Aggiebrewer said:BCStalk said:
Well I don't drink beer and the OB has already banned Texas made whiskey so I guess I'm out of that exchange.
what whiskey is MADE in Texas. not blended. created from scratch?
Max06 said:
ETA: for those complaining about mods:
Aggiebrewer said:BCStalk said:
Well I don't drink beer and the OB has already banned Texas made whiskey so I guess I'm out of that exchange.
what whiskey is MADE in Texas. not blended. created from scratch?
The moderators are remaining anonymous, so let's start discussing solutions or compromises short of that.TxSquarebody said:
I have been a part of several forums over the last 20 years or so. TexAgs is the only one I have been on that has anonymous mods. As said earlier, being a mod was somewhat of a status symbol. It was also a person many considered to be a subject matter expert. Blankets of anonymity create bias, not full disclosure.
This is what I was trying to convey with my post on the ignore function as well.AggieChemist said:
I can't think of anyone on texags in the 20 years I've been posting that I'd ignore. Lots of people I don't care for, but I don't want to live in an echo chamber.
Plus, I like to be contrary and argue.
Ignore function is just weird to me.
So does that mean if a regular, or even semi-regular, poster attains Mod status that they have to disappear from Texags? Or can they still post from their old handle? Sorry if it was made clear earlier, so much info in a short time on this thread.WatchOle said:The moderators are remaining anonymous, so let's start discussing solutions or compromises short of that.TxSquarebody said:
I have been a part of several forums over the last 20 years or so. TexAgs is the only one I have been on that has anonymous mods. As said earlier, being a mod was somewhat of a status symbol. It was also a person many considered to be a subject matter expert. Blankets of anonymity create bias, not full disclosure.
No, they wouldn't disappear - they could participate like normal. Their user permissions would simply elevate to include moderation functions and their status as a moderator would be anonymous.labmansid said:So does that mean if a regular, or even semi-regular, poster attains Mod status that they have to disappear from Texags? Or can they still post from their old handle? Sorry if it was made clear earlier, so much info in a short time on this thread.WatchOle said:The moderators are remaining anonymous, so let's start discussing solutions or compromises short of that.TxSquarebody said:
I have been a part of several forums over the last 20 years or so. TexAgs is the only one I have been on that has anonymous mods. As said earlier, being a mod was somewhat of a status symbol. It was also a person many considered to be a subject matter expert. Blankets of anonymity create bias, not full disclosure.
And thanks for taking the time to address this.
I haven't used the ignore feature at all myself either. Too many times an entertaining "discussion" has ensued where I would be lost if I ignored the original poster.AggieChemist said:
I can't think of anyone on texags in the 20 years I've been posting that I'd ignore. Lots of people I don't care for, but I don't want to live in an echo chamber.
Plus, I like to be contrary and argue.
Ignore function is just weird to me.
AggieChemist said:
Plus, I like to be contrary and argue.
Aggiebrewer said:
do you track how often users with moderator permissions "moderate" threads they are actively posting on as a user?
Can't blue star this enough. The veil of anonymity seems to embolden many people. Maybe even the mods, I don't know. I only know a few posters on here personally, but I try to post in a way that I would not be embarrassed if I met anybody from the forum.dubi said:Quote:
I'm only one poster and been around about 7 years but I don't know anyone from texags in real life and as far as I know no one knows me.
When you work at A&M and live in B/CS you know tons of Texags posters IRL. And when I post photos, my name is on the watermark.
I post EVERYTHING knowing people know who I am and I think that holds me accountable. 99% of the time I try to be nice to everyone on Texags and this would be a better place if others did the same. I may disagree with you, but I will stay civil.
I think one of the issues is when individual posts are deleted (along with entire threads) there is no rhyme or reason.WatchOle said:The moderators are remaining anonymous, so let's start discussing solutions or compromises short of that.TxSquarebody said:
I have been a part of several forums over the last 20 years or so. TexAgs is the only one I have been on that has anonymous mods. As said earlier, being a mod was somewhat of a status symbol. It was also a person many considered to be a subject matter expert. Blankets of anonymity create bias, not full disclosure.
Aggie Pharmer said:I made the same post, pretty much verbatim, and I'd venture to guess that my post is still up there.AggieChemist said:
Recently, I had a post disappeared that stated "trout stocking is a piscine welfare state". That's a valid, defensible opinion. No reason to delete THAT on the OUTDOORS board.
Just wanted to get that in here, if you're still reading.
We all love texags and the OB, otherwise we wouldn't be here fighting for(about) it.
Edit: yup, my post is still there.
Yes, I can. But I don't mean to derail the thread with personal situations. I read the OB daily and I wanted to chime in with my experiences and suggestions for how to "hear" the crowd. And by that, I'm referring to the 50+ stars given to a single post about specific posters acting less than cordial and getting away with it or consequently having items deleted or banned.WatchOle said:
Can you recall the last time you were banned without a reason given? Looking over your bans from the last 3 years (I didn't go back further) the moderator left the reason in the edited post. It also show that the head moderator overturned a permanent ban (which was likely after communication).
WatchOle said:
We will do a better job of reporting that reason out here on OB through edits.
I bought the world's worst thesaurus yesterday. Not only is it terrible, it's terrible.Aggiebrewer said:third coast.. said:
similar to vexatious litigation?
somebody got a Thesaurus app
Average Joe said:
What I do know, is that things started going south when we started letting the tacticool AR and Glock crowd in. After that SJWs were just the next logical evolution.
Average Joe said:
I'm not one of the big posters on the OB, although I've done business with some and know others personally that stay on OB primarily. What I've seen is that this board was given more room to have the same kind of feel as if we were all at the lease together sitting around the fire. It was almost as if it was an unspoken rule, similar to how the Politics board is given more leniency because of its, unavoidably, volatile nature.
Honestly, I don't think the moderation is out of hand, but I think a lot more people have come in an changed the overall tone of the board. Maybe that has caused the need for more moderation as posters start bumping heads more often, I don't know. Hopefully your research gives you a good idea of that, Brandon.
What I do know, is that things started going south when we started letting the tacticool AR and Glock crowd in. After that SJWs were just the next logical evolution.
