Is Guy B. Back In The Saddle?

uncledaddy69 wrote:

Are you mad about the Matthes thread with the posts about the communist manifesto getting deleted?

MxAddic wrote:

Not in the least. The man asked me what commie crap was and I showed him. I don't see the problem. It was a single picture...

Not in the least. The man asked me what commie crap was and I showed him. I don't see the problem. It was a single picture not posts. But like I said before free speech seems to be getting short in supply.

Electromoran wrote:

Go back over there and stay there. Suck it Steve! 🤣🤣 💩

RandomUserName wrote:

that was my favorite part of his moderation: talking shit to his very customers. he would make fun of you, laugh at you, call you names....and...

that was my favorite part of his moderation: talking shit to his very customers. he would make fun of you, laugh at you, call you names....and then act pretentious about how holier than thou he was regarding....well....everything. Especially if it involved making sure you got your vax. Argue with THAT topic, and you were gone.

Electromoran wrote:

I was gone for the vax thing for a couple years.Interesting how he treated that deal, but it was libtardmx at the time. I know people...

I was gone for the vax thing for a couple years.Interesting how he treated that deal, but it was libtardmx at the time. I know people who got clots and died from it. I know others who died whom were medically mistreated. I don't regret not taking it. Gibbersons term running this place was more of a mess than I thought it was...... Much better place now. 

GuyB wrote:

I did three rounds this season...likely the last three I'll shoot. My wife and I are planning on a move to the PNW in the second...

I did three rounds this season...likely the last three I'll shoot. My wife and I are planning on a move to the PNW in the second half of '24 that will make shooting SX not nearly as convenient as it has been to this point. Depending on when we make the jump I may hit either Fox Raceway or Washougal this summer, just for fun.

Bobby Barracuda wrote:

Moving to Idaho I presume? 

GrapeApe wrote:

Why are you wanting to argue about "commie crap" on a motocross forum? Were you discussing Gennady Moiseyev or something?

MxAddic wrote:

There was no argument.

GrapeApe wrote:

That's great but what the hell does it have to do with motocross? Surely there are other places you can have those discussions where the subject...

That's great but what the hell does it have to do with motocross? Surely there are other places you can have those discussions where the subject matter matches the environment?

MxAddic wrote:

Certain members here like to sucker other members into controversial discussions so they can use that against them later in case you didn't notice. LMAO!

RandomUserName wrote:

that was my favorite part of his moderation: talking shit to his very customers. he would make fun of you, laugh at you, call you names....and...

that was my favorite part of his moderation: talking shit to his very customers. he would make fun of you, laugh at you, call you names....and then act pretentious about how holier than thou he was regarding....well....everything. Especially if it involved making sure you got your vax. Argue with THAT topic, and you were gone.

Electromoran wrote:

I was gone for the vax thing for a couple years.Interesting how he treated that deal, but it was libtardmx at the time. I know people...

I was gone for the vax thing for a couple years.Interesting how he treated that deal, but it was libtardmx at the time. I know people who got clots and died from it. I know others who died whom were medically mistreated. I don't regret not taking it. Gibbersons term running this place was more of a mess than I thought it was...... Much better place now. 

GrapeApe wrote:

That's great but what the hell does it have to do with motocross? Surely there are other places you can have those discussions where the subject...

That's great but what the hell does it have to do with motocross? Surely there are other places you can have those discussions where the subject matter matches the environment?

plowboy wrote:

Hey Gibby.  How's life?

JM485 wrote:

Some of you need to get a grip on reality, holy hell.  I didn't always agree with his political leanings or moderating decisions, big deal, it...

Some of you need to get a grip on reality, holy hell.  I didn't always agree with his political leanings or moderating decisions, big deal, it was pretty damn easy to stay out of the BS and avoid getting clicked back when Guy B moderated.  The lack of self control and sense of entitlement you guys have is just mind blowing.  

 

I don't know the guy and I only met him once in passing at a SX race years ago, but he seemed like an alright guy to me.  The fact that you guys developed such a hard-on for someone you don't know and probably have never even met is a reflection of you not him.  

Magoofan wrote:

Being a moderator is a shit job.     Been there, done that on another big board.   Moderation has to be practiced level-headed and evenly.   People who...

Being a moderator is a shit job.     Been there, done that on another big board.   Moderation has to be practiced level-headed and evenly.   People who can do that are very hard to find.    The board I moderated had a round-table of mods who would vote on punishments/banishments.       That can be dangerous thing if the round-table isn't a good mix of all views.   Not all our mods liked each other...that way it wasn't a little high school gang of the "cool kids". 

There was a point system.   Most points were warnings and they would fall off after a short period.  Some points were permanent...and once you reached the maximum points, you were gone.       Some very egregious violations hit the max points first shot and those people got cut.

Mods should be anonymous, that way there is noone to hold a grudge against.        Yeah I know, the admin of a board isn't going to be anonymous.     Admins of the other board stayed out of moderation due to the trust in the people that person appointed.  

That system worked very well. 

 

plowboy wrote:

Hey Gibby.  How's life?

GuyB wrote:

Excellent. Other than I crashed on my mountain bike last week, and cracked a couple of ribs.

plowboy wrote:

No fun but better than a leg or your noggin.  You moving north for work or just a change?

GuyB wrote:

A change. A few years ago, my wife suggested that we needed to find a place, "With more trees and less people." We've settled on a...

A change. A few years ago, my wife suggested that we needed to find a place, "With more trees and less people." We've settled on a location we like and will probably rent for a bit before buying a new place.

JM485 wrote:

Some of you need to get a grip on reality, holy hell.  I didn't always agree with his political leanings or moderating decisions, big deal, it...

Some of you need to get a grip on reality, holy hell.  I didn't always agree with his political leanings or moderating decisions, big deal, it was pretty damn easy to stay out of the BS and avoid getting clicked back when Guy B moderated.  The lack of self control and sense of entitlement you guys have is just mind blowing.  

 

I don't know the guy and I only met him once in passing at a SX race years ago, but he seemed like an alright guy to me.  The fact that you guys developed such a hard-on for someone you don't know and probably have never even met is a reflection of you not him.  

plowboy wrote:

No fun but better than a leg or your noggin.  You moving north for work or just a change?

GuyB wrote:

A change. A few years ago, my wife suggested that we needed to find a place, "With more trees and less people." We've settled on a...

A change. A few years ago, my wife suggested that we needed to find a place, "With more trees and less people." We've settled on a location we like and will probably rent for a bit before buying a new place.

Magoofan wrote:

Being a moderator is a shit job.     Been there, done that on another big board.   Moderation has to be practiced level-headed and evenly.   People who...

Being a moderator is a shit job.     Been there, done that on another big board.   Moderation has to be practiced level-headed and evenly.   People who can do that are very hard to find.    The board I moderated had a round-table of mods who would vote on punishments/banishments.       That can be dangerous thing if the round-table isn't a good mix of all views.   Not all our mods liked each other...that way it wasn't a little high school gang of the "cool kids". 

There was a point system.   Most points were warnings and they would fall off after a short period.  Some points were permanent...and once you reached the maximum points, you were gone.       Some very egregious violations hit the max points first shot and those people got cut.

Mods should be anonymous, that way there is noone to hold a grudge against.        Yeah I know, the admin of a board isn't going to be anonymous.     Admins of the other board stayed out of moderation due to the trust in the people that person appointed.  

That system worked very well. 

 

GuyB wrote:

Yep, I can't argue with that. A lot of times when someone got clipped, it was after warnings. There were times when I'd do it to...

Yep, I can't argue with that. A lot of times when someone got clipped, it was after warnings. There were times when I'd do it to just get people to stop what they were doing (again, usually after a warning), or to put an end to some argument between users. I figured if they wanted back in badly enough, I'd hear from them. Sometimes I'd forget about it. Not a perfect system, but sometimes necessary if I was working on some other content and didn't want to deal with a flare-up that would be huge by the time I got done with "real work".

On forum software like phpBB there are automated tools in place to specify how long users will be sidelined, and automated responses to let the users know. We didn't have that here.

 

That aside, I am kind of chuckling (within limits of my broken ribs) about the absurdity of how, after being out of the driver's seat for two-plus years, people are still butt-hurt that they weren't allowed to talk about politics on a motocross forum.