There is a rule on another message board that I think could help us, and I was looking for feedback from moderators and other posters to see what they thought about it. Here is the rule:
I have no problem with negative opinions, in fact mine are somewhat negative compared to a lot of other posters. I think that there are a lot of strong opinions on the basketball program especially right now, and frankly I would hate to see the board devolve into something like insideillini.com - just a huge group of people separated into the "merrymen" and the "BAM is terrible" crowds. I think we've already seen this begin.
We all get frustrated with the performance of teams when they lose, and especially when they play badly and it doesn't look like there is any effort out there. But I think we need to keep in mind that players are aware of what is said on here. Their families are aware of what is said on here in many circumstances. On the field or court we can become frustrated - but we're all Cyclones and everybody is doing their best out there.
When somebody posts repeatedly and negatively to try and prove a point about something, it galvanizes people against each other. And it has ruined boards in the past.
No repetitive negative posting: Get your point out, that's fine. But going over the same old ground post after post in a short amount of time is spamming the board, and the posts may be removed and the poster may be banned.
I have no problem with negative opinions, in fact mine are somewhat negative compared to a lot of other posters. I think that there are a lot of strong opinions on the basketball program especially right now, and frankly I would hate to see the board devolve into something like insideillini.com - just a huge group of people separated into the "merrymen" and the "BAM is terrible" crowds. I think we've already seen this begin.
We all get frustrated with the performance of teams when they lose, and especially when they play badly and it doesn't look like there is any effort out there. But I think we need to keep in mind that players are aware of what is said on here. Their families are aware of what is said on here in many circumstances. On the field or court we can become frustrated - but we're all Cyclones and everybody is doing their best out there.
When somebody posts repeatedly and negatively to try and prove a point about something, it galvanizes people against each other. And it has ruined boards in the past.