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And who gets to determine whose actions are unwelcome and who a "good citizen of the community" is? You? God?
Sorry, but personally I can't be that presumptuous.
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For your posts...you do. For my posts I do.
It is each persons responsibility to be a good citizen. Each must have the consideration and courtesy to analyze their own posts (sometimes with hints) and have the maturity to make adjustments on their own.
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If the owners of this site want to turn it into a vanilla, rules discussions only, blah site like the NFHS site, so be it. No matter where I may post though, I know that I have to follow the site rules. If I don't want to follow the site rules, then I don't get to post. It's that simple.
That's the choice given to each and every person that comes to this particular site. If the owners of this site want to change it, hey, that's their right. I can either stay or I can shuffle off into the fading sunset over my beloved Hackensack
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That's the problem. It shouldn't come to a point where the owners have to step in to make and enforce rules. In a successful community, the members each do their part to make it better, not be as rogue as they can until the law tells them otherwise.
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For all the people decrying the foolishness that they get on this particular forum, I have a question. Have you ever considered leaving the zoo and spending a few bucks to join the paid side of this site? After all, it's limited to rules, philosophies and mechanics discussions. Y'all should be in seventh heaven over there. No beisbol, no squirrels, etc. And if you do join, please let me know if you actually learn more over there than you can learn here(with all of our attendant nonsense).
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No, I don't plan on leaving...I'd rather try to make this place a better place. I have no confidence in the paid side being worth the $$$.
If all the people that insist on a higher quality place were to leave, this place would certainly degrade into r.s.b.c or McGriffs. The Comraderie is certainly welcome and even some good humor and some off-topic content is appreciated. It is only excesses that I "decry" along with attitudes that run off potentially contributing lurkers. And it is truly excess when those sorts of posts far outnumber on-topic items (as has been the case lately).