What other Bulletin Boards do you Visit?

[Bogie]

So, other than COTH, which horse-related bulletin boards do you read/post?

[CBudFrggy]

www.flahorse.com/forums

[des]

www.horsecity.com
www.ultimatedressage.com
www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/forum/
There's some others but these are my primary visits.

[Appassionato]

www.horseshoes.com (http://www.horseshoes.com)

Great for learning about hoof health!

[furlong47]

http://www.lancasterhorse.com
http://www.catchride.com

[TheOtherHorse]

MI boards:
www.horsepage.com/board (http://www.horsepage.com/board)
www.michiganhorsepagetoo.com (http://www.michiganhorsepagetoo.com)
groups.msn.com/michiganequinelovers (http://groups.msn.com/michiganequinelovers)

[Beverley]

Only this one and Foxhunters OnLine.

[wasagroom]

canadianneigh.com/forum
Except the forum is down right now. :(

[Jellybean83]

www.theoutsidecourse.com
www.themanestreet.com

And this one, and that's it.

[~Freedom~]

I lurk mostly. I have a fetish for gossip boards.:lol:

http://www.equiman.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

http://p069.ezboard.com/bthemanurepile39728

http://p202.ezboard.com/btheesplantation

[MistyBlue]

Only ones I post on a regular basis are this one, Equichat and TMP. But I do go to the outside course and read, and sometimes post.

[Milocalwinnings]

www.horsecity.com
www.equisearch.com
www.horseshoes.com

[Amwrider]

flahorse.com
trot.org
saddlebredrescue.com
equineneigh-borhood.com (private board, by invite only)

[J Swan]

COTH
The Outside Course on occasion
FOL on occasion

[ShowMeTheGlory]

www.exracers.com
www.thoroughbredtimes.com

[Fairview Horse Center]

http://uncouthbb.com/

Ultimate Dressage

[FancyFree]

I lurk mostly. I have a fetish for gossip boards.:lol:

http://www.equiman.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

http://p069.ezboard.com/bthemanurepile39728

http://p202.ezboard.com/btheesplantation

I've been lurking at The Manure Pile too. Some people at COTH are famous in The Litterbox forum. :cool:

[~Freedom~]

I've been lurking at The Manure Pile too. Some people at COTH are famous in The Litterbox forum. :cool:

You have to be fast with the first link as so many fights break out that the moderators are constantly deleting threads.:eek:

The second one seems to do a parody of this site.:D

And the third one seems to do parodies on everyone.:lol:

[Chief2]

Freedom, thanks for posting the link to the Manure Pile. My cloud of depression has vanished! Mucho gracias! :)

[nstinn]

http://www.eclectic-horseman.com/forums/index.php

[ddashaq]

The only one that I post on is this one, but I lurk at TMP on a regular basis.

[AHorseSomeDay]

I read this board and I post here sometimes.

I also go to this board and post when I am selling something or am looking for something. http://www.bitsandbarter.proboards74.com/index.cgi

Sometimes I go to www.horseshowspy.com and read what they say but I would never post on that board.

www.theoutsidecourse.com I lurk on this board sometimes.

[War Admiral]

My main one outside of here is http://www.modern-saddlebred.com.

Occasionally drop in on TOC, Saddlebred Rescue, Trot, and the GA Horse Yahoo Group. I've given up reading all the carriage driving ones except here, since we no longer compete and I'm not real active in the discipline at the moment.

[gideeupgrl]

www.nj-horse.com/forum
great board

[ruffiannyc]

http://newrider.com/

Despite the "new" rider name, members are a range of experience levels, from barn owners, instructors, horse owners, riders of various backgrounds. I live in the US but somehow found my way onto a UK-based site before COTH.:) In addition to the UK, there are members from various intl locations. Good forums on training of the horse, training of the rider, and care/maintenance in general.

[armandh]

for horses Coth is enough

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

New Rider. Lots of teeny-boppers (or whatever the Brits call them) now, but when I joined eight years ago it was mostly adults. If it weren't for NR, I'd probably be kicking my horses to go and hauling on the reins to stop. Like the only real-life examples I have. Now. And eight years ago.

*Le sigh.*

Of course, there was that awkward stage I went through, asking people to hand me headcollars and numnahs and stuff.:lol:

[giddyupgo]

other than here just
http://giddyupgo.info

[Rancher]

I mostly lurk here, but post regularly on Equichat and New England Horse Play.

[hundredacres]

You have to be fast with the first link as so many fights break out that the moderators are constantly deleting threads.:eek:



It's like that on exracers.com too...only there is no fight! They just delete stuff that makes them look bad after they ban perfectly civil members (er, um) but claim in private to members that the person was "nasty"! lol Even with no evidence or one single person who has ever seen that er, person, being nasty!


I like pedigreequry.com (the forum) too. Nice people, normal people for moderators. I visit horseshoes.com and enjoy sifting through their trainwrecks just as much as the next guy.

Gotta love moderators who don't feel powerful using "delete" ;). I especially like moderators who aren't hanging around their computer desk feeling superior at last, now that they have a title ;). It must be rough to go through life ignored as a mediocre human, than have to deal with the power of "Bulletin Board Moderator"*.

*Please know that this does NOT refer to our COTH moderator(s) - they have a much bigger task than to stalk members!

[~Freedom~]

It's like that on exracers.com too...only there is no fight! They just delete stuff that makes them look bad after they ban perfectly civil members (er, um) but claim in private that the person was "nasty"! lol Even with no evidence or one single person who has ever seen that er, person, be nasty!


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Oh, so are you Hamish?

[hundredacres]

What the heck is Hamish?

[Lisamarie8]

You have to be fast with the first link as so many fights break out that the moderators are constantly deleting threads.:eek:


I don't know that I, personally, have EVER deleted a thread on TMP. If someone is a big enough ass to post someones personal information, we will edit that post, but on the whole I'd say TMP is pretty much free of censorship.

[cleartheoxer]

In regards to what Hundredacres said...I totally agree with her/him. I am one of those who have been banned from ex-racers. I don't know why it bothers me so much as I couldn't care less about most of the people on that board (especially the one mod) but there are a few who I had come to love, truly. I was never given any reasons why I was banned. They would always say "you know what you did", well, sorry, no I don't know what I did. If they would have gone back on my posts they would have seen that nowhere had I ever written anything to warrant a ban. Sometimes people take their positions way too seriously. I wonder what they're like in "real life". Probably not anyone I would ever want to pal around with.

[hundredacres]

I know what one is like in real life. I can't think of any other stalkers' names that I could use for a comparison *sigh*. I do hope she gets the psychiatric help she needs.

[WildBlue]

I don't know that I, personally, have EVER deleted a thread on TMP. If someone is a big enough ass to post someones personal information, we will edit that post, but on the whole I'd say TMP is pretty much free of censorship.

I think he/she/it was referring to the first site on a list of three, of which TMP was second. Apparently it's a parody site. Who knew.

[Sentry Chick]

My fav is equisearch.com But since they've changed the format, it's harder to get around.

I also hit:
horsecity.com
manestreet.com
equineelders.com
horsechannel.com

[AnotherRound]

I'm the site administrator on allbreedpedigree.com (http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/forum/index.php)for general horse forums, the sister site to pedigreequery.com which is TB and racing and breeding.

allbreed is a pretty quiet site, these days, and we'd enjoy some new blood, certainly. Its a bunch of folks, some of whom are breeding, some just keeping, QHs and appys and some Walkers and Morgans, some of the folks there are dedicated researchers of pedigree lines in some of these breeds, and will answer questions and keep the pedigree database clean and up to date on some of their breeds of interest.

For a smaller group and quiet place, stop by and say hi.

The rules are pretty loose - we try to show respect, no bashing, and fights are stopped, but not punished unless the people are baiting, trolls are banned without discussion. We have alot of rules posted, because in the beginning we had two really hard-core stalker personalities who took months to get rid of. But, things are nice now. Anyhoo.

[zagafi]

In regards to what Hundredacres said...I totally agree with her/him. I am one of those who have been banned from ex-racers more than once. I don't know why it bothers me so much as I couldn't care less about most of the people on that board (especially the one mod) but there are a few who I had come to love, truly. I was never given any reasons why I was banned. They would always say "you know what you did", well, sorry, no I don't know what I did. If they would have gone back on my posts they would have seen that nowhere had I ever written anything to warrant a ban. Sometimes people take their positions way too seriously. I wonder what they're like in "real life". Probably not anyone I would ever want to pal around with.

I know one of them in real life. She's quite the piece of work. I have many adjectives I could use, but am trying to be civil.

[hundredacres]

Will do AR!

[Thomas_1]

"Foreign" ones:

The Mane Street
Horseshoes.com

Got banned from Horse Grooming Supplies - They're anal and have no sense of humour! ;)

[hundredacres]

Thomas, want to start a "Banned From Another BB" clique?

;)

[Thomas_1]

Could do. In fact I've been banned from another 3 but they don't really count because I set out to get banned from 2 of those! (loony "natural horse hippies"! barefoot, bitless and braless!)

[hundredacres]

Well, being banned from 3 (intentionally or not) certainly qualifies you as a Leader of the the Clique!

[Thomas_1]

Nah....... I think there's quite a few folks could beat me. I'm sure Rick (hoofrx1) has done better

[BoyleHeightsKid]

Thomas, want to start a "Banned From Another BB" clique?

;)

LOL!! Great idea! I haven't been banned yet from ER but I may be half way there!

[Thomas_1]

LOL!! Great idea! I haven't been banned yet from ER but I may be half way there! I can recommend one that is really easy to get banned from - and indeed I never even counted it in my tally of where I'm banned from.

All you have to do is suggest that someone might be wrong.

Someone said you couldn't give horses aspirin because it was poisonous and I said that wasn't right and you could and I got fired with a warning and told that their board didn't like any disagreement.

This one has a low level of knowledge, wit and tolerance:

http://www.johnlyons.com/dboard/index.php

This one likewise:
http://www.gossiping.net/phpBB2/index.php

[Auventera Two]

I love the John Lyons forum! Great people, quite a few certified trainers there. Several people from COTH post over there. The mods don't put up with bullsh*t ;) You play by the rules, treat people with respect, or you get out.

Other than that, horseshoes.com and theperfecthoof.com. The former is a poo flinging contest, though the mod has recently stepped up to the plate to defend his reputation. The latter doesn't put up with any crap at all.

[~Freedom~]

I don't know that I, personally, have EVER deleted a thread on TMP. If someone is a big enough ass to post someones personal information, we will edit that post, but on the whole I'd say TMP is pretty much free of censorship.

Wildblue is correct. It is the EMG site that is full of kiddies and threads get deleted so fast your head will spin. Hamish was a member that was just banned.

The other two in my list are take pride in taking stuff from here and elsewhere to "discuss" them. The 5'6" 210 lbs thread currently being discussed here is being discussed in great degree on the Plant site and Anky and a few COTH personalities are discussed on the TMP site with one well known dressage COTH person having their own thread.

I just love gossip like that.

[wasagroom]

I know one of them in real life. She's quite the piece of work. I have many adjectives I could use, but am trying to be civil.

I don't use exracers, but I have made a self imposed ban on myself lol for another board because the godmods kept banning myself and a couple of my friends because our opinions and experience they disagreed with, I guess? I have always lived by the motto that opinions are best taken when they are respectful and mindful of other folks. I use a lot of "I feel", and "I believe", or "It has been my experience that.." instead of "THIS IS THE WAY IT IS", but they still can't manage to play nice with me. I can't figure it out, except that maybe one of the moderators is still upset that a colt they inquired about was priced higher than what they wanted to pay? I know most of these moderators in real life and none of them are anything to write home about.

[hundredacres]

Wildblue is correct. It is the EMG site that is full of kiddies and threads get deleted so fast your head will spin. Hamish was a member that was just banned.



Oh, nope, Hamish wasn't me. But I was banned from exracers...:)...it looks like we were confusing forums there! I looked up Hamish, BTW. It's a term used for a Scottish fellow. Ya learn something new every day here!

[Nauset]

www.theoutsidecourse.com !!!!!!

Also, occasionally www.equinesite.com since I'm from New England. I also read the chaos at www.horseshowspy.com :lol:

[Robin@DHH]

One of the oldest, although not a bulletin board or forum, but a usenet newsgroup
is rec.equestrian. But you can't get banned from it as there is nobody who owns it,
no moderator, no control. But if you post bullsh*t there, you will probably be called
on it and some of the names are not too kindly. But it dates back to 1985 which
means its origin predates most all of the forums. If that matters.

[hundredacres]

1985? That predates the internet!

You mean it was an ACTUAL newsgroup-type list? Whoa! That is old!

[Event4Life]

I post on Catchride.com and The Stable Aisle(http://s11.invisionfree.com/the_stable_aisle). I really like TSA, it's a small but active board, members range from 15 - 20+, but there are really knowledgeable posters and it's not just a "teeny bopper" board. The moderating is really reasonable, which I like.

[Robin@DHH]

Well, hundredacres, the first development of the internet was ARPAnet in 1969. Only a
very few folks got to use it, mostly scientists doing military research (ARPA is a Dept of
Defense arm). By the late 1970s Bell Labs (research arm of AT&T at that time) had
usenet established. Computer research facilities and some universities participated.
By the mid 1980s there were many uses for the usenet newsgroups, most about technical
topics but some in the rec (recreational) area about various hobbies of the participants.
An offshoot of a discussion on rec.social and rec.pets caused a BBN researcher to set
up a mailing list for those with equestrian interests. It morphed into rec.equestrian, a
usenet newsgroup that still exists and is active today. The web with its possibilities for
forums (like COTH) and its bulletin boards did not start until the early 1990s.

[Thomas_1]

I looked up Hamish, BTW. It's a term used for a Scottish fellow. Ya learn something new every day here! Its not! :no:

Hamish is just a name. :yes:

[hundredacres]

Its not! :no:

Hamish is just a name. :yes:

Oops, sorry you are correct. It helps to read for content ;).
From Wiki:

"Hamish is often used as a name for a Scottish person in fiction, or when a person's name isn't known but their nationality is apparent from the speaker's accent, similar to Jock"

I misread that sentence completely!

[Tamara in TN]

from The Flame Warriors

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/

re: the Creation of the Internet:


"In the beginning, before bandwidth, there was nothingness. Out of that endless void God and His heavenly host created...Arpanet, and it was good.


But the scientific, military and computer angels Who dwelled in Arpanet were lonely, so They brought forth Browser, and the Web was born. It, too, was good and the children of the internet lived in peace and harmony and were fruitful and multiplied, but God warned His people not to eat of the forbidden fruit of commercialism.

Alas, they disobeyed and soon barbarians drove the children of the internet out of Paradise. God, in His wrath, turned away from His people and condemned them to wander in the digital wilderness, but from time to time He will suddenly appear in mailing lists, chat rooms and discussion forums to remind us sinners that we could be saved if only we would hearken unto Him."

[jenarby]

My Dad was one of the first to develop a working ether (sp?) net at the DOD. I just found this out right after he passed away nearly two months ago. Not too long after he got that running throughout NSA the actual "internet" came about.

[Carley2]

Well...I am sure I will be joining the Exracers "Banned Club " real soon.

I had the nerve to ask why posts were being deleted and when a member stated she would not be posting there anymore again...being the fool that I am I asked why !! Blamo the post was deleted and I am on the pooh list :eek:

Now somehow I am on a spy mission for her !! Your kidding me ...right ?!?

Hundredacres....is any of this sounding familar ?

[Whisper]

Could do. In fact I've been banned from another 3 but they don't really count because I set out to get banned from 2 of those! (loony "natural horse hippies"! barefoot, bitless and braless!)

They banned you because you wore a bra? ;)

I post on the UDBB and http://www.bayequest.com and have been to the fitness/nutrition for riders board that someone recommended here (I don't have the address handy right now). I lurk/occasionally reply to FHOTD (I know it's actually a blog rather than a board, but I figure it's close enough). I also am on some non-horsey boards (mostly dancing ones).

[~Freedom~]

They banned you because you wore a bra? ;)



You didn't know ??:lol:

[hundredacres]

Well...I am sure I will be joining the Exracers "Banned Club " real soon.

I had the nerve to ask why posts were being deleted and when a member stated she would not be posting there anymore again...being the fool that I am I asked why !! Blamo the post was deleted and I am on the pooh list :eek:

Now somehow I am on a spy mission for her !! Your kidding me ...right ?!?

Hundredacres....is any of this sounding familar ?

Yep. The Nazi-rator has issues there.

I have my own farming related forum and in 3 years I have never deleted a topic nor had any problems at all. It's a friendly group and there is no moderating needed. It's a free Proboards forum as well - which is funny because Terrie tells people that she "owns" the exracers forum. It's only "owned" because her name is on it now (she didn't start it though). There are ads on the forum, so she pays nothing. The exracers.com website is another story, but that is not where she has any dictatorial power. The forum itself is free.

There is WAY more diplomacy here. They may be friendly on exracers (er, at least the members were) but there is no diplomacy. Erin has her stuff together...understands people and has a business to help run here - and an actual job monitoring 32,000 members on a forum that is actually part of a business. I wouldn't take her job for anything. Ironically, all 32,000 members are "invisible" to other members and it doesn't make her nervous ;).

[hundredacres]

They banned you because you wore a bra? ;)

I post on the UDBB and http://www.bayequest.com and have been to the fitness/nutrition for riders board that someone recommended here (I don't have the address handy right now). I lurk/occasionally reply to FHOTD (I know it's actually a blog rather than a board, but I figure it's close enough). I also am on some non-horsey boards (mostly dancing ones).

FHOTD has a forum too! I have posted a couple times...it's surprisingly quiet though.

Thomas, that braless comment made me laugh hard! It's SO accurate!

[chaz]

www.horsemindandpassion.com its a social networking site for Equstrian Enthusiasts. You can upload your own profile pics, videos, instant chat, friends lists, forums etc. Infact the list goes on.:)

[Trails]

Have you seen the the Horse Sport Breeding BB? A great site!

www.SportHorseBreeding.net (http://www.SportHorseBreeding.net)

[TalkIsCheap]

from The Flame Warriors

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/

re: the Creation of the Internet:


"In the beginning, before bandwidth, there was nothingness. Out of that endless void God and His heavenly host created...Arpanet, and it was good.


But the scientific, military and computer angels Who dwelled in Arpanet were lonely, so They brought forth Browser, and the Web was born. It, too, was good and the children of the internet lived in peace and harmony and were fruitful and multiplied, but God warned His people not to eat of the forbidden fruit of commercialism.

Alas, they disobeyed and soon barbarians drove the children of the internet out of Paradise. God, in His wrath, turned away from His people and condemned them to wander in the digital wilderness, but from time to time He will suddenly appear in mailing lists, chat rooms and discussion forums to remind us sinners that we could be saved if only we would hearken unto Him."

:lol: :lol: :lol:

another example of excellent wit that is rare these days. :lol:

[Carley2]

Well...it seems there is a great variety of boards and we should all be able to find something that suits us and stay out of trouble as well :winkgrin:

On that line....for those of you who have boards or moderated boards, can I ask a simple question ?

Who moderates the moderator ? What happens if a moderator is out of line ? Who will ban them ?

The sad thing is you visit boards, voice an opinion and whack !! You are out of there so fast your head is spinning!

[hundredacres]

The moderator on exracers is self regulating. Like that crazy nut in Misery...what was that characters name? It helps to visit a board owned and moderated by normal people with good and diplomatic communication skills. It's also is nice when they aren't pathological.

I think it would be easy enough to start another exracers board. But there are so many boards now.....not sure if it's necassarry. But surely a board where people are allowed opinions is desirable! Wait, thats COTH ;).

[giddyupgo]

On our board we have a head moderator who watches the mods, and it works really well. We had troubles with a mod who was deleting members posts cause she didn't like what they said and needless to say she is no longer with us, everyone has a right to voice their opinions whether or not everyone agrees or not, that's what a board is for.
This is what we have on our scrolling announcment

We are a very diversified group raised in many different areas and aspects of life. It's not a rule just a request to the members that mean so much to all of us. We all need to remember that we each are individuals and may think differently. So if we happen to butt heads now and then, on my opinion or your opinion about horses, as long as we realize its about personal preferences with the horses.

[chism]

Its not! :no:

Hamish is just a name. :yes:

Is it you? As soon as I saw the post saying it was a Scottish fellow I immediately thought of you. I agree that some of the more "sensitive" types may not appreciate your sense of humour, they may even find you, shall we say....."interesting", but I welcome the knowledge you bring to the board. As far as the farrier most likely to be banned, my vote isn't for Rick (like him too), but Tom Stovall.

[Lambie Boat]

since this thread is about other boards, is anyone else having trouble getting on to UDBB? Maybe it crashed again :confused: or is being updated? Or am I banned because I am not a paying subscriber/member?

[mzpeepers]

since this thread is about other boards, is anyone else having trouble getting on to UDBB? Maybe it crashed again :confused: or is being updated? Or am I banned because I am not a paying subscriber/member?

I am a paying subscriber/member and it's not working for me either. Glad to hear I'm not the only one as I thought my computer finally hit the point of no return.

[zinnniaz]

no, it is down. *sigh*

[kayla]

horse.com, ultimatedressage, and the JL board. I have accounts in a few other places but don't tend to show up very often.

I may be hanging out here a bit more often than I had been due to the specialized focus in some english riding disciplines.

[Cataluna]

http://s11.invisionfree.com/the_stable_aisle

It's mostly targeted towards young adults, and mature teens.. but we're always looking for new members :).

[Apple]

Let me start by saying that I have been a member of exracers for almost 4 years and I have watched the steady decline of the board ever since the orginal mod's have gone. I realize that running a board takes time , but it should not be ones all consuming drive in life to read every post and delete or ban some one if they post some thing you dont agree with telling some one if they arent a moderator their opinion doesnt count or and I quote

This is our "sandbox" if you don't like our rules go play somewhere else , I mean really is this the type of place I want to spend my free time of which I dont have alot ? So to the other exracers out there that feel the same way I hope you to will speak up and not be afraid of not being able to post there any more, they cant ban the whole board who will they have to power trip on then ? Any who I am glad to be able to post on Coth we can be grown ups and agree to disagree and not worry about being banned or our threads deleted .

[Bluey]

Let me start by saying that I have been a member of exracers for almost 4 years and I have watched the steady decline of the board ever since the orginal mod's have gone. I realize that running a board takes time , but it should not be ones all consuming drive in life to read every post and delete or ban some one if they post some thing you dont agree with telling some one if they arent a moderator their opinion doesnt count or and I quote

, I mean really is this the type of place I want to spend my free time of which I dont have alot ? So to the other exracers out there that feel the same way I hope you to will speak up and not be afraid of not being able to post there any more, they cant ban the whole board who will they have to power trip on then ? Any who I am glad to be able to post on Coth we can be grown ups and agree to disagree and not worry about being banned or our threads deleted .

You really think so?
On COTH, just like on any other moderated BB, you can and will be banned, for whatever reason is right at the time they decide to do so.
Read the warnings just issued today on the recently locked thread:

http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=119775&page=12

That is the way of all BB's where you are a guest, accept it or leave.

Since COTH is the only BB I participate in, rarely look in on one other every few days, I have to curb my opinions, when others seem disturbed by them.
Well, I wish they curbed theirs, when they disturb my sense of logic and fairness, but so what, it is their playing field, so we will play by their rules.

As long as I am learning about horses and how others do things, it is a good trade-off for my idle time.:)

[Apple]

And since as you said you dont frequent other boards , you dont know all that has played out on the Exracers forum in the past few days and over the past few months. I understand that its a privilege to be able to post on a board , and that there are many many different personalities that frequent this and many other boards out there. What I dont understand is the past turn of events there and I am seeking refuge at another board where I can agree to disagree with people and unless I am down right mean and hurtful to some one else I should not have to worry about being banned or my threads deleted .

[cleartheoxer]

as a banned ex-racer, Apple would you care to elaborate as to what's been going on over there on that board? I don't know why it matters but it's always fun to know what people are up to.

[hundredacres]

Bluey, moderation on COTH is different. Erin has rules, she sticks to them. She doesn't delete threads unless they jeoperdize Chronicle of the Horse, the business. She has been considered a hard-ass at times but with 32,000 members....she doesn't have the time to rub noses. She's a PAID employeee I am most certain. Now at some point this thread may be locked because it's not horse related....those are the rules. But it won't be locked because she disagrees with you. And it won't be locked so she can THEN tell people you said nasty things (which you have not) and had to delete it to protect other members. I mean for real, that is what the mod on exracers does. She is telling the membersthere that she bans people to protect the other members and that they have no idea what goes on in private so they should just be glad she is there to save them from the horrible nastiness that goes on while she is on duty - because she has saaaaaved them. She's a fruitcake. And KIHR (thats my new acronym for keeping it horse related), she needs to get out in the barn more and actually DO something with those horses she has ;).

As a person who is absolutely passionate about horses off the track, I feel that the moderator needs to love the mission more than being a moderator! lol

[Bluey]

---"Bluey, moderation on COTH is different. Erin has rules, she sticks to them. She doesn't delete threads unless they jeoperdize Chronicle of the Horse, the business."---

I was not commenting on the moderators on COTH directly. They do an excellent job.
I was moderator on another very busy (15,000 hits a day was big a few years ago and there were 15 of us moderating it, taking turns) BB on dog training, until it sold and it was not easy, I know how it goes.
That is where I got my first taste of animal rights people and their tactics on the internet.
I see the same here with the horse issues and can't do much about it, they are entrenched in the culture here.
I am having to watch that invisible line of posting an opinion and so setting them off and then getting blamed for causing trouble.

There are always going to be controversies and rarely will many be happy with them, that is why they are controversies.
At some point, moderators step in and the result is both sides get mad, since they didn't get to say all they wanted.
That's life on BB's, that is the way most BB's operate.

To complicate matters, we are talking about horses here, the horse world is very diverse and we definitely have many disagreements and some strong opinions about those divisive topics.

Now, the BB you mention may truly have a crazy moderating system and you may be a victim of it, I don't know.:confused:

You may consider the moderators heavy handed, but, as someone commented, try herding cats, without fences.;)

[Apple]

But I happen to disagree with what has been happening there over the past few months, and now with the banning of a member who I feel there was no reason to be banned and the fall out that came along when others asked what happened to said person was just crazy.

A small insight into other things we were planning on doing a calender over there we all sent pictures of our exracers the procceds to go to canter. Next thing we know the calender is not being made with no explaination as to why, others offered different ways to get the calendar printed only to be told nope thats it for the calendar and dont ask why . I felt insulted because alot of people including myself had told others of the calendar and had made plans to buy quite a few.

So as it has been said before I understand the horse world is full of a rainbow of different personalities and idea's as to what is right and wrong, and I know we are not all going to agree all the time, I personally wont be posting on exracers any more because I cant tolerate close minded people who treat others like they are children who dont deserve any explaination and when they do ask a question they are banned or their thread deleted.Just not the type of place I care to spend my free time at any more.

[cleartheoxer]

---":

You may consider the moderators heavy handed, but, as someone commented, try herding cats, without fences.;)

Yeah but we're not cats and we know that we haven't done anything AT ALL worthy of banning.

[ChocoMare]

www.horsecity.com (http://www.horsecity.com) - only post in Health & Hoof Forums

www.percheronnetwork.com (http://www.percheronnetwork.com) - I moderate here.

http://bitsandbarter.proboards74.com/index.cgi - I'm an administrator here.

http://horsecrossing.proboards2.com/index.cgi - Also an administrator

and lastly...

http://cathforums.com/forum/index.php - to keep up on sporthorse breeding and where bragging is permitted.

[ChocoMare]

I am DA QUEEN of multi-tasking :winkgrin: :lol:

[Carley2]

Well, if you really want to know whats going on at Exracers...

Here's just a bit of the view :

A quote from one of the "highly esteemed" mods:

so as I have said before you are not a moderator here, so your opinions really dont count, now do they?

Another dandy :

This board does belong to ______ and I and we will be making all the decision for it. If you don't like it just go away.

Here's the sad thing. Neither one of them realize that the board really "belongs to" the members and with out them there is nothing.

It's about the friendships that are formed, the things that are learned and above all it's about the horses that we all love so much.

[hundredacres]

For those interested, we have started a brand spankin' new forum for off-track enthusiasts:

It's literally a few hours old :)

http://aftertheraces.proboards91.com/index.cgi

[goeslikestink]

hundredacres i have been banned to from
www.saddleup.org.com

joined new rider but dunno yet how am percieved alltho someone here was really nice to me

dunno if that person has the same alais name

anyways- i am on www.finalturn.com but as bonnie3

www.horseandhound.co.uk

www.horseshoes.com

[wasagroom]

Well...it seems there is a great variety of boards and we should all be able to find something that suits us and stay out of trouble as well :winkgrin:

On that line....for those of you who have boards or moderated boards, can I ask a simple question ?

Who moderates the moderator ? What happens if a moderator is out of line ? Who will ban them ?

The sad thing is you visit boards, voice an opinion and whack !! You are out of there so fast your head is spinning!

I have been a moderator for a variety of boards over the years and no one has ever accused me of unjust moderation, and not because they're scared - I have had some real spitfires under my "watch"!

To be honest, I try less to "censor" and more to "moderate" - I have a personal board I have run for over a year now and have only ever had to delete ONE post over inflammatory things - a couple more over not "obeying" the rules (we have a very open advertisement policy, but we request no direct linking to other forums as we build our member base - as a courtesy, we don't go posting our forum url all over the world either), but the one post I deleted was because it was an inflammatory, accusatory, personal attack on another member alleging that said member did illegal things and engaged children in illegal things.... it was very obviously a real life issue that the two needed to work out on their own. I deleted the thread but sent a message to the offender stating that they were more than welcome to continue to be a member of the board but would they please keep the personal attacks to "real life", because we all get so brave behind the keyboard.

I have a network of folks that I talk to when something comes up that is questionable on my board... some of which include folks who don't even regularly use my board (don't even have an account), but run their own other boards, and are happy to give me their opinion and advice on what to do. If something is "questionable" and someone needs spoken to, I always talk to at least one other person who is not a moderator on my forum about what I might do about the particular situation. Personal attacks simply aren't tolerated at all and we state that from the beginning. Differing opinions are more than perfectly alright, and we encourage vast discussions on a variety of topics - to make us better horse people... but once you start saying things like "YOU are ...." and "YOU..", well, they get a friendly reminder if they don't straighten themselves out.

I think it boils down to common sense more than anything else. It's a shame more folks don't have it.

[Coyoteco]

This is interesting.

[hundredacres]

Well, fortunately there's a better one now :)...hehe...see my signature. Come on over!

[equusrocks]

horse.com, ultimatedressage, and the JL board. I have accounts in a few other places but don't tend to show up very often.

I may be hanging out here a bit more often than I had been due to the specialized focus in some english riding disciplines.

At first I read "the JLo Board"

But then I re-read. Was wondering how one went from ultimatedressage to JLo. :lol:

[equusrocks]

Oh, I go on this board, a rider weight loss board...lol but I haven't lost much. Have made new friends tho.

Frequent non horsey boards more than horsey ones. A Monte SS site, and a short track site. :cool:

[Carley2]

How odd that so many have been banned from Ex Racers and all have the same story....I was banned and I don't know WTF happened :o

Many of us can now be found on the link in my siggy....Coyoteco please feel free to come and join us.

We take a more lite handed approach to moderating the board and prefer to let you know if there is a problem rater than just dropping the ax on a board member.

We support all breeds and disciplines so all are welcome.

Turning off commercial now :lol:

[Coyoteco]

Well, fortunately there's a better one now :)...hehe...see my signature. Come on over!

That's great. Thank you! Thank you, too, Carley2. I had added this before with an edit after I saw your post. For some reason it didn't complete my edit.

[Buffyblue]

I've tried several of the others but really only like this one and retraintbs@yahoogroups.com.

[GO-dog-GO]

Not much traffic but oh the possibilities....http://p104.ezboard.com/bihatetmp

Someone needs to keep those freaks in line!

[RydArab]

I also lurk and occasionally post at

www.straightegyptians.com
www.awhitehorse.com
www.ridecamp.com

I like to read the goings on @ Dr. Deb Bennett's horse site. Sometimes I muster up the nerve to post. She a bit of a... well, I won't go there, but it is best not to cross her. Unfortunately you never really know that you have until it is too late... Lurking mode is by far safer on that particular board. You can learn a lot without risking a web based tongue lashing. If you phrase your question right, though she is extremely helpful.

I really like Coth for the variety of interests and the knowledge reflected by the horse peeps on this board.

S

[Delkredere]

I lurk pretty much.
Visit same as most of the others: UDBB, WWW, TOC, TMP, etc...

Also visit www.cathforums.com poted some there as it seems like a "nice" board with a small but growing group of professional type horse people. It's just nice to be able to go somewhere and input, learn, and still brag if you want without getting in trouble :) It seems So hard to find a board where there is freedom of speech and yet people still have tact and politeness in their posts if offering a constructive point of view.

[Jess!]

http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/ (http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/register.php?referrerid=10126)

I love HGS :)

[BoyleHeightsKid]

I love After the Races! Nice bunch of people that know what the heck they are talking about. Especially when it comes to horses off the track.

http://aftertheraces.proboards91.com/index.cgi

[Shadowsrider]

The Mane Street (http://www.themanestreet.com/forums/index.php) Decent sized, very friendly, but not so focused on the performance horse, more geared to the average horse owner and horse health, etc. Lots of professionals, there, too, but it's less focused on specifically the upper levels of competition.

C.R.O.S.S. (http://horsecrossing.proboards2.com/index.cgi?)

[tabula rashah]

stableminds
equifriends
awhitehorse

[Carley2]

http://aftertheraces.proboards91.com/index.cgi

A great group of folks, open minds on all breeds and riding styles and love bragging and posting pics :)