Question for the Users of MMANews.com

[DonFrye]

Yes I do. I just didn't see where the direction of the thread went to crying about the vets being mean/intolerant/offensive/elitist. I thought the thread was here to address changes in the forum that were causing the vets, good posters, and long-time posters to leave.

Howie did ask that we keep some opinions to ourselves and for that reason I digress.

[thumper]

I wouldn't pay much attention to someone leaving, regardless of how long they've been here, or meant to the forum.

Things change. This conversation has happened at every single forum I've seen that lasted over a year.

Complacency is a bitch and there will always be people leaving. Those that like a rut will complain and leave. progressive people will welcome the change, and as the owner I think it's most important to remember that new members are joining a LOT faster than anyone is leaving.

It's evolution. This won't stop happening no matter what you do about it. Enjoy it and remember that if the forum is evolving that means it's growing and that's where the importance is'

[playuntiltheskyisblack]

Originally Posted by DonFrye

Yes I do. I just didn't see where the direction of the thread went to crying about the vets being mean/intolerant/offensive/elitist. I thought the thread was here to address changes in the forum that were causing the vets, good posters, and long-time posters to leave.

Howie did ask that we keep some opinions to ourselves and for that reason I digress.

I'm not sure if any of this was directed towards my post,but I'll bite.

Just in case it was let me clarify, hell even if it wasn't let me because after reading it again, it's all over the place.

I was giving two examples as to why anyone would leave.

Newer people leave because if they dont know much about MMA, or if they have a strong favour towards one specific fighter (Lets say GSP because everyone loves him or hates him) you get either Vets of the forum or just general assholes jumping down their throat because they have an opinion on something they aren't exactly educated in. When I joined it seemed that the majority of people were helpful, but some people act tough on the internet. Every one of us is guilty for ragging on someone because of what they say, but some people take things WAY too seriously. Now it seems the board is riddled with posters who feel they need to take on this attitude as well. This isn;t nessicarily a bad thing, as it will get rid of noobs who are just here to cause shit and lick scrot.

Older posters probably leave because of these newer people coming on and spamming the board with useless, redundant articles and threads. (Perfect example: I posted on a bands message board before it was shut down, right before it did they just released a sub-par CD, but all the band whores loved it. Long story short, you have people who've been with the band when they were "Hardcore and undergroud", and the 16 year old scenester sluts who would post in every second thread, why X band memeber was the hottest, and why the new music is better because its on the radio) Same thing now really.

Take a look at the last few months and tell me how many threads you see regarding Fedor/Randy. Noone can say they arent sick and tired of looking at the front page and seeing more or less the same article 5 times.

The boards getting bigger, and people come here to read up, discuss, even vent about personal shit. Maybe they feel hey can;t do that because like I said in my first post, they need to weed through 15 articles to find that one good one. I love this board, with some minor exceptions, but maybe older posters don't like the way it's going because it doesn't feel like the close community it once was. Maybe they feel they've lost their identity..I dunno.

[DonFrye]

If I didn't say your name, I didn't direct it at you.

[playuntiltheskyisblack]

Its not that it matters, I was merely clarifying what I said.

[Storm442]

Link to thread where Legend hangs up his gloves?

[Jellypig]

Originally Posted by Storm442

Link to thread where Legend hangs up his gloves?

I'm out everyone

Really sucks that he left. One of my favorite posters.

[smoogy]

A level playing field would be nice. I've got this moron twanky trolling every post I make, trying to tell anyone who will listen that I'm "Mr. I hate the UFC/Dana White" (his words), and I'm being told since its "not technically against the rules", he gets a free pass to harass me all he wants. I try to avoid the Fedor/Randy threads more often now because its hard to have a cohesive debate with all the likeminded opinions, but now if I even attempt to converse with someone, this idiot comes in to tell everyone to ignore me.

Who knows, maybe I can't get an ear because I was "involved" in "incidents" in the past, but I know that if twanky was trolling a mod or admin like this, telling everyone their opinion is worthlessly biased, he would already be banned. The fact that harassing behavior like this is tolerated is one of the reasons it can be hard to defend some parts of this forum.

[twankydawg]

Originally Posted by smoogy

A level playing field would be nice. I've got this moron twanky trolling every post I make, trying to tell anyone who will listen that I'm "Mr. I hate the UFC/Dana White" (his words), and I'm being told since its "not technically against the rules", he gets a free pass to harass me all he wants. I try to avoid the Fedor/Randy threads more often now because its hard to have a cohesive debate with all the likeminded opinions, but now if I even attempt to converse with someone, this idiot comes in to tell everyone to ignore me.

Who knows, maybe I can't get an ear because I was "involved" in "incidents" in the past, but I know that if twanky was trolling a mod or admin like this, telling everyone their opinion is worthlessly biased, he would already be banned. The fact that harassing behavior like this is tolerated is one of the reasons it can be hard to defend some parts of this forum.

LMFAO @ your whining. I don't troll all your posts you nitwit, get over yourself and stop acting like a big baby. I don't tell anyone to ignore you, please show me where I told someone to "ignore" you.

[Clint]

Originally Posted by smoogy

A level playing field would be nice. I've got this moron twanky trolling every post I make, trying to tell anyone who will listen that I'm "Mr. I hate the UFC/Dana White" (his words), and I'm being told since its "not technically against the rules", he gets a free pass to harass me all he wants. I try to avoid the Fedor/Randy threads more often now because its hard to have a cohesive debate with all the likeminded opinions, but now if I even attempt to converse with someone, this idiot comes in to tell everyone to ignore me.

Who knows, maybe I can't get an ear because I was "involved" in "incidents" in the past, but I know that if twanky was trolling a mod or admin like this, telling everyone their opinion is worthlessly biased, he would already be banned. The fact that harassing behavior like this is tolerated is one of the reasons it can be hard to defend some parts of this forum.

It's not against the rules to comment on someones post or claim that a user is biased in a discussion. You act like he is egging your house and calling your mom names. I don't consider commenting on the validity of someone's point as harassment. So unless there is more going on that you haven't told us, there is nothing punishable going on here.

When it turned to flaming I told both of you to stop it or I would hand out infractions. That still stands if you are harassed in a way that is flaming then we will give out infractions without a problem.

As for "it being different if it were a mod". Plenty of the mods have argued with people and not banned them. If I were accused of being UFC biased, I would defend the arguement and leave it at that.