Banning users

MSU01 · Post by **MSU01** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:54 pm

What's the policy on this? I, for one, am getting pretty sick and tired of these idiots who can't seem to keep their crap on the smack board. It greatly diminishes the enjoyment of the non-smack boards for the rest of us.

BozoneCat · Post by **BozoneCat** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:28 pm

It's not even smack - it is irrelevant drivel. Please moderators, you guys own this board - get rid of these idiots.

WYCAT · Post by **WYCAT** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:32 am

I agree moderators. It is really difficult to even follow a thread when the dribble comes in like yesterday.

HelenaCat · Post by **HelenaCat** » Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:31 am

I also agree. Even if allowed on the Smack Board, people like this just bring down a great Bobcat board. I would say the same thing if any supposed Cat fan was doing the same thing on a grizzly board-the grizzly board should ban them.

WYCAT · Post by **WYCAT** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:23 pm

Here is a post from neverplayed on the smack board.

WyCat, they probably wouldn't let a fag like you in their front door of the Townsend Club or any other whorehouse in Wyoming. (I understand you are a closet heterosexual - don't you think its time for you to come out?)

WyCat, why don't you make your wife happy and run away? They don't hardly make 'em like you any more - but just to be on the safe side, you should be castrated anyway. I've got an idea; how about you go get a spoon, then you can eat my a$$.

I know some really fine people from Wyoming (some really fine friends too, in Cheyene, Riverton, Jackson Hole, Gillette, Cody, Rock Springs, Buffalo, Sheridan, Basin) - why did you pick such a fine State to be from?

There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure.

Moderators this isn't smack and shouldn't be allowed on this board. People don't sign up and participate in a board like this to put up with this crap. I know I am not the only person who feels this way and I don't see why we can't put a stop to it. Jagur1, Bronco, Meat, etc. I have no problem with chatting (sometimes confrontationally) back and forth with but this type of idiot dribble just can't go on in my opinion. What can we do about it?

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:59 pm

I knew there was a reason I did not regularly read the smack board.!!

Post by **kmax** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:38 pm

Okay guys, just to let you know we aren't ignoring you.

Our(all three moderators) initial feelings on this are that we are not going to be in the business of banning someone simply for posting dissenting comments, or for that matter stupid comments that are just trying to "rub salt in the wounds" of fans. However, there is a place for this type of behavior and it is only on the smack board. We have always said the Smack Board would be a minimally moderated board and if you didn't like it, good stay on the adult boards and contribute something useful.

However, the user neverplayed has recently gone beyond just smack and digs at Cat sports. All users agreed to our Terms of Usage when you signed up for BobcatNation's message boards. They are stickied in the Site Announcements forum, but in case any of you have forgotten them, here they are again:

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Neverplayed's recent personal attacks and abusive posts have crossed the line. I have tried to go back and edit/delete as many of these as possible, but do not have the time nor desire to go through all of his posts. Neverplayed has been sent a first and last warning that he has crossed the line both on this and his over-zealous attempts of Smack that he posted on the Bobcat Sports board. Please let this be a first warning and reminder to everyone else as well.

We spelled out the rules when we started this board. We have purposefully decided we wanted this to be a pretty lenient set of rules so as not to limit the interactions possible on here. Trust me, I am a part of several other messageboards that are very strict in their rules and it is sometimes hard to even know where the line is. Ours is simple, keep it civil and play nice and if you want to talk smack or just make an idiot of yourself do it on the smack board. Go beyond that and start breaking the few rules we have laid out, and your time on this board will be very short. Just because you are typing in front of a computer instead of talking face to face with the other people doesn't give you an excuse to act like jerks.

We want everyone, Bobcat fans and others, to use these boards as a place to talk with others with similar interests. If anyone has any comments about this policy or any of my comments above, you can either post them below or send them to me or any of the other moderators through a Private Message or email.

WYCAT · Post by **WYCAT** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:47 pm

Our(all three moderators) initial feelings on this are that we are not going to be in the business of banning someone simply for posting dissenting comments, or for that matter stupid comments that are just trying to "rub salt in the wounds" of fans

I don't think anyone was asking you to do this KMax. The crap we were putting up with lately was nothing that I would call "rubbing salt in a wound". There is no place for the comments he was posting and by you cleaning the threads up and issuing a warning I think you agree. Thanks for the help and I hope it stays this way.