11-11-2021, 01:21 AM
(11-10-2021, 07:05 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: I feel bad using the report option, just makes more work for the mods.
As long as people use it for actual violations (usually name calling), then it actually makes it much easier for us. Without a report, we only know if we stumble on it.
(11-10-2021, 07:48 PM)GodFather Wrote: Anyone ever report a mod?
Yes. Many times. I've been reported at least twice. Never for an actual violation. Usually it's just someone got mad. Which is what 90% of reports are, unfortunately.
(11-10-2021, 08:46 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: I (and others) have tried to stimulate some positive conversations by starting threads (like the one I just started about the OL sticking up for Joe), and they quickly descend into madness. Like every single other thread here. There’s no escaping it. And that’s sad. I don’t want to read Facebook level garbage when I come here. This place is supposed to be better than that.
Fair enough, but I think more can be done. Responding to toxicity with more toxicity has never...ever worked on here. Or the other boards. I've been around since February of 2011. The old boards always had hater/homer debates too. Things always seem at their worst when the so-called positive people become just as toxic as the people they claim to rail against.
I've stood up against negativity a few times recently, but there's only so much you can do or say to stop it. Eventually we need to realize that the only people we can control is ourselves. I keep repeating this phrase, but it usually falls on deaf ears: Be the change you want to see.
If you're truly a positive person, then it will show through your actions. You won't argue for 20 pages and match toxicity with toxicity. You'll just keep being positive. If we had enough people like that, I think the tides would start to change on here.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
