What annoys the hell out of you about CP?

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

Just another Beerme thread.
















Negative: Veteran posters get away with more bullshit than new ones do. I've never had a problem with it, but I've seen new posters with promise who are unneedingly ridiculed and end up never posting again. Likewise, I've seen veteran (or new but frequent) posters get away with saying some pretty stupid shit solely on the merit of their post count. Ultimately, I see this as a net-negative in the long-term health and growth of the community as a whole.

Positive: The moderation is awfully fair (although reasonable), and there are a lot of interesting topics and opinions that are allowed around here. If people are interesting in discussing it, the topic will stand. IMO, that's what makes this such a highly frequented forum. There's always something to talk about, and there's always someone to hold you accountable to what you say. To someone like me, this is a superior news site than many of the professional sources.

What do you mean by get away with saying some pretty stupid shit? Do n00bs get banned for posting stupid shit? Or are you just a reerun?

[KurtCobain]

Originally Posted by SPchief

What do you mean by get away with saying some pretty stupid shit? Do n00bs get banned for posting stupid shit? Or are you just a reerun?

N00BS get banned pretty ready these days.

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by Argo

N00BS get banned pretty ready these days.

Well, you're back now and have 700+ posts so I'm guessing the mods have stopped banning you

[KurtCobain]

Originally Posted by SPchief

Well, you're back now and have 700+ posts so I'm guessing the mods have stopped banning you

This is about you not me.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Argo

N00BS get banned pretty ready these days.

I don't think that's true at all, just for the record.

As for the broader concept of n00bs being "hazed," I do think that's true to some extent. However, my view is that the issue is almost as much an issue with n00bs who decide to come in and assume the culture of many thousands of users should conform to their style rather than laying back and getting to know the place before shitting all over it. BlackBob comes to mind...

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

Just another Beerme thread.






Negative: Veteran posters get away with more bullshit than new ones do. I've never had a problem with it, but I've seen new posters with promise who are unneedingly ridiculed and end up never posting agani. Likewise, I've seen veteran (or new but frequent) posters get away with saying some pretty stupid shit solely on the merit of their post count. Ultimately, I see this as a net-negative in the long-term health and growth of the community as a whole.



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I disagree. I was never "hazed" and AFAIK, neither were Inmem, AussieChiefs, or other n00bs. To me, if you have even competent takes, you won't be run into the ****ing ground (as it should be). Additionally, people should learn from their posts, and better themselves. However, that should be a life trait as well

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I disagree. I was never "hazed" and AFAIK, neither were Inmem, AussieChiefs, or other n00bs. To me, if you have even competent takes, you won't be run into the ****ing ground (as it should be). Additionally, people should learn from their posts, and better themselves. However, that should be a life trait as well

You and some other posters "get it" from the get go. There's a very short leash for n00bs and most don't make it past 10 posts without being called out. If you did... as you did... then more power to you.

Then there are oldies like me who have a love/hate relationship with the board lol. Some of us n00bs stick around anyway.

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

You and some other posters "get it" from the get go. There's a very short leash for n00bs and most don't make it past 10 posts without being called out. If you did... as you did... then more power to you.

Then there are oldies like me who have a love/hate relationship with the board lol. Some of us n00bs stick around anyway.

Whoa, I just realized that you were part of the great n00b class of 2004.(The best of all time sans 2000)

I don't remember, were you part of the revolt?

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by SPchief

Whoa, I just realized that you were part of the great n00b class of 2004.(The best of all time sans 2012 with Sorter, of ****ing course)

I don't remember, were you part of the revolt?

Fixed

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by SPchief

Whoa, I just realized that you were part of the great n00b class of 2004.(The best of all time sans 2000)

I don't remember, were you part of the revolt?

I was just a guy who happened to start posting then. I wasn't a part of anything. Much like now.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by Dr. Johnny Fever

You and some other posters "get it" from the get go. There's a very short leash for n00bs and most don't make it past 10 posts without being called out. If you did... as you did... then more power to you.

Then there are oldies like me who have a love/hate relationship with the board lol. Some of us n00bs stick around anyway.

Excellent year of N00bs minus BlackBob.

JMO.

[Canofbier]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I disagree. I was never "hazed" and AFAIK, neither were Inmem, AussieChiefs, or other n00bs. To me, if you have even competent takes, you won't be run into the ****ing ground (as it should be). Additionally, people should learn from their posts, and better themselves. However, that should be a life trait as well

Like I said, I never had that problem. I understood what I was getting myself into, and only crossed the line when it was worth it (funny, insightful, etc). I also did things like photoshop, which people tend to like. Besides, I wouldn't say that Inmem "got away" with posting bullshit; he did/does, and pretty regularly gets ridiculed by other posters. He just has the ability to put up with the abuse.

I think that you do see a lot of new posters flame out due to the rather caustic environment for them. That's arguably a good thing in that it keeps a higher portion of terrible posters from ever becoming regulars, but every so often a decent poster will jump in before checking with their toes, and they never post again. JMO

[smittysbar]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I disagree. I was never "hazed" and AFAIK, neither were Inmem, AussieChiefs, or other n00bs. To me, if you have even competent takes, you won't be run into the ****ing ground (as it should be). Additionally, people should learn from their posts, and better themselves. However, that should be a life trait as well

Me either, although if you post stupid shit regardless if you're a nOOb or not, you WILL BE called out on it, and that's the way it should be.

The main thing that annoys me is the whole repost BS when it has only been posted in mega threads, I mean really, only a handful of people have the time to keep up with those threads. If it's important it should have it's own thread for those who don't want to sift through a thousand (mostly bs or unrelated to OP) posts to find a bit of information.

[Jack]

There are a handful of sage responses to this topic, yours covers a few with which I tend to agree.

I am probably one of the oldest (born 1944) members here, been aboard since year one yet due to the fact that I have an incredibly low number of posts, see a lot of sophomoric ridicule when writing here.

It's nothing more than the "my chocolate tastes better than yours" idiom when posting an opinion. Those who have thin hides do not do well here. The best feature is "ignore", a feature that I use quite often on keyboard gunslingers that live vicariously here. This is especially true with threads comparing manhood claims or the color of dump they made that morning.

I have followed the chiefs since their first game in KC. There have be such atrocious seasons, but none sinking to the depth of this season. The CP soundboard this year is so caustic that sometimes it bends sanity just to read some of the threads. Years ago, I wrote my opinion of the franchise failures lay directly at the foot of the owner(s). Very few agreed. Now it is a hot topic. Football tradition is lost with he Hunt family, perhaps it was never there.

But for all this, I still bleed as much as any fan. I stopped questioning why I still followed this team and even in this rock bottom world of football still follow this team. Seems silly but then again I enjoy rope burns, root canals and an occasional sharp stick in the eye.

Back to lurking. . .

Originally Posted by Canofbier

Just another Beerme thread.


Negative: Veteran posters get away with more bullshit than new ones do. I've never had a problem with it, but I've seen new posters with promise who are unneedingly ridiculed and end up never posting again. Likewise, I've seen veteran (or new but frequent) posters get away with saying some pretty stupid shit solely on the merit of their post count. Ultimately, I see this as a net-negative in the long-term health and growth of the community as a whole.

Positive: The moderation is awfully fair (although reasonable), and there are a lot of interesting topics and opinions that are allowed around here. If people are interesting in discussing it, the topic will stand. IMO, that's what makes this such a highly frequented forum. There's always something to talk about, and there's always someone to hold you accountable to what you say. To someone like me, this is a superior news site than many of the professional sources.

[007]

That Bugeater dude.