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Is it time to shut down AZB's NPR Sub-Forum
- Thread starter CocoboloCowboy
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When you can't write coherently it's time to put down the bong.Simple question, it should not be too complicated to answer?
Pill results are just voicing opinion if Non - Pool Related Sub -Forum should go away for fot goof like a Cancer you can kill off.
You have it in your power to shut down the NPR forum. Don't go there.
Once again, put down the bong.This poll was just that a question & few even voted,
Some of topics on NPR are just weird.
Boycotting is what as t I do if I Hate something bad like Wal-Mart 2777 because manager I as assist, dislike is different.
MajorMiscue
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Wait, what? CC is calling ME braindead? @CocoboloCowboy are you threatening me?Think you brain dead never said to Ban CF, it is just another new item or latest fad to use. Like Predator shaft.
I tried CF a couple of times said so what,will use Maple.
It the fricking Indian not Arrow so get your fact right before I get .
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Son, you don't want my undivided attention, trust!
MajorMiscue
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At least, stop mixing cocktails in it.
Who cares, if you don't want to see or read it, don't go there.This poll was just that a question & few even voted,
Some of topics on NPR are just weird.
Boycotting is what as t I do if I Hate something bad like Wal-Mart 2777 because manager I as assist, dislike is different.
MajorMiscue
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No, Gold Crown should be banned! (poll)
That's giving him way too much credit. The poll would be:
"What should binned nixt: Cold Brown or Liamon?"
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Something to ponder is Arizona Billiards Forum use to be mostly about Cue Sports and related subjects.
From stand point of looking at this Forum as a place to spend advertising dollars. If I owned a Pool relate business. I might say pass after looking at NPR.
Would turn me off on spending my advertising dollar on this venue. Call it what you want but I think like corporate bean counters.
JMHO
From stand point of looking at this Forum as a place to spend advertising dollars. If I owned a Pool relate business. I might say pass after looking at NPR.
Would turn me off on spending my advertising dollar on this venue. Call it what you want but I think like corporate bean counters.
JMHO
Take the “Aiming” forum with it.Simple question, it should not be too complicated to answer?
Pill results are just voicing opinion if Non - Pool Related Sub -Forum should go away for fot goof like a Cancer you can kill off.
Keep it. And I'd make it unmoderated and allow any topic. Strange, here I would agree with Bishop, which is rare. It shouldn't drive anyone to either an eating disorder or suicide. It's nothing but an internet forum.
Plus, there are some very technical threads that should be very enlightening to people who might be not too familiar with the subject, and may want to learn. Cooking, guns, etc. Those threads do tend to keep out the miscreants, Manchurian candidates, and other assorted zombies, which is good.
All the best,
WW
Plus, there are some very technical threads that should be very enlightening to people who might be not too familiar with the subject, and may want to learn. Cooking, guns, etc. Those threads do tend to keep out the miscreants, Manchurian candidates, and other assorted zombies, which is good.
All the best,
WW
phreaticus
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I’m not into banning or shutting down anything, but the concept of an NPR section on a pool forum seems pretty weird to me, and the stuff folks rant & rave about in there is pretty hilarious; titty pics, cooking, but of course mostly political froth… I thought NPR was just called “ the rest of the Internet”, but I guess folks like to talk non pool stuff with other pool guys…
telinoz
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Decades of using forums, running them as well, there are always General sections..
Even dedicated forums people run out of things to discuss and friendships are made.
This always leads to people talking about other topics to fill in time.
So, Off topic, General, Non X Related sections naturally pop up as a forum moderator, site owner needs a spot to put these threads.
There will be a way to stop sections of a forum not appearing in new posts or showing on the main website.
As some thread titles in NPR are well, just not fit for general public.
It is currently only viewable to registered members.
What I have seen done, effectively elsewhere is make a section password protected.
It shows nowhere on feeds, you only get in if you have a password.
So sponsor safe and then you also get to give out terms and conditions, like, beware.. Bad language, sensitive subject matter etc.
Enter at your risk, and don't cry about what is posted thereafter.
This way, the people that don't want to see it, read it, won't. Except by choice by asking for the password.
Adding more structure to NPR for sub sections would also be good.
Splitting out the fun threads, trivia, guides, cars, movie, music, hobbies etc.
Vs.
Sections on more adult themed, such as the famous sexy pics thread, and the more prickly legal threads and to be honest a political section is needed to keep it in one spot.
It also adds a layer of control by being password protected for Mike and the moderators.
Say someone gets out of line, you PM just the people who are ok with a new password.
Effectively locking out the person banned from the NPR section, but not banned from the entire site so they can post pool related stuff as per normal.
Some people lose their cool in NPR when they are losing a debate, but elsewhere they are posting good stuff.
So its not a total Banhammer approach.
This will sort it out once and for all, then the owners here don't have to worry about site image and sponsorship deals etc with a level of control they currently don't have over NPR.
Even dedicated forums people run out of things to discuss and friendships are made.
This always leads to people talking about other topics to fill in time.
So, Off topic, General, Non X Related sections naturally pop up as a forum moderator, site owner needs a spot to put these threads.
There will be a way to stop sections of a forum not appearing in new posts or showing on the main website.
As some thread titles in NPR are well, just not fit for general public.
It is currently only viewable to registered members.
What I have seen done, effectively elsewhere is make a section password protected.
It shows nowhere on feeds, you only get in if you have a password.
So sponsor safe and then you also get to give out terms and conditions, like, beware.. Bad language, sensitive subject matter etc.
Enter at your risk, and don't cry about what is posted thereafter.
This way, the people that don't want to see it, read it, won't. Except by choice by asking for the password.
Adding more structure to NPR for sub sections would also be good.
Splitting out the fun threads, trivia, guides, cars, movie, music, hobbies etc.
Vs.
Sections on more adult themed, such as the famous sexy pics thread, and the more prickly legal threads and to be honest a political section is needed to keep it in one spot.
It also adds a layer of control by being password protected for Mike and the moderators.
Say someone gets out of line, you PM just the people who are ok with a new password.
Effectively locking out the person banned from the NPR section, but not banned from the entire site so they can post pool related stuff as per normal.
Some people lose their cool in NPR when they are losing a debate, but elsewhere they are posting good stuff.
So its not a total Banhammer approach.
This will sort it out once and for all, then the owners here don't have to worry about site image and sponsorship deals etc with a level of control they currently don't have over NPR.
Banning the 5 or 6 obvious and consistent purveyors of racism, hate speech, and general toxicity would be a better move, but since the powers that be seem unwilling to do this then shutting the section down completely is the next best option. They know they have some kind of problem, otherwise why is NPR only visible to registered accounts?
