As this board continues to evolve and grow it’s time we name a couple of board moderators who , frankly, spend as much if not more time on the board than me.
Beginning November 1st Ziggyweavs and Mikero will be the moderators of the message boards. I’ll just briefly spell out what they will do.
First, they have my full backing. Hopefully they will have little to do and the board runs smoothly with everyone respecting one another. And let me say that over the years I think I can count on one hand the number of members we have had issues with. We all know about the biggest issue we have had over the last year or two and hopefully those days are over.
There are really only three things I can think of that they may to act on-1) being posting info on another site or board that is posted here first. We’ve unfortunately seen this happen so we all know what I mean there. 2) posting direct links from other recruiting sites. The most commonly seen is 247. I mentioned this is the post about rules of the board. This was further emphasized this year by Josh, the head man of the Rivals sites. In my yearly meeting with him a few months ago he stressed that he does not want people posting links or Twitter photos for 247 feeds posting recruiting info. He also mentioned he had seen it on most boards and wants us to monitor it.. Look I’m gonna be pretty lax with this but yet still try and comply. If you see something that is of interest to the board by one of these sites all I ask is don’t include a link or a Twitter screen shot. Something like I saw on another site that ….. is fine.
3)excessive personal attacks will not be tolerated. Look for 99% of time this has been no issue. I want you all to debate points and have plenty of back and forth. But in the end it’s just two peoples opinion and no reason to get personal
Again if you take anything from this post assured I want plenty of debate so please do not misread this as any kind of censorship. It would have to be pretty severe for Mikero or Ziggy to step in and send u a DM asking you to refrain.
When minor things happen they may send you a DM simply saying “hey watch this” or “ hey next time” etc. They arent targeting you or attacking you— just trying to make the board a great place for everyone. So please treat them with respect. Well with in your right to ask for an explaination etc. There is a lot of grey area so I have ask both of them to error on the side of letting it go.
Lastly one minor thing you may see them do is point out if a post starts going in the wrong direction on a thread— ie posting about the refs at the last game on a recruiting thread. We only do this so the threads are readable for all, that info is not posted or repeated multiple times and so those members who don’t have time to join the boards regularly can follow topics. Again really a small thing and it’s never been a problem.
Thanks for reading this and thanks for being a member. I’m sure you will find that these two will be a huge positive in keeping this board a pleasant place to be. And as we gain members— which we could see a big influx of—it will give them a positive initial interaction. We have enough drama in our personal lives and of course in The world news. Let’s make this a respite from stress of our daily lives and a fun place to be. Thanks
Beginning November 1st Ziggyweavs and Mikero will be the moderators of the message boards. I’ll just briefly spell out what they will do.
First, they have my full backing. Hopefully they will have little to do and the board runs smoothly with everyone respecting one another. And let me say that over the years I think I can count on one hand the number of members we have had issues with. We all know about the biggest issue we have had over the last year or two and hopefully those days are over.
There are really only three things I can think of that they may to act on-1) being posting info on another site or board that is posted here first. We’ve unfortunately seen this happen so we all know what I mean there. 2) posting direct links from other recruiting sites. The most commonly seen is 247. I mentioned this is the post about rules of the board. This was further emphasized this year by Josh, the head man of the Rivals sites. In my yearly meeting with him a few months ago he stressed that he does not want people posting links or Twitter photos for 247 feeds posting recruiting info. He also mentioned he had seen it on most boards and wants us to monitor it.. Look I’m gonna be pretty lax with this but yet still try and comply. If you see something that is of interest to the board by one of these sites all I ask is don’t include a link or a Twitter screen shot. Something like I saw on another site that ….. is fine.
3)excessive personal attacks will not be tolerated. Look for 99% of time this has been no issue. I want you all to debate points and have plenty of back and forth. But in the end it’s just two peoples opinion and no reason to get personal
Again if you take anything from this post assured I want plenty of debate so please do not misread this as any kind of censorship. It would have to be pretty severe for Mikero or Ziggy to step in and send u a DM asking you to refrain.
When minor things happen they may send you a DM simply saying “hey watch this” or “ hey next time” etc. They arent targeting you or attacking you— just trying to make the board a great place for everyone. So please treat them with respect. Well with in your right to ask for an explaination etc. There is a lot of grey area so I have ask both of them to error on the side of letting it go.
Lastly one minor thing you may see them do is point out if a post starts going in the wrong direction on a thread— ie posting about the refs at the last game on a recruiting thread. We only do this so the threads are readable for all, that info is not posted or repeated multiple times and so those members who don’t have time to join the boards regularly can follow topics. Again really a small thing and it’s never been a problem.
Thanks for reading this and thanks for being a member. I’m sure you will find that these two will be a huge positive in keeping this board a pleasant place to be. And as we gain members— which we could see a big influx of—it will give them a positive initial interaction. We have enough drama in our personal lives and of course in The world news. Let’s make this a respite from stress of our daily lives and a fun place to be. Thanks
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