Blazer Fanatic has been banned.

[Nikolokolus]

Tl;Dr = ban?

I don't think she really did anything I would consider a ban-able offense. And it's neither here nor there, but I've rarely seen anybody say less with more words.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Dude... seriously... this is all you have? People complaining about it not being 'fun' SERIOUSLY! I would bet if you shared some of those names, they'd be the exact same ones that drive some people that stumble across this forum away (not to mention some lone time posters). You could remind people about the ignore feature to start. What forum rules BF break? Certainly there isn't a no fun rule or you'd have to ban the whole forum after every Blazer lose. I almost think this must be a joke and BF just changed accounts and ask you to take out the ban hammer and enjoy the responses. If so, then good one actually, if not... then expect more people to ban themselves from this form.

Careful, you're not making this ban very fun.

 

[THE HCP]

Tl;Dr = ban?

Sorry bro, I don't speak geek. I have no clue what you just typed.

 

[e_blazer]

Thanks. I don't see anyone creating threads to replace me so I think I'm safe for now.

It was also my way of saying that I am always accountable for what I do.

If we dumped you, one of us would have to do the moderating and...well...do you see anyone around here eager to rush in to fill the void?

Besides, I like your avatar.

 

[THE HCP]

I don't think she really did anything I would consider a ban-able offense. And it's neither here nor there, but I've rarely seen anybody say less with more words.

I'm the opposite, right Nik? I say the most with typing the least? Or say the most with posting the most? Or.....

 

[WillG]

Blazer Fanatic added an intelligent take on things to the board - sure a little aggressive at times, but unless there's a post that has been deleted, I never saw anything that warranted a banning IMO.

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Has she ever been temporarily banned or given an extensive warning?
If not, you're going a bit too far, IMO.

 

[Boise Blazer]

I'm the opposite, right Nik? I say the most with typing the least? Or say the most with posting the most? Or.....

FAMS

 

[Paxil]

Careful, you're not making this ban very fun.

Quick, someone find some dancing banana's, that will makes things better.

Seriously though, a few Blazer wins and then beautiful rainbows will part the clouds, the sun will come out, it will be 60 degrees and everyone will run outside in tshirts showing off their winter beer bellies and talking to their neighbors over the hedge about how the Blazers are going to win the championship. It changes that fast.

 

[e_blazer]

I wonder if MM and Blazer Fanatic could start their own board and spend the entire time flaming each other?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I wonder if MM and Blazer Fanatic could start their own board and spend the entire time flaming each other?

It'd probably be more epic than the thread here where two S2 posters flamed each other for a while before it was finally shut down.

 

[BBert]

We need a 'flame' sub forum.

Gitterdunn mods!

 

[BlayZa]

at first i had to think.... who?

but in summary, is this really ban-worthy? i know she rubbed some people the wrong way, but seriously - considering the reasoning, hasn't everyone on here seen much much worse from users that are still able to use the board?
some people seem to revel in the personal attacks in posts and take the negative head on and turn it up to 1000, never let it go and drag it into the gutter and beyond, then have a moan when it all gets tiresome. meh, welcome to internet forums.

suspend x3 with good and valid reasoning, then, if still a shit poster = ban

p.s.
i do find myself reading less and less on here, and it's even my browser homepage.

 

[RipCityInsider]

I lurk these boards much much more than I post and it was tiresome to try and read through BF's rants as of late. I have come across her on other Blazer Boards and it is always the same story with her.

She deliberately attacked others and took offense to journalists who didn't opined the Blazers as the best team in the NBA or had the same perspective as her. The course of threads would go way off-topic as it soon became a boxing match between your opinion and others opinions. She was always right in her mind and it didn't become a discussion, but rather a point to prove others wrong about their own opinions and perspectives.

The beauty behind forums is posting under anonymity, where your sex should be irrelevant. It seemed her stance was to fit in with the "boys" regarding sports talk, but she took it a step further and was down right rude to those that disagreed. It became more about her than our Blazers.

Yes, we all could have just ignored her and sit on our big man balls, but it makes this place unpleasant to visit when you have a bad apple in the group. With the Blazers success, getting rid of this bad apple could possible open the gates for additional posters that were being held back because of that bad apple. From a business standpoint, Denny would rather have 5 more posters than BF, who holds posters back from visiting this site due to her antics. More $$$$$ in his pocket, right? Greedy SOB...j/k

Bottom line is, BF's MO wasn't to solely discuss the Blazers, but to have the joy of antagonizing others.

Just my 2 cents...

 

[BlayZa]

and yes, maybe a Flame, No holds barred, Turnt Up sub forum is a good idea? that way we can stronger enforce the healthy community vibe of the main forum discussion with definitive rules around tolerated actions and let the trolls lose their shit in the subforum? go in there, your problem etc.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Wow, haven't been around here for a couple days and am surprised to see Blazer Fanatic BANNED? No 3-day suspension? Just an outright ban for someone with no previous suspensions? Again, wow! Mixum/Carlito and Mediocre Man got WAY more rope to hang themselves with before they were finally banned (and banned again in Mixum/Carlito's case).

Personally, I thought Blazer Fanatic added a lot to the forum. And I'm not talking about her "female perspective". She knows hoops better than 90% of the guys on this forum and apparently that intimidated some of the guys with smaller than average genitalia. She had strong opinions and backed them up. I guess some guys didn't find it very much fun to be confronted by a chick that knows more about basketball than they do. I'd tell the whiners to grow a pair, but it's too late for that.

BNM

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Wow, haven't been around here for a couple days and am surprised to see Blazer Fanatic BANNED? No 3-day suspension? Just an outright ban for someone with no previous suspensions? Again, wow! Mixum/Carlito and Mediocre Man got WAY more rope to hang themselves with before they were finally banned (and banned again in Mixum/Carlito's case).

Personally, I thought Blazer Fanatic added a lot to the forum. And I'm not talking about her "female perspective". She knows hoops better than 90% of the guys on this forum and apparently that intimidated some of the guys with smaller than average genitalia. She had strong opinions and backed them up. I guess some guys didn't find it very much fun to be confronted by a chick that knows more about basketball than they do. I'd tell the whiners to grow a pair, but it's too late for that.

BNM

Still, if they've been communicating with her/him and asking her/him to cool it down, and she/he doesn't respond, what do you expect? If direct communication from the mods isn't changing anything, you think a temporary suspension is going to change it? Either you know you're repeated behavior (which was pretty much in every single post) is an issue and you're asked to fix it, how is a suspension going to help? It's different from MM's quick outburst - it's not like he does that in every single post.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I lurk these boards much much more than I post and it was tiresome to try and read through BF's rants as of late. I have come across her on other Blazer Boards and it is always the same story with her.

She deliberately attacked others and took offense to journalists who didn't opined the Blazers as the best team in the NBA or had the same perspective as her. The course of threads would go way off-topic as it soon became a boxing match between your opinion and others opinions. She was always right in her mind and it didn't become a discussion, but rather a point to prove others wrong about their own opinions and perspectives.

The beauty behind forums is posting under anonymity, where your sex should be irrelevant. It seemed her stance was to fit in with the "boys" regarding sports talk, but she took it a step further and was down right rude to those that disagreed. It became more about her than our Blazers.

Yes, we all could have just ignored her and sit on our big man balls, but it makes this place unpleasant to visit when you have a bad apple in the group. With the Blazers success, getting rid of this bad apple could possible open the gates for additional posters that were being held back because of that bad apple. From a business standpoint, Denny would rather have 5 more posters than BF, who holds posters back from visiting this site due to her antics. More $$$$$ in his pocket, right? Greedy SOB...j/k

Bottom line is, BF's MO wasn't to solely discuss the Blazers, but to have the joy of antagonizing others.

Just my 2 cents...

So, put her on ignore and lurk on. No one was being forced to read her posts.

At the very least, she should have been warned and suspended before getting an outright ban. Prior to this swift action, there have been VERY few posters banned from this forum and they deliberately trolled and baited other posters for YEARS before they were banned. Banning her outright seems very premature to me. She wasn't that bad and hadn't been doing it that long.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

Still, if they've been communicating with her/him and asking her/him to cool it down, and she/he doesn't respond, what do you expect?

I would expect a suspension. Other posters with far longer histories of disruptive behavior were give YEARS and countless second chances before being banned. Why, all of a sudden are posters being banned so quickly? Seems like very abrupt change in policy with no precedent.

If direct communication from the mods isn't changing anything, you think a temporary suspension is going to change it? Either you know you're repeated behavior (which was pretty much in every single post) is an issue and you're asked to fix it, how is a suspension going to help? It's different from MM's quick outburst - it's not like he does that in every single post.

Bullshit. Mediocre Man was pulling the the same shtick for years and got suspended prior to FINALLY being banned. Mixum got countless warnings and suspensions before getting banned, came back as Carlito and got more warnings and suspensions before being banned again. So, suspend her and if the so-called offensive behavior continues after the suspension, THEN ban her.

BNM

 

[e_blazer]

We need a 'flame' sub forum.

Gitterdunn mods!

I kind of like that idea. Maybe even multi-level sub-forums that posters can be locked into based on how annoying they get. Kind of like Dante's nine levels of hell.

 

[e_blazer]

I would expect a suspension. Other posters with far longer histories of disruptive behavior were give YEARS and countless second chances before being banned. Why, all of a sudden are posters being banned so quickly? Seems like very abrupt change in policy with no precedent.



Bullshit. Mediocre Man was pulling the the same shtick for years and got suspended prior to FINALLY being banned. Mixum got countless warnings and suspensions before getting banned, came back as Carlito and got more warnings and suspensions before being banned again. So, suspend her and if the so-called offensive behavior continues after the suspension, THEN ban her.

BNM

I agree in principle, but then neither of us were involved in the PM exchanges. At some point, you've got to let the mods do their thing and live with the consequences or find somewhere else to post.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I would expect a suspension. Other posters with far longer histories of disruptive behavior were give YEARS and countless second chances before being banned. Why, all of a sudden are posters being banned so quickly? Seems like very abrupt change in policy with no precedent.



Bullshit. Mediocre Man was pulling the the same shtick for years and got suspended prior to FINALLY being banned. Mixum got countless warnings and suspensions before getting banned, came back as Carlito and got more warnings and suspensions before being banned again. So, suspend her and if the so-called offensive behavior continues after the suspension, THEN ban her.

BNM

Bullshit is right. How many times does she need to be told something before she stops? I wasn't one to complain. I didn't really care - I just glossed over her/his posts. I don't really care one way or the other. But the mods are doing their jobs. If people are repeatedly complaining, and the mods are actively communicating that she/he needs to stop a behavior, and she's not responding, what else can you do? It's not like she can't come back under a new name and post - she just needs to modify her/his behavior. It's a message board. Who cares if she has to come back under a new name. It's not like her IP is perma-banned (just look at mixum/carlito/brock/etc).

But it's pretty much common sense that if you're asked repeatedly to stop doing a behavior, and you continue to do it, you're going to pay the price.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I do like Papa G's idea that those who complained about her to mods should publicly own up to it. I think I have disagreed with almost every banning here and i disagree with this one. But i do understand that a lot of threads seemed to be getting clogged up with certain posters squabbling and she was one of them. I think this was a business decision and it's not my business so I understand and accept that i don't really have any say.

I will own up to having complained about her in this forum. I have not complained about her in any PM to a Mod or otherwise though.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

This whole thing is hilarious to me. You guys bitch and moan when mixum or MM or whomever is suspended or banned quick enough, but then you bitch when the mods jump the gun on a poster.

Mods can't win. Not trying to defend them, but it's clear they have a pretty thankless job (thank you, mods).

 

[BBert]

I kind of like that idea. Maybe even multi-level sub-forums that posters can be locked into based on how annoying they get. Kind of like Dante's nine levels of hell.

Ha, ha. Instead of 'banned' for being a jerk to everyone, you'd get 'banished' to a sub forum with other jerks. Otherwise known as 'Olive'.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I agree in principle, but then neither of us were involved in the PM exchanges. At some point, you've got to let the mods do their thing and live with the consequences or find somewhere else to post.

Admittedly, I haven't read all of her posts, but I never saw anything she posted publicly that was ban worthy. It just seems odd that she was banned outright without ever being suspended. It's very inconsistent with previous bans where the offending posters got YEARS of warnings and suspensions before finally being banned.

BNM

 

[Mediocre Man]

I would expect a suspension. Other posters with far longer histories of disruptive behavior were give YEARS and countless second chances before being banned. Why, all of a sudden are posters being banned so quickly? Seems like very abrupt change in policy with no precedent.



Bullshit. Mediocre Man was pulling the the same shtick for years and got suspended prior to FINALLY being banned. Mixum got countless warnings and suspensions before getting banned, came back as Carlito and got more warnings and suspensions before being banned again. So, suspend her and if the so-called offensive behavior continues after the suspension, THEN ban her.

BNM

I have never been banned. FYI

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I have never been banned. FYI

Long live MM!

 

[Hobbesarable]

I have never been banned. FYI

Welcome back, MM.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

I have never been banned. FYI

He lives!