Important Question for George Spellwin

[TexasDude]

Since it now seems people on this board will be censored at will. Could you at least provide some ground rules as to what we're going to censor? Or is it just anything that anyone feels like at any time? You can have a picture of a big breasted woman smashing a beer can but not a picture of children?

 

[Warik]

Let's make a Bill of Rights. We'll call it the "Elite Bill of Rights."

Posted by RyanH: "Yes that's a great idea! I hope it includes a clause that lets us sue our employers if we are offended by anything we read on EliteFitness while at work."

-Warik

 

[George Spellwin]

Since it now seems people on this board will be censored at will. Could you at least provide some ground rules as to what we're going to censor? Or is it just anything that anyone feels like at any time? You can have a picture of a big breasted woman smashing a beer can but not a picture of children?

I removed the smashing beer can pic -- I think very little is censored here.

 

[TexasDude]

So then, what is and is not acceptable? Who gets to decide it? Anything I or anyone says or does here is going to piss off, bother or other wise annoy someone. So, all it takes is for someone to complain about anything and it's gone?

 

[GaryWary]

For fucks sake you complete morons...

Knight44 type crap - i.e. racism shouldn't rear it's head.

Inane insulting crap i.e. knight44 and often SG - shouldn't rear it's head either.

The elitefitness people have had to intervene.

You morons. Don't you realise how much hassle a site like this has anyway - because it allows anabloic steroid discussion and more? This site is hardly censored. Now seriously, I could really contribute to this board. I only go to two sites - elite and mesomorphosis...

I will always go to elite anabolic, but I am seriously losing it with this site... It seemed like a good site when I first visited just a few weeks ago..... now I seriously wonder about the intelligence (and age) of the people posting.

PS: Satanic Goatcheese - VERY OFTEN you are so not the brainy wit you think you are.

 

[satanic goatslayer]

PS: Satanic Goatcheese - VERY OFTEN you are so not the brainy wit you think you are.

Never said I was, but I'll take that as a compliment.

BTW - when attempting to insult someone's wit, don't modify their name into something as stupid as Goatcheese.

Good luck in your travels, Mr. Hawkings.

 

[HamsterHider]

Gary Wary that is a gay picture in your last post. Are you a sci-fi dungeon and dragons playing gay man?

 

[35andfeel19]

Oh! Brother!!!

Here we go again!!!

People whining cause that can't be as offensive as they wanna be.

GIVE ME A FRIGGEN BREAK!!!

Let this post die an early and deserved death.

 

[George Spellwin]

So then, what is and is not acceptable? Who gets to decide it? Anything I or anyone says or does here is going to piss off, bother or other wise annoy someone. So, all it takes is for someone to complain about anything and it's gone?

Well, here is a more precise answer.

I take a stand on a few things here -- not on everything.

First, Anabolic Steroid Discussion is welcome. This is obvious I know, but it was not so obvious in 1995 when I invented the Anabolic Discussion Board format. This was pretty controversial back then.

I do not allow hate speech.

Women post here and not on the other Internet fitness boards because I work hard to make them welcome. We have not always had women here, and the fact that we do is something I consider a success.

African Americans have and will always be welcome here. In fact, I just deleted some of the silly posts like the "Black Santa" post. If I was black and showed up here in the last few days, I would think I was at a clan rally.

Gays and lesbians have always been welcome here. From the beginning, I have run an Anabolic and HIV discussion board. It is not as busy as I would like, but it has been here for a long time. I do not know for sure, but I bet there are no "out" gays or lesbians on the other boards -- because they are not welcome. This too has been controversial, but I myself do not understand why.

Some of the things that get deleted are absolutely subjective.This is elitefitness.com and the .com means commercial. So it is a good bet that if someone is going to come here and make posts like those by "Dr.Poopy" or "EVILWHITEHETEROGUY" that they will get banned. I can see only one purpose to those types of posts -- that of hurting my business. And if someone comes here and actively tries to decrease my membership, then they get the ax.

IMHO, we probably do not delete enough. I had no idea there was so much crazy racial stuff here until BigJay pointed it out to me on EF Select. The mods and I cannot monitor everything 100% of the time.

If however you want to criticize me or my company in a constructive way, then I have always allowed this. Although 95% of the posts about Mass Quantities are positive. I do not delete the negative ones. And I do not delete threads like this that may be critical of how this board is run. All this stuff stays even if it hurts my site and business in the short run, because in the long run, I know that this site will be a better place because of it.

Try posting constructive criticism on another fitness board -- I guarantee it will not stay around for long. But then again, neither will the words "Elite Fitness" if you try mentioning this site on the other boards on the Net.

 

[HamsterHider]

Dr. Poopy said nothing near as bad as the racist, sexist violent posts many other make. He was just a magician in missouri. So what he talked about poop. It is better then using racist names, degrading people through threats and more.
Bring Dr. Poopy back. I will make hime promise to behave.