I nominate Conway.

(04-11-2017 06:24 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:21 PM)T.I.G.E.R.S Wrote:  I'm down to be a mod, i pretty much get along with everyone and haven't had any issues

ok..I nominate you.

Wait. I had the idea first. That guy got in between.

ok..nevermind. I second the nomination.

I'm Saul to your Keelon. #TooSoon?

I nominate 450bench and HoopDreams

(04-10-2017 05:09 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Greetings everyone. Part of the original deal I struck with SCC way back when MT.org first came aboard was that I would give him great leeway in moderation. Well, real life has since taken him (and Derby) away from the site. Things have gotten unnecessarily nasty here, due in part to their real life obligations leaving a bit of vacuum on the site. In concert with the unanimous support of the MT.org moderation, I'm launching a full scale weapons grade cleanup here.


CHANGES:
- Users will be given a ONE TIME AMNESTY. With the exception of those who have engaged in direct personal threats against members. Those people are gone without exception. Those wanting previously banned accounts restored under this one time amnesty should email me ... gts@csnbbs.com
- The use of aliases will be SEVERELY cut back. The point of aliases is to allow for humor based alt accounts or to provide anonymity for those in sensitive places (we have people posting from athletic departments at nearly every major team board. And I've been asked more than once to turn over identifying information about those posters directly by AD personnel. I of course refuse to do so. :D )
--- If you use an alias to engage in trolling, attacking posters, or otherwise be a ******* ... you will be dealt with severely. First offense is a one month ban on the alias account. Second offense is a permaban of ALL accounts. THE ALIAS ABUSE STOPS NOW. AND IT STOPS COMPLETELY.
- I'll much more thoroughly vet new registrations ... this is admittedly a time consuming PITA without Aurora done yet, and will slow down my work on Aurora, which is why I've checked registrations by hand thus far but not super thoroughly. This is changing now. There is now a co-operative list maintained globally site wide by the moderators of all the problem children and all their methods of access. Attempting to circumvent bans by registration of additional accounts will result in a DOUBLING of the existing ban for the first offense and a PERMANENT BAN FOR ALL ACCOUNTS for any offense thereafter.
- Light transgressions get the post unapproved ... or if the thread was derailed it gets split and moved to a smack board if necessary
- Serious transgressions start with a PM to the poster explaining why what they did was not OK before punishment starts.
- Repeat offenders are punished much more aggressively.
- People griping about moderation publicly are RUTHLESSLY dealt with. I'm talking about a sitewide ban for the first offense of a couple of days.
- Moderation will remain neutral to positions taken on Memphis athletic staff and coaches. But attacks on student athletes themselves will be frowned upon. I might suggest you have your life priorities severely f*cked up when you're consumed with the dealings of an 18 year old trying to juggle school, sports, family, relationships, and, if they're very talented, the onslaught of gold diggers trying to take advantage of them.
- Referring to people by their real name and/or place or work and/or any other direct personal reference, unless they explicitly authorized it, will result in aggressive punishment depending upon the severity up to and including permanent ban for first offense.
- The Memphis political board will be folded into The Spin Room.
- Except in the case of the above rules, people are banned in the following stages:
--- Site wide short ban (2-4 days)
--- Forum ban for a longer time (weeks to a month)
--- Forum ban for a long time (months)
--- Permanent forum ban

If they instigate on other forums while being forum ban, they're auto-upgraded to a site wide ban.

In general, being a d*ck will be much more aggressively frowned upon. There are several people here who are quite talented at skirting the letter of the law but publicly flouting the spirit of it. These people will be dealt with accordingly now.



In addition, there are changes to moderation itself. For starters, the following inactive mods are removed effective immediately:
- Triple-T
- staciemontero
- Derby

There will be an election for new moderators. We want you, the community, to have a direct say in the future of moderation through electing additional moderators. To nominate somebody to be a mod, post a reply to this thread nominating them. YOU CANNOT NOMINATE YOURSELF. They must post in this thread that they accept their nomination. If necessary, we'll go to an election, but generally consensus builds around 1-3 to people. GTS and Mike retain veto powers in case you guys try to get all Vermin Supreme up in here.

Lastly ... GTS will be moderating MT.org directly. Supermods may also be moderating MT.org directly until additional moderators have been added.

You are welcome to discuss these changes CONSTRUCTIVELY in this thread, as well as nominate new moderators. Non-constructive discourse will be removed.

If you have questions/concerns/comments you do not wish to discuss publicly, you may address them to me directly via PM.

Awesome.... especially about the political board. I don't even see why a political board is included with a sports board. I doubt anyone has changed their views by reading that crap, and it just further divides us more than anything.

Sometimes my comments might be a little harsh about my views/opinions/thoughts about tiger sports, but i try not to ever insult other posters. I see so much of this back and forth and often between the same posters.

So i started using the ignore feature.

One thing if possible that i'd like to see added to this board. If you ignore someone, you will still see that blocked poster's comments if someone quotes them. Is there anyway to set up the ignore function to stop that too?

(04-11-2017 06:31 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  Once upon a time...I was a moderator for the largest chat room service on the internet.
A place called Talk City.
Ever since NBC sold it...its fortunes have considerably swindled.
I was MaveriCCCk. (All paid CCCs had to have CCC as part of their nickname. The volunteer moderators...had to have TCC in their nickname.)

Because of my afib...I'm having to apply for disability. Since my 3 ablations...it has grown steadily worse.
However....this being a non-physical job...I volunteer my services if needed.

I thought about nominating you; figured you didn't need the stress.

(04-11-2017 06:33 PM)Latilleon Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:31 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  Once upon a time...I was a moderator for the largest chat room service on the internet.
A place called Talk City.
Ever since NBC sold it...its fortunes have considerably swindled.
I was MaveriCCCk. (All paid CCCs had to have CCC as part of their nickname. The volunteer moderators...had to have TCC in their nickname.)

Because of my afib...I'm having to apply for disability. Since my 3 ablations...it has grown steadily worse.
However....this being a non-physical job...I volunteer my services if needed.

I thought about nominating you; figured you didn't need the stress.

not really stressful. And now I feel like an azz for deleting my comment. ROFL.

(04-11-2017 06:34 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:33 PM)Latilleon Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:31 PM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  Once upon a time...I was a moderator for the largest chat room service on the internet.
A place called Talk City.
Ever since NBC sold it...its fortunes have considerably swindled.
I was MaveriCCCk. (All paid CCCs had to have CCC as part of their nickname. The volunteer moderators...had to have TCC in their nickname.)

Because of my afib...I'm having to apply for disability. Since my 3 ablations...it has grown steadily worse.
However....this being a non-physical job...I volunteer my services if needed.

I thought about nominating you; figured you didn't need the stress.

not really stressful. And now I feel like an azz for deleting my comment. ROFL.

Here, it is stressful.

(04-11-2017 06:33 PM)tmoneyinmphs Wrote:  One thing if possible that i'd like to see added to this board. If you ignore someone, you will still see that blocked poster's comments if someone quotes them. Is there anyway to set up the ignore function to stop that too?

Not possible with the current board software. But it will be part of Aurora.

This thread was shorter than I anticipated, primarily due to 1/4 of the posters on my ignore list

I can only hope many of the good ones come back, but I won't hold my breath.

I nominate Bert

To all the current mods and especially GTS,

Thank you for the amnesty. I will strive to be a productive member of this community and look forward to many years of posting during the good and (currently) bad times.

To all I offended in the past, I'm sorry. I'll will endeavor to be less caustic this time around.

BWJ

(04-11-2017 06:41 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  To all the current mods and especially GTS,

Thank you for the amnesty. I will strive to be a productive member of this community and look forward to many years of posting during the good and (currently) bad times.

To all I offended in the past, I'm sorry. I'll will endeavor to be less caustic this time around.

BWJ

That's the right attitude.

(04-11-2017 06:41 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  To all the current mods and especially GTS,

Thank you for the amnesty. I will strive to be a productive member of this community and look forward to many years of posting during the good and (currently) bad times.

To all I offended in the past, I'm sorry. I'll will endeavor to be less caustic this time around.

BWJ

Aight, good to see you back.

(04-11-2017 06:43 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:41 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  To all the current mods and especially GTS,

Thank you for the amnesty. I will strive to be a productive member of this community and look forward to many years of posting during the good and (currently) bad times.

To all I offended in the past, I'm sorry. I'll will endeavor to be less caustic this time around.

BWJ

That's the right attitude.

Does this mean the Canadian border wall is coming down, too? Oh my.

(04-11-2017 06:28 PM)tiger1016 Wrote:  I nominate 450bench and HoopDreams

2nd

(04-11-2017 06:44 PM)MTigerBlue Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:43 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(04-11-2017 06:41 PM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  To all the current mods and especially GTS,

Thank you for the amnesty. I will strive to be a productive member of this community and look forward to many years of posting during the good and (currently) bad times.

To all I offended in the past, I'm sorry. I'll will endeavor to be less caustic this time around.

BWJ

That's the right attitude.

Does this mean the Canadian border wall is coming down, too? Oh my.

From the dark into the light the moron arrives

Misfit. All day long.

This is Good News.

(04-11-2017 06:52 PM)Easterwood Wrote:  From the dark into the light the moron arrives

I was going to let it slide until you mouthed off to me over PM too. So instead, you win the first post-amnesty good bye ticket.

The plank. One week matey. Arrrrghhhh.

I LOVE THIS JOB.

wow. I nominate BWJ for mod