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Justin Rancher

Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: NW South Dakota
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Pig Farmer Banned
Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 1435 Location: Good Old U.S.A.
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jingo2 Member

Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Posts: 913
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Good some of the nonsense needed to be deleted......really not even put up to start with.
This place looks more and more like instead of Ranchers.net.....Wolves.net
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Pig Farmer Banned
Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 1435 Location: Good Old U.S.A.
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HAY MAKER Rancher

Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 8307 Location: Texas
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Moderator Member

Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 19
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Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:24 am Post subject: |
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The Coffee Shop was never intended as a place where people needed to have "thick skin" to visit. Nor was that particular thread intended as a place to fight. That thread became a place for some of the CT regular posters to gather while their boards were down. Somewhat similar to us opening up our homes and ranches to neighbors if they were in need. But for some reason, some posters chose to exhibit their worst side to those neighbors. As I normally do, I gave things a chance to work themselves out without interfering, hoping cooler heads and time would prevail. But when things kept getting worse, I removed some posts, hoping to keep the thread alive and get it back on track. I think most of us hate the thought of having any censoring done here at Ranchers, but sometimes there are a few posters that don't give the moderators much other choice.
Ranchers.net provides two forums that have very limited moderating: Bull Session and Political Bull. I don't think that it's asking too much for us to try to keep the fighting and bickering out of places like the Coffee Shop, Ranch Talk, etc. At the very least, we should strive to be on our best behavior in a thread that is intended to make our neighbors feel welcome.
Some of the latest additions to that CT thread included these complaints about the moderating. As long as it's in the appropriate place, those complaints are fine with me because in my mind, censoring complaints about the moderating would be some of the worst type of censoring that we could do. Considering that, and so that some of you can continue to discuss the moderating without feeling like you are being censored, I moved those posts to this thread in Bull Session. In here, some of you will find what you desire: a chance to complain about the moderating with very limited interference.
Hopefully, that will let us keep that thread in the Coffee Shop open and will allow us to once again demonstrate to our CT neighbors that we can all get along. At least in places like the Coffee Shop.
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MsSage Rancher

Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 4594 Location: NW Panhandle Texas
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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As I have said before, Mods hiding behind the name "mod" and who they are not being publicly known has an air of secrecy and verges on the cloak and dagger. Every other site has mods and admin clearly labled.
Why all the hush hush?
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Mike Rancher

Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 16951 Location: Montgomery, Al
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Pig Farmer Banned
Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 1435 Location: Good Old U.S.A.
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Pig Farmer Banned
Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 1435 Location: Good Old U.S.A.
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:25 am Post subject: |
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The Coffee Shop was never intended as a place where people needed to have "thick skin" to visit. Nor was that particular thread intended as a place to fight. That thread became a place for some of the CT regular posters to gather while their boards were down. Somewhat similar to us opening up our homes and ranches to neighbors if they were in need. But for some reason, some posters chose to exhibit their worst side to those neighbors. As I normally do, I gave things a chance to work themselves out without interfering, hoping cooler heads and time would prevail. But when things kept getting worse, I removed some posts, hoping to keep the thread alive and get it back on track. I think most of us hate the thought of having any censoring done here at Ranchers, but sometimes there are a few posters that don't give the moderators much other choice.
Ranchers.net provides two forums that have very limited moderating: Bull Session and Political Bull. I don't think that it's asking too much for us to try to keep the fighting and bickering out of places like the Coffee Shop, Ranch Talk, etc. At the very least, we should strive to be on our best behavior in a thread that is intended to make our neighbors feel welcome.
Some of the latest additions to that CT thread included these complaints about the moderating. As long as it's in the appropriate place, those complaints are fine with me because in my mind, censoring complaints about the moderating would be some of the worst type of censoring that we could do. Considering that, and so that some of you can continue to discuss the moderating without feeling like you are being censored, I moved those posts to this thread in Bull Session. In here, some of you will find what you desire: a chance to complain about the moderating with very limited interference.
Hopefully, that will let us keep that thread in the Coffee Shop open and will allow us to once again demonstrate to our CT neighbors that we can all get along. At least in places like the Coffee Shop. |
I think what some mods fale to see is that many times the moderating is one sided. ot will post and take his pot shots at those he disagrees with and then whine to a moderator with comments like you dont know soap just how many times I have covered your back and your families. Being fair and balanced owes no one no favors nor takes sides. A moderator should be above the butt kissing.
I also agree that its a shame that those that moderate do so in the shadows. ot FH and Lily are mods from what I have been told . I only see one of these as a snake in the grass and thats ot plain and simple.
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Oldtimer Rancher

Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 24734 Location: Northeast Montana
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Pig Farmer Banned
Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 1435 Location: Good Old U.S.A.
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