What is the deal with RSB?
- Thread starter Jerry OC
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Jerry, the problem is that there are people who have been banned from all the other boards and they have nowhere left to go.
RSB is unmoderated and not membership based.
RSB is unmoderated and not membership based.
Mr. Wilson said:
Your prejudice is showing.
That really isn't the whole story or a fair representation. That implies that everybody who post on RSB has no place else to go which is BS. The vast majority of posters on RSB are well-behaved though the boundarys of well-behaved differs from AZB's. The others (Fast Larry aliases for the most part) are easily filtered out. I don't think people who do only RSB dislike AZB or CCB, they just prefer the old fashion, text based newsgroup. It is much less computer/network intensive which anybody with a dialup really appreciates. Others prefer the wide open style of an unfettered usenet newsgroup. Some, like yours truly, like both for different reasons.
I lurked around on RSB i love to read all the Hal threads hehe, also on CCB, i am a member of the insidepool magazine forum but there ain't really that much going on there. I love AZB.
Mr. Wilson said:
Dave,
I just went and signed up because of what you wrote.
I have no plans on bashing Az because I like this site and a majority of the people of here but it's statements like the one above that are going to make it difficult for you to be viewed as an unobjective moderator.
People by now understand the difference and judging from the numbers, Az does not need to be compared nor do other sites need to be bashed.
JMO,
Koop
I read both RSB and AZB and have posted to both in the past. Like Mr. Wilson said, RSB is unmoderated, so there is a lot of unfiltered information there. RSB is definitely slower these days, but there has been a lot of good information there in the past. I don't even know if anyone really posts to ASP (alt.sport.pool) anymore though since I don't read that forum.
My thought is... read all you can and try to filter the good from the bad.
My thought is... read all you can and try to filter the good from the bad.
It was not my intention to "bash" or "prejudice" any statement regarding RSB.
I was attempting to answer the question in as concise a manner as possible.
Why is it that stating fact is an issue?
The question was "why?".
Please take a look at the people he's refering to and let me know if I was incorrect in my reply to him.
It was fair and balanced.
People who are going to read my post and infer that everybody who posts there is part of the problem, are just stirring the pot.
I did not "imply" anything.
Look at the trouble posters who are there, and let us know "why" they are there and not somewhere else.
For the record, I am not required to be impartial, unobjective. I am allowed my opinion, as are others.
I was attempting to answer the question in as concise a manner as possible.
Why is it that stating fact is an issue?
The question was "why?".
Please take a look at the people he's refering to and let me know if I was incorrect in my reply to him.
It was fair and balanced.
People who are going to read my post and infer that everybody who posts there is part of the problem, are just stirring the pot.
I did not "imply" anything.
Look at the trouble posters who are there, and let us know "why" they are there and not somewhere else.
For the record, I am not required to be impartial, unobjective. I am allowed my opinion, as are others.
Cornerman said:
With all due respect Fred, why do you say that? I mean I'm sure there is reasoning behind your comment, because you would not have said it otherwise. I guess I'm wondering because I've slowly starting to become a fan of his in a way. You can PM me if you need to.
shoutout33 said:
I don't need to PM on this. Of course there's reasoning. All you have to do is look at his posts. If you can't see it as abuse, then I can't reasonably explain it to you. Unless you are Fast Larry, then I have to believe you've been under a rock for the past couple of years as far as pool forums go. There's a reason why he gets banned from forums, and it's not about jealousy.
Fred
cuejoey said:
Why would you want to get on RSb? Its a mess.I checked it out last week and it was just one big flame war with no pool content.
DaveK said:
I think the moderator's job is to keep things from getting nasty.
And, if it matters, I read Mr. Wilson's post as saying "there are some people at RSB that have been banned and have no other place to go."
This is pretty accurate and is in no way a slam on any of the other members that haven't been banned and do have some other place to go.
Fred
DaveK said:
Where would anyone get the impression that I am Not allowed an opinion?
Even trying to settle squabbles, it is a judgement call. He said, she said...prove anything...everyone wants to be anonymous.........
I'm not a judge in a sworn court of law. This is private property and I am charged with keeping the peace, best as I can.
How could I possibly be impartial and unobjective? ( if I chose to ).
I would like to thank Mike Howerton, for banning FL. Had he not been banned, I would never have read AZB at all. I loved and read RSB for about 8 years. When FL decided to lay waste to RSB, I tried to ignore him, but everyday there was a new incarnation of the plague. If anyone wants to check it out, I say, good luck to you. As for me, I am quite content, right where I am.Cornerman said:
Tracy
Mr. Wilson said:
I am reluctant to get involved in this but there are some things here that just need to be said. The trouble posters there(aside from Larry) also post here except when they post here they are a bit more respectful, when they feel like taking a dump they go over to RSB and do so.
If you read RSB through a newsreader instead of through google, with proper filtering it is still a good newsgroup. I choose to view it as a self moderated newsgroup, you filter those you find objectionable and the signal to noise ratio is lowered immensely. As new objectionable posters(or alias' of previously filtered posters) pop up it only takes seconds to filter them. It`s the equivalent of the ignore button here.
To judge RSB based on the ramblings of a couple of madmen(and women) when viewed through google groups is extremely unfair to say the least.
For the record I thought that a moderator is supposed to be impartial and unobjective. If you want to express your personal opinion on matters then you probably should not do it under the guise of the AZ moderator. Perhaps creating another screen name to express your personal opinions would be a good idea.
George