11-03-2009, 09:48 PM
I did some massive deletes on that thread last night and this is the problem with all of these kinds of post. If moderators edits out or delete replies, we are accused of censorship and if we leave their replies the poster and others feel like they are being attacked. It is a no win situation for us. We do the best we can do on all post that get off topic. I'm glad a lot of you have thick skins and can take the attacks from others that claim they know more than the person that caught the fish. Personally I don't give a crap if someone wants to claim a fish is bigger than they are. We are all fisherfolks here and it is hard for me to believe that we don't add a 1/2 of length or more onto a fish we catch from time to time, same with weigh.
Locked threads are a personal choice, from the experience of dealing with many many post on BFT. If one of us locks a thread it is only because the thread has turned ugly with personal attack and so many edits and deletes that the thread has lost value and we don't think it will get better. Are we perfect, of course not, no one is, but we try to do the best we can.
I can tell you one thing for sure, it is a thank less job that we don't get paid to do. That is one of the reasons there have been so many moderators come and go. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not asking for any pity, I'm just telling you like it is.
One last thing, a lot of you think this web site has gone done hill but yet here you are posting on it, even if it is to slam us mods, if you really thought it was such a bad place would you bother to post this thread or reply to it[
]. A lot of you guys that have stopped posting,is it really cause the moderating has been so bad or is it that the site has gotten so big and there are so many new folks reading it that you just don't want to share all your favorite spots with those you don't know? What I'm getting at is, there are many reasons our old members don't post here any more but guess what, most of them are still here, reading the post that other are making. With all the faults of the utah board we are still the biggest of all the webs sites in this state and have shared more information than any other board, past or present. Instead of trying to tear this site down with all your negative comments why don't you all try and work with us to make this site the best it can be with positive comments that will help us be better. Thanks for reading my rant, this was not directed and any one person, I'm just trying you address a lot of your concerns here. I hope in some way I have but either way good fishing to you all.
Curt
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Locked threads are a personal choice, from the experience of dealing with many many post on BFT. If one of us locks a thread it is only because the thread has turned ugly with personal attack and so many edits and deletes that the thread has lost value and we don't think it will get better. Are we perfect, of course not, no one is, but we try to do the best we can.
I can tell you one thing for sure, it is a thank less job that we don't get paid to do. That is one of the reasons there have been so many moderators come and go. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not asking for any pity, I'm just telling you like it is.
One last thing, a lot of you think this web site has gone done hill but yet here you are posting on it, even if it is to slam us mods, if you really thought it was such a bad place would you bother to post this thread or reply to it[
]. A lot of you guys that have stopped posting,is it really cause the moderating has been so bad or is it that the site has gotten so big and there are so many new folks reading it that you just don't want to share all your favorite spots with those you don't know? What I'm getting at is, there are many reasons our old members don't post here any more but guess what, most of them are still here, reading the post that other are making. With all the faults of the utah board we are still the biggest of all the webs sites in this state and have shared more information than any other board, past or present. Instead of trying to tear this site down with all your negative comments why don't you all try and work with us to make this site the best it can be with positive comments that will help us be better. Thanks for reading my rant, this was not directed and any one person, I'm just trying you address a lot of your concerns here. I hope in some way I have but either way good fishing to you all. Curt
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