I dont agree with hiding all political posts from view active topics (which is really the only way anyone uses the board) but the unending shitshows that are threads like Trump Year 2 and Kavanaugh do need to go. Just delete them. It all amounts to a TRUMP GENERAL where people freak about something they will forget in a few days (or few hours). If someone wants to start a thread titled "TRUMP SHAKES JAPANESE PM'S HAND, DOESN'T BOW. OMFG" it will die almost instantly. But because a post like that gets put in Trump Year 2, a thread that has its own regulars and ecosystem, it keeps getting bumped because there is a meta-element to those megathreads that is pretty easily identifiable after you've seen it play out for the 500th time.

Putting political talk in general in time out was wrong. What should be allowed is political NEWS, where the relevant and important stories get "airtime" at the top of the board while pointless bullshit gets ignored the way it should be.

Wait, Toxic and you haven't been trying this whole time? How bad is going to get when you guys really try?

Comparing the data from July of 2016 until now. MANY posters may visit daily (Chus) but may not contribute for various reasons. Others are far more active than they ever were under BF. Some have rejoined the board and we have a handful of new members.

The board is alive and well. MANY have been predicting it's demise for over a decade. Changes at the Score are still being made because of this place.

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GO BEARS!!!

I am not a member of incels.me, they would probably ban me if I posted there, but I understand its place on the internet. I think they have some good points. I think (almost) everyone has good points even if I am not always willing to admit it.

Only this board and ChiCitySports are left as places to talk Chicago sports. Everywhere else is gone. The Bears official forums are dead, NorthsideBB is garbage and has been garbage forever, Soxtalk with its redesign and now crazy quick ban trigger is circling the drain, NFL-Fans has been gone since like 2009, WSI is actually fairly vibrant but that pool is closed.

Its pretty remarkable that the CFMB is the one who came out on top. I had been familiar with this site for a long time and was shocked that it is the one that came out on top of the whole thing.

The biggest complaints have been about politics. Some have left the board because of politics. Now you have to actively look for the threads in the politics section. Those of us who like to discuss it won't have a problem. Those who don't won't have to see it and they can contribute in all the ways they were prevented from doing over the past 3 years.

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Putting posts in a place where they will not be seen will kill off posts of that type.

I think they'll be seen. The regulars know where to go and new people will probably look at each section initially.

We removed the S and Fanatic clearly isn't only sports related.

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The regulars make those posts so they can be seen by others. There is some catharsis in just posting shit but ultimately very nearly all of the political posts are made performatively. There's no audience anymore.

I've left my mark on the political side of this board, I'll live without it. But others wont, some of them may be a lot higher profile than you'd expect.

People also seem a lot more sensitive than they used to be. I think that creates a lot of built up anger which obviously leads to less enjoyment of the board and the eventuality of finding something you enjoy more with your time. I have a theory that it is because the board is getting older and many of us are in the stage of our lives where we are no longer the younger generation that is destroying things because of all of our strange ideas, laziness, and bad music.

When this board was filled with 20 somethings that didn't really care about stuff like that we wouldn't have pages of discussion(and anger) about someone lying about what a Devil's Triangle is. The 20 something in us would have laughed at that.

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Some of us are still in 20 somethings, however. Keeps you young.

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I would've hated you in my 20's as well.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Isn't there companies that will do this for you,is numb tweet counts? I could see a few people here dropping $5 on a hundred post bump.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Ya, I think leash is a good example of this. He was a fantastic poster in his yute.

It didn't hurt that a couple of the shows would give the board free advertising by various shoutouts. That is how I find the place. Too bad we as a board burned those bridges.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I would love to see a monthly graph chart of LTG and JLN over the last 18 months compared to the board average.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I can buy this. Regardless of reason, your first sentence is undoubtedly true. It's a shame.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

A poster threatening to rape and murder someone's family might have given a few radio hosts pause on giving this place a shoutout.

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"we as a board"

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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I think everyone needs to remember that even though we may disagree it does not mean that it means I hate you. Seems to be getting lost in the political attacks.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Nah, I pretty much hate everyone I disagree with.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

When did he move back from New England to Illinois?

I think his mental decline may have begun shortly after his relocation to Naperville, which is understandable.

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I hate most people I agree with

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HIDES JUST FINE

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

You son of a bitch.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Getting rid of:

Trolls (It would be nice if I could hide Brick)

Cubs/Sox garbage- (Good Dolphin among others) Most of us like one or the other but to actively root against the other and rub salt in the wound when a team loses is low class.

America and his political garbage.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

It would be nice if we could get rid of hurtful posts like this. I have feelings too.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You've eliminated 93% of the board there.