McAndrew board

[IANit]

I got the point. They can do what they want but I really don’t like looking at young girls at my age. Just my opinion and Ian asked what we didn’t like with Toms site.

There's no Ian here - the IA stands for Iowa.

 

[Delco Lion]

I have an account on the McAndrew board, but mainly out of habit would type bwi.rivals.com so mainly stayed on the Rivals board. I'm curious what were the issues people had/have with the McAndrew Board. Was it aggressive moderation, racy pictures, no politics, etc.?

I’ve never seen a rivals site where the owner or moderator is so involved. He has always been passive aggressive or heavy-handed. Not overly interested in seeing pictures of young women on football sites, I have my porn sites for that. hopefully this site makes it.

 

[m.knox]

Oscar?

That's it. He was relentless.

 

[Jokerman]

Young to me is college girls. Most of us are much older than that and have daughters older.

Are you dead? Turn the channel. You also had no reason to look as you knew what the post was about.

 

[Barry]

Would the world be in a worse place if the internet never existed?

Sure, we would miss out on some good stuff, but overall, it's sapped our collective souls.

Now, get off my lawn.

 

[IANit]

Are you dead? Turn the channel. You also had no reason to look as you knew what the post was about.

I get the sentiment. But some people are trying to avoid looking at anything like that. Ignoring it may be kind of difficult.

 

[Sherriff Coffee]

I have an account on the McAndrew board, but mainly out of habit would type bwi.rivals.com so mainly stayed on the Rivals board. I'm curious what were the issues people had/have with the McAndrew Board. Was it aggressive moderation, racy pictures, no politics, etc.?

the monitors there try to put all posts into threads trying to keep thread count to a minimum. So often they spin out of control. It is like going into somebody else's "finder" or "explorer" and understanding how they manage their folders. I like threads that are quick hits, topical, and then go away after that issue drops out of the cycle. I can then choose to read or follow them.

 

[joejohn]

Let’s see how it goes and adjust later if need be

Troll, hijacked nic. Great 1st post.

 

[TheNewBoss]

Tom's site is a good ol' boys club that as over the top moderation. If you're not a good ol' boy good luck posting a new thread.

 

[IANit]

the monitors there try to put all posts into threads trying to keep thread count to a minimum. So often they spin out of control. It is like going into somebody else's "finder" or "explorer" and understanding how they manage their folders. I like threads that are quick hits, topical, and then go away after that issue drops out of the cycle. I can then choose to read or follow them.

I think we saw some of that on Rivals, too. I don't like when my post is moved, but I get why they do it. I was thinking I may do a sub-forum per game so they all fall under the main football board. Then you can have as many threads per game as you like without messing up the main board. Maybe one main game thread per game sub-forum where we encourage most of the posts for that game, but others can post threads at will in that game's sub-forum without them being moved automatically. As long as people don't get stupid about it.

 

[DELion]

I'm mostly a lurker, post occasionally. I liked Rivals for the most part. I always found the On3 board to be over-moderated. Hoping this board will develop into a good replacement for Rivals.

 

[Jokerman]

I'm mostly a lurker, post occasionally. I liked Rivals for the most part. I always found the On3 board to be over-moderated. Hoping this board will develop into a good replacement for Rivals.

On3 pay board became way too cult like once Sean and his followers came over from 247. That group was nuts. 247 is quite good now, but I like what IANit has done with the place here.

 

[LudicrousSpeedGO!]

There's no Ian here - the IA stands for Iowa.

There is no Ian, only Zuul!

 

[LudicrousSpeedGO!]

I think we saw some of that on Rivals, too. I don't like when my post is moved, but I get why they do it. I was thinking I may do a sub-forum per game so they all fall under the main football board. Then you can have as many threads per game as you like without messing up the main board. Maybe one main game thread per game sub-forum where we encourage most of the posts for that game, but others can post threads at will in that game's sub-forum without them being moved automatically. As long as people don't get stupid about it.

The main thing on the game threads is that the sky has to be falling win or lose. Like when we blow out Nevada by 50, I need hear how everyone was concerned that the 3rd string D gave up 10 points.

 

[Pnnylion]

Troll, hijacked nic. Great 1st post.

I’m the original Joe John but someone already had that nic

 

[Sherriff Coffee]

I think we saw some of that on Rivals, too. I don't like when my post is moved, but I get why they do it. I was thinking I may do a sub-forum per game so they all fall under the main football board. Then you can have as many threads per game as you like without messing up the main board. Maybe one main game thread per game sub-forum where we encourage most of the posts for that game, but others can post threads at will in that game's sub-forum without them being moved automatically. As long as people don't get stupid about it.

I honestly get why the boards try to keep politics out of a football board. Makes complete sense in that the powers that be want the site to make sure everyone enjoys the comments and keeps coming back. But that presents challenges:

1. 1-making the test board a pay board caused people to start posting politics on the main board (especially in a major election year) and that ended up hurting the cause as opposed to helping it.
2. 2-It is difficult to address specific comments that should be deleted in a long thread because it is necessary to be constantly on guard for threads spinning out of control
3. 3-there are issues that span sports and politics. I am thinking of threads on movies, sports law, funding, etc. Locally, we just had a very controversial budget passed that funds the Browns' new domed stadium for $600m.

 

[AvgUser]

McAndrews is kind of vanilla any more. For me It lacks diversity of topics during the off season. I also enjoyed rivals game day threads more. I hope we can continue them here

 

[m.knox]

The main thing on the game threads is that the sky has to be falling win or lose. Like when we blow out Nevada by 50, I need hear how everyone was concerned that the 3rd string D gave up 10 points.

I do admit to going nuts when we have them 3rd and 18 on their own 20 and we give it up.

 

[LionDeNittany]

I have an account on the McAndrew board, but mainly out of habit would type bwi.rivals.com so mainly stayed on the Rivals board. I'm curious what were the issues people had/have with the McAndrew Board. Was it aggressive moderation, racy pictures, no politics, etc.?

Definitely for me it wasn't McAndrew, it was the little band of know it alls who felt the board was theirs.

Anyone who crossed this imaginary line of taking ownership was beat down relentlessly.

LdN

 

[Jokerman]

I do admit to going nuts when we have them 3rd and 18 on their own 20 and we give it up.

I usually stay away from all game threads. The haters can't wait to come forward. But, hey, they're just being real. Lmao.