Right back at ya.NJFinFury2004 said:Just my opinion.. But I respect yours.
Right back at ya.NJFinFury2004 said:Just my opinion.. But I respect yours.
It wasn't always that way, I think there are quite a few people on here that would like to see that change.RonnieExpress said:You have to sift through piles of drivel and nonsense threads to get even the slightest bit of quality posting.
It's the best site on the net for quick info, and camp reports, but for me the boards are almost useless otherwise.
welderpat said:I'll be cival,I usualy am, But I'll be damned if I will be mature :D :D
Megatron said:The point is there's a place for sparring on this site. I'm not going to lie to you, I've flamed a rival fan myself quite a few times. But there's some good football knowledge in there too. Justa used to really chat up football alot on here, not so much now, not sure why. Wagon Circler has a pretty even view of football. Losman7 posts to get a rise out of us alot, but he does know his team pretty well player by player. Most of the rival fans that end up here often start out trolling a bit but end up providing an outsiders opinion of our team, sometimes that is the most clear opinion whether we like it or not.
That was the reason the boys started this site, to discuss their favorite team. That's why most of us joined, and why it's important that we remember that.MDFINFAN said:Well said Megatron...we get into spat conversations when someone takes a jab, instead of ignoring it, we jump all over it. You can force a poster to stay on point by sticking to the subject and ignoring the jab..everyone is entitled to a jab every once and awhile. We all have different views of our team, sometimes I think the homers are overwhelming, but it's their team and I understand the excitement...but when you try to talk factual, or as you see it factual football, and someone calls you a non fan, or fan of another team, that does go over the limit to me. I've never called a fan, a non fan for not thinking like me. I love to debate and I try to see if what I see is the same though others eyes. Sometimes I might miss something that they see. Our fans have to understand we use this board to discuss our views and they're not going to be all pro for a situation. That doesn't mean we don't love our phins, because all of us do. There's a lot of posters who were really good not here anymore or have moved on. I miss them.
There would be no way to do it, people could still troll. On my hockey teams website they have a very strick policy in regards to posts being team related and will boot any rival fan for starting threads not specifically team related. Wharfrat and the boys are a little more easy going than that, but mind you there are alot more people on here.BBsuck said:Why cant we have a Dolphins fans only forum???we have everything else.trade your crap,smack, no smack semi smack ..Its just hard to hear or read another fans opinions and respect it when its usually an opinion instead of a fact. Ok we stunk last year can we move on now...I have noooo problem reading OUR fans different opinions,I like hearing the other side from OUR fans... I just wish there was a place to go without all of the other fans 2 cents..can some one a (MOD) please explain why not..we can still go to the main forum if we like ..just an idea..
Muck said:I mentioned this very thing earlier this morning in a private conversation.
We need to be more adult and civil (even if you're not an adult). The rudeness and childish antics irritate the you know what outta me.
We are to treat each other in a respectable manner.
Megatron said:Let's keep it that way. Lately there has been a real aggressive element on here. I don't know if it comes from frustration from last year or what. But basically there has been alot of aggressive posts towards people that don't see this new team as the second coming of Christ. It's everyones team people and not everyone is going to see things the same way. Let's try to actually discuss our differences of opinion rather than telling people to find another team. Come on the Dolphins are still a class organization shouldn't their fanbase be classy as well? I think we are, let's prove it.:D
Megatron said:Maybe create a dunce cap avatar for them while they're taking a break.
VanDolPhan said:That's a moderation issue. Longer a moderator is around generally I find they get more and more lax. Moderators need to nip that sort of behaviour in the butt right off the bat with new users. A kind of "shape up or ship out" type attitude as this site grows or you'll find the inmates will be running the prison so to speak.
WharfRat said:I agree that it's a moderation issue, however, the way I see it is that the ratio between members and staff has become more and more lopsided. It's harder to monitor every member when we have more activity every day.