Most of the Mods, yes. There have been a few exceptions.

I got a big fat warning once for using the word “oxymoron” in a sentence. The Mod pm’d me that I couldn’t call people morons. I thought it was funny for someone to be that ignorant.

JR noticed it pretty quick and removed it.

(02-10-2026 08:56 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Most of the Mods, yes. There have been a few exceptions.

I got a big fat warning once for using the word “oxymoron” in a sentence. The Mod pm’d me that I couldn’t call people morons. I thought it was funny for someone to be that ignorant.

JR noticed it pretty quick and removed it.

Even if they did think you meant “moron”, that’s pretty tame compared to some of the things I read on here lmao.

(02-07-2026 03:31 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(02-07-2026 03:29 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-07-2026 03:28 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-07-2026 03:25 PM)mlb Wrote:  Only 1 person has been banned out of here recently, and it was a week given to Andy because of his constant personal attacks, then discussing moderation in public, after being warned multiple times. And he only got 1 week. Nobody else has been banned out of here that I'm aware of.

Wasn't maximus just banned?

If so it wasn't by me.

He was banned. Please see post #4 for example. https://csnbbs.com/thread-1022591.html

He posted a tweet from someone else?

I can’t open the tweets on here, but wth is that?

Can’t retweet now? Hunh

(02-10-2026 07:47 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  This Thread was closed and now it open, Hmm.

I locked it originally. JR wanted to explain what happened, so he unlocked it and allowed people to discuss his actions. Be forewarned, this won't be the norm. If you have an issue, or you think someone was banned in error, then address it via PM.

This is an opportunity to bring it back to the top of the board one more time. This place has hit rock bottom when it comes to personal attacks, threats, doxxing, and general BS. It will stop. We recognize that 99.9% of the crap comes from just a handful of people. We will protect this forum from those people by issuing permanent bans. It is very hard to moderate this space because the same people on both sides constantly claim the moderators are censoring... but in actuality the people who typically claim that we are censoring are the same people who are here to just troll, attack, dox, and threaten others because of their political viewpoints.

Lastly, if you have an issue with a post, report it. If you have an issue with a person, send me, JR, or GTS a PM. If you want us to ban someone because you don't like the links they post, or because they are clearly very left or right leaning, keep it to yourself as we don't care. The entire point of this board is for people to extend an olive branch across the aisle and try to understand why people have their views. People on both sides should read to understand instead of read to create an attack response.

Stepping off my soapbox,
mlb

1 last thing... there are no 1st amendment rights here. The moderators serve at the behest of Georgia_Tech_Swagger. At the end of the day he owns this board, and everything contained within. That also means he has risk of the content here, specifically threats towards others. Remember that before you post something you may regret later. He has in the past and will in the future turn over relevant personal information should the authorities come to him with a warrant.

(02-11-2026 10:32 AM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-10-2026 07:47 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  This Thread was closed and now it open, Hmm.

I locked it originally. JR wanted to explain what happened, so he unlocked it and allowed people to discuss his actions. Be forewarned, this won't be the norm. If you have an issue, or you think someone was banned in error, then address it via PM.

This is an opportunity to bring it back to the top of the board one more time. This place has hit rock bottom when it comes to personal attacks, threats, doxxing, and general BS. It will stop. We recognize that 99.9% of the crap comes from just a handful of people. We will protect this forum from those people by issuing permanent bans. It is very hard to moderate this space because the same people on both sides constantly claim the moderators are censoring... but in actuality the people who typically claim that we are censoring are the same people who are here to just troll, attack, dox, and threaten others because of their political viewpoints.

Lastly, if you have an issue with a post, report it. If you have an issue with a person, send me, JR, or GTS a PM. If you want us to ban someone because you don't like the links they post, or because they are clearly very left or right leaning, keep it to yourself as we don't care. The entire point of this board is for people to extend an olive branch across the aisle and try to understand why people have their views. People on both sides should read to understand instead of read to create an attack response.

Stepping off my soapbox,
mlb

I'm not sure if you're just talking to me or everyone on this Board.But I have never had any issues with the moderation on this Board. JR pm'ed me yesterday and told me what happened.

I was just explaining why it had gotten locked before addressing everyone else.

I don’t always agree with mlb. Hardly ever actually. But respect to him for his takes in this thread.

As a mod on other forums, just not this one, flaming mods isn’t tolerated. Take it to PMs and you’re good.

Glad nobody got banned as a result of this thread. Thanks mods for not doing that.

(02-11-2026 12:21 PM)450bench Wrote:  Glad nobody got banned as a result of this thread. Thanks mods for not doing that.

Yeah, it's pretty amazing he didn't when you read the OP. Damn. Especially when there's no "liberal" moderators in charge of this forum whatsoever.

(02-11-2026 12:21 PM)450bench Wrote:  I don’t always agree with mlb. Hardly ever actually. But respect to him for his takes in this thread.

As a mod on other forums, just not this one, flaming mods isn’t tolerated. Take it to PMs and you’re good.

Glad nobody got banned as a result of this thread. Thanks mods for not doing that.

Thing about mlb is simple. He'll engage in conversation as long as you try to engage him. But don't start the conversation insulting him.. Or that's been my experience. There are others that post here and you'd be better talking to a fence post.

(02-11-2026 12:40 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 12:21 PM)450bench Wrote:  I don’t always agree with mlb. Hardly ever actually. But respect to him for his takes in this thread.

As a mod on other forums, just not this one, flaming mods isn’t tolerated. Take it to PMs and you’re good.

Glad nobody got banned as a result of this thread. Thanks mods for not doing that.

Thing about mlb is simple. He'll engage in conversation as long as you try to engage him. But don't start the conversation insulting him.. Or that's been my experience. There are others that post here and you'd be better talking to a fence post.

Warning incoming!

(02-11-2026 02:16 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 12:40 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 12:21 PM)450bench Wrote:  I don’t always agree with mlb. Hardly ever actually. But respect to him for his takes in this thread.

As a mod on other forums, just not this one, flaming mods isn’t tolerated. Take it to PMs and you’re good.

Glad nobody got banned as a result of this thread. Thanks mods for not doing that.

Thing about mlb is simple. He'll engage in conversation as long as you try to engage him. But don't start the conversation insulting him.. Or that's been my experience. There are others that post here and you'd be better talking to a fence post.

Warning incoming!

You act as if it's my first time

Some folks take this place way to seriously.

(02-11-2026 03:23 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Some folks take this place way too seriously.

With a few exceptions to debate specific points, almost everything else I post is sarcasm, or attempts at humor.

Nobody here is changing his mind about politics. Many of us are well down the road already, and our views are well settled and well documented.

(02-11-2026 03:27 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:23 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Some folks take this place way too seriously.

With a few exceptions to debate specific points, almost everything else I post is sarcasm, or attempts at humor.

Nobody here is changing his mind about politics. Many of us are well down the road already, and our views are well settled and well documented.

So are you saying you are only here to troll, not to engage in legitimate debate?

(02-11-2026 04:02 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:27 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:23 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Some folks take this place way too seriously.

With a few exceptions to debate specific points, almost everything else I post is sarcasm, or attempts at humor.

Nobody here is changing his mind about politics. Many of us are well down the road already, and our views are well settled and well documented.

So are you saying you are only here to troll, not to engage in legitimate debate?

Dude.

(02-11-2026 04:03 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 04:02 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:27 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:23 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Some folks take this place way too seriously.

With a few exceptions to debate specific points, almost everything else I post is sarcasm, or attempts at humor.

Nobody here is changing his mind about politics. Many of us are well down the road already, and our views are well settled and well documented.

So are you saying you are only here to troll, not to engage in legitimate debate?

Dude.

Honest question, because sarcasm and "attempts at humor" on political forums almost always end up resulting in a negative response from the other side... AKA trolling them. Let's all be better and start making substantive responses or don't respond at all.

(02-11-2026 04:02 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:27 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2026 03:23 PM)VA49er Wrote:  Some folks take this place way too seriously.

With a few exceptions to debate specific points, almost everything else I post is sarcasm, or attempts at humor.

Nobody here is changing his mind about politics. Many of us are well down the road already, and our views are well settled and well documented.

So are you saying you are only here to troll, not to engage in legitimate debate?

You cannot be serious. One can be sarcastic and funny (or try to be) without trolling.

I engage in debate here. That doesn't mean I'm changing my mind about much. Do you think most people here are changing their minds? No.

Not to mention, I'm almost 80 years old now. I'm not exactly still trying to figure out how I feel about things.

But that doesn't mean I'm not interested in different opinions. I don't expect to agree with everybody about everything. But I like to read the arguments. It just mostly reinforces my original viewpoints.

(02-11-2026 04:09 PM)TripleA Wrote:  You cannot be serious. One can be sarcastic and funny (or try to be) without trolling.

I engage in debate here. That doesn't mean I'm changing my mind about much. Do you think most people here are changing their minds? No.

Not to mention, I'm almost 80 years old now. I'm not exactly still trying to figure out how I feel about things.

We have a LOT of people who don't engage in debate or discussion here but try to lob out sarcastic and funny digs at others, specifically people with differing viewpoints. That is my point...

I appreciate that you generally are here interacting and backing up your points (although I do question some of the tweets you post, but that's neither here nor there). I just think a lot of people need to think "does this add to the discourse?" before they hit the post reply button. Clearly I'm not the only one.

(02-11-2026 04:06 PM)mlb Wrote:  Honest question, because sarcasm and "attempts at humor" on political forums almost always end up resulting in a negative response from the other side... AKA trolling them. Let's all be better and start making substantive responses or don't respond at all.

We get that you have some perceived power on this message board and can ban us at your discretion. You've made that perfectly clear. Somehow you think that makes you superior to us. It doesn't. This is just another place on the internet.

You can make a veiled threat to Andy in public but tell us we can't question mods in public. Seems real fair.