OT: Property tax relief coming for those over 65
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Like you, I despise such views -- but I don't think the board should be banning people on the basis of what their views are. The way they express their views is a quite different matter.
Are you dense? If you would pay attention to that you would k ow the answer. Or are you trying to get that poster banned because the moderation is very protective of those like minded posters. The moderation is very protective of the 6 who are wasting their lives away on that board.
hold on, you want this board moderated more but against banning spewing jewish hate and supporting terror groups? that makes zero sense and it's not about free speech, there is no free speech. say n&*^^% and see what happens.
if anyone should be banned it's that kid. He's a bitter, angry and bigoted poster that derails every thread with his vitrol. He adds zero to these boards or discussions. zero
mods do a fine job. Tango is a little too sensitive to some of the whims of a few thin skinned cats here but overall, the moderation is fine
To those with extreme political agendas that love conspiracy theories and 100 to 200 posts a day everyday the moderation is fine.
To me, there's a clear differentiation between what one says and how one says it.
Hey now! 😀
In my defense, I'm only obnoxious back to people who are obnoxious first. Or at least, mostly. And I'm very polite to everybody else. Or at least, mostly. 🙂
How about people who post anti-Muslim rhetoric? Or anti-any other race or religion rhetoric? Should they be banned too?
I encourage all interested parties to go to the Rutgers Issues board. Many posts have been edited or deleted but it’s all there.
wow just wow
He is a cancer and ironically, theyd' throw him from a rooftop
7x, is that true?
Have you seen the signature for the poster you're responding to? A bit crazy no?
There’s always plenty of tribalism, hate and fear to go around. Humans kinda suck that way.
You haven't seen them admit to it?
There is someone posting in this thread who said African Americans (and he didn't call them that) were better off as slaves. And that's not even the guy you have blocked.
Meanwhile, they banned a guy (who posted the message he received) for complaining about the mods, which doesn't violate board rules.
True. For example on the CEsspool where there's an ongoing circle jerk for a guy who has dinner with Kanye and Nick Fuentes.
He'd have to ban himself. And then what would he do between cashing alimony checks? His friends reported things got really dark for him during his multi year ban. Imagine being 50+ years old and having to create another handle on this board because your prior one downplayed slavery and compared gay people to a German political movement in the 30s?
Sure, but they claim that citing in the "premium" boards violates board rules for this one. If you message me I can send you. Ofc, the bigoted posts were deleted- but as you're seeing in this thread, everyone recalls them.
Understood. Some of the moderators hold views that are quite conservative-- but is that the same as "being in league" with them? That implies (at least to me) that the moderators are censoring on the basis of content rather than style of expression.
Humans are not all the same. Some suck way less than others.
Sure. Here is an example. Saying a term is banned by board rules, but not then only banning certain people for using it. Saying posting 10 times in a day is trying to "dominate the conversation" but 100 times isn't because it's spread out over the course of every waking hour. And then of course collaborating with posters on creating new rules (eg, "complaining about moderating") and then getting them to report them.
Some statements made are so stupid that some go back and delete their own statements, correct?
The CE board posts these days can be broken down as follows:
1% useful or otherwise worthwhile
99% laughably stupid, totally useless, nonsensical noise
Of that 99%, at least 66% are an embarrassment to the poster and should’ve never been posted, let alone gone undeleted.
At one time long ago, there might have been closer to like 3% useful or otherwise worthwhile. But that was about the best it ever got. It’s been declining for a while.
On the plus side, I’ve seen CE-type forums or sub-forums that were worse.
I don't know. I've had many of my statements deleted by the moderators here over the years.
Usually when they do so they block me from any further posting in that particular thread
But I've NEVER deleted one of my own statements. Why would I ?
BTW, I am trying really hard not to post anything that would cause them to make such a deletion.
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I've done that. Sometimes one posts and then realizes one's point isn't very good or that the post is needlessly provocative. I guess you never have. It's interesting that you apparently can't even conceive of doing that.
Should I delete this post? I'll think about it.
I usually think twice before I post anything here. Almost always I conclude that my post is excellent.
If I have any doubts I usually don't post it. Unfortunately I've learned about board moderation the hard way...more than a few times.
Like I said...I'm working on it.
I also think twice . . . but sometimes I find it appropriate to think a third time.
I don't know what to say about board moderation except that I don't recall ever having a problem with it. Perhaps you need to give more thought to how you say something. (I'm not trying to single you out -- there are *lots* of posters, both political and non-political, who need to do that,) BTW, I am off the CE board because I really don't see the point of being there -- life's too short.
The moderation has cost the owner of this site thousands of dollars per year.
Well like you mentioned before, you block the worst perpetrators. So you're not seeing unbridled bigotry and disinformation being spouted 100x a day from each lunatic.
I don't block them because I think it's important to call out the behavior. But I understand your perspective.
Also, while I would say condemning racism, sexual assault and felonies aren't provocative, a cult vehemently disagrees and for some deranged reason, the powers that be find that quite provocative. On a board devoted to sports at one of the most diverse campuses in America, where most players in the main sports are not white and where the NJ taxpayer subsidizes tuition.
The funny thing is, the anti-bigotry posters all signing up for premium would generate a lot more money. Removing 2 people who basically everyone finds abhorrent alone would generate thousands in profit.
Perhaps because I am in my 70s, I consider life too short to deal with such posters. Responding to them does not convince them or anyone else of the errors of their ways, so why bother? Indeed responding to them is counterproductive because it only serves to prolong the conversation and give them a chance to reiterate their views. And an exchange in which both sides use an extreme tone serves only to normalize their tone.
If you absolutely cannot bear from responding, try to confine yourself to calmly pointing out where they are factually in error, and cite sources that any normal person should respect. Remind them of Senator Moynihan's wise statement, "you're entitled to your own opinions -- but not to your own facts."
1. I too am in my 70s.
2. The people we are talking about are far, far from normal. They have no use for facts.
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