Some of you are probably wondering what the heck happened to the "non-moderated" tag on this board.

After much discussion, the moderators have decided that the "non-moderated" board should be shut down. We are simply tired of trying to decide what is/isn't worthy of moderation (yes, the board said "non-moderated" but anyone who read the sticky at the top knew we reserved the right to moderate in some cases). Most threads in that board had simply devolved into personal attacks and fights between different users. We don't want that to be who we are as a site so, while we don't like losing a part of our site, this decision was made.

-BR-Tech

There's a few trolls I'm sure are happy now. They finally succeeded in getting it shut down. Congrats.

There were a lot of people that contributed on both sides. 

I have been here for 12 years and on one hand hate to see it closed down, but will say the behavior and personal attacks got so bad, that I had quit posting in the misc forum recently and even also quit coming to it to view as much as I once did.

It is evident that the things that have gone on in this forum the past 2-3 years or so have run a lot of respected people off from this site. Even after the recent banishment of certain posters, a certain poster still here has done his best to replace a banished one at keeping the pot stirred, even after being called out about it by some respected posters.

I think that if everyone will be really-really honest with themselves, they will admit that things were still out of hand here and this why the mods shut it down. I don't like it anybetter than anyone else does, yet, it couldn't be allowed to continue as it was doing.

Maybe after a cooling off period, it will be re-started with some stricter guide lines like BBE which has a zero tolerance policy on personal attacks. Eliminate personal attacks and their should be no problems.

Was looking forward to checking it out as a couple of buddies told me it was a riot to watch. 

Just when we had made progress toward putting our differences behind us earlier today.

The timing is rather odd.  Be well to you too.  And to many others.

 
  I've had 14 years of friendship on this site. Now, just because my health no longer allows me to bowl, I have no reason to discuss bowling. The NB-Misc bowling forum is all I had left to stay connected to my friends here.  It's been a pleasure, my good friends. The good times and the bad, somehow it always worked out. I'm going to miss this place and all of you in a huge way. Be well, folks.

Greg...back at you...it was fun going back and forth...I blame Obama

WOW!! Doesn't this just suck.

Well some of us knew this was coming if things didn't settle down, it is what it is.
And 9~, yes some people got what they wanted.

I found myself posting less and less, but would still come in and read all of the antics going on in the forum. I made some good friends in here also, and don't be strangers as I will check in once in a while, and check my in box. Or if I need some bowling info as I still do bowl.

Good luck everyone, and be good.

Dang now I have to find another place to hang out and converse.

I still feel the non-misc boards problems could be solved with a suggestion I made previously. That being where a user could prevent a specific user from posting to their thread. The truly caustic posts would disappear very quickly when they had no where to post those comments directed at their favorite target.

Agreed. Unfortunately, there were a very few who's pure agenda was troublemaking, and there wasn't a mechanism for isolating their behavior. Having a non-misc board that has tools for moderation without the mods intervening would be a win-win all around. I had hoped your suggestion would have been implemented.