Charles Fischer

Boy...your post is perfect in describing how if people are not kept in the "polite" lane, then they will veer in all kinds of directions that makes the site no longer fun to read or learn from. And I forgot about it, but your post reminded me of the "Bully-of-the-Board," as there is always a few of those at every forum or site. They try to take control and funnel all comments in the direction that he/she wants, and that is done by denigration, mocking, shaming and what I call, "Throwing Group-Shade." We had a few of those at FishDuck when I began the rules five years ago, and it took me a few years to figure out how to keep things on a pleasant path. Most of those who leave are not banned, they leave on their own because they know I will no longer allow them to bully others. A simple goal of "I want to see all opinions on all topics," is easy when everyone is nice to each other. The hard part is convincing new members to tone down the aggression, and just share her/his opinion. Again, the good news is that all of that is done privately by email, thus you don't have to witness the occasional distasteful exchanges. (And I am not going to blame all of those on the other parties, since I've admitted recently that am not noble!)

Good example. We are adults and could have dealt with the second comment there, but why should we even have to see it? BTW....the fellow who posts there in the comments as "dixieduck" is someone you used to read here often before being banned. I knew JJ would reappear somewhere, and it is too bad he could not control himself here, because in the end--we all lose. Oh well. It was not until the fifth time being banned that I made it permanent. (That is a bit soft)

That is a perfect analogy, as weeds are small and appear harmless at first....like the mild violations. But leave either of them alone and it changes the garden. I gotta remember that example, as it is on-point.

My FishDuck Friends....I enjoy this comic strip below, and both chuckled and winced when I read the punch-line. How about you? Is that the future of public discourse? This is a very pertinent point for yours-truly, because I've had to send emails to people recently where their snarky, sarcastic or condescending post was not bad violation, but in fact was mild. They would admonish me for being anal, or "why kill some good fun?" It is because I've learned the hard way that leaving even something mild up will either start an argument when someone responds back, or it lowers the bar and more people see it and do it themselves--which creates more work for me. (And begins to alter the forum atmosphere) Besides...we don't do that stuff here. I ask them..."was your post polite and respectful?" (No!) I was concluding with..."can't we just be nice to each other?" For some people, that is hard; I predict that one of them won't be able to contain himself, and after multiple infractions will have to be banned. I don't want to be too soft, and allow them to create more work for me, but most important....I just want nice people here. So when I see the comic strip with the conclusion of, "Nice has no future,".....I say, "it does at the OBD forum!" I love this community...

I listened to a national coaches podcast interviewing Coach Lanning where the host had known and interviewed DL often while at Georgia. He told Lanning and the audience that, “this the best staff he has ever seen assembled by a new college coach.” Over time…we are going to do a lot of winning.

BTW… it is apparent that nearly everybody is seeing different things occurring on the screen. I personally have had three different types of views as an administrator when I’m on mobile, (Crazy!) so the fact that one person can see all of the FishDuck feed articles just fine, and another can’t see them at all, doesn’t surprise me after all that I have experienced in the past day. I am very interested in feedback and problems that members are experiencing, so you are welcome to put them in this thread, or you may email me Charles@FishDuck.com I thank everyone for their patience, as this could take a few weeks.

I’m sorry to Pennsylvania Duck, as I should’ve addressed that in my first post. I actually had two huge tech issues yesterday, and spent the entire day on them, of which these ads were one of them. I am not going to under-play this, as I believe this is going to take a while to get straightened out. I hope everybody can be patient while it is happening. We are all very grateful to Pennsylvania Duck, and NJDuck, HawaiiDuck, Tandaian, and so many others on the Duck news hunter team that bring us all the articles. it is so cool in between things that we automatically always have something Oregon Sports related to do; go read in FishDuck feed!

Yes, the concentration of them and the location is a bit much. It will take a little time to figure it all out…

A fantastic day of articles!

We are trying to figure it out, hope to solve it soon. it is actually worse than you would know, but our moderators do!

That does, and it is very bad news to me.

Back 11 years ago...a Husky writer thought Oregon fans were the worst. Were we? What about now? And this is a Husky fan pointing fingers? My thoughts? We were winning so much back then that it was hard for the other conference teams to accept the massive success. And it was sudden-success, and both opposing fans and Oregon fans were not used to the new-found status. But now? I think USC fans just might tip the scales a bit? Oregon Football: The College World Despises Ducks Fans, but Why? BLEACHERREPORT.COM During this time of the college football offseason when teams have long since wrapped things up, the bored faithful tend to get restless. On Feb. 2, fans watched excitedly as new football...

Outstanding article Joshua, and it is great to see you writing during football season! And I see you have made the move (business reasons) from West Virginia to Ohio. When we are online, we can write from anywhere. I really do believe that both defenses are going to slow both offenses down to a crawl, thus a low-scoring game, IMHO.

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Well, Bassa was a safety, and could play it again. (I would not be surprised to see him play some "Star" for us this year at times) Addison began his career as a receiver, and was a highly recruited one coming out of HS and he is long at 6'5" in addition to speed and catching skills. Bridges is 6'3" and reputed to have a wingspan of a 7-footer and he played corner for us last year. I did not list Justin Flowe, and although he has superb speed to stay up with TEs, he is inexperienced, and my preference would be the three above. Your TEs are elite, but this group might just be one of the more challenging set of defenders they face this season.

Yes, and Bassa, who was recruited to play safety, but filled in at WLB due to Flowe's injury and played well. He has speed and likes to hit... Jeffrey Bassa meets Brittain Brown in the gap to stop a big 3rd down...

This is very cool...

Yep, and depth charts by know-nothing journalists have Noah Sewell as the "Money" linebacker and other such nonsense. Oregon fans...I will be explaining the "Money" linebacker on Thursday.

Humor is the lubricant of relationships...of life. Gotta have a laugh. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

We will have more sacks than last year, and will be one of the best ever for pass rushing at Oregon this year between veteran talent and the Lanning schemes, IMHO.

Depends upon the fan. I am primarily an "offense" fan, but have stated that this Oregon defense will be "the" surprise of the Pac-12.

He played there last year after playing guard before that, and he played guard in the Spring for quite a bit. I don't know if that is "getting him ready for the NFL" or simply make sure everyone knows other positions in case of injuries, or giving someone else PT at LT. Without him there--we are in trouble, and frankly I think your Dawgs who 'red-dog are going to get sacks regardless of our talent. You have elite edge rushers, and frankly where I and Lanning would like to see us at in the future. I do believe our front seven will be better than most believe, but...

I would agree, but because I do not think they will assigned to cover them. I think the Dan-Man has a plan.

I recall an article about that... Lanning Love: "Football is Fun Again!" FISHDUCK.COM When you have been managing a couple Oregon football sites for a decade with hundreds of contacts among all the readers, writers, photographers...

Not me. While shameful, I fully admit to not being noble. That was a terrible betrayal, and with those who are like the people you read about in this article?