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[quote author=torQQue link=topic=20496.msg205249#msg205249 date=1141670380]
I'm thinking very seriously about closing the board for good. I know there are a few people that would love to see this and will try their best to bring us down because they spite us because we offer a FREE service. The only reason that this hasn’t happened is because I don’t want to give these assholes the gratitude of knowing they succeeding in bringing BGR down.

However, things go to far when people start insulting my family and my intelligence.  I put countless hours and time into this site. No one understands the effort that must go into these boards to keep them working. I have tried countless ways to satisfy and make people happy, but some people still complain. I have had people tell me I was too young to run a message board. I am 29 years old. What exactly is the age required to run a successful message board anyways?  I also had someone advise me to use spell check on one of my post. Listen I have 1000 things going on. I work, I'm a full time graduate student with a 4.0, and I have a family. I have to type these messages really quickly sometimes.  A lot of my spelling errors are from typos. Anyway, I'm a Computer Science major. I don't claim to be good at writing. In my profession I don't have to be. So please don't insult me for making types or spelling errors. I wouldn't insult anyone’s intelligence because they can't compile their own custom Linux kernel, or can't build and manage countless database systems such as Postgres, or can't setup their on DNS server, or don't know the difference between vector and raster layers, or think CHMOD is something you do to your Xbox, The point is we all have things we excel in and things we don't. Sure if I had a writing assignment for one of my graduate level classes I would take the time to spell check. But this is a message board. I have been associated with countless message boards the last few years. People just don't freak out over spelling and grammatical errors.  I mean really, just because someone forgets an apostrophe or misspelled message as “messege” doesn’t make you smarter than them.  That person could have just been really busy and in a hurry, had two kids jumping on him while he tried to type, was on the phone, had the wife beating him over the head with a broom, or they have fat fingers and simply do not type well. Who are we to judge peoples intelligence on a public message boards. Everyone makes mistakes. Even the most intelligent people make mistakes.

After all, facial expressions, bodily actions and the sound of someone’s voice have all been rendered pretty much obsolete by the internet and are entirely absent from any exchange of views and human contact on the message boards. And typed words don’t always convey someone’s true intelligence and feelings behind them. It goes without saying that typed messages are often misinterpreted rather dramatically by the reader.

I suggest we all try to demonstrate some patience, tolerance and have a sense of humor while you’re on the message board. To be honest, I get sick of wading through the oceans of complaints, finger pointing, insults and the unpleasant people that search through the forums in hope to find some glimmer of reason to attack another person or demonstrate utterly irrational anger and resentment. There are plenty of these types of people on here. They obviously don’t have anything better to do in their miserable lives other than trying to make others miserable.


Many of these people who regularly use the internet are the type of people that wouldn’t say boo to a goose. People think that just because they can post anonymously, that they have the right to say whatever rude or insulting things they want to others. I have never once been confronted by these types of people in the real world. People just don’t act like this out in society. I never had a teacher to tell me I was dumbass because I forgot to dot my “i” or a person to call me liar to my face.  Why is when some people have to be behind a computer screen to demonstrate their bravery, act like a jerk or just be a total asshole? Why not confront them in person? When the fear of reprimand is eliminated and anonymity is secure this certainly will make insulting more common and harsher than it is in real life.



I remind you all this is a free message board. It doesn’t cost you one dime out of your pocket. I remind you there are other alternatives on the internet and no one here is holding a gun to your head forcing you to stay here. If you don’t like what is offered you do have other options. Also I don’t mind people making suggestions for improvements. But complaining about everything doesn’t do anything but piss me off, cause me stress and makes me not want to continue the board. There is a difference in complaining and constructive criticism. 

From here on out if you’re complaining, bitching, moaning about the way we do things. Then I will ban your account, your IP address and your entire hosting domain if I have to.
We are also going to ISP domain only email validation sign ups. If new members can’t figure out how to activate their account by checking their ISP emails then they will not be able to sign up.  Public email domains such as yahoo, gmail, hotmail will no longer be activated. I simply can’t deal and won’t deal with the nonsense of fly by night posters anymore.  I won’t have people insulting my family, my intelligence. This may cause us to take a huge hit in members, but we will have more control of the nonsense. I rather have 1 quality poster sign up a day rather than 30 of these fly by night posters.

You know things are not going right, when the most popular threads on the board are the ones where people complain, bitch and moan.  I ask you that want to see BGR a success to work with me. I will make one last effort to make this work. But if things don’t shape up soon, and people can’t respect what the staff and I work hard to bring you for FREE. I will close the doors on BGR. This isn’t worth the headaches or the stress. I encourage you to report any type of rude behavior to any of the staff. If you see someone making fun of, bashing another member please report ASAP. We all can work together to rid ourselves of the nuisance that rid BGR.

I open to suggestions for improvements. I' m not open to complaints.

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Well I know I havent been here as long as the other staff memebers but man I know the time and hard work you put into the site.  This site has been a great part of my everyday life.  Its the best site out there and is getting bigger and better everyday.  I know there are a few ass holes on here that is all they want to do but there are a hell of alot of us who respect what u do.