The Evolution of the Planet

[BIG_DADDY]

I think to understand the nature of the problem that exists here today it is important to reflect on how we arrived here. For those that don’t know, ChiefsPlanet was created to get around the vast restrictions placed on posters in KC Star. It was a huge success right off the bat and we were rolling. IMO those first months we ended up with a lot of really great posters and only a couple bad ones. As time went on CP has attracted more and more people who love not having restrictions and unlimited subjects to discuss which was great other than the fact that that many thought those threads were polluting the forum with people arguing all the time over subjects that didn’t even involve football. I posted a poll asking the membership if they wanted another forum for off topics and it passed by a landslide and the people who run this BB were gracious enough to create it and DC was born.

That has worked for a long time now with this almost no holds barred format. Once again this type of forum has been attractive to people who love the open debate that can take place here but unfortunately over many years it has attracted more and more trolls who like using the structure here to do nothing more than try to get under posters skin and will do anything in order to do that. It’s also allowed posters like frazod to thrive here being the poster child of bad psychology. Talk about no boundaries with a strong desire to bust in others and dump. This has attracted more in the like, can anyone say KCN? The trolls have grown as well in this forum in a kind of perfect storm way. What we have today is a forum saturated with trolls and posters with the psychology of a 13 year old psychopathic girl on her first period. IMO this is costing us many potential good posters who would make this a better place to come to and has also seen us lose many quality long term posters. To complicate matters the moderators that reside here are fine with posters posting anything they want about you and your family members short of a racist remark heaven forbid just as long as you don’t do it to them which is now creating two different cultures that exist within the planet. If they think that it is hostile now they haven’t seen anything yet should this persist.

IMO at this point nothing short of a cleansing designed to rid the planet of trolls and bloody vaginas that have no control is exactly what this place needs to regain its former greatness. There was a time when I posted a thread about a family member and their battle with cancer and asked for prayers and support. Today there is no chance of me doing something like that here as I have no desire to see somebody post the nastiest thing they can think of at that point. For the old timers it should be easy to see the huge difference in where we were and where we are now. My 2 cents.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Yeah, I'm going to disagree here.

I stay the **** out of DC, but there's been a gradual change in this place in the last 4-5 years.

When I started here, it was pretty evenly split between solid football discussion and pop culture/bullshit. A discussion could get heated, you'd call each other some names, and then laugh about it over a beer at the next CP function.

There's a small group of old-timers that still do it, but we're a dying breed.

2009, I hate to be a broken record but that was the year. Judging by the neg rep and other factors that was when it started to get real nasty around here.

[ct]

the problem is there is no solution

who decides those to purge and those to remain? what criteria? why bother when it'll be right back to mayhem in a matter of months, if not weeks?

I've also been around since the dawn of time, i'm just not near the activity level of most others

I long since accepted filtering thru the muck to get anything of value here. I've also quietly abandoned this place many times, only to return come training camp or draft season, cause this still remains the #1 site for collective information, even if 50% of it (being quite generous) is complete trollish crap.

anyway, i'm w/ ya BD, but agree the named callout was not a point in your favor for the cause

[TLO]

Originally Posted by loochy

yeah, seriously.

macericks ace got freaking ROASTED about the porno and deadbeat dad thing and he still stuck around

Black Bob is another prime example.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by patteeu

What do you know about what we experienced prior to 2005?

You're right.

Those that were here between 2000-2005 NEVER talk about those years, and there certainly isn't an archive you can go back and read.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

It's ironic that some of the biggest assholes on the board are some of the longest tenured members.

Also, there is something to be said about this whole nostolgia phenomenon. Every where i look regarding nearly every topic that comes up in life....It was always better "back in the day". It never fails.

This is true.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

It's ironic that some of the biggest assholes on the board are some of the longest tenured members.

Also, there is something to be said about this whole nostolgia phenomenon. Every where i look regarding nearly every topic that comes up in life....It was always better "back in the day". It never fails.

That happens when half your board is 35+...

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Rausch

Yup.

There was once a time that CP itself had the balls to rid our board of trolls.

No mods required.

When we started treating n00bs with kid gloves we damaged CP's immune system...

BINGO.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Pablo

This.

Everyone on this board plays a hand in it's so called deterioration. Outside of a select few posters like Rainman, and well...maybe he's the only blameless one here.

We could all stop calling each other one who sucks the peniss and morons and post in a civilized manner, but what's the fun in that.

Okay I'll start.

You are not one who sucks the penis.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

2009, I hate to be a broken record but that was the year. Judging by the neg rep and other factors that was when it started to get real nasty around here.

It absolutely was. The football threads were as bad as the bullshit you'd read in DC. And some of them still are.

[patteeu]

One thing that hasn't changed since I've been here is the constant call for more moderation (but usually only on the other guys). There are plenty of places you can get that, so if that's what you really want, why not find a new place?

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

I haven't been around all that long, but I wouldn't say the influx of 49ers fans were treated with kid gloves. Problem is, most of them stuck around anyway.

I really don't understand what they get out of this relationship...

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Okay I'll start.

You are not one who sucks the penis.

And you are not teh m0r0n.

Wow, this feels good guys.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

People always loved giving new posters shit instead of welcoming them to the board.

Welp. Enjoy your board now.

Once again, Zach is full of shit. The only person who ever gave n00bs shit just because they were n00bs was Skip, and he's been gone for 4 ****ing years now.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Rausch

That happens when half your board is 35+...

I'm not sure what you mean by that. We're getting old and grouchy?

If you didn't have your metamucil you'd be grouchy too!

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

You're right.

Those that were here between 2000-2005 NEVER talk about those years, and there certainly isn't an archive you can go back and read.

Since you mischaracterized it, I assume you haven't bothered to read them.