I don't know why you open yourself up more for legal liability by banning people from categories especially

Jul 13, 2022
2:39:02pm

Baron AKA "Dear Leader"

those that you have to pay for. It is an odd position to have especially when the rules and policies aren't clear cut. I mean if you refund the money so be it, but keeping the money is liability issue. But what do I know.

This is not legal advice.

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Baron

Previous username: jarocho
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I am subscribing again to try out the new features, but strongly feel like you should take into consideration that

byujacob Got Board Games?

7/13/22 7:28am

Because we pretty much act like children……on good days

Chicago Cougar

7/13/22 7:58am

Having been on other message boards, I’m glad this one takes a harder line.

Joe Banks

7/13/22 8:16am

This board just needs to let the ignore function work instead of banning

jrifkin48

7/13/22 9:02am

Some stuff needs to be moderated. But some of it is just silly.

TheWanderer

7/13/22 9:18am

The problem is that few apparently understand the categorization rules

El Jefe

7/13/22 9:29am

This response doesn't actually undercut Thewanderer's views on moderation it supports him and

Baron

7/13/22 9:33am

Only if you disagree with the rules on categorization

El Jefe

7/13/22 9:34am

On this one. It is the moderation. The rules on categorization is fine. It is the inability

Baron

7/13/22 9:38am

People complain all the time that we should be more black and white and not make judgment calls

El Jefe

7/13/22 9:46am

People complain all the time that you moderate. That's the biggest problem. Don't moderate as much.

Baron

7/13/22 9:50am

He can't not moderate though. He's like Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul.

Superkid

7/13/22 9:52am

I was suspended one hour for this. My suspension ended at 10:06 am that day.

TheWanderer

7/13/22 9:34am

There is a restriction on new threads, yes.

El Jefe

7/13/22 9:36am

Is there a difference between restriction on new threads and suspension?

TheWanderer

7/13/22 10:37am

No, you can still reply, just can't start a new thread

El Jefe

7/13/22 10:49am

Understood. Thank you for clarifying.

TheWanderer

7/13/22 12:16pm

“Had to re-write the entire post because it was lost.”

ZagsVisitor

7/13/22 9:57am

That’s actually a big deal. Some posts are pretty long

ColonelMustard

7/13/22 10:19am

I get that, but no matter how long it is, it’s a board post, so it’s

ZagsVisitor

7/13/22 10:37am

What is this Ctrl+C thing you speak of?

TheWanderer

7/13/22 10:39am

RE: What is this Ctrl+C thing you speak of?

ZagsVisitor

7/13/22 10:55am

Wait, I’m just confused how a board posts significance is capped by definition.

SuperTank

7/13/22 1:05pm

He's saying that a message board isn't significant

El Jefe

7/13/22 2:21pm

This was a pretty long post actually.

TheWanderer

7/13/22 10:34am

We also don't know your mind

MarylandFan

7/13/22 2:20pm

That's a fair reason to be hesitant.

El Jefe

7/13/22 8:20am

How about you tell people to use their ignore/block button?

jrifkin48

7/13/22 9:06am

I would love people to use them more

El Jefe

7/13/22 9:15am

In fairness, some users deserve to be antagonized to maybe help them stop being so dumb so consistently.

Turnpike Lane

7/13/22 9:32am

Exactly. If you encourage moderation you lead to more moderation. Just push them to manage themselves through ignore.

Baron

7/13/22 9:28am

If people are so upset by a 3 hour or 1 day posting ban

Machiavelli

7/13/22 9:30am

The problem with that is after 5 or 6 moderations you get a force ignore and are banned from those categories

IBC

7/13/22 1:31pm

That's a little disingenuous. They'd have to be pretty close together (within a month generally)

El Jefe

7/13/22 2:23pm

You sure about that. "A couple of few week bans before permanent"

Deleted

7/13/22 2:33pm

I wasn't speaking to specific situations, but more generally.

El Jefe

7/13/22 3:10pm

By other ways you mean moderations right ? That seems to match this description IMO.

Deleted

7/13/22 3:18pm

Is that true? People swear they’ve been banned from categories for life

TCuz

7/13/22 2:35pm

Yes, what I said is almost always true.

El Jefe

7/13/22 3:16pm

I don't know why you open yourself up more for legal liability by banning people from categories especially

Baron

7/13/22 2:39pm

RE: I am subscribing again to try out the new features, but strongly feel like you should take into consideration that

Deleted

7/13/22 9:04am

Moderation on the board sucks and most of the moderation is by one person.

Baron

7/13/22 9:13am

Yeah, same here. 90% of my penalties have been handed out by one mod.

TheWanderer

7/13/22 9:26am

15 of my last 15 suspensions are from Jefe. Some of them are fine, but I will

Odysseus

7/13/22 10:55am

The moderation in the Religion category is especially inconsistent and seems to

Odysseus

7/13/22 10:52am

That’s the actual rule. The written rules are just to justify the actual rule

TCuz

7/13/22 10:59am

Jefe: "I didn't see that post. You should have reported it"

Superkid

7/13/22 11:07am

Hey, he seems to see my “rule breaking” posts very, very quickly. That’s so odd.

TCuz

7/13/22 11:10am

I did see that post, actually

El Jefe

7/13/22 11:28am

I’m glad it wasn’t deleted though and would bet >98% of CB agrees

Odysseus

7/13/22 11:30am

Which exacerbates the problem that some weirdos on here apparently like to report "abuse" as a weapon against people

CDV

7/13/22 12:43pm

While we're airing our gripes, the fact that you can't send BMs, react to posts, or even vote in polls during a ban

byujacob

7/13/22 11:15am

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Deleted

7/13/22 12:07pm

This approach is way more reasonable than the way things currently work.

DirtyWater

7/13/22 12:35pm

You can get in trouble around here when other people attack you, and for posting

Mitty

7/13/22 12:21pm

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Machiavelli

7/13/22 12:54pm

I think "annoyed" is more accurate than "upset."

russkiejedi

7/13/22 1:00pm

Every time it happens to me I'm like: FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!

jvquarterback

7/13/22 1:04pm

Hey, Prince, you already posted that on this thread.

byujacob

7/13/22 2:33pm

Hey at least I'm consistent. Fair point though, deleted my redundant comment

Machiavelli

7/13/22 3:06pm

Yep, the biggest issue to me is the "time outs"

MarylandFan

7/13/22 2:06pm

If you don’t like it, don’t break the rules. Then they won’t have to babsit you.

ZagsVisitor

7/13/22 2:15pm

On reddit you just get banned from subreddits altogether

Machiavelli

7/13/22 3:07pm

Depends on the subreddit, right?

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