My sad tale of banishment from the old board...I've been cancelled...

LaJollaCreek

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There's a very thin line - or none depending on the instance - between "moderating" and "censoring."

That's where we are now.
No, you can start your own site and say whatever you want to and moderate or censor whoever you feel like. Private businesses can choose to moderate their own boards however they want to. That is pretty much how it works. People just love to play the victim now....hence this thread.
 

Meat Lab

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This is mindboggling. I toggle between the sports and politics boards over there...and totally by mistake posted a political thread on the sports board on Saturday evening.

For some reason it was not taken down for 24 hours...during which time there was a vigorous -- and funny -- back and forth...with lots of abuse heaped on me for making the mistake.

Finally the post got removed, and I received a "warning" from moderator Richard in the Rivals mail to the effect that I was NOT banned but was being "warned" because of the post in question.

First time ever in years of posting that I got a "warning" for a post...and the reason was nothing abusive or threatening but because I mistakenly put a political thread on a sports board.

OK, I get that, though I was surprised...because a "warning" in such circumstances seems excessive, given the stuff they allow there, the fact there was no objectionable content in the mistaken post, and the fact they let it stand for an entire day.

So I responded privately to the e-mail warning along these lines, and this is pretty close to the exact quote: "Understood. It was an honest mistake. I'll try not to let it happen again. But it was a funny thread. And I hate like hell to lose the 'likes'...;) "

A few hours later, I tried to get to the board only to learn that I was suddenly "banned." My apparent crime: a private joking e-mail with the new Rutgers lord of the board. Evidently he took it as disrespect to his royal personage. Then again, he's a Rutgers guy, and most of them have an inferiority complex...Rutgers Al excepted.

I mean, seriously, Tom ticked me off on occasion by deleting this or that post, but this is beyond belief.

Oh well, I hope you guys will have me over here. My handle was Jerry on the old board, and hopefully you'll recall that I was a generally respectful and intelligent poster...though not averse to mixing it up on occasion. But in the times we live in, that's not enough to prevent a person from being cancelled.
In case anyone has been wondering, Jerry has been reinstated and is in Test Board heaven, spewing his hatred LEFT and rarely Right.
 

Jerry1972

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Actually i was wondering earlier this evening...
Is Jerry packing a bomb vest and going after the Left ?

Rest easy, Step. The only bombs I'm packing are those of Truth...which is the most powerful explosive of all.

Hope all you boys are doing well. Stay safe...keep your heads down...football season is only 240 days (and counting) away... ;)
 

Jerry1972

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Thank you Jerry, live clean, and you shouldn't show up on my porch unannounced......

Haha! No worries on that score, buddy. I wish there were more Steps on message boards; the discourse (mine too) would be a lot more intelligent and civil.

As for what happened on the other board, a mistake was made and then corrected. You have to respect that because these days people in charge of things often don't correct mistakes but rather double down on them.
 
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91Joe95

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Thank you Jerry, live clean, and you shouldn't show up on my porch unannounced......

Unless you're a bear or a tasty woodlands creature.

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psuro

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This thread is like the Energizer Bunny....it just goes on and on and on and on....
 

Moogy

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So, speaking of the white trash ugly redhead who looks like she's going out to "earn" money for meth from some guys all named "John" ... why do I keep seeing that picture? I checked my account settings and I don't have the "see sigs" box checked off, so I shouldn't be seeing that.
 

91Joe95

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So, speaking of the white trash ugly redhead who looks like she's going out to "earn" money for meth from some guys all named "John" ... why do I keep seeing that picture? I checked my account settings and I don't have the "see sigs" box checked off, so I shouldn't be seeing that.

Beats me. Btw, are we on page 9 at this point? I think this thread set a new non-gamethread record for this board. Congratulations to Jerry are in order.

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Moogy

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Beats me. Btw, are we on page 9 at this point? I think this thread set a new non-gamethread record for this board. Congratulations to Jerry are in order.

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People talked about Honey Boo Boo a lot, too, I'm guessing.

Folks like to watch, and comment on, a good nonsensical meltdown.

He's like Antonio Brown flipping out to Tom Brady when AB asked for his money back from Guerrero, and Guerrero said "sure."
 

Jerry1972

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So, speaking of the white trash ugly redhead who looks like she's going out to "earn" money for meth from some guys all named "John" ... why do I keep seeing that picture? I checked my account settings and I don't have the "see sigs" box checked off, so I shouldn't be seeing that.

Only a testosterone-challenged nimrod like you would think that chick is ugly.

The settings you need to check ain't on your account, pal...
 

Moogy

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Only a testosterone-challenged nimrod like you would think that chick is ugly.

The settings you need to check ain't on your account, pal...

Great. Jerry's drunk again. Hey, if you like trashy girls from bad stock, you go pump your chest about it. She looks like the unattractive girl from a trailer park who tries to get attention at a dive bar by poorly putting on too much makeup and dying her hair fluorescent orange and getting wasted and dancing on the bar to bad country music. Bad mouth/teeth, bad nose, bad hair ... the only thing decent about her face is her eyes, except she puts all that black around them like she's a drugged out ho. Body's nice, but definitely not worth it.
 
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