Even Reddit has mods, they just moderate for different goals. It's all about

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Jun 26, 2017
2:18:28pm

russkiejedi All-American

what kind of a site the owners/managers want.

The popularity of CB kind of speaks for itself. As much as people complain about the moderation on here, they'd complain more if it devolved into the kind of cesspool many other internet forums are.

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russkiejedi

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Of all of the wonderful things about cougarboard, this is probably

shimmy

6/25/17 9:45am

Agreed. Mods typically do a solid job. I'd hate to moderate the baffoons on CB

spugeddy24

6/25/17 9:51am

There is probably not an easier group of people on the Internet

SJS

6/25/17 9:53am

Yeah - just assume they are all crazy and bingo!

Choke

6/25/17 9:56am

It's like reffing basketball, only call the worst stuff and let them play ball

Jericho

6/25/17 10:04am

Seriously. Go to 4Chan if you want to see something hard to moderate

Harrison0Yfan

6/25/17 3:51pm

i've never received a suspension i agreed with...

ds7

6/25/17 9:54am

Lol. I'm sure you don't agree with them.

spugeddy24

6/25/17 9:55am

Your dissent is noted, Mr. Trump.

SJS

6/25/17 9:56am

so...is calling someone a name, like "mr trump" a compliment or an insult?

ds7

6/25/17 9:57am

Fair point.

SJS

6/25/17 9:58am

I'm sure it's a compliment to you. Settle down.

spugeddy24

6/25/17 9:59am

It's always meant as an insult on CB

LV Mike

6/25/17 10:12am

Your pointless condescension looking over your reading glasses is likewise noted

LV Mike

6/25/17 11:14am

Can I report someone for ripping off a joke and then executing it poorly?

SJS

6/25/17 11:16am

Yes, please do

LV Mike

6/25/17 11:28am

thats crazy. Multiple times I've been suspended and thought, "crap, I thought

shimmy

6/25/17 10:00am

the only time that has happened is when i thought it was FO and couldn't delete

ds7

6/25/17 10:02am

That pretty much sums up all of my posts.

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:19am

Then, and I say this as politely as I can, maybe time for some self reflection?

The Dude Abides

6/25/17 10:12am

it's not when refs call regular fouls...but when they call a technical foul...

ds7

6/25/17 10:15am

Doesn't that fit in exactly with what the dude abides said?

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:22am

I can only imagine what a dark place your FO must be like.

GAINZ

6/25/17 11:23am

I want in

covfefe

6/25/17 11:45am

The one thing that makes your entire statement seem fake is

Jericho

6/25/17 10:03am

His are deserved but you and ds7 are just misunderstood and picked on. Got it.

spugeddy24

6/25/17 10:05am

he said it himself...he was trying to get away with something...

ds7

6/25/17 10:07am

Difference is he has the self awareness to realize he deserved the suspension

spugeddy24

6/25/17 10:11am

and he'd be right...i have no interest in "getting away with anything"...

ds7

6/25/17 10:12am

ds, your lack of self awareness is so amazingly bad I have a tough time

CSoul

6/25/17 10:13am

and i'm polite enough not to tell you what i think in general pop...

ds7

6/25/17 10:17am

Naw, you've called me a lib many times which is for you the ultimate insult

CSoul

6/25/17 10:22am

well...now you're describing someone who IS self-aware...make up your mind

ds7

6/25/17 10:25am

"and falsely assume some people's intentions for the majority of warnings/suspensions." You really believe this?

HarlemCoug

6/25/17 10:09am

Not all of them. Sometimes I have been surprised by them and disagreed and lost

shimmy

6/25/17 10:19am

Assuming intent is the worst part of moderation here.

SandYFan

6/25/17 12:48pm

And what's the best part?

SuperTank

6/25/17 12:49pm

keeping the vulgarity and silly personal attacks off the board...

ds7

6/25/17 1:00pm

They absolutely do that....

CoachSpeak

6/25/17 4:42pm

wait. there are CBers who think conservatives have it hard, are treated

smokymountainrain

6/25/17 10:09am

if "some of us" match a libs emotion/heat...yeah...suspension...

ds7

6/25/17 10:10am

like i said. so funny.

smokymountainrain

6/25/17 10:17am

And keep in mind: CB "libs" are just center-right Repubs like Romney

SJS

6/25/17 10:12am

Exactly.

spugeddy24

6/25/17 10:13am

lol. so true.

smokymountainrain

6/25/17 10:14am

wrong...

ds7

6/25/17 10:16am

RE: wrong...

SJS

6/25/17 10:18am

Am I a cb lib?

shimmy

6/25/17 10:20am

you're not on my list...

ds7

6/25/17 10:20am

Wait, you actually have a list?

SJS

6/25/17 10:22am

Nice. I get called a cb Lib all the time. I'm center left on a couple

shimmy

6/25/17 10:23am

I'd bet that I am

spugeddy24

6/25/17 10:24am

RE: you're not on my list...

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:28am

I bet I'm on the list.

Baron

6/25/17 10:52am

he knows if you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake,

Yoshinobu

6/25/17 10:57am

CB lib = further left than Timothy McVeigh

bluebloodedcoug

6/25/17 11:02am

I so hope that I'm on that list.

mpfunk

6/25/17 12:02pm

I proudly call myself a liberal, but I don't mean it like most here use it

spinner

6/25/17 10:27am

I was one of several who got a warning for using the laughing emoji on a post

jigidajrit

6/25/17 10:22am

Copy/paste the mod message or you're chicken.

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:29am

RE: Copy/paste the mod message or you're chicken.

jigidajrit

6/25/17 10:32am

Interesting. Welp, it happens. I have several suspensions and warnings I felt

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:34am

It stuck with me because it showed me the double standard that exists on CB

jigidajrit

6/25/17 10:39am

You learned there's a double standard on CB because of one warning? And only one warning?

SuperTank

6/25/17 10:54am

Your only warning, ever. The text is canned and given automatically.

El Jefe

6/25/17 10:46am

I actually had a second warning but it was rescinded because it was

jigidajrit

6/25/17 11:03am

So the mods voted to remove a penalty that you felt was unfairly given?

El Jefe

6/25/17 11:36am

The warning shouldn't have happened in the first place

jigidajrit

6/25/17 12:11pm

AKA, it worked like it should.

SuperTank

6/25/17 12:15pm

The warning in this instance was more of a notification.

El Jefe

6/25/17 12:46pm

chicken? really, the "chicken card?" how about, it's against the rules...

ds7

6/25/17 10:33am

It's intentionally juvenile and meant to draw a laugh. It's

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:40am

yeah, your gen pop persona can't pull this off...

ds7

6/25/17 10:44am

Who says gen pop was the intended audience?

OneUpper

6/25/17 10:57am

then you're right...it is intentionally juvenile...

ds7

6/25/17 11:06am

Dont blame the mods, Joey Crawford set the precedent.

Hedonic Threadmill

6/25/17 11:13am

Another rotten take

Backcountry

6/25/17 10:24am

Imagine caring what a ute fan pretending to be a byu fan thinks.

shimmy

6/25/17 10:27am

That's 2. Truly one of the worst posters on the board.

Backcountry

6/25/17 10:30am

^^^ I don't understand. Need more context.

SJS

6/25/17 10:30am

For like 3 years every backcountry post was about how horrible byu is and how

shimmy

6/25/17 10:38am

As a conservative, I can say that the conservatives on this board are such

Virginia Ute

6/25/17 11:00am

I'd say the mods are the ones who get "their tender little feelings" hurt too

P-townCoug

6/25/17 11:10am

'power'

HoustonCougar

6/25/17 11:11am

RE: 'power'

OneUpper

6/25/17 11:33am

How do you know he was being political with that statement? You sound like a mod

Cougarfan777

6/25/17 12:46pm

I don't know that. He may have been talking about a million different things.

shimmy

6/25/17 1:28pm

Are you insinuating that I am myopic?

IrishCooga

6/25/17 2:53pm

Lol.

SuperTank

6/25/17 3:55pm

What is so funny Mr. Mod?

IrishCooga

6/25/17 7:25pm

No, im laughing at your tantrum. That's all.

SuperTank

6/25/17 7:33pm

Ok, what tantrum, and why is it so funny?

IrishCooga

6/25/17 7:45pm

Not sure how "lol" could be classified as me throwing a tantrum.

SuperTank

6/25/17 8:00pm

Not sure how rhetorical questions could either

IrishCooga

6/25/17 8:03pm

The very concept of Mods is a very BYU thing

stonecougar

6/26/17 9:21am

Is it? Every forum I visit has moderators. I've never seen one without them.

SuperTank

6/26/17 9:26am

Are you saying internet message boards not associated with BYU don't have moderators?

brj8

6/26/17 10:21am

I don't know about any other boards

stonecougar

6/26/17 11:32am

I DO know other boards, and CB is moderated much more tightly than others. FWIW.

SJS

6/26/17 12:54pm

Even Reddit has mods, they just moderate for different goals. It's all about

russkiejedi

6/26/17 2:18pm

One of the biggest moderating problems CB has is inconsistency

Jericho

6/26/17 2:45pm

Don't forget Cobaltcougars, that board devolved quickly.

shimmy

6/26/17 2:48pm

Bad format

Jericho

6/26/17 2:49pm

Meh, "consistency" is tough to judge as an individual. You don't know all

russkiejedi

6/26/17 2:51pm

Not sure why mocking another CBer is okay...but whatever.

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