTROIANNI from Las Vegas 51’s. KELLY JOHNSON will report to the club tomorrow/
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lol so Mastro is going to be here for 1 day, unless Colby goes on the DL
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New Official Internet Points Bank Owner (Unlike Kirby the scam)
Probably means Colby is going on the DL
Hic sunt fortuna dracones
Johnson's assigned to the minors...
…I posted a fanshot.
Hugo thinks I'm a lazy academic
by bluejaysstatsgeek on Aug 24, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Johnson wont be activated until tmr
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then the rule where you can't be activated for ten days after going to the Minors
it only applies to options, or what?
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lol i currently don't posses the knowledge to answer that question
John Lott just said Johnson is no on the roster, so there is an roster opening
Total Internet Points: 179001 (1st win in a bet in like 10 years)
New Official Internet Points Bank Owner (Unlike Kirby the scam)
Congrats to all, but now we cant talk smack to them
Total Internet Points: 179001 (1st win in a bet in like 10 years)
New Official Internet Points Bank Owner (Unlike Kirby the scam)
At least it wasn't...
benk or pikachu! :-)
Congrats to Carm, ML and TFSMY
Hugo thinks I'm a lazy academic
by bluejaysstatsgeek on Aug 24, 2011 3:02 PM EDT reply actions
TFSMY Tony Fernandez Saved My Yife?
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lol so picky
Total Internet Points: 179001 (1st win in a bet in like 10 years)
New Official Internet Points Bank Owner (Unlike Kirby the scam)
I was going to reply
…“Les”, to repeat my typo, but that could get taken several ways.
Hugo thinks I'm a lazy academic
by bluejaysstatsgeek on Aug 24, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
i would've banned everyone
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL
BAN
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL
even if we agree with you?
Do you have a young, talented cost controlled player having a down year who's "attitude" has cased problems with an aging player or manager?
Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
That happens?
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BAN
Sad, Drunk, And Poorly
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - JL
I sleep easier knowing you don't have a banhammer with you
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Who'll moderate the moderators?
;-p
"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking." (J.M Keynes)
The same people that watch the watchmen…
I think you'll find I'm universally recognised as a mature and responsible adult.
Twitter is the thing with all the tweets...
by JohnnyG on Aug 24, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That job might be more complicated than just moderating us scrubs
by Seal Clubbing on Aug 24, 2011 5:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Congrats all
all positive members and long standing members of this community, very well deserved.
Do you have a young, talented cost controlled player having a down year who's "attitude" has cased problems with an aging player or manager?
Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
Good choices.
We needed some more people to keep the Pikachus and Jo-Jo Kirbys of this world in check.
Policing myself
…should clean up the threads by a factor of 10.
Thisrighthere!
twitter.com/#!/TFSML
by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Aug 24, 2011 3:48 PM EDT reply actions
LOL, true
maybe only 2 positive members of the community ;)
Do you have a young, talented cost controlled player having a down year who's "attitude" has cased problems with an aging player or manager?
Don't worry, I Alex Anthopoulos will take him off your hands, I'll even give you some moderately useful veterans that will "help you make a playoff run".
No more NSFW gifs involving tennis ball collisions
@BBBMinorLeaguer
by Minor Leaguer on Aug 24, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Alas, yes
Thisrighthere!
twitter.com/#!/TFSML
by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Aug 24, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
So.....sending Tom all those quad/bikini pics paid off?????
Just kidding! I will attempt to be a good mod and not ban people….honestly, I will :)
But just a fair warning, I’m old (not as old as Tom of course) so I don’t think my tolerance is quite the same as the other two mods. Be gentle with me and I’ll spare you!
If you can't convince them, confuse them!
We got your back Carm.
Thisrighthere!
twitter.com/#!/TFSML
by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Aug 24, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
And here I was going to warn Tom,
That you could throw the banhammer at him if he kept posting your quad/bikini pics…lol
Thanks to all for making the site a fun place
Food for thought:
The competitve man wants to win.
The jealous man wants what the winner has.
The envious man just doesn’t want the winner to win.
Envy is particularly poisonous, it lurks within us and comes out without self awareness. It becomes manifest in negative conversation about or against others. It is often masked by a thought that we are simply giving the other person what they deserve.
Watched some V for Vandetta?
I thought of someone wearing that mask saying this
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