Well thanks for deleting that thread

[borassic]

The mods on here are sometimes a bit OTT but they're doing a job, Ric sets the rules and the mods enforce, it's their job and obviously some posters will have trouble coming to terms with that. In reference to Liams thread, it was a bit of frustrated fun, his blogs are cracking and I'd be pissed off if they went to waste. As for Damocles, you're probably my favourite poster on here but no need for that post, plenty of things that could be pulled from the CoC, naughty!

 

[bizzbo]

I'm starting a cult called "The People's Front of Bluemoon", i propose 4 days of peaceful protesting, everyone wear City blue shirts and if you all donate blood we will pour all our mixed blood outside each mods house until they reinstate liamctid's thread title.

don't listen to this one...

The People's Front of Bluemoon are all talk and no action!

My group, 'The Bluemoon People's Popular Front', are well on top of this issue.

we have a preliminary meeting scheduled for 3pm tomorow, where we will discuss the practicality of identifying the initial issues that have to be addressed before we can set the terms of reference for our exploratory discussions into what action may (or may not) be possible.

PM me if you are interested in joining. No blood samples required.

 

[Harry Godwin]

Without wanting to further the debate about how bad and nasty us mods are, I can't let that one go.

If you post a topic, "Here is my latest blog about blah blah" it will most likely be left alone (unless it links to something that is against the CoC).

However if you post something totally misleading like "This is the fittest naked woman alive" for purely attention seeking puropses so they read your blog, then its likely to get pulled.

Is that hard to understand ??



Though some of you children may think that the mods here are bad and nasty people, we are actually a well moderated forum, and some things just aren't allowed here, but you get away with a lot more on here than on many other forums (especially in off topic).

Whatever you think about how we do our jobs, we are as consistent as possible. Posts about someone f**king their missus in the wrong hole, or whats the best w*nk you've ever had, (two that have been removed in the last 24 hours) have no place on BM, as we cannot limit who visits the site, and while most of us are adults, not all are, and thos with kids, don't want them reading shit like that.

Calling Garth Crooks gay, is homophobic, and against the CoC, as it may offend someone on here, as much as saying something against a particular race is racist, or trying to post munich references by not mentioning munich (and I don't know the post referred to above so its not a comment on that). The family guy post was not just "saucy" it was bordering on hardcore porn if its the one I'm remembering.

Very few posts get removed, and we discuss most of them between ourselves, some are removed, sometimes a post is removed for discusssion and put back.

Unfortunately we can't limit the amount of dicks that use the forum (other than by bans), but if you act like a dick, its likely you'll be treated like one. Warnings are given out according to the CoC (posted at the top of each forum), which maybe some of you might care to read, if you want to avoid getting a warning (or ban).

I have moderated on sites that have visitors in the thousands on a daily basis
and have been admin on a site that had 35,000 + members and agree with 98%
of your post. However, being patronising and insulting towards your members
achieves nothing. You may think that calling your members children somehow
boosts your image as an authority figure but unfortunately it just makes you
look like someone who gets a kick out of your position. I would expect that
any decent Admin would issue a warning about your attitude.

 

[liamctid]

Just read my fucking blog and tell me what you think about it.

A relatively small amount will read it id I posted 'new blog' just thought it would attract more people to opening the thread and reading something which takes me a lot of time

Didn't mean to offend, but clearly I did.

I wish this forum wasn't so population, otherwise I wouldn't bother coming on here anymore. Can't be dealing with someone I don't even know, and doesn't know.duck all about me caling me 'children' sorry if I give a fuck about Manchester City.

 

[cleavers]

I have moderated on sites that have visitors in the thousands on a daily basis
and have been admin on a site that had 35,000 + members and agree with 98%
of your post. However, being patronising and insulting towards your members
achieves nothing. You may think that calling your members children somehow
boosts your image as an authority figure but unfortunately it just makes you
look like someone who gets a kick out of your position. I would expect that
any decent Admin would issue a warning about your attitude.

Thanks for your feedback, duly noted, but so have I, for a number of years.

The "children" comment, just to clarify, was firstly meant to be a little tongue in cheek, certainly not patronising, and anyone who was offended I apologise. It was however firmly aimed at those who think posting about their best wank, or about a sex act with their g/f that is frankly not the normal, and really has no place on a web forum that could have children looking at it, or in fact any non hardcore porn website, something which bluemoon clearly isn't.

As for getting a kick out of my position, hahaha, really I couldn't care less. I simply do a job here, mostly its something I enjoy doing, but every now and then I despair at some of the things we have to moderate, as do all the mods. I also get fed up with having to defend what we, the big bad mods do, just because one or two people get upset because a few words they typed were deleted.

 

[Ricster]

Just read my fucking blog and tell me what you think about it.

A relatively small amount will read it id I posted 'new blog' just thought it would attract more people to opening the thread and reading something which takes me a lot of time

Didn't mean to offend, but clearly I did.

I wish this forum wasn't so population, otherwise I wouldn't bother coming on here anymore. Can't be dealing with someone I don't even know, and doesn't know.duck all about me caling me 'children' sorry if I give a fuck about Manchester City.

What a great way to promote "The Blue Alliance"

Can't be dealing with someone I don't even know

No wonder you boys are struggling to get support drummed up with that kind of attitude.

Dont get me wrong, what you've done so far is great, but its going to be a long, long road and you'll meet many people you dont know on the way.

Also, you expect people to read your Blog, people you dont know, yet have a pop at the fact you dont know some people on here. Not a very good thing to say when your counting on those nobodies to read it.

 

[Bill]

I have moderated on sites that have visitors in the thousands on a daily basis
and have been admin on a site that had 35,000 + members and agree with 98%
of your post. However, being patronising and insulting towards your members
achieves nothing. You may think that calling your members children somehow
boosts your image as an authority figure but unfortunately it just makes you
look like someone who gets a kick out of your position. I would expect that
any decent Admin would issue a warning about your attitude.

Thanks for your feedback, duly noted, but so have I, for a number of years.

The "children" comment, just to clarify, was firstly meant to be a little tongue in cheek, certainly not patronising, and anyone who was offended I apologise. It was however firmly aimed at those who think posting about their best wank, or about a sex act with their g/f that is frankly not the normal, and really has no place on a web forum that could have children looking at it, or in fact any non hardcore porn website, something which bluemoon clearly isn't.

As for getting a kick out of my position, hahaha, really I couldn't care less. I simply do a job here, mostly its something I enjoy doing, but every now and then I despair at some of the things we have to moderate, as do all the mods. I also get fed up with having to defend what we, the big bad mods do, just because one or two people get upset because a few words they typed were deleted.

mods are going to see things differently, people that know me know that i'm a rum fucker and can stand the iffy banter, the snag for me comes when a poster starts a thread about the quality of their last wank, or who has shit the bed today etc.
yes we are adults but lets remember an awful lot of people read this site, kids,women, even club officials.
we as mods dont agree on every thread that is pulled, we debate it and form an overall opinion, last word of course lies with ric, if he's not on line we decide whats best, if there is only one mod on line he has to deal with it, so lets help him out, lets just think twice about subjects that might just be offensive(not yours liam) after all we all want the good of the board to be paramount.
its a great site,a free site,in the main a football forum but when we do go "off topic" lets not go off off off topic.

 

[liamctid]

Just read my fucking blog and tell me what you think about it.

A relatively small amount will read it id I posted 'new blog' just thought it would attract more people to opening the thread and reading something which takes me a lot of time

Didn't mean to offend, but clearly I did.

I wish this forum wasn't so population, otherwise I wouldn't bother coming on here anymore. Can't be dealing with someone I don't even know, and doesn't know.duck all about me caling me 'children' sorry if I give a fuck about Manchester City.

What a great way to promote "The Blue Alliance"

Can't be dealing with someone I don't even know

No wonder you boys are struggling to get support drummed up with that kind of attitude.

Dont get me wrong, what you've done so far is great, but its going to be a long, long road and you'll meet many people you dont know on the way.

Also, you expect people to read your Blog, people you dont know, yet have a pop at the fact you dont know some people on here. Not a very good thing to say when your counting on those nobodies to read it.

Apologies, this new phone with the internet on can get me going a bit ott when I've been out drinking all night - check the time of the post.

Not sure either way who I was calling a nobody though. Just didn't appreciate being called a child because I tried to get some attention to what I was doing

I don't expect people to read it. I want people to. I want something pro active to happen about the match day experience at city instead of seeing 3 threads a weekend about us being poor.

You've been waiting for months to slag me off, hope you feel good about it!

 

[80s Shorts]

How are people supposed to read a blog if they don't know about it?

Without wanting to further the debate about how bad and nasty us mods are, I can't let that one go.

If you post a topic, "Here is my latest blog about blah blah" it will most likely be left alone (unless it links to something that is against the CoC).

However if you post something totally misleading like "This is the fittest naked woman alive" for purely attention seeking puropses so they read your blog, then its likely to get pulled.

Is that hard to understand ??



Though some of you children may think that the mods here are bad and nasty people, we are actually a well moderated forum, and some things just aren't allowed here, but you get away with a lot more on here than on many other forums (especially in off topic).

Whatever you think about how we do our jobs, we are as consistent as possible. Posts about someone f**king their missus in the wrong hole, or whats the best w*nk you've ever had, (two that have been removed in the last 24 hours) have no place on BM, as we cannot limit who visits the site, and while most of us are adults, not all are, and thos with kids, don't want them reading shit like that.

Calling Garth Crooks gay, is homophobic, and against the CoC, as it may offend someone on here, as much as saying something against a particular race is racist, or trying to post munich references by not mentioning munich (and I don't know the post referred to above so its not a comment on that). The family guy post was not just "saucy" it was bordering on hardcore porn if its the one I'm remembering.

Very few posts get removed, and we discuss most of them between ourselves, some are removed, sometimes a post is removed for discusssion and put back.

Unfortunately we can't limit the amount of dicks that use the forum (other than by bans), but if you act like a dick, its likely you'll be treated like one. Warnings are given out according to the CoC (posted at the top of each forum), which maybe some of you might care to read, if you want to avoid getting a warning (or ban).

Talk about being up ones own..... PPfffftt

 

[bluefandk]

I deleted it.

If people want to read your blog they will do so, no need for attention seeking

Attention seeking is now beeing outlawed on Bluemoon?

How will I (and 90% of bluemooners) spend all of the time this new rule gives us?

 

[Ricster]

What a great way to promote "The Blue Alliance" No wonder you boys are struggling to get support drummed up with that kind of attitude.

Dont get me wrong, what you've done so far is great, but its going to be a long, long road and you'll meet many people you dont know on the way.

Also, you expect people to read your Blog, people you dont know, yet have a pop at the fact you dont know some people on here. Not a very good thing to say when your counting on those nobodies to read it.

Apologies, this new phone with the internet on can get me going a bit ott when I've been out drinking all night - check the time of the post.

Not sure either way who I was calling a nobody though. Just didn't appreciate being called a child because I tried to get some attention to what I was doing

I don't expect people to read it. I want people to. I want something pro active to happen about the match day experience at city instead of seeing 3 threads a weekend about us being poor.

You've been waiting for months to slag me off, hope you feel good about it!

I've not been waiting months, im just pointing out the error in your ways. I'd have pm'd you, but you never answer my pm's. Even the one where i was man enough to apologise to you.

I've also praised your blogs once or twice, where its been deserved, so where you find that i've been waiting months to slag you, i dont know where you have got that from.

Also, you have chosen to take the negative from my post, where i also gave you praise and credit. Just trying to help.

 

[Damocles]

Just read my fucking blog and tell me what you think about it.

I read probably ten blogs every day to keep up with programming trends. Joel on Software, Coding Horror, Old New Thing, Steve Yegge, Mike Taulty, Giorgio Sardo, Miguel De Icaza, etc. are all sites that I check on a daily basis and are all very popular blogs.

Each one of these people is a respected Software Engineer who has achieved something great in their time, or consistently puts across a differing opinion from the norm. I was estimating the amount of new blogs that crop up every year concerning City, and we thought it was around 100. 50 of them give it up after two weeks or so. The other 50 carry on for a bit longer and then realise that they aren't getting any traffic purely because their blog is boring.

In my opinion, there are several keys to a good blog:

1) Post regularly, whether this be once a week, or once a day, make sure that you have a regular posting pattern.

2) Unless you play for City, I don't care about your life. Try to post things that aren't personal to you but are informative to the reader. Tell me something interesting about City, about the games, about the Blue Alliance, anything. Don't tell me about your trials and tribulations of not drinking, having to pick people up etc. I don't know you well enough to care; drop these things in after a few months of regular posting.

3) Get a domain name. Your blog is your brand, and even though I've just visited it, I still have no idea of the address of it. Due to this, I won't be able to check it again when I want. A domain name will stop all of this. If you need some help or advice about this, drop me a PM.

4) Think about your writing style and make sure your grammar is ALWAYS 100%. Bad grammar kills blogs. What early blog writers tend to forget, is that a blog isn't Facebook nor is it Twitter. It isn't there to document your life, it is there for you to provide information. You become an authority on Manchester City and the Blue Alliance; this authority is heavily eroded when you can't spell or run a grammar checker. Facebook and Twitter have capitals.

5) Look up usability studies, learn all about colour schemes and readability. Your blog is horrible to read, the blue/green scheme is dark and boring, the text is tiny and thin. Look at Google for example. The text is easy to read, the background is bright, it isn't a challenge to look at the site. Look at Old New Thing; the site colour scheme isn't as bright, yet the text font is clean and precise. Do your research into what will work best for you.

The key to a really good blog is all of these things, and dedication. Above all though, make sure you have something interesting to say.

 

[GStar]

Just read my fucking blog and tell me what you think about it.

I read probably ten blogs every day to keep up with programming trends. Joel on Software, Coding Horror, Old New Thing, Steve Yegge, Mike Taulty, Giorgio Sardo, Miguel De Icaza, etc. are all sites that I check on a daily basis and are all very popular blogs.

Each one of these people is a respected Software Engineer who has achieved something great in their time, or consistently puts across a differing opinion from the norm. I was estimating the amount of new blogs that crop up every year concerning City, and we thought it was around 100. 50 of them give it up after two weeks or so. The other 50 carry on for a bit longer and then realise that they aren't getting any traffic purely because their blog is boring.

In my opinion, there are several keys to a good blog:

1) Post regularly, whether this be once a week, or once a day, make sure that you have a regular posting pattern.

2) Unless you play for City, I don't care about your life. Try to post things that aren't personal to you but are informative to the reader. Tell me something interesting about City, about the games, about the Blue Alliance, anything. Don't tell me about your trials and tribulations of not drinking, having to pick people up etc. I don't know you well enough to care; drop these things in after a few months of regular posting.

3) Get a domain name. Your blog is your brand, and even though I've just visited it, I still have no idea of the address of it. Due to this, I won't be able to check it again when I want. A domain name will stop all of this. If you need some help or advice about this, drop me a PM.

4) Think about your writing style and make sure your grammar is ALWAYS 100%. Bad grammar kills blogs. What early blog writers tend to forget, is that a blog isn't Facebook nor is it Twitter. It isn't there to document your life, it is there for you to provide information. You become an authority on Manchester City and the Blue Alliance; this authority is heavily eroded when you can't spell or run a grammar checker. Facebook and Twitter have capitals.

5) Look up usability studies, learn all about colour schemes and readability. Your blog is horrible to read, the blue/green scheme is dark and boring, the text is tiny and thin. Look at Google for example. The text is easy to read, the background is bright, it isn't a challenge to look at the site. Look at Old New Thing; the site colour scheme isn't as bright, yet the text font is clean and precise. Do your research into what will work best for you.

The key to a really good blog is all of these things, and dedication. Above all though, make sure you have something interesting to say.

So... did you actually read it, or are you planning on starting one yourself? ;)

 

[C_T_I_D]

A thread created complaining about a deleted thread.

And the point of this was?

 

[GStar]

A thread created complaining about a deleted thread.

And the point of this was?

Read the first line, it answers the second.

 

[Damocles]

So... did you actually read it, or are you planning on starting one yourself? ;)

No I read it, and I'd make a crap City blogger as I don't really have enough interesting things to comment on about City on a weekly basis.

 

[Matt Diablo]

...got mine, I think, for threatening "Giles" by ramming his fukin "The Voice" right back down his throat [or words similar to that..] bloody unjust if you ask me but I guess he is/was the "voice of the people" ;;;}}}

 

[Stevies Bald Head!]

In fairness to liam, and the whole of the blue alliance members, the club aint done a great deal to help what is a positive project with a good initiative move on from where it has always been.

People know about it, but not enough. If you are as dedicated to making it a sucess as you say you are then the club need to help you along.

giving you tickets in a certain area for cup games then leaving it to your networking skills to get fans over there isnt a massive help.

Keep trying liam and co, im sure in good time the club will see your putting in the effort and may do a bit of help on your behalf.

All it needs is a breif description and coverage on our website and the show is on the road.

 

[Ricster]

Apologies, this new phone with the internet on can get me going a bit ott when I've been out drinking all night - check the time of the post.

Not sure either way who I was calling a nobody though. Just didn't appreciate being called a child because I tried to get some attention to what I was doing

I don't expect people to read it. I want people to. I want something pro active to happen about the match day experience at city instead of seeing 3 threads a weekend about us being poor.

You've been waiting for months to slag me off, hope you feel good about it!

I've not been waiting months, im just pointing out the error in your ways. I'd have pm'd you, but you never answer my pm's. Even the one where i was man enough to apologise to you.

I've also praised your blogs once or twice, where its been deserved, so where you find that i've been waiting months to slag you, i dont know where you have got that from.

Also, you have chosen to take the negative from my post, where i also gave you praise and credit. Just trying to help.

Notice you didn't apologise for having a go at me. Any excuse even when people are trying to help you.

Wont bother in future