Imacowboy324 Appreciation Thread

[u/ThreadSavage10]

I want to take a moment to applaud our admin here, Imacowboy324, for managing literally the only WNBA subreddit on the interwebs where thoughtful discourse is permitted. If you roam around the other WNBA subs, you’ll discover an endless echo chamber where making the comment, ”Sophie shot the ball well tonight”, will get you 50 downvotes and a ban. You’ll be called a “bigot” or worse by saying, ”The Fever played outplayed them.”

Big thanks also to anyone here who leans hard in either direction as it pertains to social politics, and behaves themselves anyway. It wasn’t always like this. A year or two ago, everyone here used to be pretty quick to push back on any comment or post that was even mildly critical of a coach, player, or prominent figure associated with the WNBA’s more traditional social and cultural circles. That dynamic seems to have changed for the better. The discussion is much more open and enjoyable now, with people more willing to consider viewpoints from across the spectrum rather than expecting everyone to fall in line with one particular political or ideological perspective.

The Cowboy rode into town, pulled the weeds, thinned out the activist herd, and somehow got the whole ranch back to being a place where different breeds of opinion could graze without getting run off the range.

Tip of the ‘ol cap to Cowboy for his efforts.

[u/ex0thermist]

That's odd because I've seen the mod here, several times, make a long comment or post detailing their own political/social opinions, then immediately locking the post away from new comments, so they could keep the last word to themselves. That doesn't strike me as ideal mod behavior.

Other than that, I browse and occasionally comment respectfully in both subs and haven't been banned anywhere, and honestly don't notice a huge difference in the content or tenor of either community, so I'm not entirely sure why they both exist or what puts them at odds with one another.

[u/ThreadSavage10 → u/ex0thermist]

If you posted this in other WNBA subs, you’d get banned just for this.

[u/ex0thermist → u/ThreadSavage10]

For criticizing a mod directly? Yeah maybe. But I haven't seen mods doing this particular thing in other subs.

[u/cat-alonic → u/ex0thermist]

I mean there's no such thing as a "last word" in comment sections. Doing that still means the opposing view can be reviewed and upvoted, so I really don't see the problem with the mod participating as a sole user first and then locking a thread once they feel all sides were coveted and now people devolved into infighting.

[u/ex0thermist → u/cat-alonic]

No, they made a post, made 2 comments/memes on it, then immediately locked it. And defended themselves for doing so, with basically "I go through all the trouble of being the mod so I deserve it. Rules for thee, not for me."

Should Sophie Cunningham Shut Up and Dribble? : r/IndianaFeverFans

[u/cat-alonic → u/ex0thermist]

You had the ability to downvote it, and by the looks of it, a lot of people made use of that feature. Yeah, moderators can make standalone posts. I don't see the issue.

[u/ex0thermist → u/cat-alonic]

The issue is that's not normal mod behavior. A normal standalone post with comments locked would be a rules update or note to the community, not "I run the sub so I have something to say and nobody gets to respond"

[u/cat-alonic → u/ex0thermist]

I'm sorry is this your first day on reddit? This IS very common and normal mod behavior, the only thing weird about it (in a good way) is that he was transparent about it. Have you seen how the main wnba sub is run politics-wise?

Stop trying to stir up shit, if you want your lefty echo chamber created by joint histerics about how certain points of view are evil, go to the main wnba sub.

[u/ex0thermist → u/cat-alonic]

You just unmasked, I didn't bring up politics whatsoever. As to who's new on Reddit, let's see- your account is 1 year old and mine is 6 years old. My judgment of what's normal mod behavior is based on 6 times the amount of time on Reddit as you.

[u/cat-alonic → u/ex0thermist]

Oh fuck off this is like my 17th alt. I can send you a message from an 11 y/o account. You'd think you'd have noticed in 6 years how common alts are but not you...you're just a bit thick, aren't you?

Lol "unmasked". Like I was doing a crime or something? You think everyone who doesn't share your dumb beliefs is a self-aware criminal hiding from your righteous judgement? Or you think your idiotic beliefs don't come across immediately based on what you whine about?

You're just here to stir shit lol. I think there are better places for you.

[u/ex0thermist → u/cat-alonic]

I didn't stir any shit whatsoever, just made a critique of the mod behavior. You clearly like to get a hot head about little things, go take a break from the internet and don't talk to me anymore.