Part 93: The Boards
After the mods’ latest announcement/reminder/warning, the members of the group formerly known as BDF held a conclave to decide on their new name. They met on the old Hallowed Eve board, which had become a ghost town, since nobody discussed the old music anymore (or they did, but on the new boards, which was kind of the whole problem, wasn’t it?) The first candidate put forth was UNBAN OMB, but this was quickly shot down as being too similar to UNBAN, their mortal enemies (although they were now fighting for at least fifty-percent the same thing; D_____ was gradually slipping away.) A few uninspired attempts later, a user came up with OMB SQUAD, and this was approved unanimously, even by those who wouldn’t get the pun for a few days, just because they liked the military and/or marching band connotations.
OBM SQUAD FAQ
What do we stand for?
We believe that an organized board is a happier board. We believe that TXers belong with other TXers, TBers with other TBers, BSKEPS with other BSKEPS, etc. We take no position on which of these theories is correct. In fact, our ranks include members from all of these parties and more. Essentially, we believe that “birds of a feather ought to flock together.”
Who is OMB?
OMB is a user who was banned by an overzealous moderator for speaking the truth. We believe this ban was unfair, and an example of the mods giving in to the “mob mentality” of the UNBAN movement. We have NO QUARREL with the mods or the rules. In fact, at the time of her ban, OMB was ENCOURAGING the mods to enforce the rules. We believe that the mod who banned OMB is merely a bad apple, or someone who made a mistake, and we *you-know-what* that it may even be the same mod who was responsible for the *you-know-what* fiasco.
Why not Blocks?
The OMB SQUAD sees blocking as a useful tool for individual disputes but not systemic ones such as the problems plaguing the board today. It is not that I PERSONALLY dislike seeing TX posts when I am browsing a TB board, for instance; I believe that no one should have to see them. We must remember why we have separate boards (and moderators) in the first place. It would be SELFISH of us to merely block the offender rather than protect our brothers and sisters from being exposed to what we see as LITTER. Trash is not intrinsically bad, but it does belong in a trash can.
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Mods Only Board, 05/24/07, 6:15 - 6:57 PM EDT:
q for more experience mods?
xanthangum1245
ok so i was thinking... isnt it kinda hippocritical of the unban ppl to SAY they believe in free speech for every1, but then theyre trying to tell us mods what we can n cant say? dont mods deserve to b able to speak freely 2? (im sure u’ve already thought of this, but i didn’t see any posts abt it so im just kinda thinking outloud... o and dont worry kfw i didnt forget lol)
idea
xanthangum1245
just had an idea.... what if mods started our OWN post tag? FREE THE MODS (just an idea)
another idea
xanthangum1245
i just had another idea... what about a strike???? theyre basically saying they dont want mods so what if we showed them what it wd rly b like... just an idea.. has anyone ever done this b4?
Mods Only (L2) Board, 05/24/07, 07:15 PM EDT:
questions from rookie mods
kerriewordFarewell
While I am certainly glad that our less experienced bretheren (and sisteren?) have become less . . . shall we say . . . reactive lately, it does seem like there are a lot of questions. Maybe when we said “ask before you act,” we didn’t realize just what we were getting ourselves into . . . Sorry, I’ll get off my soapbox now, it’s just nice to have a place to vent.
user6582921737
totally agree (for once lolol!) i want them to ask when they have questions, but i just don’t want them to have SO MANY questions