I think this is a good thread, but it's not going to solve anything for the two reasons set out below.
1. It's not me, its you. AKA One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.
The funny thing about the the OP is that its so vague on specifics that 100 people can thank it and think its directed at different people. Short of having a vote to call posters out or having the mods explain their temporary suspensions - no one is going to come to self-realisation that they are part of the problem or know where the line is.
For example, when I read it, I think about all the people who posted the same "GG is a great coach" stuff all year long and were super repetitive and baited us. A real nuisance and detracted from my enjoyment of the board. A lot of these posters actually thanked the OP...and I'm thinking to myself "THESE PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM!!!!
These same posters are probably reading the OP and thinking "that Gullfoss is real asshat, and he's bringing down the discourse of this board by being so negative and critical. And mean. And unfair."
2. Are we having a discussion or circle-jerk? AKA its not an echo chamber AKA the board is different things to different people
Scorpian's thread "Glen Gulutzan is a good coach" from early in the season could have been either a mutual admiration thread about Gully or it could be interpreted as "Glen Gulutzan is a good coach? Discuss...". I took it to mean the latter. And this is the way I like to think the Scorpian meant it.
The thread "Congrats Matt Stajan" could have either been a mutual admiration thread about how amazing Matt Stajan and his accomplishment of longevity is. Or it could have been "Congrats Matt Stajan? Discuss..." thread.
Many people seemed genuinely offended that I took it to mean the latter - and felt I was being super disrespectful. A lot of people are going to ask "How did Gullfoss not possibly see that the Matt Stajan thread was suppose to be an echo chamber!?!?!?!?"
And to those people, I really didn't mean to offend you because I had no idea you wanted to have a mutual admiration session. But ask yourself, what exactly is the purpose of having a thread dedicated to congratulating Matt Stajan on an internet forum? Like seriously...do you expect him to read it and be like "wow thank you poster MikeDeWillis. Your congrats means sooo much to me!"? Whose benefit are you posting it for? And if the purpose is namely so you can all get together and have a love-fest for the Staj, would you like me to make my own "Does Matt Stajan's long but mediocre career deserve our admiration?" thread? Or am I suppose to just "keep my mouth shut and not have an opinion because it might hurt matt stajans feelings?"
It makes a lot more sense - in my view - for it to be a discussion topic. So that's how I interpreted it
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