This idea would RULE here

Noticed on another message board the have a forum called The Thunderdome. That's where people go to duke it out with each other. The description: "Got a problem with another board member? Duke it out with them here. But please no libel, slander, or threats."

Only problem is 90% of the board will spend 100% of their time there if Webby created.

 

Also, 90 percent of the fight threads would violate the libel, slander or threat rule.

 

And would have the same 5 or 6 people involved.


But, we might get some great new sig lines out of it.

 

We would have to set more groundrules:

Like, no cross-threading with stuff that happened in the thunderdome.

 

He's beyond that kind of thing anyway.

 

TSP, I tried to start such a thread a few months back. It was a complete failure. I'm sure it would have been more positively received if it had came from the mods rather than a pain in the ass like me, but I completely understand why they wouldn't want it.

Ragu, the fights happen on this board. SportsJournalists.com already has that level of discourse at times. Threads get locked due to stupid pissing matches. Some are worse than others, but I think that is a part of most message boards.

I don't see anything wrong with something like a Thunderdome or a "Brawl Thread" (I think that's what I called it) if the purpose was to give posters a place to take pissing matches before they ruin other threads. That was the point when I suggested one by starting a thread. Unfortunately, I don't think it would work and I came to realize it might just make things worse.

 

There's this swell little innovation on here called PMs. If you feel the urge, turn that into your own little Thunderdome with whomever you want. Otherwise, quit screwing up the joint with petty personal bullshit. Most of us stopped courting audiences for our fights sometime during high school.

 

The first rule of the Thunderdome thread is you don't talk abuot the Thunderdome thread. The second rule of the Thunderdome thread is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE THUNDERDOME THREAD.

 

Funny, you don't seem to hold yourself to the same standards

 

Speaking as a former board administrator and a longtime board denizen of several Internet boards, that idea would completely fail here.

It's been my experience that when you create threads or boards specificially to bitch people out, it causes nothing but rancor. Such boards or threads do NOT contain the bullshit. Eventually, said bullshit makes its way into the main board and into other boards.

If you have a problem with someone, take it up via PM. Don't want to deal with someone, you know what to do. And that doesn't involve bitching people out on the board for all to see.