Why?

East Hill

Because the duration of membership on an internet forum has been shown, time and again, to be highly correlated with cycling experience and modulating competence, of course.

You forgot to use these:

[sarcasm] [/sarcasm]

Sorry, I was overwhelmed by the epiphany.

Lame.

Because.

Not a very convincing rebuttal, now is it :p ?

East Hill

I am very much in harmony with myself, but I'm not sure that has anything to do with my cycling experience, except in an existential way.

East Hill

I don't think its extreme to say that this place is like a club of sorts. There is a way things are done here. When someone new is put incharge of an old system there are always grumbles from the elders. Why? Because they like how it is.

see, thats funny.

Hey, I said that first! :p

EivlEvo, thanks for stepping up to the plate and offering to help. I'm sure you will do your best to be fair yet fun. I know the last 48hrs have been hard and harsh, but I hope no one took it too personally. I'll continue to lurk around here, but try to keep my hands off the mod buttons. :)

wheres the internet serious biddnes pics?

if only people cared this much about ridding the actual world of ills instead of messageboard nonsense.

We can barely keep this place down to a low roar, how the heck are we ever going to have a chance at fixing real problems! :eek: :lol:

Hey man... you can hate my "inexperience" all you want. But search my posts... I think I completely understand the way BFSSFG goes. I've been on here religiously since october and am in love with the wit and sarcasm that occurs.

I mean... Im here FOR the people. If you see me do something (or anyone for that matter) that you don't like... let me know.

I think my posts in the "closed BFSSFG" thread... which is somewhere where I can't even see it illustrate my principles very well.

by expending energy fighting social ills rather than policing jokers on teh interwbz?

The club needs new members. There are people knocking on the door, wanting to come in.

Show a little love :love: .

East Hill

I don't think anyone was keeping them out before?

All we're asking for is a little love...and a crack in the door.

East Hill

I suppose each individual will have their own perceptions of others actions... Consider the door wide open.

No, not like that at all. I always found blickblocks posts and contibutions to fit in the marginal zone. As a mod, never posts in any of the threads that need mods in them, and completely disappeared in the past week when all the bruha started. Instead of one of the regular mods in here moderating, the lurking and once in while mods drop in to clean up after the mess was made. Whats the point of having ss/fg mods that don't do that. 165-46-16 aka Pitboss was a great member before becoming a mod, and was able to keep things on an even keel once he got blue stared. But hey, just MHO.

I don't miss Koffee though, Rev. Chuck yes.

I'm not making the connection here. It shouldn't matter who the moderator is, or where they post. How does that make any difference as far as posts that need moderating?

I do, thank you :) .

East Hill

Brian what they/we are saying is that you guys that are out of "the ss/fg loop" edit posts because of content that don't need to be edited.

The swearing and language and anything else in the guidelines fine. But I see alot of posts edited that shouldn't have been. They were just using lulcatz or other weirdo lingo. They weren't meant to be nor should've nor do I think would've been taken offensively.

Having someone to mod this ss/fg forum that is IN this ss/fg forum is the best option. I agree that these forums should be open and comfortable to all. I don't think that they were really very offensive other than the occasional nonsense pics, or vulgarity. You'd find that within any forum though.

Similar to being a pilot, there is a sub culture here with their own form of "english". They aren't offensive words, and I think the "it takes one to know one" standard of moderating here will serve this as well as the overall community better.

No one is going to hate a mod for editing a swear word or nonsensical imagery that is clearly offensive. But most of the posts that got edited stating "trolling" as the reason are the posts that make BFSSFG what it is so to speak.

You're right, it shouldn't.

I just expressed my thoughts on the matter, I found BB to be a wierd choice to be a mod in BF. In regards to who should mod what, I think a mod who posts alot in the fg section should be here to mod when the stuff hits the fan. But hey whatever, I'm going back to the T.O. thread.

Exactly.

I agree.

lolspeak

I would like to start this newly revised forum off right by saying:

**** **** ***** ***** Mother****in' Rick Roll

Regarding editing posts.

As I stated. Any post that I edit will have an explanation and you'll know that it has been edited. In most if not all cases this will be IN the thread, IN the edited post.

I agree about the mass confusion of a silently edited post. Just understand it is not my job nor my intention to put words in peoples mouthes or to change the meaning of something. So if it gets hairy... just message me and I'd be more than happy to accommodate your concerns to the best of my abilities.

Congrats, EivlEvo on your becoming the new mod here. I'm sure you will do well. :)