Ban Jimbo?

in reality, all of this has been a total load of old bollocks

Ban Jimbo?

No
14
26%
Yes
37
70%
Footy
2
4%
 
Total votes: 53

User avatar
The Modernist
2018 BCB Cup Champ!
Posts: 13843
Joined: 13 Apr 2014, 20:42

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby The Modernist » 25 Mar 2021, 13:45

Well done Prof for coming up with this idea btw. It seems the best solution all round.

User avatar
Diamond Dog
"Self Quoter" Extraordinaire.
Posts: 69577
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 21:04
Location: High On Poachers Hill

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby Diamond Dog » 25 Mar 2021, 14:03

The Modernist wrote:Incidentally for those talking about new members, apparently it's no longer possible to join the board..? Not sure why or when this was done.


The bill not been paid, most probably.
Nicotine, valium, vicadin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol -
Cocaine

User avatar
Diamond Dog
"Self Quoter" Extraordinaire.
Posts: 69577
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 21:04
Location: High On Poachers Hill

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby Diamond Dog » 25 Mar 2021, 14:03

The Modernist wrote:Well done Prof for coming up with this idea btw. It seems the best solution all round.



It's genius. But let's see how long it holds for.
Nicotine, valium, vicadin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol -
Cocaine

User avatar
The Prof
Trading coffee in Abyssinia
Posts: 46392
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 18:32
Location: A Metropolis of Discontent

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby The Prof » 25 Mar 2021, 14:59

I think Rorschach needs to take some of the credit. Or, if it turns out to be the worst idea ever, all the blame!

User avatar
The Prof
Trading coffee in Abyssinia
Posts: 46392
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 18:32
Location: A Metropolis of Discontent

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby The Prof » 25 Mar 2021, 15:01

The Modernist wrote:Incidentally for those talking about new members, apparently it's no longer possible to join the board..? Not sure why or when this was done.


Yeah you're right.
Looking at the list of inactive users, it seems that November 2019 was when the last bunch of spammers registered, but that can't be right as they've been coming through fairly regularly.

User avatar
The Modernist
2018 BCB Cup Champ!
Posts: 13843
Joined: 13 Apr 2014, 20:42

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby The Modernist » 25 Mar 2021, 15:30

Diamond Dog wrote:
The Modernist wrote:Incidentally for those talking about new members, apparently it's no longer possible to join the board..? Not sure why or when this was done.


The bill not been paid, most probably.


I believe it's now free, but I don't know..

User avatar
jimboo
Posts: 7316
Joined: 29 Dec 2005, 17:43
Location: taking a foxy kind of stand

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby jimboo » 25 Mar 2021, 19:49

The Modernist wrote:
Diamond Dog wrote:
The Modernist wrote:Incidentally for those talking about new members, apparently it's no longer possible to join the board..? Not sure why or when this was done.


The bill not been paid, most probably.


I believe it's now free, but I don't know..


Yeah you do. Ray told you on the Preludin thread.
If I jerk- the handle jerk- the handle you'll thrill me and thrill me

User avatar
harvey k-tel
Long Player
Posts: 40893
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 23:20
Location: 1220 on your AM dial

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby harvey k-tel » 25 Mar 2021, 20:42

It's good to have a resource like Preludin when you need to find out how BCB is run.
Tempora mutatur et nos mutamur in illis

User avatar
toomanyhatz
Power-mad king of the WCC
Posts: 29992
Joined: 07 Apr 2005, 00:01
Location: Just east of where Charlie Parker went to do some relaxin'

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby toomanyhatz » 25 Mar 2021, 21:35

toomanyhatz likes this. ^
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year


1959 1963 1965 1966 1974 1977 1978 1981 1988 2017* 2018 2020!! 2023?

User avatar
The Prof
Trading coffee in Abyssinia
Posts: 46392
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 18:32
Location: A Metropolis of Discontent

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby The Prof » 25 Mar 2021, 22:11

The Domain name will need paying for. and even if the software is free there must be a cost to host it and keep the adverts out, I would have thought.

User avatar
toomanyhatz
Power-mad king of the WCC
Posts: 29992
Joined: 07 Apr 2005, 00:01
Location: Just east of where Charlie Parker went to do some relaxin'

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby toomanyhatz » 25 Aug 2021, 19:56

Bumping this, just for the hell of it.

The consensus seems pretty clear here.

And cheers to Prof for coming up with the 'compromise,' but I'm thinking it's five months later and it seems pretty clear - to me, at least - that it's not working.
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year


1959 1963 1965 1966 1974 1977 1978 1981 1988 2017* 2018 2020!! 2023?

User avatar
BARON CORNY DOG
Diamond Geezer
Posts: 45153
Joined: 18 Jul 2003, 05:38
Location: Impregnable Citadel of Technicality

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby BARON CORNY DOG » 25 Aug 2021, 20:24

toomanyhatz wrote:And cheers to Prof for coming up with the 'compromise,' but I'm thinking it's five months later and it seems pretty clear - to me, at least - that it's not working.


Perhaps you missed all the people saying that they never saw his posts anymore or didn’t even know he was still here. Are other people posting down there? My life is too short to look, but it’s an out of the way place and there’s no need to ever look at it.
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.

User avatar
toomanyhatz
Power-mad king of the WCC
Posts: 29992
Joined: 07 Apr 2005, 00:01
Location: Just east of where Charlie Parker went to do some relaxin'

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby toomanyhatz » 25 Aug 2021, 20:47

No, I saw it. I agree it's an out of the way place, but as I say on the other thread, I and other people like to use the 'new posts' feature and his constant posting often clogs it up quite a bit.

And I think it's telling that none of those people are saying there's any advantage in keeping him around. Just that they're doing a better job than I am of avoiding him. I'm not hearing a single defense for keeping him around, in fact, other than a kind of half-hearted one by Googa.

Other people - including me - have posted there a bit, but the last several pages are all endless propaganda.

My main point - that him being here serves neither him nor any of us - is, by my interpretation, being confirmed by the responses.
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year


1959 1963 1965 1966 1974 1977 1978 1981 1988 2017* 2018 2020!! 2023?

User avatar
GoogaMooga
custodian of oldies
Posts: 30320
Joined: 28 Sep 2010, 05:23
Location: Denmark

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby GoogaMooga » 25 Aug 2021, 20:55

I think the reason he uses BCB as a platform is that his kind of posts would be deleted by Facebook. But BCB is not obliged to provide a platform. If only he'd be more collegial and join in other discussions, it would not be as clear cut.
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck

User avatar
toomanyhatz
Power-mad king of the WCC
Posts: 29992
Joined: 07 Apr 2005, 00:01
Location: Just east of where Charlie Parker went to do some relaxin'

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby toomanyhatz » 25 Aug 2021, 21:08

GoogaMooga wrote:I think the reason he uses BCB as a platform is that his kind of posts would be deleted by Facebook. But BCB is not obliged to provide a platform. If only he'd be more collegial and join in other discussions, it would not be as clear cut.


Exactly.

There are all kinds of places where one can post these kinds of things - he has chosen BCB for one reason and one reason only - we allow it.

By continuing to do so, we are basically saying we agree to be the platform for this. But is it an appropriate platform? I think the answer to this is pretty clear.

The 'compromise' may have resulted in posts that are easier to avoid, but has it lessened the amount of them, or increased the thoughtfulness of them? No, it's done the exact opposite.

As queasy as I feel about something as severe as 'banning' (particularly publicly taking responsibility for the decision) it really seems like the only possible option at this point. And as I've said, I have had at least five or six people that have directly told me they'd post more and look in more were he not around. And zero who've said his absence would discourage them in any way.

Hence the 'change of heart' about taking responsibility for it. Haven't changed my mind about whether the actual act of banning would have a positive affect on the board as a whole in the slightest. I thought (and said) back then that the answer was a definitive 'yes.'
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year


1959 1963 1965 1966 1974 1977 1978 1981 1988 2017* 2018 2020!! 2023?

User avatar
naughty boy
hounds people off the board
Posts: 20250
Joined: 24 Apr 2007, 23:21

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby naughty boy » 25 Aug 2021, 21:10

For fuck's sake - shit, or get off the pot!
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.

User avatar
toomanyhatz
Power-mad king of the WCC
Posts: 29992
Joined: 07 Apr 2005, 00:01
Location: Just east of where Charlie Parker went to do some relaxin'

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby toomanyhatz » 25 Aug 2021, 21:16

Just for the record, what 'OUTPLAY' has to say on the matter is completely irrelevant to this discussion.
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year


1959 1963 1965 1966 1974 1977 1978 1981 1988 2017* 2018 2020!! 2023?

User avatar
Mike Boom
Posts: 4349
Joined: 02 Sep 2005, 03:49

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby Mike Boom » 25 Aug 2021, 21:46

There is enough mis information out there as it is with out this board contributing to it.

User avatar
mudshark
Posts: 2144
Joined: 25 Jul 2003, 03:51

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby mudshark » 25 Aug 2021, 22:37

Where does he post? I don't think I have read a Jimbo post for weeks?
Pray tell. He's very entertaining.
There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over

User avatar
toomanyhatz
Power-mad king of the WCC
Posts: 29992
Joined: 07 Apr 2005, 00:01
Location: Just east of where Charlie Parker went to do some relaxin'

Re: Ban Jimbo?

Postby toomanyhatz » 25 Aug 2021, 22:50

mudshark wrote:Where does he post? I don't think I have read a Jimbo post for weeks?
Pray tell. He's very entertaining.


viewforum.php?f=77

By 'he's very entertaining' do you mean you'd miss him if he were gone? Does him being here enhance your board experience in any way?

I've been told he also posts in the Word Association Thread, but I never go there so I can't attest to the veracity of that.
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year


1959 1963 1965 1966 1974 1977 1978 1981 1988 2017* 2018 2020!! 2023?


Return to “Nextdoorland”