Mayhaps An Explanation Be In Order?

Tell us?

  • Yes

    Votes: 45 83.3%

  • No

    Votes: 9 16.7%
  • Total voters
    54
It could also be on us.

Guys, our mod hats aren't on all the time. Usually we are just participants on a discussion board like everybody else. It's only when we have to that we say, "OK, let's pull up the member history. Let's check past discussions on, or with this member. (In some cases), let's ask what others on the team think we should do here."

So it's not immunity. Although it may be we just don't think it's a problem, it may also be we haven't gotten around to it. It may even be we have, and those members are already down a chance or two. But we're really looking to give people as many chances as we can, provided they're still interested in them.

 
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Whistlebritches said:
Junior said:
I guess many of us feel like an explanation would help us understand the seemingly arbitrary nature of the bans. Why some posters are banned and some seem able to do and say anything they want.
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That's pretty much where I'm at with all of this. I look at the list of people getting banned and can't figure out why other posters seemingly post garbage all the time with immunity.
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Most (not all) of the banned members have had suspensions in the past. That means that by technicality it's within the rights of the staff to ban them at any time. Thankfully we have a board that is in general very lenient, but the negative side of that coin is that leniency is expected and taken advantage of at all times.

 
knapplc said:
Whistlebritches said:
Junior said:
I guess many of us feel like an explanation would help us understand the seemingly arbitrary nature of the bans. Why some posters are banned and some seem able to do and say anything they want.
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That's pretty much where I'm at with all of this. I look at the list of people getting banned and can't figure out why other posters seemingly post garbage all the time with immunity.
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1) Who are these "other posters?"
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Landlord, most specifically. Christ, he posted a picture of some girl's driver's license and he didn't get banned for that?

 
What's with this focus on Landlord? I'm not understanding why his name keeps getting brought up. He doesn't have some mythical "immunity" so where this is coming from is beyond me.

 
It's pretty clear he's the designated scapegoat for the folks most displeased with current HB trends, but I can't stress enough how off base that is. Landlord had/has nothing to do with anything that's happened recently.

 
knapplc said:
It's pretty clear he's the designated scapegoat for the folks most displeased with current HB trends, but I can't stress enough how off base that is. Landlord had/has nothing to do with anything that's happened recently.
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What would expect to happen when what has happened hasn't been divulged to anyone? They are going to speculate and come to their own conclusions.

 
knapplc said:
It's pretty clear he's the designated scapegoat for the folks most displeased with current HB trends, but I can't stress enough how off base that is. Landlord had/has nothing to do with anything that's happened recently.
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I'm not blaming landlord for currently banned members. You asked where the double standard was, I pointed to one.

 
Junior said:
knapplc said:
It's pretty clear he's the designated scapegoat for the folks most displeased with current HB trends, but I can't stress enough how off base that is. Landlord had/has nothing to do with anything that's happened recently.
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I'm not blaming landlord for currently banned members. You asked where the double standard was, I pointed to one.
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That's my mistake then, but it comes from his name being brought up over and over in the banned members discussions. But that's wrong. Landlord has not gone unscathed. We don't tell everyone that Landlord was suspended or banned or anything because that's not everyone's business. He's been through the wringer, he'll confirm that.

@StPaul - I understand the speculation, and I'd probably be right there with you if I wasn't a Mod. It's human nature. Eric the Red is working on a "state of the board" post as his time allows, and that should give folks more of an idea where we are and where we're going. Not everything, but some explanation.

 
And to our friends reading this thread but unable to respond, this conversation belongs here. My twitter account is not an extension of my HuskerBoard account, and continuing to respond there will get you blocked.

Thanks.

 
Junior said:
But landlord knows what he was suspended for? The same can't be said for several of our newly banned members who have yet to hear from anyone affiliated with the board. Hence the double standard.
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Every member I've suspended knows why they were suspended. I have no double standard.

Again, this focus on Landlord is bizarre. Why not pick any one of another two dozen posters who've been suspended or banned? Why him?

 
knapplc said:
Junior said:
But landlord knows what he was suspended for? The same can't be said for several of our newly banned members who have yet to hear from anyone affiliated with the board. Hence the double standard.
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Every member I've suspended knows why they were suspended. I have no double standard.

Again, this focus on Landlord is bizarre. Why not pick any one of another two dozen posters who've been suspended or banned? Why him?
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Why landlord? Because the fat toad incident is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen on a Husker message board.

 
Let's just hope any lingering questions will be answered with the "state of the board" thing Eric's working on. I'm doing my best to answer people as I have the ability, but I don't have all the answers they want and I think I'm causing more frustration than helping. If that's the case, my apologies. I'm trying to help as I can.

 
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