nah, just an Oregonian who talks to a couple hundred Oregonians everyday due to the nature of my work and coaches hoops at a small school. I just see some alienation particularly on the Game Thread post...other posts are not such a problem but under the game site the game thread is available to any fan..I'd clean it up if it were my choice but..as you know, it's not One might venture to say that young fans are the ones who are abandoned by libertine language if that's the descriptor.
Is your small school a religious one? Have these people actually read this board, or are they just regular people talking politics and religion?
I've actually just discovered the ignore button which is great! Never thought I'd use it but now that I have, it's already easier to read some of these threads. Yeah, I'm one of the "(cough cough..new people..cough cough)"
Who said I have a school and religion has nothing to do with my views on the topic...I'm not debating value systems, just offering my 2cents on the thread topic. The folks I mentioned are sports fans and being a coach, we talk Blazers, Beavers, Ducks, Ems, Timbers, etc...religion? uh...wrong thread?
I very much appreciate you posting this. Before our partnership with the Blazers this was a forum for adults to talk Blazers. The Blazers were and are aware of that. Part of the negotiations with the Blazers talked about keeping this forum as is. While nudity isn't allowed (posting pictures or videos, you're free to post nude if you want to) "salty" language is allowed. I do know that the Blazers are providing a game thread in Casey's blog section for people who prefer a more family friendly chat.
That said, if you do know of a large group of people who would like to participate in a more family friendly game and basketball chat I can see about experimenting with a second game thread that would be rate G. I can't promise that it would be swear word free but I could create a sub forum for it and I'm sure people would agree to not to swear in it. While we do cuss a lot we are a friendly bunch. We can talk more about this in private but a large group would be at least 10 people to make a game thread fun.
for the first time in a long time, the blazers are so consistent so its pretty easy to predict the flow of a game. Hence, less of a need to discuss anything. I mean how much TROB SMASH! can you really post?
I appreciate your comments Sly, thank you. Not trying to be a prude here, I just found some Warriors game thread material to be way darker than cuss words. I've ignored that person now but do think the game thread link attached to the websites homepage should go to a place that is for everyone
You said school, obviously. So to repeat, have these people 1) posted here and then stopped or reduced their posts (what the thread is about), 2) just read game threads and not posted, or 3) have not read this board and you're just talking about what your society friends might say if they did?
jlprk..it's ok man, I don't give people these questionaires normally or keep notes. They are folks who know I love basketball and talk about it, probably all the above, I don't know. But it doesn't matter...semantics. Maybe I'm using a poor example to make my point but like I said, I have heard complaints about this site for the reason I stated. It is what it is...next topic?
Okay, so it's not "a couple hundred Oregonians everyday" who complain to you about this site. It's your mother-in-law, twice, so you added an "s" at the end of "complaints." But she was drunk and meant Fox News. Okay, no problem.
Wait, so you have instant focus groups with "hundreds" of Trailblazer fans in the immediate aftermath of a game thread? How does that work?
