How does one become a moderator here, and how many are there?

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SBGold
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Curious as I'd like to put my name in the rotation! I live here anyway
oski003
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It's trolling, tell myself "don't take the bait don't take the bait, it's tit for tat, it's tit for tat"

Not everyone is kind
dajo9
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SBGold said:

Curious as I'd like to put my name in the rotation! I live here anyway


Definitely could use a change
Censorship has always been a tool of the fascist
BearlySane88
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Why would they put someone who is clearly on one side of the aisle in that type of power position? I include myself in this statement.
SBGold
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It took me just a few posts to train you, this is good for my application for the role
bearister
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I would totally abuse my power as a volunteer moderator. I would send obscene PM's with threats to posters that disagreed with me, call people out in replies to their posts, use the "key to the kingdom" editing tools at my disposal to change the wording of people's posts and I would impose the Doomsday Sanction of a Lifetime BI Ban at my whim.

I would, however, give Big C Carte blanche to post anything he wanted and never censor him. Why? Because that is just the way I roll.

Naturally this misconduct as volunteer moderator would lead to my own Lifetime BI Ban. I would then try to weasel my way back into the multiple Reddit communities that currently have me in Lifetime Ban status (the knife, gun and pitbull communities just didn't "get" me).


I'd drop the hammer on posters, Baby!
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
BearlySane88
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I think this is the best post you've ever made and I think most of us here would likely do similarly.

I also support giving Big C free reign, he's funny and a former teacher
bearister
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I'm pretty sure when you lookup the term "underhanded compliment" in the dictionary, your comment is the example.
Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
smh
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BearlySane88 said:

I also support giving Big C free reign, he's funny and a former teacher

high praise BS. iirc a wise saying goes "once a teacher always a teacher"
BearlySane88
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Hey, a compliment is a compliment
BearlySane88
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100%. Big C has my respect for life
DiabloWags
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If the forum lacks moderators or is found to be under-moderated, I would definitely support a posting limit.
SBGold
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I'm pretty fair and thankful for the interactions here.

You're first impulse was to attack me again, oy vey
BearlySane88
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I spoke honestly about you, myself, and others here. No attack at all
PAC-10-BEAR
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Speaking of moderation, how does Lebron James get away with this?
SBGold
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I am anti-Lebron but I am mostly ok with physical play, especially in the soft NBA
Big C
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Consider yourselves lucky: If I were moderating this board, may of y'all would be staying after school to write, "I will try and do better, sir," on the chalkboard 100 times. Then, you would have to go outside the building to pat the erasers together until clean.

However, I'm pretty sure I could be bought off.
bearister
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I always hoped Draymond had tried to kick James Johnson in the nads or otherwise cheap shot him. Had he tried, Draymond would have been asking in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, "What happened?"

Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
Send my credentials to the House of Detention
I got some friends inside

“I love Cal deeply, by the way, what are the directions to The Portal from Sproul Plaza?”
BearlySane88
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Big C said:


Consider yourselves lucky: If I were moderating this board, may of y'all would be staying after school to write, "I will try and do better, sir," on the chalkboard 100 times. Then, you would have to go outside the building to pat the erasers together until clean.

However, I'm pretty sure I could be bought off.


What's the best way to grease your wheels? Chocolate is overrated as a teacher gift but I love when students bring me tea from their/their parents travels.
SBGold
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I'd be all for Wags and Big C having a moderator role also. Let's make it happen!
DiabloWags
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SBGold said:

I'd be all for Wags and Big C having a moderator role also. Let's make it happen!

Thanks SB.

In 2025, I started 142 threads in order to spur discussion.
This is quite the contrast from the high-volume trolls that we see who rarely start a thread.

In any event, I'd be willing to volunteer as a Moderator for a 2-month trial period just to see how it goes.
I'm retired and am in front of my computer anyway . . . involved in the financial markets from 6am till 2pm

I think that we all want an equitable OT forum here to engage in "good faith" discussion.
The repetitive "tit for tat" has gotten old and threatens the forum.

Make
Bearinsider
Great
Again!

Big C
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Maybe Ethereum or something like that, but my price is probably way higher than anybody would want to pay. I usually eschew small gifts, handouts and other freebies.
Big C
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SBGold said:

I'd be all for Wags and Big C having a moderator role also. Let's make it happen!

How about forget it. What we have here now is more than most of us deserve.
BearlySane88
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Smart man
PAC-10-BEAR
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bearister said:

I always hoped Draymond had tried to kick James Johnson in the nads or otherwise cheap shot him. Had he tried, Draymond would have been asking in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, "What happened?"

BearlySane88
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I'm really not sure why starting threads is a selling point. Some on here post 10 new threads a day but you never call that out as clogging the board. Most news can go in one of the already created threads. As said previously, why would anyone be made a mod when they have already voiced biased opinions?
DiabloWags
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Personally, I think that there should be a daily posting limit.
There's no need for anyone to post 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100x in a day.

It clearly clogs up the board.
And invariably distracts from the actual topic of a thread.



dajo9
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DiabloWags said:

Personally, I think that there should be a daily posting limit.
There's no need for anyone to post 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100x in a day.

It clearly clogs up the board.
And invariably distracts from the actual topic of a thread.






My 3 biggest issues are repeatedly spamming bad information, known propagandists, and people posting over 30x a day. Mostly I dont care about the insults - especially the non insult insults applied in a biased manner.
Censorship has always been a tool of the fascist
BearlySane88
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Ignore is always there for you to utilize
DiabloWags
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BearlySane88 said:

Ignore is always there for you to utilize

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Anarchistbear
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Pissants
SBGold
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That exists now though, no?
SBGold
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LOL, aren't we all
SBGold
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And you have been a former regular contributor to articles on BI before, you have street cred here
DiabloWags
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SBGold said:

And you have been a former regular contributor to articles on BI before, you have street cred here


Thanks man.

It was a pleasure covering Cal Track & Field for Grey Bear (Chris Avery) back in the day and seeing Alicia Johnson win an NCAA 800m Championship in 2007 in Sacramento in 1:59.47

She went on to take Bronze at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and a Bronze in 2012 in London.

She actually ran a race 8-months pregnant in 2014 at the US Outdoor Championships just to prove a point.
2:32.13

A bit off her personal best of 1:57.34 in 2010 in Monaco.
lol






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