Since a few of you were interested, heres the email I just sent to journey. This is just one persons issues with this site. As I know I will probably be bashed, that is not my intention. Instead, I am trying to make this place better.
Journeyman-
First I want to apologize for being negative. I have reached a point where I have just gotten sick and tired of all the goings on at therx website. I will say that none of my issues have to do with the moderators or any one poster in particular. I will also admit that I have not visited the rx much in the past few months, instead I decided to start posting and being an active member of a different forum. So my issues go back several months.
My feeling is that therx has become more of a high school playground than a gambling forum. To me, there was way too much "bashing" and "attention whoring" going on, instead of a way to gather valuable information on sports handicapping.
I have seen personal vendettas, where one poster will go into an other posters thread and just take it over. I have seen too many people bashing a poster because of a losing play. There are a handful of individuals that are looking for attention with their plays. Although there seem to be rules regarding bashing, it seems that those rules get interpreted differently depending on the poster.
Therx has become a rather large high school clique. It seems that if you have not gone to any of the "bashes" you are an outsider. I have never looked for or asked for any attention, but you will see that I have over 900 posts, yet I still feel like I am a newbie on that site. Maybe its because I am not from the midwest and don't think The Big 10 is the only college conference out there.
In closing, I would like to apologize for my recent post saying negative things about your site. I guess that I am just frustrated that such a good site can be taken down by some people that are way to comfortable hiding behind their computer.
Now that we know some of the "problems", what are the solutions? To be honest, Im not sure. You have tried to stop bashing, it hasnt worked. You have tried to move threads, only to cause more bashing, it seems to be a vicous circle.
I have always tried to treat posters with respect, unfortunately, most of the other posters in the site have no idea how to do that. I suppose that that may be my biggest problem, if you arent in the inner circle, you are a nobody. We have choices with what forums to be an active member of, lately my choice was to be part of a different forum.
Since this has been "off the cuff" I know its going in a lot of different directions, I apologize for that. Hopefully you many have gotten a few ideas about what has upset me. Feel free to contact me more on this issue.
Thank you very much for your time, I appreciate you letting me get some things off my chest.
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Journeyman-
First I want to apologize for being negative. I have reached a point where I have just gotten sick and tired of all the goings on at therx website. I will say that none of my issues have to do with the moderators or any one poster in particular. I will also admit that I have not visited the rx much in the past few months, instead I decided to start posting and being an active member of a different forum. So my issues go back several months.
My feeling is that therx has become more of a high school playground than a gambling forum. To me, there was way too much "bashing" and "attention whoring" going on, instead of a way to gather valuable information on sports handicapping.
I have seen personal vendettas, where one poster will go into an other posters thread and just take it over. I have seen too many people bashing a poster because of a losing play. There are a handful of individuals that are looking for attention with their plays. Although there seem to be rules regarding bashing, it seems that those rules get interpreted differently depending on the poster.
Therx has become a rather large high school clique. It seems that if you have not gone to any of the "bashes" you are an outsider. I have never looked for or asked for any attention, but you will see that I have over 900 posts, yet I still feel like I am a newbie on that site. Maybe its because I am not from the midwest and don't think The Big 10 is the only college conference out there.
In closing, I would like to apologize for my recent post saying negative things about your site. I guess that I am just frustrated that such a good site can be taken down by some people that are way to comfortable hiding behind their computer.
Now that we know some of the "problems", what are the solutions? To be honest, Im not sure. You have tried to stop bashing, it hasnt worked. You have tried to move threads, only to cause more bashing, it seems to be a vicous circle.
I have always tried to treat posters with respect, unfortunately, most of the other posters in the site have no idea how to do that. I suppose that that may be my biggest problem, if you arent in the inner circle, you are a nobody. We have choices with what forums to be an active member of, lately my choice was to be part of a different forum.
Since this has been "off the cuff" I know its going in a lot of different directions, I apologize for that. Hopefully you many have gotten a few ideas about what has upset me. Feel free to contact me more on this issue.
Thank you very much for your time, I appreciate you letting me get some things off my chest.
tvwatchr
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