TheIronSheik
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In the past couple of weeks I've seen Sheik get suspended and one of Joe Bryant's threads get locked.
No one is safe anymore. :(
No one is safe anymore. :(
I'm just trying to stick up for Joe. Someone needs to look out for the good guys.nice knowing you
I'm just trying to stick up for Joe. Someone needs to look out for the goodguyspeople
I thought you were pretty aggressive going after him in that thread- it took me by surprise. I thought you and Joe were cool. It was harsh imo.Agree. It was odd that Joe would lock his “anti ‘owner’ term” thread, and delete my posts pointing out that he referred to himself as the “owner” of FBG in many places online.
That seemed:
1) Contextually relevant to his concern about the use of the term owner
2) A bit dishonest
I don’t think Joe of 10 years ago would have done that.
We're all getting older. Posters, mods,ownersgeneral managers, all of us. Change is normal.
It's just that as we get older, more and more of us have lawns.It has certainly gotten older and crotchetier.
If a company has a contract with an agency---I'm not sure that it means that the company "owns" that agency. In your case--it seems like the word "client" might just be the more accurate termFor what it's worth our company switched from "Owner" to "Client" 7 or 8 years ago when we refer to the agencies we have contracts with. No body gets bent out of shape when someone uses the old term during daily discussions though.
Oh, snap! Damn, son! You just got General Managered!If a company has a contract with an agency---I'm not sure that it means that the company "owns" that agency. In your case--it seems like the word "client" might just be the more accurate term
The agencies "own" the projects we build for them. They pay for it, we build it, they own it. They are our "Client".If a company has a contract with an agency---I'm not sure that it means that the company "owns" that agency. In your case--it seems like the word "client" might just be the more accurate term
In the past couple of weeks I've seen Sheik get suspended and one of Joe Bryant's threads get locked.
No one is safe anymore. :(
I just want to point out this thread was meant to be more of a joke because I thought it was funny you locked your own thread. I wasn't trying to make a statement or anything, GB. As soon as I saw people start talking about what was going on in that thread, I knew I had made a mistake and bowed out of this thread.
Thanks Sheik.
As I said yesterday, I put that thread of it's (my ) misery as it was going too far off the rails. @[icon] I apologize if something was inadvertently deleted. There was a lot that was being deleted I know that was way over the line and your post may have been caught in that. Certainly you asking about my owning Footballguys is fine. Of course I do. I would have hoped you knew me better than to think I was "dishonest".
The truth is we have changed some. We used to have Russian Bride Drafts here. The Hottest Girl stuff is not here anymore. I think those are positive changes but I fully understand not everyone agrees with me. Plus a lot of us are old timers. We've no doubt changed over the years.
The big thing from reading the thread yesterday was I want to apologize for sounding judgmental or condemning or lecturing. I tried to state why I was doing something and thought it was interesting Stephen A Smith disagreed. It's not something I'm especially passionate about. And it's not something we stick to across the board. Then I asked for your opinion. I hope it didn't come across as me trying to tell you what to do or what to think. But I can see how it could have been seen that way. That's on me. I'm sorry.
As I've said to many, thanks for being part of the board. For better or for worse, this board is us.
That's how I saw it too. No worries.I just want to point out this thread was meant to be more of a joke because I thought it was funny you locked your own thread. I wasn't trying to make a statement or anything, GB. As soon as I saw people start talking about what was going on in that thread, I knew I had made a mistake and bowed out of this thread.
Honestly, I was 100% going for the joke here. I've stated for 15 years that I like how you run this board.
I thought that as well. More about than anything elseI just want to point out this thread was meant to be more of a joke because I thought it was funny you locked your own thread. I wasn't trying to make a statement or anything, GB. As soon as I saw people start talking about what was going on in that thread, I knew I had made a mistake and bowed out of this thread.
Honestly, I was 100% going for the joke here. I've stated for 15 years that I like how you run this board.
Damn, you just used crotch in a post! A banning is coming!It has certainly gotten older and crotchetier.
Damn, you just used crotch in a post! A banning is coming!
NE was trying to make a funny. See, you probably haven't posting here long because you probably have a real job unlike those of us who spend all day reading/posting, but we used to be able to have "Who's Hottest" polls and such, and now everybody has gone all PC, so much so that you can't even say "crotch" in this place anymore.Damn, you just used crotch in a post! A banning is coming!
Kind of an odd take. While I don't always love the topics, I do appreciate that he tries to foster new conversations. I'm probably overlooking some things, but what are the last thread topics you've created?It's weird that Joe makes a show of "being around" more now, but, really just starts random threads for whatever thought has recently gone through his head 'to stimulate discussion', doesn't really participate, then shuts them down when 'they've been discussed enough'. Way to foster an open community you're trying to look like a part of.
Dude's a weird fellow.
Wait. You can get a 24 hour timeout? Wow. I got a full week on my first and only one.matuski said:I still get a couple 24 hour timeouts a year like I always have. Same ole same ole.
I guess I never learn.
Yes, a week was short for me.Wait. You can get a 24 hour timeout? Wow. I got a full week on my first and only one.
What's sad is, I meant to type "...you're being an idiot", but in my haste typed "...you're an idiot." Not sure how much it would have mattered, but I might be the first person on this board to get a timeout because of a grammatical error. Water under the bridge and I'm not complaining. I just brought it up because I thought it was funny. If you go back and read what I wrote, it makes much more sense if you have the word 'being' in there.Yes, a week was short for me.
Yea, my 24 hours are usually getting into off topic back and forths. I may or may not be guilty of some light trolling.What's sad is, I meant to type "...you're being an idiot", but in my haste typed "...you're an idiot." Not sure how much it would have mattered, but I might be the first person on this board to get a timeout because of a grammatical error. Water under the bridge and I'm not complaining. I just brought it up because I thought it was funny. If you go back and read what I wrote, it makes much more sense if you have the word 'being' in there.
That 'being' might have at least shaved 6 days off the timeout, now that I know about this 24 hour timeout thingy. Thanks a lot, Trump.
Maybe WW has become a silent own.....errr.....general manager.It seems like I’ve lived this before on a different FF board. Almost exactly. It’s really sad in a way - the end of an era.
Yeah, he deleted a few of my posts before locking it, too.Agree. It was odd that Joe would lock his “anti ‘owner’ term” thread, and delete my posts pointing out that he referred to himself as the “owner” of FBG in many places online.
That seemed:
1) Contextually relevant to his concern about the use of the term owner
2) A bit dishonest
I don’t think Joe of 10 years ago would have done that.
This is nothing like that.It seems like I’ve lived this before on a different FF board. Almost exactly. It’s really sad in a way - the end of an era.
I preferred when moderation was "faceless". Everyone knows Joe a far left leaning dude so his moderation style can be construed as being politically driven instead of just moderating the board.
This is nothing like that.
Yet