kudzurunner
696 posts
Sep 16, 2009
3:17 PM
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All:
ElkRiverHarmonicas, Bluzdude46, and Dutchbones are now official Gussow-deputized moderators of the blues harp forum.
The first two guys said they'd be willing to help. While deputizing them, my eyes skimmed the long list of gold solid citizens here and I realized that Dutchbones is a hard-timer and somebody we can count on.
What are the official duties of moderators? For the time being, they're pretty much one thing: combat spam.
Wait a minute, you say. What spam? We don't have any spam!
Well, we haven't for a while, but we may well get some now.
The second purpose of this thread is to announce that I have now dropped the requirement for registration approval. Anybody who registers for this forum is automatically approved.
This means that many spam bots will now be automatically approved.
The three moderators will have the unenviable duty of deleting that spam if and when it shows up.
If all these changes take us in the wrong direction, I will of course be quite willing to return things to the old format. But I'm always willing to try something new. And this new format has one great advantage: I no longer have to spent any time wading through spam to approve membership applications.
Please thank your new moderators for their selfless sacrifice to the almighty board!
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sonnytooka
1 post
Sep 16, 2009
3:30 PM
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Oh! That's better I feel like a new man.
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Buddha
1001 posts
Sep 16, 2009
3:34 PM
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I think everybody should use their real name. The boards that I frequent that have such a policy do not have the same issues as most boards.
Using real names will temper the attitudes of keyboard commandos as well.
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"The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever."
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spambot
2 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:35 PM
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[in steel-hinged robot-voice] OK, ChrisMichalek. AdamGussow says: you go first.
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Buddha
1002 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:37 PM
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you guys know who I am. That's put me and others at a disadvantage because we don't know who they are.
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"The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever."
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isaacullah
335 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:40 PM
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I used my real name here, and I don't hardly EVER get flamed! :)
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
208 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:49 PM
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Is Buddah your real name? lol ;)
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Last Edited by on Sep 16, 2009 5:49 PM
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scstrickland
244 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:53 PM
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No alias here!
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Mgimino
86 posts
Sep 16, 2009
5:54 PM
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When I first joined here I had no idea who you were Buddha, until I figured out you were on youtube and searched buddha and harmonica.
Gotta play by you own rules if you want that implemented
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Michael
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KingoBad
89 posts
Sep 16, 2009
6:13 PM
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Some of us prefer to moderate our web presence. I do not do facebook, myspace or youtube videos either. I would prefer it if future employers do not find a liability in my web presence. I have no need to hide who I am (other than the reason stated) as many here know me by my real name. Perhaps there is also a part of the allure of being a blues man that requires you to take on a persona or name.
I'll gladly back up anything I say. However, most of the time you will just get my honery side digging you for just a little fun, or holding you to the fire of your own logic.
Last Edited by on Sep 16, 2009 6:15 PM
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kudzurunner
698 posts
Sep 17, 2009
4:55 AM
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Although I sympathize with Buddha's suggestion, I also very much understand where Kingo is coming from.
Handles are certainly allowed here. I'm going to keep mine. I think this board would be less fun, frankly, without a dozen different varieties of "blues," "bluz," and "harp" in the monickers.
And I'd miss Violin Cat.
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tookatooka
499 posts
Sep 17, 2009
9:16 AM
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O.T. but I just wanted to point out that Buddah has just passed the 1000th posting level. Must be a record for the forum.
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When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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Christelle Berthon
83 posts
Sep 17, 2009
9:48 AM
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@Moderators: please unsubscribe me from the Dirty-South Blues Harp forums. In advance, thank you.
Bye guys!
Last Edited by on Sep 17, 2009 9:58 AM
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nacoran
178 posts
Sep 17, 2009
9:54 AM
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I use the same moniker everywhere. My name is too common. When I forget where I've been having an unusual name helps me Google myself and I'm too lazy to make a list of monikers.
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LIP RIPPER
121 posts
Sep 17, 2009
10:00 AM
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1002 posts. No wonder my harp isn't back.
LR
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Buddha
1003 posts
Sep 17, 2009
10:19 AM
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Are you seriously bitching LR? Don't.
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"The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever."
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Tuckster
220 posts
Sep 17, 2009
10:22 AM
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I think jonsparrow has him beat and he's only been on the forum -like 3 months. LOL
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Buzadero
141 posts
Sep 17, 2009
10:52 AM
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"Unsubscribe"? What does that mean?
Don't you just stop coming to the site and stop posting if you're through with it?
This is a public access forum. Anyone can read it, you only have to be pre-approved to do any posting.
Maybe I'm just enough Luddite to not get it.
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~Buzadero
Underwater Janitor, Patriot
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XHarp
165 posts
Sep 17, 2009
11:54 AM
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Good call Adam, all you can do is watch and see.
Good Luck to the Moderators.
Three cheers to ElkRiverHarmonicas, Bluzdude46, and Dutchbones.
Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray!!!
Have a blast "canning the spam".
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"Keep it in your mouth" - XHarp
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Bluzdude46
173 posts
Sep 17, 2009
12:23 PM
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Was a little sketchy on the Unsubscribe myself, Buzadero. But I'll politely wave and say Buh Bye
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phogi
16 posts
Sep 17, 2009
12:31 PM
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I don't get it. Why are people leaving?
Adam, parhaps it would be better to delegate others to approve the members, it might take less time than combating spam.
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Stéphan
10 posts
Sep 17, 2009
1:53 PM
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Hello,
It seem's that is not possible to change our nickname, so I will keep my one and not change it for my complete name ;)
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Stephan.
MyTube
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RyanMortos
306 posts
Sep 17, 2009
2:34 PM
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Christelle is funny. Emo must really be a good thing where she's from.
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~Ryan
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
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Miles Dewar
407 posts
Sep 18, 2009
7:33 AM
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Hope it works.
Thanks for the help guys.
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---Go Chicago Bears!!!---
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kudzurunner
700 posts
Sep 18, 2009
7:49 AM
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So far I haven't noticed any deluge of spam. Nor have I noticed mass defections. I have no idea why Christelle chose to de-register, but I'm fine with that. (The alternative to de-registering is simply...not to post. But perhaps it feels more dramatic or conclusive to be de-registered.)
phogi: There is no way for me to delegate the process of approving members. I said that on another thread, but I'll say it again here. All I can delegate to moderators is the ability to edit and delete posts.
I really don't think there's any problem at this point. This thread seems to be prickling with little problems, but that's....well, that's what happens when you ask a bunch of harmonica players to change a lightbulb.
Q: How many harmonica players does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: One to unscrew the bulb, one to customize the socket, and all the rest to stand around and insist that THEIR customized sockets overblow more smoothly.
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KingoBad
90 posts
Sep 18, 2009
8:19 AM
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HA!!! Too true Adam... too true...
Don't worry guys, drama queens always return to the scene of the crime to look for destruction. It's what fuels them. Everyone who leaves with a grandiose protest will be back again and again. They are reading my post now, I guarantee it - probably with a hmph...
If there are people who can't take a little confusion or time registering are going to have bigger fish to fry than harmonica playing. (voice mail menus, income tax forms, how to operate their cell phone, Big Mac or Quarter Pounder with Cheese?)
Maybe if you fail at registering, you should be quickly directed to a website for life coaching and instruction following.
I think it is funny that we are even having a discussion about it, other than Adam is a generous guy for allowing our input.
Last Edited by on Sep 18, 2009 8:21 AM
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phogi
22 posts
Sep 18, 2009
11:54 AM
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Kingobad,
I disagree. I've left a forum that I frequented for 10 years because the quality of discourse disolved into constant fights, squalling, potty humor, and people talking trash about each other. I decided I did not want that energy in my life. This is dispite the fact that a number of posters are people that I spent alot of time with, and that the forum was centered on a real life, tight knit community.
Fortunatly, everone plays nice here. Right?
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phogi
23 posts
Sep 18, 2009
11:54 AM
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I spell great.
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mickil
529 posts
Sep 18, 2009
12:53 PM
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Many thanks to our new deputies. Give us a shout if it gets to be a bit of a pain in the rear.
Mick
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snakes
349 posts
Sep 18, 2009
4:40 PM
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Thanks to the new volunteers!
I'll play by any rules once stated, but would actually lay claim to the fact that snakes has been my nickname (got it from the baseball diamond) for over a decade and I have the tattoo to prove it. [I get a kick out of little kids eyes going wide when they see it and so I tell 'em, "Yes, this is the tatoo your mother told you never to get."] LOL!
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oldwailer
892 posts
Sep 18, 2009
8:39 PM
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That's funny, Adam--but you might need three or four harpers to decide the brand of the bulb--and it'll NEVER happen at all if anybody decides to gap the bulb!
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KingoBad
92 posts
Sep 19, 2009
7:57 PM
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Phogi, are you saying you ARE a drama queen?
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Bluzdude46
184 posts
Sep 19, 2009
10:02 PM
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O.W. yer killing me here!!! funny as hell. Ok First week in and going through all posts instead of just jumping through the ones that catch my interest I must say that we have a great regular crowd and quite frankly I ain't had to do a damn thing so Hats off to you guys....I feel alotta love in this room right now :::sniff:: really I do
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Andrew
619 posts
Sep 20, 2009
2:07 AM
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"Q: How many harmonica players does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: One to unscrew the bulb, one to customize the socket, and all the rest to stand around and insist that THEIR customized sockets overblow more smoothly."
You also need 50 noobs to complain that the bulb is broken before someone throws the switch.
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Bluzdude46
190 posts
Sep 20, 2009
8:12 AM
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not to mention the 5-8 other light bulb changers sitting in the audience wishing they were changing bulbs not watching.
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bluemoose
68 posts
Sep 24, 2009
2:58 PM
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And the endless debate about how Little Walter would have done it.
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fishbone
7 posts
Sep 24, 2009
3:18 PM
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I don't care how it works..it's working!!
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isaacullah
362 posts
Sep 24, 2009
3:29 PM
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How tight should one cup one's light bulb? And should one tongue block that light bulb, or lip purse it? And most importantly, how will th e style of the aforementioned variables affect that light bulb's tone? (and does a wood light bulb make better light than a plastic one?)
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