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Post by volleyguy on Mar 30, 2024 0:19:31 GMT -5
The fact that you can't name at least one of these "best posters" who left because of "arbitrary and biased moderating" (your words, not mine), doesn't give your statement much credibility. I will say that Volleytalk HAS lost some notable posters and contributors over the past almost decade+ that I've been on here, but to my knowledge, none of those posters left because of biased moderating against them. The majority of the most prolific posters (those with 5k+) still frequent the board in some capacity, OK. Dorothy Mantooth (or something like that). Are you happy now? Dumb ass. He didn’t stop posting as dorothymantooth because of biased moderating.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 30, 2024 0:19:34 GMT -5
The fact that you can't name at least one of these "best posters" who left because of "arbitrary and biased moderating" (your words, not mine), doesn't give your statement much credibility. I will say that Volleytalk HAS lost some notable posters and contributors over the past almost decade+ that I've been on here, but to my knowledge, none of those posters left because of biased moderating against them. The majority of the most prolific posters (those with 5k+) still frequent the board in some capacity, OK. Dorothy Mantooth (or something like that). Are you happy now? Dumb ass.
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Post by ay2013 on Mar 30, 2024 2:39:58 GMT -5
The fact that you can't name at least one of these "best posters" who left because of "arbitrary and biased moderating" (your words, not mine), doesn't give your statement much credibility. I will say that Volleytalk HAS lost some notable posters and contributors over the past almost decade+ that I've been on here, but to my knowledge, none of those posters left because of biased moderating against them. The majority of the most prolific posters (those with 5k+) still frequent the board in some capacity, OK. Dorothy Mantooth (or something like that). Are you happy now? Dumb ass. Mmm Dorothy has posted as a couple of names, I don’t think he left because of moderators being biased towards him, but whatevs. In a thread specifically questioning whether or not volleytalk is actually that bad, it’s also a telling that you feel the need to resort to pointless ad hominem attacks to seemingly try and prove your point. 🙄
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Post by WahineFan44 on Mar 30, 2024 5:25:44 GMT -5
Yeah DMT is truly a Shining example for a good poster. A truly shining example of someone who was genuine and good hearted who totally didn’t stop posting under DMT because of a horrific reason was found out by other posters.
It was all cause of those pesky moderators
And he totally isn’t still active under a different name…
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Post by gopherhim on Mar 30, 2024 10:38:24 GMT -5
Was Off the Net always part of volleytalk? Or was it something that was added because people were getting off topic on the main board?
Volleytalk lore is fascinating to me. My lurking and posting phases have both been within the last 7 or so years, so I definitely missed some chapters.
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Post by HappyVolley on Mar 30, 2024 11:34:41 GMT -5
Was Off the Net always part of volleytalk? Or was it something that was added because people were getting off topic on the main board? Volleytalk lore is fascinating to me. My lurking and posting phases have both been within the last 7 or so years, so I definitely missed some chapters. There used to be a political board over there. If you stated a "wrongthink" or "wrongspeak" opinion on that board, there was a moderator who would ban you without a warning. I could tell you why I was permanently banned there twice, but if I repeated those posts here, I might be banned again. That moderator might still be lurking around. I can assure you that those posts did not violate VT's membership terms or any laws. They were just not of the approved political narrative.
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Post by HappyVolley on Mar 30, 2024 11:35:46 GMT -5
OK. Dorothy Mantooth (or something like that). Are you happy now? Dumb ass. He didn’t stop posting as dorothymantooth because of biased moderating. I disagree.
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 30, 2024 11:36:56 GMT -5
Was Off the Net always part of volleytalk? Or was it something that was added because people were getting off topic on the main board? Volleytalk lore is fascinating to me. My lurking and posting phases have both been within the last 7 or so years, so I definitely missed some chapters. There used to be a political board over there. If you stated a "wrongthink" or "wrongspeak" opinion on that board, there was a moderator who would ban you without a warning. I could tell you why I was permanently banned there twice, but if I repeated those posts here, I might be banned again. That moderator might still be lurking around. I can assure you that those posts did not violate VT's membership terms or any laws. They were just not of the approved political narrative. You should have just said "Me" when you were asked for an example of someone banned unfairly.
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 30, 2024 11:38:18 GMT -5
He didn’t stop posting as dorothymantooth because of biased moderating. I disagree. You're always free to disagree with the truth, but you're still wrong.
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Post by HappyVolley on Mar 30, 2024 13:08:47 GMT -5
There used to be a political board over there. If you stated a "wrongthink" or "wrongspeak" opinion on that board, there was a moderator who would ban you without a warning. I could tell you why I was permanently banned there twice, but if I repeated those posts here, I might be banned again. That moderator might still be lurking around. I can assure you that those posts did not violate VT's membership terms or any laws. They were just not of the approved political narrative. You should have just said "Me" when you were asked for an example of someone banned unfairly. I did.
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Post by Phaedrus on Mar 30, 2024 13:12:27 GMT -5
By what I understand, DorothyMantooth had other issues outside of volleyball and VT, which is why we stopped seeing that pseudonym. People knew his real identity. Of course, he could be lurking right now for all I know.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Mar 30, 2024 13:18:48 GMT -5
By what I understand, DorothyMantooth had other issues outside of volleyball and VT, which we stopped seeing that pseudonym. People knew his real identity. Of course, he could be lurking right now for all I know. He is. And a pretty active poster at that. Although he does not sing Penn states praise nearly as much
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 30, 2024 16:09:08 GMT -5
Was Off the Net always part of volleytalk? Or was it something that was added because people were getting off topic on the main board? The oldest posts on Off The Net are from 2004, and the oldest posts in this forum are from 2004, so as best I can tell they were created at the same time. I didn't join Volleytalk until 2007, so I can't say for sure.
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Post by aardvark on Mar 30, 2024 16:41:45 GMT -5
By what I understand, DorothyMantooth had other issues outside of volleyball and VT, which we stopped seeing that pseudonym. People knew his real identity. Of course, he could be lurking right now for all I know. He is. And a pretty active poster at that. Although he does not sing Penn states praise nearly as much In all fairness, PSU isn't as good as they used to be.
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Post by ay2013 on Mar 30, 2024 17:29:38 GMT -5
Ok soooo back to trojan's original question - Who were these "best posters" that were ran off of the board because of "arbitrary and biased moderation"? The only posters that have been mentioned were Dorthymantooth, who wasn't run off (of that profile name) because of arbitrary or biased moderation, and HappyVolley, who still obviously posts here.
I feel like making a direct claim that volleytalk has gotten worse specifically because some of the best posters left due to biased moderators is quite the accusation for there not to be a list of these posters ready to go.
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