Post by BearDownMU on Feb 18, 2016 23:16:40 GMT -5
First of all, thanks to everyone who sent me notes about the abhorrent posts on the WCU thread from tonight. I have been coaching a baseball doubleheader since 6 this evening and had just gotten home when I got a call from the Athletics Department letting me know what was going on.
I think it goes without saying that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable. I have deleted all the offensive posts. Also, I have recorded the IP addresses of the posters in question, and banned the IPs. This may not help us, but its a start.
I apologize to everyone that had to experience that. The level of cowardice for someone to come in here on a guest account and spew such filth is quite amazing. I'm of the opinion that if you want to talk like that, at least have the stones to say it as yourself. Not hide behind the anonymity of the internet. Probably because they know the only way they get away with being such a hateful, spineless, piece of trash if be hiding behind a fake internet name on a message board.
Anyway, I digress. What bothers me the most is this is supposed to be a safe, fun place for people to talk about something we love so much, Mercer. And now 1 or 2 scumbags have to come by and pee in the punch bowl.
So, I will monitor the site for now, but this may very well lead to me forcing registration. Meaning, in order to post, everyone would have to set up an account with a user name and password. I can also take it one step further if necessary and require Email Key Registration. Meaning, not only would people have to set up an account, but they would have to provide a working email address in order to verify the account. I've avoided this, because I wanted people to be able to easily participate, especially people from other schools that may only come by here a couple of times a year. When we were getting started, the more the merrier was my hope. Unfortunately, based on this nonsense, I may have to alter how everyone uses the board.
So, thanks to all of you who participate and, again, sorry you had to deal with all that. Just another reminder that there are plenty of people in the world who lack any modicum of character.
Shawn
I think it goes without saying that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable. I have deleted all the offensive posts. Also, I have recorded the IP addresses of the posters in question, and banned the IPs. This may not help us, but its a start.
I apologize to everyone that had to experience that. The level of cowardice for someone to come in here on a guest account and spew such filth is quite amazing. I'm of the opinion that if you want to talk like that, at least have the stones to say it as yourself. Not hide behind the anonymity of the internet. Probably because they know the only way they get away with being such a hateful, spineless, piece of trash if be hiding behind a fake internet name on a message board.
Anyway, I digress. What bothers me the most is this is supposed to be a safe, fun place for people to talk about something we love so much, Mercer. And now 1 or 2 scumbags have to come by and pee in the punch bowl.
So, I will monitor the site for now, but this may very well lead to me forcing registration. Meaning, in order to post, everyone would have to set up an account with a user name and password. I can also take it one step further if necessary and require Email Key Registration. Meaning, not only would people have to set up an account, but they would have to provide a working email address in order to verify the account. I've avoided this, because I wanted people to be able to easily participate, especially people from other schools that may only come by here a couple of times a year. When we were getting started, the more the merrier was my hope. Unfortunately, based on this nonsense, I may have to alter how everyone uses the board.
So, thanks to all of you who participate and, again, sorry you had to deal with all that. Just another reminder that there are plenty of people in the world who lack any modicum of character.
Shawn