Field Gulls Mod-Enforced Rules and Standards

That’s an SBN, fanpost specialty.

I thought a mod just placed it up there. Yay for democracy.

The most likely form of spam on a blog is a post that’s primary goal is to redirect readers to another site.

The best example I can think of right off the top of my head is Seahawks Addicts repeatedly spamming the Seahawks Insider comments about two years ago.

I am not going to enforce something that is as much culture gap as standard. Excessive use of chat speak or use of chat speak (like +1) without other content falls under site etiquette. I will update that. Thanks.

What the hell is a roflcopter?

Chicken & ROFL’s?

And 95% of the time will be reinstated.

That’s the reason for the rules.

I think the idea here is that with as much user created content as SBN allows, everyone is a reflection of FG and everyone’s individual input improves or degrades the site. The most strongly enforced of these guidelines are to keep the comments above a minimum threshold of readability and civility. The ones which fall under etiquette seem to be primarily gentle nudges toward a standard in the comments’ substance. If all have to say is lol, are you actually adding anything at all? Does the entire readership need to see that you found something amusing? Did you even laugh out loud, for that matter? The answer to all of these is probably no. Besides which, there’s a handy ‘rec’ feature that can be used to much greater effect if you want to highlight a comment you find amusing.

the Hutchinson stories will disappear. I have a feeling that “Holmgren for GM” is going to be a reoccurring annoyance though.

but as the season falls apart and there’s not much else to say about anything until some solidification in the front office and the direction the personnel is moving, what pieces to keep and what not to, I can see being more flexible there.

That being said, if it’s not John doing it, I’m not very interested. So maybe it does clutter up the place and we need more moderation there now than normal.

At least that’s how it works in Australia.

I have seen sites on the net that contain stats that contradict each other… some references are more accurate than others.

How about this as food for thought:

Stats that are used as “evidence” to support a claim in a debate should have a source cited. This way, a person is held responsible for having done a modest amount of “due diligence” but isn’t responsible for possibly inaccurate resources.

I think an important part of the Field Gulls (and SBN) community is the assumption of good faith, but also the understanding that we don’t do this full-time. Not everyone fact checks everything others say, but enough do that I don’t think we let a ton of BS stand without being challenged. Further, we sometimes suffer from information overload and are forced to use our memory (hence the prevalence of IIRC and similar qualifiers). However, if it’s a repeat offender (and by “repeat” I don’t mean “second time”) and if the person has been warned multiple times then I’d tentatively be on board.

Can you give an example of something recently that you considered false or misleading statements? Just as a point of reference?

We have more access to information than any previous generation of humanity. It’s inexcusable for someone to not do simple fact-checking before posting.

I wouldn’t make it a bannable offense, but it should definitely be worth a paddling.

I’ve only recently started reading the comments on your blog, though I’ve been reading the front page for a long time, so I don’t know the exact nature of the problem here. But over at LL if someone comes with misinformation or outright lies it’s usually a matter of seconds or minutes before another user calls the lie and a dogpile ensues. People learn quickly not to dick around.

Maybe you appreciate buffoonery on a level I do not, but I think the internet is chock full of places that have too few rules and standards. Either way, I wish you good luck in wherever the search for non-elitism takes you.

Standards and rules have to be enforced. Nobody likes trolls. Without commonalities, community rarely exists anyway.

It’s used to stop spammers and trolls.

For those who have skinny and/or weak arms.

Also, noodles are tasty.

Could certainly fit under the “belligerence and trollishness” heading.

If someone is getting shouted down I suggest you flag the comment, so the moderators can restore order. In the heat of the moment a regular might neglect to pull a punch, and I wouldn’t want FG to get TOO sensitive.

Those who do not walk in the path of the injured defensive end risk getting smited and spending eternity trying to play safety alongside Brian Russell. FORGIVE ME NICK REED, FOR PRAYING TO THAT FALSE IDOL CHRIS CLEMONS!!!