New rules and how they relate to the Anything Goes board

Hey, heavy-handed regulation and speech restrictions are what has made this country board great!

 

Da, tovarisch!

 

Here's my primary issue.

These rules:

seem pretty reasonable. It's also -- more or less -- the same philosophy we've had on this board for as long as I've been a member or lurker, which is quite a long time. I'm not sure I agree that we need MORE rules. If anything, I've found this place to be moderated a trifle too heavily at times.

And another thing:

Some of my favorite posters specialize in off-topic (or tangentially related) one-liners. Are those REALLY against the rules now?

Hey, I don't like some of the pissing matches and personal shots, but I can't think of a single example of a time I've said, "What we need is more arbitrary power for the moderators! That'd solve this!"

 

I figure it's like the unwritten rule of the newsroom: It's OK to say the fucking computer crashed, not OK to say you're past your deadline, fuckface -- OK if not directed at another person.

 

BYH summed up my feelings pretty well.

What I wonder, when certain posters, and I'm sure I don't have to name names, throw out racist or homophobic comments, shouldn't they be called on that? Am I going to be given a warning for calling someone a racist when it's truly called for?

 

I'm wilinig to cut Webby and his henchmen (moddies, that is) a little slack here for the time being because I think the idea is to control the assholes who do nothing but start pissing contests ...
as opposed to preventing me from calling BYH a fucking dickhead (which, of course, happens to be stating the truth).

 

I really don't understand. I told Webby in a P.M., we are in the business of free speech. We are also in a business where people can see our work on a daily basis. And we're all adults.
Can't we handle some criticism? We have crazy parents who bitch at us. Does one poster telling you to go perform an anatomically impossible act really upset anyone on here?
I read what I want and skip the things I don't. I don't let anything anyone posts under an anonymous name (be it here or on a fansite or even an unsigned e-mail) get to me.
It just seems to me the moderators are making a mistake with taking the board in this direction.

 

I think the moderators genuinely want this to be a good board and are taking some steps to curb some problems.

Their judgement has a pretty good overall record, so let's give them some room to do what they got to do.

 

You think I'm a fucking dickhead too?

Oh man. That hurts. I thought we were friends, Mr. SABR4Kidz. :'(

 

Good point!!!!

 

I understand not everyone will be happy.. but folks, here's the bottom line... I want to make SportsJournalists.com great... I want to make it well respected out there in the field... I want to be able to tell people I run the site and not be embarrassed by what they might find... My intentions are good.. And I think they will pay off in the long haul... Just give it some time, that's all I ask.

I don't want this thread to be a bitch session about the new rules. If you have a question, please ask it.