The Influx of Crazies on TF & the logic behind allowing it

So, I see you've been reading my posts over the past few years. :hihi:

 

A post in another thread made me wonder about something. You mention private forums, I am assuming that is a social group. Could social groups be listed on the main menu under a separate category and visible only to members of those groups?

It would make it easier to navigate to other areas of the forum and remain active rather than isolating those members from the rest of the forum.

Or is this already available and I just don't know about it because I am not a member of any double secret organizations?:sob:

 

Looking at the Tiger's Den Saturday night, I have to question if we are headed in the right direction as a forum. I say we are not distinguishable from the other forums I don't post on. Too much profanity, too many insults. I'm not enjoying it like I used to. I know today was a tough loss, but we've done better in the past with tough losses. I'm going to cut back on reading and posting, see how I feel in a few weeks. There are some very good newcomers that I've enjoyed, and a lot of bad newcomers and the bad ones seem to post more than the good ones.

Here's a good thread title I saw: "Les Miles is a Fu*king Liar!" .

That's just pathetic!!!

 

I cut back a few weeks ago. It did me some good with some of the nutjobs. Now I just have tons of em on ignore. I hate to see you slack up because you're posts are usually very insightful, but I feel your pain. Come back soon.

 

Something good that could be adopted from TD is the waiting period (which is unintentional but nevertheless due to slow admin response). Here is the rule: No sign-ups over the weekend. There were a few irrational things posted by regulars this weekend, but the vast maority of the worthless content were from "Nov 2009" joiners. What makes this forum great is that if read frequently, its easy to filter through the BS.

 

The forum has changed a lot in the last six months. Unfortunately, most of the changes have not been for the better.

 

even before last nights debacle? i mean, last night was like tectonic plates plates being hit with a ton of c4. the shockwaves are inevitable and everlasting.


this ones gonna have long lasting effects. wont be going back to normal anytime soon im guessing.

 

Brett,

Let me begin by thanking you for responding and more importantly thanking you for making TigerForums available to us, TigerNation.

Secondly, I recognize that you're the boss and you are making changes that you think will improve the bottom line.

But what really burns me is seeing a newbie making personal attacks against some of our long time members as well as personal attacks against another newbie. If you can't have a discussion wiith someone with opposing views without resorting to personal attacks then you probably shouldn't be allowed to participate in the discussion.

I like the idea of the waiting period prior to being able to post. I also understand the difficulty of policing the forums with limited moderators. I would be willing to serve as a part time, weekend only mod during football season if you're looking for help.

Let me close by once again thanking you for providing us TigerForums. Although I may not agree with every decision I think I have a pretty good grasp of the reasoning behind the decision.

COTiger