Swalwell making moves, impressive on the Kimmel show

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Aunburdened
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PAC-10-BEAR said:

SBGold said:

It's ridiculous, the personal attacks I have seen from the right on OT today, from calling people MASSWIPES, dumb, lacking intelligence, etc.

Wags voted for Kamala.

Who got murdered twice, once in the 2020 Democratic primary and again in the 2024 Presidential election.
concordtom
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SBGold said:

Now you're trolling

Dude is a massive troll.
Dude is interested in engaging, picking fights.
Dude rants, picks fights, and then cries that their feelings have been hurt, then flags posts to get them removed and the online banter opponents banned.

So weak.

I have said before and I'll say it again, it would be VERY interesting to see stats on two things:
Who stars posts.
Who flags posts.

I'll bet you that certain accounts have a much higher ratio of stars and flags to posting comments , and I bet that some users use a VPN or 2+ computers so as to mask the use of multiple signon accounts.

Like, have you ever noticed how some posts get multiple stars almost immediately, repeatedly?

It's almost as if ID#1makes online posts, and then person uses ID#2 to come back through and star all those comments.

Or, if person doesn't like something, ID#1 flags, and ID#2 follows right behind and flags it again.
I bet there's an ID#3 that's used to reinforce the stars and flags.

Gaming the BI system.

There are some seriously weird people here. Mentally disturbed.
But then, who among us should cast the first stone?
BearlySane88
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Clearly there are people here who agree with me. I know that might be tough for you to accept but my views aren't that wild. 77 million people voted with me.

And you talking about other people being mentally disturbed is laughable. You openly wish death on the president. Repeatedly.
tequila4kapp
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SBGold said:

It's ridiculous, the personal attacks I have seen from the right on OT today, from calling people MASSWIPES, dumb, lacking intelligence, etc.

Hell, when Kirk died I wrote things that were not sympathetic to the assassination and I got banned a few days for a political belief. Did not attack here, gave an opinion that many adopt now as a reasonable conclusion worth debating.

The way these posts are prosecuted here is very skewed to the right.

I want everyone to know that I take the duty to be even handed extremely seriously. Some time ago I took the time to count the moderator actions from the preceding X time period to see if I was biased. For that checkpoint it turned out to be exactly even between left and right posters. There are things said about me personally that break rules and really piss me off; I don't think I have ever moderated them because I don't want to create even the appearance of not being even handed. So even if I occasionally miss the mark take it to the bank that I legitimately try.

About 4-6 members have basically ruined OT for me as a member / regular user with their constant behavior. As a result, I'm just not here as much and I do not organically see as much posting by others. Also, I am a volunteer with a life outside of BI so I'm not going to be here 24/7. As a result, people need to flag stuff to bring it to my attention. My recent practice has been that if a topic piques my interest and I join in that thread I may then read back through the thread a bit and see how the behavior has been. If a poster has a certain volume of offending posts I may or may not open their profile and look even further. That could appear to skew results.

Also, folks should know that although I am the primary OT moderator, I am not the only one. Other Moderator choices could skew the totality of results one way or the other, but I kind of doubt it. Generally speaking, I do not think any of us especially care about the content anyone posts, other than if the rules are being broken. Bottom line - there are (IMO) nutters, thoughtful people and people we just agree/disagree with on the left and right. That's life. Just be civil and follow the rules. Please.

Also, every single rules violation is not worthy of immediate moderator action. There is discretion involved. I have gone to numerous members privately asking for an adjustment in a given area. Many have done so, and their moderations have reduced. Others refuse and the opposite happens. I'm still waiting for the day when the incessant toddler like fighting back and forth stops. I'll probably be pushing up daisies before that happens but as President Obama used to say, Hope…
BearlySane88
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I appreciate the work you do! Thanks for the honest assessment.
SBGold
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Hope springs eternal!
PAC-10-BEAR
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concordtom said:

There are some seriously weird people here. Mentally disturbed.
But then, who among us should cast the first stone?

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