Tender Rip
Wears long pants
Ah, too bad my prescient, precious and precocious previous takes got deleted by the system upgrade.
I had the problem solved.
Alas. Here we are.
I had the problem solved.
Alas. Here we are.
So I have been member of these boards since before MA Fleury was drafted, but I seldom ever post, only lurk. I have been reading almost daily for nearly 20 years for the discourse, the insights on prospects (there used to be articles lol), to check out trade rumors, etc.
I logged in today because for the past few months I have been increasingly disturbed by the behavior of the posters. The constant negativity, the juvenile name calling of the gm, the bickering between people in every thread is embarrassing.
I'm nobody on these boards, and I could not care less how this post is received. The fact is that this sub in particular used to be full of insightful posters who could disagree and yet not be constantly petulant towards the team and each other. You can't get through a single page of any thread relating to the team without an argument about how Sullivan has ruined this team and the gm is garbage, and it makes me realized that many of you have not gone through Rico Fata headlining the team, or Jagr being counted on the single handily drag the team into the playoffs with no hope of beating the devils or flyers. And if you have, you've forgotten how to constructively speak to other people.
This place has become shameful, and I hope it changes before Sid and Geno hang them up for good.
Very well stated, the world would be a much better place if people used your post as a guided mantra.This is a forum where just about everyone is allowed (and encouraged) to post their thoughts. It's what makes this place great. If anyone doesn't get that concept, then why are you here? We can't all coddle up to anyone's particular ideal of what this should or shouldn't be. If posters piss you off, then you can block them. Just like if the real news of the world doesn't agree with you, watch Alex Jones instead.
Or we could all have open minds and try to learn something from each other. I can guarantee that this team isn't nearly as good (or as bad) as most people at the extremes think. It does frustrate the hell out of me though in a lot of ways.
And I realize this about myself sometimes:
Not to be totally OT but it's funny I've read that a couple times on this place. I did too. I was searching for a radio stream so I could listen to the draft. I only really started lurking here because I remembered this forum when we didn't get to draft this guy Alexander Ovenchicken or something and wanted to learn about this other big Russian that didn't score as many goals but seemed like a great consolation prize.So I have been member of these boards since before MA Fleury was drafted, but I seldom ever post, only lurk.
This is a forum where just about everyone is allowed (and encouraged) to post their thoughts. It's what makes this place great. If anyone doesn't get that concept, then why are you here? We can't all coddle up to anyone's particular ideal of what this should or shouldn't be. If posters piss you off, then you can block them. Just like if the real news of the world doesn't agree with you, watch Alex Jones instead.
Or we could all have open minds and try to learn something from each other. I can guarantee that this team isn't nearly as good (or as bad) as most people at the extremes think. It does frustrate the hell out of me though in a lot of ways.
And I realize this about myself sometimes:
Very well stated, the world would be a much better place if people used your post as a guided mantra.
Very well said on all 3 accounts. I do remember mid 90s internet sports talk message boards and I remember it being much better back then. Maybe because it just was the new thing and people weren't glued on the net 24hrs 7days.The internet pre-2007 or so was awesome. Only the most knowledgeable amongst us (by and large) were online. Pre-2000 was probably the best era for it though. But they made the barriers to entry so easy that you're almost an outcast if you don't have it. So yeah, the internet has been dumbed down by orders of magnitude over the last 15 years, and it's made almost everything worse.
When you're a kid, there's always 2 or 3 kids in your class who never seem to get it, and take up all of the teachers' time. Well now that they're all grown up, in the age of mass social media, they get a say. They never used to.
Sorry I’ve been busyIf anyone has an issue with the board, making it better is pretty simple.
Contribute something useful yourself, and if someone's taking up time/energy with nothing but trolling or repeating the same nonsense, block them.
Man's gotta prioritize