My Advice to the Moderators

Post by **SMLCHNG** » May 10, 2007 11:19 pm

MikeInNOLA wrote:1. Not all Human's nature.

2. Yeah, I know you volunteer...and I appreciate it.

1. Nope... never said it was.

2. And thank you.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » May 10, 2007 11:20 pm

buffettbride wrote:I think mods need to do more poopie making and boobie grabbing. That is all.

I've got that coved.

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » May 10, 2007 11:24 pm

alphabits wrote:Gratuitous smiley break ......

Perhaps the manner of submission should be changed.
Rather than a post showing up immediately after the "Submit" button is pushed, it would instead go to a hold area. Items in the hold area would be reviewed by an editorial board who would evaluate it for appropriateness in the target thread. If a majority of the board agrees that it is appropriate, it would then be "officially" posted to the thread.

24/7/365 - how many people do you suppose it would take to serve as members of the editorial board?

I was looking for that daggum "Control V" thread...but couldn't find it

...so in the same senseless rambling that you just posted...here goes...

And just so you know...I asked someone in a PM if this guy was one of their Board of Directors...

Migration Michelle · Post by **Migration Michelle** » May 10, 2007 11:31 pm

ragtopW wrote:
Jodibug wrote:
LIPH wrote:hmmm, popcorn (in my best Homer Simpson voice)
hot butter and Shannon spankin's . . . doesn't get much better than that
You forgot Beer..

How about a LandShark?!

What do you think, Larry?

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » May 10, 2007 11:32 pm

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 10, 2007 11:42 pm

Elrod wrote:

you lived in OK for a while you like??

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 10, 2007 11:42 pm

Gulfbreeze wrote:
alphabits wrote:Gratuitous smiley break ......

Perhaps the manner of submission should be changed.
Rather than a post showing up immediately after the "Submit" button is pushed, it would instead go to a hold area. Items in the hold area would be reviewed by an editorial board who would evaluate it for appropriateness in the target thread. If a majority of the board agrees that it is appropriate, it would then be "officially" posted to the thread.

24/7/365 - how many people do you suppose it would take to serve as members of the editorial board?
I was looking for that daggum "Control V" thread...but couldn't find it ...so in the same senseless rambling that you just posted...here goes...

And just so you know...I asked someone in a PM if this guy was one of their Board of Directors...

AHHHH my younger years....

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 10, 2007 11:43 pm

Migration Michelle wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
Jodibug wrote:
LIPH wrote:hmmm, popcorn (in my best Homer Simpson voice)
hot butter and Shannon spankin's . . . doesn't get much better than that
You forgot Beer..
How about a LandShark?!

What do you think, Larry?

Larry... and Santa prefer

Migration Michelle · Post by **Migration Michelle** » May 10, 2007 11:45 pm

ragtopW wrote:
Migration Michelle wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
Jodibug wrote:
LIPH wrote:hmmm, popcorn (in my best Homer Simpson voice)
hot butter and Shannon spankin's . . . doesn't get much better than that
You forgot Beer..
How about a LandShark?!

What do you think, Larry?
Larry... and Santa prefer

Does that mean I've been naughty all year and won't make it onto Santa's list?

BadHabitsAcctnt · Post by **BadHabitsAcctnt** » May 11, 2007 12:15 am

BN Cliff Notes?

Just what we need, a couple people boiling down all the parts of a thread as them deem important.

I like my speech as free as possible, thank you.

Just because I like things the way they are and just because I don't agree doesn't make those who agree smarter. See page 3, the third post from the bottom. My apologies if I misunderstood.

My note to the Mods: Thank you for all your effort and I would prefer to hear what people think, so you don't have to censor the posts for me.

Y-NO-9-O · Post by **Y-NO-9-O** » May 11, 2007 7:47 am

Here you go. The following thread is now 5 pages long and is still on topic.

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewto ... 1&start=80

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » May 11, 2007 8:11 am

Larry, you want a grip on reality... you in those pictures, hilarious. Is that free speech?

My orginal comment was for those people who are not reading every line of every thread to get the core content.

Everyone enjoys the debating, the bickering, the wild comments, that is what makes a board fun. My suggestion, twas the creation of a kind of a NEWS thread. Something major happens in the board, it goes into a quick review thread. A moderator does not need to have to post it, but rather someone, deep in page 30 of something could go on and post a comment that something new has come about. If the news section will always do that, that is awesome. However, yesterday the MOTM announcement was deep in a threat to start and I assumed we were missing something big!

The mods do their job great and I have never said otherwise! I thank them for their job well done!

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » May 11, 2007 8:19 am

Gulfbreeze wrote:
alphabits wrote:Gratuitous smiley break ......

Perhaps the manner of submission should be changed.
Rather than a post showing up immediately after the "Submit" button is pushed, it would instead go to a hold area. Items in the hold area would be reviewed by an editorial board who would evaluate it for appropriateness in the target thread. If a majority of the board agrees that it is appropriate, it would then be "officially" posted to the thread.

24/7/365 - how many people do you suppose it would take to serve as members of the editorial board?
I was looking for that daggum "Control V" thread...but couldn't find it ...so in the same senseless rambling that you just posted...here goes...

And just so you know...I asked someone in a PM if this guy was one of their Board of Directors...

AAAAACCCKKKKKK!!!!!!! That just makes my morning complete!

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 11, 2007 8:28 am

Couganata wrote:My orginal comment was for those people who are not reading every line of every thread to get the core content.

No, your original comment was:

Couganata wrote:If the thread has beyond 2 pages and it has been around for more than a few days, I don't bother reading it. A thread with 30+ pages has to much history for me to catch up on.

Then you went on in your second post in this thread to suggest, since your time is apparently too valuable for you to seek out information on your own, that one of the moderators should summarize any thread over 3 pages so you wouldn't have to read it yourself.

I don't read every line of every thread, most threads I never even look at. But if the title of a thread sounds like it's something I'd be interested in reading, I read it. And I don't expect anyone else to give me the Reader's Digest condensed version because I don't have time to read it myself.

On your comment about free speech - the flip side of free speech is that many times you get what you pay for.

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » May 11, 2007 8:46 am

Thank you for pointing out my amendment Larry.

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » May 11, 2007 8:47 am

Second, thank you for proving my point, that the title or the theme of page 1 does not hold true to page 30 and you might have missed something as well.

PJ · Post by PJ » May 11, 2007 8:53 am

alphabits wrote:Gratuitous smiley break ......

Perhaps the manner of submission should be changed.
Rather than a post showing up immediately after the "Submit" button is pushed, it would instead go to a hold area. Items in the hold area would be reviewed by an editorial board who would evaluate it for appropriateness in the target thread. If a majority of the board agrees that it is appropriate, it would then be "officially" posted to the thread.

I've been on a couple of boards that do that, and the downside is that in cases where an event in progress is being discussed (the VT shooting, etc.) you lose the ability to post new information as soon as it becomes available.

Also, those people responsible for screening new posts, on a large board, end up spending all their time screening posts and never have much chance to contribute to the ongoing discussion.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » May 11, 2007 9:37 am

Couganata wrote:Second, thank you for proving my point, that the title or the theme of page 1 does not hold true to page 30 and you might have missed something as well.

The difference is, if I miss something I don't expect someone else to find it for me because I don't have the time to look for it myself. That's the reason you started this thread.

Couganata · Post by **Couganata** » May 11, 2007 9:44 am

Larry, if you need the last word on this... by all means.

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » May 11, 2007 11:05 am

LIPH wrote:
Couganata wrote:Second, thank you for proving my point, that the title or the theme of page 1 does not hold true to page 30 and you might have missed something as well.
The difference is, if I miss something I don't expect someone else to find it for me because I don't have the time to look for it myself. That's the reason you started this thread.

come on. Where's that good, old-fashioned entitlement spirit?