FatRoman
Reged: Nov 09 2008
Posts: 6
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I wont sit on his lap but i will put out cookies and a cold grasshopper for him if he comes down the chimmny
I'm just here to see what Grant's quip is with this post. 
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Me?
I'm just hoping it isn't j-p's bowling night. Don't think I can wait up too long.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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polcat11
Reged: Dec 03 2008
Posts: 23
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yeah me too......I'm getting ready to grab a glass of wine and ..........
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Heck
Reged: Nov 15 2004
Posts: 164
Loc: La La Land
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The way time works in this place, he might be here earlier tonight.
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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OK, I'm here...
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spheramid
Reged: Nov 29 2003
Posts: 92
Loc: Waco, Ky
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Cool, spill the beans. LOL
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Eric_Paulson
Reged: Feb 12 2007
Posts: 32
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It's gonna be a long night.
There have been numerous inquiries ahead of this post. Why don't you just start by addressing some of those.
Piffin's seemed to be a favorite, well written and thought out.
Thanks for stopping by JP.
Eric
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Welcome, have a seat and start right in on those responses.
This isn't a chat room, you've got plenty to go with up above.
Thanks again for this discussion.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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yes, I'm doing the copy/paste thing and will be posting answers shortly...
we could certainly use a chatroom, b/c I'd glady hold an open chat...
and, are we all cool that it's me already?
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polcat11
Reged: Dec 03 2008
Posts: 23
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sure.........now what?
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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JP, you get a chance, hit that "who's online" button up top. Looks like the front two rows are filled.
You're quite the draw.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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Ok, some answers...
first, @ piffin -- I never saw your long post, so that's why I never answered it. I have it here now, and will read and post reply.
now, on to the shorter questions posted above. I sorted them and tried to put them in order:
@ bobl -- Kinda general, but what happened and why?
Short history here -- BT has never had any real plan other than to let people interact and occasionally we pull out info to use in the mag. That might go away, btw, not b/c we don't value the advice, but page space.
Anyways, as most of you know, when advertisers started showing up in the forums, we had to start paying attention. Certain posts/behavior caught certain peoples attention, and we got out the broom...and the broom turned into a shovel.
Getting tired of tossing people one at a time, our group of moderators put together a list of people and their offenses, and I took action. I tossed some, blocked some, and ignored some people on the list b/c I didn't think they did anything that bad...
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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@ mike smith -- how do you separate the wheat from the chafe ?
that's a two part question. Part one is how I did the above, and part two is how we will do it in the future. As part of this discussion, I will revise the acceptable use policy with examples and post online...
violators will be either warned or banned. The problem with the timeouts is that they are too time consuming. We don't have an automated system that lets us check off something and then you go back in the pool when your timeout is over. It's actually a piece of paper...
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Boss_Hog
Reged: Mar 24 2005
Posts: 76
Loc: Carlinville, Illinois
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Anyways, as most of you know, when advertisers started showing up in the forums, we had to start paying attention.
I had no knowledge of that.
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Getting tired of tossing people one at a time, our group of moderators put together a list of people and their offenses, and I took action. I tossed some, blocked some, and ignored some people on the list b/c I didn't think they did anything that bad...
Why no warnings?
And why no communication for so long?
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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@ David Doud -- OK, what's the plan for Breaktime? what's the plan for the tavern?
The tavern was very close to getting closed and I took action to calm it down and take the heat off it. For some reason, BT has a reputation of attracting heated discussion. I don't visit the other forums, so I can't say for sure that people at CT don't get heated about proper veggie cutting techniques...
I don't plan to close the tavern, but it may shortly get a do-over, or new folder. I value a place where builders and non-builders can come in and bs over football games or whatever. I've seen some very good discussion in BT. There's a technical reason about the do-over -- we are no longer going to have permission based forums, it will be all or nothing, and not sure the folder can do this once it's been assigned a permissions.
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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@ David cntd...
so, ultimately, we are going to move BT into some other forum technology that simply works better, like is included in the site search. The whole FHB.com site is moving that way, but we have to wait in line for the coders to get coding.
additionally, we want to see all this great information that's buried in BT somehow move out into the main site so more people can find it. You might understand that there are lots of people who just don't use forums for whatever reason.
The project gallery starts this idea. We were hoping that peoples comments are similar to BT threads and more visible to others.
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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@ boss hog's above question -- Why no warnings?
Warnings were initially given, but then there were endless appeals about why such and such weren't in the wrong. I got tired of the process.
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calvin
Reged: Apr 29 2002
Posts: 2388
Loc: NW Ohio
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Sorry to interupt, you can answer this in more detail later.
This statement is going to send shivers through some of us that have been there for a long time:
additionally, we want to see all this great information that's buried in BT somehow move out into the main site so more people can find it.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City
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FHBWEB
Reged: Dec 02 2008
Posts: 36
Loc: Newtown, CT
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@ john7g - When I was an employee of a large company/gag order/our Brand image to protect.
Not sure the exact question, but I can answer more freely here, and me communicating with you is helping our brand, I think.
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JHOLE
Reged: Nov 08 2008
Posts: 258
Loc: Oregon. Ohio
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They were not given.
I don't really care at this point, but don't lie.
If you think they were given, then you need to look at your system. They were not given.
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