Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted November 5 There a number of new members to the Our Beloved Ducks forum, and not only do I welcome you and encourage you to post, but you need to see how serious we take our "No Politics" rule on this message board. In years past, we had some terrible fights about politics when I was new at running things, and frankly was weak. We lost some good people during the COVID time, as some could not restrain themselves from hinting at politics. People got mad and left, and I banned a boatload of people because they were not going to change their behavior. I have zero tolerance toward political reference of any kind, and will ban people in a heartbeat as I did with a new member a few weeks ago. (You probably did not see his whooper-of-a-violation post) The members in this forum were outstanding in the election midterms of 2022, as nothing was written, and thus far this year--same thing and it is wonderful. I want to thank everyone for being so disciplined, and making this forum the GREEN REFUGE that we all love. It is a place of peace, and great discussion about Our Beloved Ducks, and a harbor from the realities of life. Below is from our Rules, in case you had not read them recently, and again....your restraint is why I Love this Community. Let's keep it going! Charles There are no political parties in this forum...only Duck Fans! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 12: No Reference of any kind to Politics or Religion: I do not allow even a hint of politics or subtopics pertaining to politics; no names, no terms, no links, not even a word or any references pertaining to anything political. Do not even use the word, "politics" or "political" in your posts because just the word is a lightning rod that generates discussions in a direction we do not want the site to go in. Any of the aforementioned could initiate a political discussion, and veering in that direction at all will cause a site meltdown in today’s acrimonious climate. We do not allow anything negative directed at any religion, toward anyone in the LGBT community, or toward any race, gender or ethnic group. No. 12a): Part of the challenge I have is not only deleting any comment that pertains at all to politics, but to also remove the comments that could also instigate political discussions that could hurt our community. I have to ask myself, “will that comment initiate political discussion, even though the comment is fairly benign?” That is why I delete posts/comments that may not be blatantly political, as I have prevent the responses and fall-out that would ensue from the comment. People here want that protection, and not just from being attacked politically, but from even having to read it. The majority of our rules can again be summarized to this: 1) be polite and respectful, 2) do not tell others what to think or write, and 3) no reference of any kind to politics. 1 1 5 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 2 Share Posted November 5 Everyone needs an escape from that, so why not FishDuck? I love it. Thank you Charles. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sousa No. 3 Share Posted November 6 Nada. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanLduck No. 4 Share Posted November 6 C'mon Charles! It's national election day! You need to allow some leeway.... ...OK. maybe not. I get it. I LOVE my Fishduck! Go Ducks! Destroy Maryland!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBallzChipper No. 5 Share Posted November 6 Thank you Charles for this safe place! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman60 No. 6 Share Posted November 7 Can I say I wrote you in for President because if you can keep peace on a message board you could make peace in the world! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 7 Share Posted November 7 On 11/7/2024 at 9:07 AM, Duckman60 said: Can I say I wrote you in for President because if you can keep peace on a message board you could make peace in the world! It is funny....I've gone through an incredible personal transformation due to creating the rules and learning by painful trial-and-error what works best. In my youth, I was actually a TROLL on Oregon football message boards, and was a pretty good one. I could deliver a quick insult that could cut down the best... But these things come back to bite you, as I learned. I reformed, and then started this forum in order to have a safe place to post, and then went through the thrashing process of creating our GREEN REFUGE. In the process, it changed my personality to a degree, and certainly with how I deal with people in the real-world. I actually apply the forum rules to many other aspects of life, because I want peace now. If those in politics and media adhered to same rules.... 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 8 Share Posted November 7 Conversation is what a Forum is for, great conversation is what we have here, go around to the other sites, but don't stay too long. Trying to find the original point in a topic is almost impossible, having long ago been buried by personal attacks and completely irrelevant comments. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 9 Share Posted November 8 Thank you and the other moderators for doing an amazing job! Truly a one of a kind site. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
