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Post by treybo on Jun 17, 2021 22:10:28 GMT -5
But it looks like the politics board is completely gone. Here is the last reply I received via email from 24/7.
I'm really sorry, I found the person who flipped it and I'm afraid it opened up a can of worms.
Originally it was done because Google forwarded some DMCA complaints. The GA HS site has been hit by a lot of Spambots that were linking to pirated copyright-protected content. Live streaming events, etc. If we get too many complaints we eventually get blacklisted, or classified as a dangerous site, by Google.
The CBS legal dept has encouraged us to remove all political discussions from the site. We are a sports site so It’s about protecting the brand. The discussions are extremely polarizing and it reflects poorly on the network if political content is indexed by search engines.
When I shared your plea with my manager, it backfired. . He said, the liability for keeping the board open to the public outweighs any benefit we get for keeping it around. I've been asked to remove the board from the site.
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Post by vtownsf on Jun 18, 2021 7:03:28 GMT -5
But it looks like the politics board is completely gone. Here is the last reply I received via email from 24/7. I'm really sorry, I found the person who flipped it and I'm afraid it opened up a can of worms. Originally it was done because Google forwarded some DMCA complaints. The GA HS site has been hit by a lot of Spambots that were linking to pirated copyright-protected content. Live streaming events, etc. If we get too many complaints we eventually get blacklisted, or classified as a dangerous site, by Google. The CBS legal dept has encouraged us to remove all political discussions from the site. We are a sports site so It’s about protecting the brand. The discussions are extremely polarizing and it reflects poorly on the network if political content is indexed by search engines. When I shared your plea with my manager, it backfired. . He said, the liability for keeping the board open to the public outweighs any benefit we get for keeping it around. I've been asked to remove the board from the site. Thanks for the info....in this day & age, not surprising....it is a sports site & with that in mind, the political climate being what it is & resulting differing views where neither side rarely agrees, are openly hostile almost to the point of threats....it just doesn't work....sadly, that's where politics are in this country!
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Post by listenupboy on Jun 18, 2021 7:25:51 GMT -5
But it looks like the politics board is completely gone. Here is the last reply I received via email from 24/7. I'm really sorry, I found the person who flipped it and I'm afraid it opened up a can of worms. Originally it was done because Google forwarded some DMCA complaints. The GA HS site has been hit by a lot of Spambots that were linking to pirated copyright-protected content. Live streaming events, etc. If we get too many complaints we eventually get blacklisted, or classified as a dangerous site, by Google. The CBS legal dept has encouraged us to remove all political discussions from the site. We are a sports site so It’s about protecting the brand. The discussions are extremely polarizing and it reflects poorly on the network if political content is indexed by search engines. When I shared your plea with my manager, it backfired. . He said, the liability for keeping the board open to the public outweighs any benefit we get for keeping it around. I've been asked to remove the board from the site. Thanks for taking the time to look into it Treybo. It is unfortunate that politics has gotten so out of hand. I remember the whole reason for a separate "politics" board was because there was too much political discussion on the forums of the individual sports.
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Post by chsis1 on Jun 18, 2021 8:13:24 GMT -5
I say we just move our fun here. I have been playing on the sports sites here vs the Vent anyway. I typically only used the vent for politics. They do a pretty good job here.
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Post by treybo on Jun 18, 2021 8:22:30 GMT -5
My issue is how the story changed through the emails. They started off telling me that changing it to VIP was a compromise because people got their feelings hurt over political discussion. I checked my mod dashboard and there hasn't been a reported post on the politics board in months. There isn't a visible reported post in the time frame available for me to see.
Then they changed it to the DCMA complaints which is a big issue. They can be fined pretty severely if copyrighted material keeps getting shared on their site and they don't take steps to prevent it. The issue with that is I don't recall seeing any copyrighted material posted on the politics board and when I check deleted posts there hasn't been any deleted copyrighted posts from that board.
It's clear they're lying to me and they just wanted to get rid of politics all together. That's their right. It just would've been nice to get a heads up. A lot of us been posting there for fifteen years and in some cases more than that. I'm going to try and message people when I get back from vacation and see if we can get some guys over here.
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Post by chsis1 on Jun 18, 2021 8:29:55 GMT -5
I just dropped messages on about half the boards over on the vent explaining the Politics board was gone and we were moving over here. We will see how long it stays up.
I remember when Shadow, OldTimer, Chilipimp, LegalofIrwin and many others would stay up half the night on the old vent as it was basically a comedy show. Now, to many folks get their feeling hurt and then complain. SAD day.
I al certain though this board will NOT allow much of the cussing we seen on the other so that will then the heard.
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Post by northsideblue on Jun 18, 2021 8:31:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up. Wacky world we live in.
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Post by treybo on Jun 18, 2021 8:45:36 GMT -5
I just dropped messages on about half the boards over on the vent explaining the Politics board was gone and we were moving over here. We will see how long it stays up. I remember when Shadow, OldTimer, Chilipimp, LegalofIrwin and many others would stay up half the night on the old vent as it was basically a comedy show. Now, to many folks get their feeling hurt and then complain. SAD day. I al certain though this board will NOT allow much of the cussing we seen on the other so that will then the heard. I would say I could stand to get my mouth washed out with soap on occasion, but if the wrong people saw me say it they'd start promoting that as a covid best practice.
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Post by trojanchief2 on Jun 18, 2021 11:08:05 GMT -5
Happy Juneteenth everybody.
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Post by warecogator on Jun 18, 2021 12:10:27 GMT -5
Yeah guys but we all know the other board was getting out of hand. It was the only political board I have been on where you could get away with all the insults and profanity. Most boards have a rule about attacking the post and not the poster. If there was a rule on the other board it was very seldom enforced.
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Post by chsis1 on Jun 18, 2021 12:27:29 GMT -5
I agree with that Gator
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Post by treybo on Jun 18, 2021 13:32:48 GMT -5
Yeah guys but we all know the other board was getting out of hand. It was the only political board I have been on where you could get away with all the insults and profanity. Most boards have a rule about attacking the post and not the poster. If there was a rule on the other board it was very seldom enforced. Jack never wanted a politics board. He just wanted politics off the sports boards so I was told that the rules for the rest of the site did not apply to politics. A few other mods tried to enforce some lighter rules especially around the language and Jack quickly told them to stop moderating politics and that's what caused it to become what it did. If I were to give advice to the guys running things here I think if you get control of the language that most of the problems from the other site would go away. A few people that can't help themselves would leave pretty quickly.
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Post by vtownsf on Jun 18, 2021 16:52:37 GMT -5
I just dropped messages on about half the boards over on the vent explaining the Politics board was gone and we were moving over here. We will see how long it stays up. I remember when Shadow, OldTimer, Chilipimp, LegalofIrwin and many others would stay up half the night on the old vent as it was basically a comedy show. Now, to many folks get their feeling hurt and then complain. SAD day. I al certain though this board will NOT allow much of the cussing we seen on the other so that will then the heard. Speaking of Shadow & OldTimer brings back some memories as you suggest....I remember both from the sports boards....Shadow, I believe, was a Metter fan & OldTimer was a Hawkinsville Red Devil supporter....had a little dialogue a time or two with OT....those guys always brought some good stuff to the table!
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Post by swampacid on Jun 18, 2021 20:16:19 GMT -5
I just dropped messages on about half the boards over on the vent explaining the Politics board was gone and we were moving over here. We will see how long it stays up. I remember when Shadow, OldTimer, Chilipimp, LegalofIrwin and many others would stay up half the night on the old vent as it was basically a comedy show. Now, to many folks get their feeling hurt and then complain. SAD day. I al certain though this board will NOT allow much of the cussing we seen on the other so that will then the heard. Haha, I remember that. Those guys were around when I was in high school. Loved reading their stuff. Anyways, I've been a member on this board for a while. Just don't post since I haven't lived in my hometown in years, and have no idea who the local posters are anymore. Most of the old Clinch Posters don't seem to be around no more. Also, Listenupboys, I think I did get you mixed up with someone else. My apologies on that one.
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Post by chsis1 on Jun 18, 2021 20:16:24 GMT -5
I typically swap messages with both OT and Shadow about 1-2 a month. Remember Quizzy ?
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