How can we improve.....

[b fold the truth]

This is my favorite board on Elite. I truly feel that this is the board which stands to help everyone the most with their goals...TRAINING.

I notice that we get tangled up in debate, opinions, and calling BS on people a little to often on this board. When we do that we tend to not only run off the new members of this board but the veterans tend to leave too.

I would like to see everyone sit back, relax, and take every single post for JUST what it is...an opinion. We don't all post pics and tell everyone our REAL name on here, so we must take everyone's word for who we are, what we look like, as well as what works for us.

We all have different goals in mind and we all get them from doing something differently. None of us have done the same things all of our careers, we have evolved in our training methods. We all had opinions about AAS use as well as the Weider Principles when we first started...and our opinions change over years.

I want us to think as to how we can improve this board to be something better than it already is. I would like to see more of the Vetrans come back and help all of us out. I would like to see NY Muscle, WIDELAT, Cornholio, Arioch, Hannibal, Spatterson, PowerlifterJay, Wodin, flexed1, Buld0g, Saint808, etc....to come over here and be a part of our board more often. Several of them come here on a frequent basis, but I'd like to see them post more often...

We are blessed to have a very open environment to post in, where everyone can express their opinions. Not everyone can express their opinions without being flamed. A good flaming is ok from time to time...but I have seen a lot of it get way out of hand lately (I know I have done it before) and it gets us nowhere.

Lets get this board to growing again...with lots of new information. I'll start by sending a few PM's around to people that I'd like to see on this board more often as well as trying to make a post of my own once daily (with useful informaton in it...lol...change for me I know).

Any other ideas???

B True

 

[Y_lifter]

If someone posts a W/O or an Idea that you don't agree with, that's OK.

In your response, you should START the reply with:
WHAT WORKS FOR ME IS......and then your sugguestion or alternative view.

Not a reply of WTF are you talking about you dumb Ass

This way you get your views heard and it allows the EF members to try both and see what works for HER/HIM, or to think you are full of BS in private..

How can you argue with someone you don't know and have never even seen?

Thanks Fold

 

[DrBones]

I agree...
Learning new things is a lot more interesting than reading people yapping at each other...
If opinions differ... so be it... just don't resort to name calling..
Ryan

 

[needsize]

I agree b-fold, this is the board I frequent most, but sometimes I just can't deal with the crap on here, and sometimes I know I get caught right up in it. As this is about training, and there are very few "for sures" in bodybuilding/weight training, everyone is more than welcome to express their opinion, and intelligent debate is great as it makes you re-think what you think you know. It is annoying when people come here and and state their opinion like it's gospel, but I for one know I need to be more tolerant.

I think it would really help to have some mods that actually hang out here on a regular basis. As I have no life right now and am here all the time, I of course volunteer myself, but there are some other knowlegable bros that are here all the time and have the right temperment to help push this forum in the right direction (b fold for one)

 

[spatts]

B True, as I've said, I would moderate the hell out of this board. The level of respect is hideous, and it seems that various methods can not be discussed without someone feeling "attacked." What we run into here is a gathering of PL/OL/Strongperson/BB/Fit/Fig methods, and many of them conflict greatly. PL's get called idiots when they inform BB's that they bench with their lats/tris/shoudlers...yet this is true.

It's OK for one thing to work for one person and not for another. It's OK to be open minded...to CONSIDER someone's stance without subscribing to it.

Don't get me started on the waste of bandwidth...a.k.a. TROLLS.

We could afford to be ALOT more objective.

On a more positive note, those that do contribute in a positive and constructive manner, that influences and encourages critical thought, do so VERY well, and I enjoy their insight.

 

[Arioch]

I personally would like to see you (Spatts) moderate the hell out of here. I would spend more time here then.

 

[ZZuluZ]

How about:

1.) No more threads for the specific purpose of attacking someone.

2.) No ad hominem attacks.

Refute someone's ideas, not them personally.

-Zulu

 

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[Thaibox]

Definately need an agressive moderator(s). Simply sending warnings to people that cross the line would be helpful. People who continue to do so should get booted off.

Unfortunately, I don't think we can change people's attitudes or demeanors(high school is out for the summer). But we can have a mother or father figure around to slap the kids when they get out of hand.

Good parenting, thats all the board needs

 

[spatts]

How about:

1.) No more threads for the specific purpose of attacking someone.

2.) No ad hominem attacks.

Refute someone's ideas, not them personally.

-Zulu

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