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Jun 4, 2020
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I agree. I'm going to change my username to my first name.

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[Serious] Can we have less overall CB moderation?

TCuz Disgraced Rules President

6/4/20 10:56am

I'm fairly sure the moderation style stems from the fact that the board

SandYFan

6/4/20 10:59am

BYU will never love him back

Odysseus

6/4/20 11:51am

If penalties are getting longer for some, it's due to the number of moderations in the last 30 days

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:01am

Looking at the actual stats, we're seeing a much lower penalty percentage and higher warnings, edit required, and info

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:13am

Why would you guess so many posters leave and cite moderation as the reason for doing so?

TCuz

6/4/20 11:15am

EDIT: I shouldn't have said that

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:17am

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JimmyZ

6/4/20 11:20am

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JimmyZ

6/4/20 11:23am

I didn't say all of them. There are definitely some that we were very sad to see go.

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:28am

Pretty crazy that your business can survive when you see a lot of the main customers as enemies.

6/4/20 12:14pm

No, it's not.

El Jefe

6/4/20 12:18pm

This is completely disingenuous. BYU sports is as bad now as

messi

6/4/20 2:27pm

Frankly I think this attitude is a problem and indicative of what I’m trying to express here.

TCuz

6/4/20 11:21am

When you have TCuz and me agreeing on something like this, you maybe should rethink your approach.

jdub

6/4/20 11:37am

It's a discussion board? Aren't differing opinions kind of the point?

6/4/20 11:23am

Differing opinions are fine. Pot stirring isn't.

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:29am

I blame the Bro Squad.

WDaddy

6/4/20 12:07pm

I don't think anyone trusts the mods' subjective application of that term.

Ash

6/4/20 3:15pm

“Pot stirrer” is a term I’ve also seen you use for someone trying to generate

Odysseus

6/4/20 11:32am

Wow, I guess I was wrong about the insight. You

messi

6/4/20 11:38am

I think we have just identified the primary issue. What is the purpose of this board? Even if some of these

Byron McNertney

6/4/20 11:39am

The purpose of the board is to be a sports discussion board

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:42am

I believe you have talked to me about being proud that it's become so much more than that.

jdub

6/4/20 11:46am

I lurked and checked the Top 10 posts once or twice a week when I thought it was just a sports message board

TCuz

6/4/20 11:50am

This is such a good point. Yes there are some trolls but the majority of people

AlphaCoug

6/4/20 3:42pm

BYU sports suck, though. And there isn’t much room for hope.

messi

6/4/20 11:53am

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spoxjox

6/4/20 11:55am

navigating the board when BYU has been mediocre has been a totally new experience. Rah rah cougarboard is great when BYU

shimmy

6/4/20 12:19pm

You're not wrong...

El Jefe

6/4/20 12:20pm

If you truly believe that that then limit discussion to sports and watch what happens to your traffic

Slim

6/4/20 1:05pm

I am in absolute shock that this is your stance.

Ozymandias

6/4/20 1:48pm

Love it. The ❄️ category.

Nakedbootleg

6/4/20 11:52am

AD4 saw this (seriously) and sends his love.

Baron

6/4/20 12:02pm

I miss him. We have some philosophical differences about moderation.

El Jefe

6/4/20 12:24pm

We need to bring back Bernard

Coug

6/4/20 12:02pm

I was about to go premium a few weeks ago. Then my post got deleted and I was

Fruff

6/4/20 12:48pm

Your post wasn't deleted, it was recategorized to the correct category.

El Jefe

6/4/20 12:52pm

You should have just kept the original. At least it was honest.

Ozymandias

6/4/20 1:28pm

No, that was the problem. It wasn't honest.

El Jefe

6/4/20 1:37pm

Now I think you are back peddling. Based on the body of work in this thread, it

Ozymandias

6/4/20 1:51pm

Your board, do as you see fit & most of all keep your sanity. I've moderated on

superdoo

6/4/20 11:27am

I resemble this comment!

shimmy

6/4/20 11:20am

Very reasonable and accurate. I don’t think Jefe is very insightful in

messi

6/4/20 11:02am

Speaking as one who has been moderated a lot...

CoachSpeak

6/4/20 11:05am

Yeah, we'll try do to better at moderating you more in the future

El Jefe

6/4/20 11:06am

I have no doubt.

CoachSpeak

6/4/20 11:08am

I agree. I am getting a lot more warnings and a lot less suspensions than in the past.

John Doe

6/4/20 12:32pm

Moderation is crazy here. I've only been here a few months but I've had numerous

Harbinger

6/4/20 11:06am

This is the Achilles heel of CB. I have never paid for two reasons.

Nakedbootleg

6/4/20 11:26am

I should clarify, it seems you can break many of the rules if you do so

Harbinger

6/4/20 11:38am

Loss of good posters is a problem

Gustav

6/4/20 11:09am

That and the prodigious posting of not so good posters and trolls

bag

6/4/20 11:14am

People are tired of negativity and people who constantly promote it. I took a break from cabletv news a couple of years

Rhino84

6/4/20 11:20am

TCuz, your headed down a path that eventually lead to: MonkeyCowboy, Macaroni, MantisMutu, Shatter2, etc.

6/4/20 11:35am

Macaroni left? When?

SandYFan

6/4/20 11:38am

A good few months now.

6/4/20 11:54am

How dare you? They have been terrible months!

Epileptic Beagle

6/4/20 12:36pm

Touche

6/4/20 2:32pm

I’m fine, the board is unfortunately stuck with me. But I’m more worried about others leaving.

TCuz

6/4/20 11:39am

Yep.

6/4/20 11:56am

I really miss guys like shatter, jamesdean, freddiecougar, macaroni, docrick, worksindev, jkampana, and others quit.

shimmy

6/4/20 11:43am

Unfortunately, this is me:

jdub

6/4/20 11:52am

Are we sure they all left due to over moderation? The couple I’m familiar with were not for that reason.

Soupie

6/4/20 12:00pm

I'm just saying I miss some of those posters. Most of them I am certain don't even like me.

shimmy

6/4/20 12:11pm

I know of one at least in the last couple of months that said he was leaving due to excessive moderation.

jdub

6/4/20 12:16pm

I’m sure it’s a mix of reasons so hate to see it characterized as just modding.

Soupie

6/4/20 12:19pm

Woah didn’t MonkeyCowboy make the highlight videos?

Superman21

6/4/20 3:03pm

That's furiousmonkey

flavordave

6/4/20 3:20pm

Ahh thanks! I still remember MonkeyCowboy and Macaroni.

Superman21

6/4/20 3:23pm

Don't forget DS7. That guy brought the board together in tough times.

El Fuego

6/4/20 3:11pm

I don't think I've ever had a post moderated, so I don't know what needs to happen.

TwinsRight

6/4/20 11:43am

My favorite is when I've been suspended for trolling when I'm just posting an

SandYFan

6/4/20 11:58am

If you haven't been moderated you haven't been CBing right.

IceBlueCoug

6/4/20 12:08pm

I may not agree with every bit of moderation that goes on... but I'm glad it's there...

Coug

6/4/20 11:58am

When I post now, I have to water down my comments for fear of getting suspended.

IceBlueCoug

6/4/20 12:12pm

Let’s go guys! *Throws brick through CB’s front window*

Epileptic Beagle

6/4/20 12:35pm

*runs in, grabs bernard and throws over should fireman style, runs out and throws bernard in the back of waiting pickup*

shimmy

6/4/20 1:13pm

To the suburbs!

joelvandyne

6/4/20 1:17pm

Overall I like the moderation. It keeps this site from turning into Twitter.

mwcoug

6/4/20 12:40pm

Also let people voice their opinions on rule changes. Lately when there is a

6/4/20 1:06pm

How about reduced moderation in return for no anonymous posting? We use names?

runnincoug

6/4/20 1:26pm

I agree. You start. What's your name and where do you live?

Fruff

6/4/20 1:29pm

I would absolutely do it, but only if everyone else does. Because you do give up

runnincoug

6/4/20 1:49pm

You gotta start with the man in the mirror. Can't expect everyone else to change

Fruff

6/4/20 1:54pm

RE: You gotta start with the man in the mirror. Can't expect everyone else to change

SJS

6/4/20 2:07pm

That's ... a weird thing to say. There are lots of things we only do if everyone

runnincoug

6/4/20 2:08pm

Nobody is asking for it to become reddit. And less moderation does not mean zero moderation

TCuz

6/4/20 1:39pm

Reddit is as anonymous as we are.

SandYFan

6/4/20 2:24pm

I agree. I'm going to change my username to my first name.

Tim

6/4/20 1:50pm

That version of CB would be even worse.

garyfan

6/4/20 2:15pm

A fair take. Which is why I think we accept the trade-off of having CB mods

runnincoug

6/4/20 4:43pm

Agreed. No moderators would be crazy for different reasons. But that's no excuse

garyfan

6/4/20 4:48pm

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JimmyZ

6/4/20 2:50pm

At the best of times, I think you’re a bunch of violent, ignorant morons

Sumguy

6/4/20 6:13pm

Didn't know that many Antifa members are on here.

6/4/20 7:07pm

Agreed, it's nonsense, I got in trouble for asking ... a ... question.

Mitty

6/5/20 6:21pm

Honestly, I wouldn't go there if I were you.

El Jefe

6/5/20 8:34pm

RE: Honestly, I wouldn't go there if I were you.

garyfan

6/5/20 10:07pm

The defense of moderation decisions "trust us it was bad" Maybe it was, but the

MatthiasPhunkHausen

6/18/20 5:43pm

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