my bad.

…a thread gets deleted doesn’t mean it’s the fault of the author.

but I wasn’t innocent, I’ll admit that. Things did get carried away, although the thread was EPIC!

For breaking any rules, helping to escalate the fire, or instigating anybody past the limit. I poke and jab as much as any of y’all but to be honest this is a top-notch Alabama website, and if I ever want to know what’s going on in Bama nation, I come take a look over here. And no, I’m not “obsessed with Alabama” or whatever it is I get all the time. Most, if not all, of my comments at this blog have been in the past two weeks (in other words, when it was Alabama on the schedule). So, to the moderators, keep up the good work, and in all seriousness, good luck this weekend. I don’t think you’ll need it much, but here’s to a good game.

How many posts did you delete? Is it 3 this week? How many comments/ideas was that total? All of those were pretty active posts. That is quite a bit to take in. Wow.

you’re right Jeremy, it was EPIC!!!
the back and forth jabs were equal to a heavyweight boxing match…
but yea, it went overboard and needed to be contained…
now, can we get this game started already!?!

and apoligize about some of the harsh words I used against the barners, but I don’t take back the hate I have for them. Everything I said was warranted and was only in retaliation. With that being said, we are going to DESTROY them on saturday! ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!

…why my AUBSESSION post was deleted. There was nothing rude or profane in it. If it got real active, I missed it. At around 4pm yesterday, I had less than 10 comments and none that I thought were out of line. By 8pm, it was gone. If you found something wrong with my Fan Post itself, I think a better idea might be to email an author and say something.

I’m really disappointed in these deletions. It’s like you don’t want to take the time to delete just the over the line comments – you just zap the whole thread. If you don’t have the time, then you really do need to get a mod in. A number of people spent a lot of their time posting on these threads. Yes, things got a little heated up, but most of it was GOOD and entertaining reading. Even some football was discussed. I feel like I just totally wasted my time. Why bother anymore? We’re all getting punished for the minority of the jerks.

You mentioned the post where some of these issues were discussed. Why didn’t you put this Guideline info up then, so if people didn’t abide by the rules, they wouldn’t be surprised when things were deleted? I also think you need to be more specific about certain things. Are abbreviations ok for profanity? “Gobble Gobble Mfers” is a perfect example and it was put up by Todd. Smack talk could be looked upon as being rude, but that is one of the fun things about blogging. Personal attacks are obviously not acceptable, but sometimes it’s just joking and nothing to get so upset over.

Anyway, these are just some of my thoughts and opinions on the matter. Take it for what it’s worth.

I went to look at them in the Welcome guide and was taken to the SB Nation page. The only relevant information I found here was “…Each blog sets its own guidelines for you to follow…..Each community moderates itself…” So, I came back to the RBR page to find them. They aren’t here, or I cannot find them. Was it something I put a check-in-the-box upon registering for the site and cannot pull up now? Am I simply overlooking it?

Maybe this is PART of the reason for the recent confusion. There are rules that are the members are expected to follow, yet they are difficult to see. While most of them may seem common courtesy and etiquette, they still should be visible in case someone has a momentary lapse in judgement. For example, that one week a year that they are on a sports blog of their FAVORITE team playing their most HATED rival and they are very PASSIONATE fans and haven’t beaten said rival in, say 6 years, and it looks like this year they have a great chance? The rules being up in their face might be a sobering reminder that they have to maintain their composure. It would also serve as a reminder to visitors from other blogs, that certain behaviors will not be tolerated by them either!

BTW, I have to say that someone is always going to be offended by SOMETHING. Gosh-darn. I just offended someone, somewhere! My grandmother would have told you it was another way to say GD, then she would slap you. I know there has to be a line, so I guess everyone just needs to be able to SEE it.

…for it near the top of the page by the email addresses, but the guidelines for every individual site on SBN appear when you click that you want to join the particular site. When you actually click to join, you’re saying that you agree to those terms.

We’ll probably revise them and repost them on the main page at some point in the near future just so everyone is on the same page.

I agree with you that everything has the potential to offend someone, but the amount of email complaints we’ve been getting have been rising steadily so we feel it’s something we need to address. As Todd mentioned, we do want the site to grow (and it’s already grown beyond what we ever imagined), but that potential is going to be limited if it’s a chaotic free for all around here. We’re not talking about changing the nature of the site or asking anyone to change their personality because we love the folks around here and we’re extremely grateful for all of the people that spend time here and want to read what we write (and we’re grateful that they write things as well), we’re just saying that we all need to tone it down a bit.

I don’t want anyone to get the impression that I’m trying to be “holier than thou” about this, because I’m the first one to admit that I have been guilty of it as well. This whole thread is just meant as kind of a reminder to all of us, authors and community members alike.

I can’t speak for Todd or OTS here, but the thing that really makes me want to push the delete button on something is when people stop talking about the issue at hand and start attacking each other. This is a lot more likely to happen during rivalry game weeks and we can certainly appreciate the passion those games bring out in people (on both sides.) I’m not talking about the good natured stuff like when we all make fun of Todd’s bad taste in women or my supposedly weird taste in music or when we have a bit of fun and good natured jabbing with rivals like Joel from RockyTopTalk or Richard from AndTheValleyShook or Jerry from JCCW, I’m talking about the vitriol that gets going between people that don’t know each other. Basically, I don’t like see a thread go down the “message board road” with trolling, flaming, insults etc. Above all, I appreciate respectful discussion and don’t want to see us get into another “blog fight” after what happened earlier this year. I’m all about debate, passionate disagreement, dissenting opinions, contrary points of view, etc. I just like it to be as civil as possible.

…could y’all “recommend” this post so it stays near the top for a while?

I dropped the F-bomb a couple of times in that thread, so, yeah, my bad. But I do think posting the rules and guidelines is a good idea, even though it should be common sense. I think the issue in my thread (not talking about Vicki’s, because there was nothing bad going on in there) is that the Aubies kept pushing everyone’s buttons. Yeah, it’s just “OMG TEH INTERNETZ” but when you get a bunch of those people who’s home blog has absolutely no control measures, things escalate. That is by no means an excuse, but it would be much easier if SBN as a whole had some sort of general guidelines for this sh*t.

Anyway, let’s get through tomorrow and then we won’t have to worry with this issue until I post “This Is War: II” next season!

I KEED!

TET has made us front page. Whoop.

Top that one ya’ll!
LOL

from a review of the coomunity guidelines, to the names of porn stars???
LOL

(insert Mike Price joke HERE)

starring Rusty Commando, Shadow Stevens, Cinnamon Bonnie Bell, Muffin Mockingbird, Candy Delray and Bear Wild Rose…

and i thought this was a thread about guidelines, but yet drugs, sex, and booze came into the mix