BTO Feedback Requested: Amount of Moderation and Policing on Agriville.com

[ado089]

Sometimes he's funny other times stupid. The Internet is an terrible place to take offense to things. If you don't like his character don't read it. Sorry. But BTO there's plenty of shit out there to discuss , try not to be a dink to others on here.

[bluefargo]

On the rare occasions when I have taken the time to try to read BTO's post I have found them neither funny or interesting. They are rude crude and generally offensive. They really clutter up this site.
As far as swearing goes that seems to be the norm on this site. I don't like it but I tolerate it.
The line is crossed on personal attacks which really lower the bar. Yes most of us are anonymous but I still don't like it. This site would lose nothing if BTO was banned.

[sumdumguy]

Let's tar a feather him.

[sumdumguy]

We'll see how cocky he is then.

[jdepape]

When I see a post by BTO I simply don't read it. I don't even think about it. If in his diatribes he has the odd nugget of interest, I guess I go without. (I don't think I'm missing anything.)

Suggest Agri-ville could do what other sites do - if a post steps offside of the guidelines, leave the post in place but replace the content with something like "the content of this post has been deleted due to inappropriate language".

Nobody should be banned but I support censorship.

[wilagro]

Whatever jdepapes said...sounds reasonable.

BTO doesn't bother me, I've seen far worse.

[jamesb]

If there are rules they must be followed or the post should be removed. As some others pointed out it would be great to have the ability to have the choice whether I see certain posters post. I would love to have an ignore button.

[checking]

For those who believe BTO is bad, he is mild compared to candy crush and scrabble chat. They would straighten the curly hairs on a bald man's head! Those chat rooms have a hide function, mute function, and a report function. I do not believe the latter has any value.

Like bucket, I am more offended by the god bless and scripture elements that permeate certain posts than colorful language.

As for freewheat, your mistake was not saying that it would be a long time before you posted on Joe's site, rather than the ultimatum that you would leave forever. You may actually require the use of this site at some future time.

[LEP]

Freewheat ,I don't mean to be a jerk, but you do have to toughen up.

Many on this site have said they need to disregard what bto says. I suggest you do the same.

It is actually an important skill to not get too worried about what unimportant people think.

I would be more concerned about what family and close friends think than a blowhard anonymous poster.

[farmaholic]

Look at all the badgering Tom4G3 takes.... he NEVER goes to see the lions when he goes to the zoo!

[freewheat]

I have farmed for 24 years. I lost my dad before I was able to farm with him. 10 of those years, Mainly in the last decade have been brutal weather wise, so I am making a shift into livestock...

And some are telling me to toughen up? That is sheerly, and highly laughable. I could not be any tougher. I can almost guarantee I am tougher, and have been through more crap in my life than most on here could fathom, at least from what I gather in the general posts on here. I have repeaetedly said I am not looking for sympathy, but understanding, and many have shown some kindness and understanding, but several still don't get it. Like those who think I should have tried harder, accepted help, or just bought a dryer with the state of my farm these days. I am sick of being tough. Tough has got me no where. I HAVE fought. I am sick of fighting. I guess that makes me thin skinned and weak to some?

A few points for those who do not understand, and then I will move onto the topic of BTO.

It has been brought up that I should have accepted the help I was offered to get the harvest done. I would have, if there had been a window to harvest. But there was not. We have had 5 snows, and many more rains since the offer by the good and kind Klause was given, and a couple of my neighbors as well. 8 inches of snow, is not conducive to harvest. We are not like most of the prairies, with no snow cover, and plus temperatures. Our highest temp was plus 2 the other day, which does not magically melt 8 inches of snow.

Onto BTO.

It is obvious what my thoughts are. I think it is "tougher" to read and face the idiot, than simply ignore him and run away. When he slighted me personally for losing my dad, my mentor, my idol, my best friend, it cut deep. Only a fool would say toughen up, fight on, after someone distastefully mocked someone else, like losing your dad is a minor little easily worked through detail. Well, it is not. It may be a long time ago, but I am not healed, I am not, "over it". You don't get "over it". It affects you so profoundly, so deeply, and I am man enough to say so. His death has had far reaching emotional affects on me, that last to this day, and will last to the day I too die.

So when BTO used my dad's death to beat me over the head and tell me to suck it up, it hurt. And it is not what a normal forum would put up with.

But worse. He belittled a hutterite family who lost their 10 year old son. I have an 11 year old son, so I am sensitive to his complete lack of regard for a precious young life.

Finally, I am appalled that several of you seem to think this is all fine and dandy for a forum, to have a mocking, cruel, foul mouthed idiot, be a part of a site like this. You all know he would never have been allowed back on in any other forum that is even halfway civilized. But NOOOOOO on agriville idiocy trumps shutting out a repetitive rule breaker.

I stand by my ideals. If this site allows such an idiot to remain, I quit. Not because I am somehow "untough", or I should simply ignore him. Everyone could ignore his posts, but he is still there, spreading his filth, his cruelty, and his idiotic and unbridled swearing.

I hope this is not how out to lunch the agriville community has gotten. To let someone like him tarnish an otherwise very good site.

That some of you fail to see it is unreal, and a symptom of our society as a whole.

Ban him for good.

[caseman]

Iam surprised it took this long,bto was wrong in telling freewheat to suck up his fathers death, and then the skidsteer accident was the limit.

would anyone talk like this face to face????????

[riders2010]

Lots of people are dealing and have dealt with tragedy in life and shit weather on the farm!!!
Be 7 years old and lose a brother and sister in a car accident and try carry on, not you but your parents ? So see everyone has a story, your not the only one.

It was excessive what bto said but maybe many of us have become toughened to that sort of thing. Turn on the tv watch the news and you ll see bto is peanuts. Who knows who bto is might not even be a farmer. Who cares. Way too sensitive if you re worried about an anonymous poster says.

[freewheat]

Riders, I am man enough to give you my sympathies of your past losses, and am truly sorry to hear you dealt with that difficulty.

[JDGreen]

BTO stays. Free speech (or whatever he half assed types) comes with it a fair share of what you may not want to hear. As others have said ignore it and don't read his posts if you don't like it. This site needs the ability to block/mute/ignore, it also needs the ability to remove the language others find offensive. Freewheat as far as your concerned, yes you need to toughen up. You are no more unique than many others who have gone through what you have. It's a shitty deal I get it man. However if I could sum up after reading your posts for a few years it would be this. The definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting different results. Not sure what you will do long term to right your ship or learn to deal with the hand you've been dealt, however I sincerely wish you the best. As far as starting a witch hunt and systematically banning members one by one and working like a wolf pack. Not going to happen from my end.

This whole site is a goddamn joke at times with its antique platform and moderators inability to police it effectively. Personally dont care what others say on here. Call me out, diss me or what have you. DONT CARE!!!