Personal Favor Please

So, here we are again. Election year. Middle of winter blues. Politics pretty much in the news every day now. Everyone has an opinion. Do we really want to come here to IDO and see what the Left or Right wingers thinks or try to change their minds? Most tell me no.

As a Mod, I don’t like deleting or locking posts. I would prefer to let current event topics run their course. But these days they just turn to name calling and slinging insults. That is the line that can’t be crossed. Most don’t come here to read that stuff.

Again, As a Mod, I don’t like deleting or locking posts. Neither does BK. Our 6 figure paychecks have not been showing up for a while! Just kidding there. But I think you all know what I mean.

As a personal favor, can we try and not go political for the rest of the year? I mean really try? I think most know where a topic is headed before they post. Please just try to keep it IDO friendly. There are plenty of places on the internet to go a duke it out. I firmly believe most come here to get away from that BS.

As always, PM me if you have questions. Also, I don’t read every single post. If one goes sideways, please shoot me a PM and I’ll take a look.

Thanks in advance!

-J.

Thanks Jon. This should be stickied to the top. Seriously.

Most topics run their course and remain civil but there have been a few lately that seemed to almost get personal which I agree is not what we want.
I do think it is good to talk about some of these current events however provided as you state they remain on track. Many people might not even be aware of what is going on without reading some of the posts here.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I do think it is good to talk about some of these current events however provided as you state they remain on track.

Agree on this. Let just try hard to keep them from going off the rails!

-J.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

Thanks Jon. This should be stickied to the top. Seriously.

I agree. And yes sir, thanks Jon

Jon Jordan wrote:

Agree on this. Let just try hard to keep them from going off the rails!

100%

Very few venturing out onto Mille Lacs the last few days… with this cold snap, maybe shore up the ice again !!!

Thanks Jon

Amen, Jon, and thank you.

This is an outdoors site. Plenty of other places for people to post political things.

How about Religion?

Eelpoutguy wrote:

How about Religion?

100% agree, I have my opinions but I make it a point NOT to personally contribute to those threads. However, I do end up reading a lot of them and the level of discourse they often reach is really unfortunate between otherwise like-minded people with similar interests and intentions.

Thanks for this note, Jon

Maybe we could just narrow it down to politics related to outdoors? One of my favorite things about IDO is the lack of Mod intervention, saying that, if I see a bill that restricts using foothold traps for racoons or removes access to public waters, I would still like to post it and have conversations about it and I think its important to be aware of those things.

CaptainMusky wrote:

Most topics run their course and remain civil but there have been a few lately that seemed to almost get personal which I agree is not what we want.
I do think it is good to talk about some of these current events however provided as you state they remain on track. Many people might not even be aware of what is going on without reading some of the posts here.

This is my thoughts as well.

2 out of the 3 threads recently closed were started by me which I had no intentions of any thing but a constructive conversation or awareness of a subject. I guess in a perfect world we could share opinions in a respectful conversation. I always prefer to delete a post from some one then can not play nice than the whole thread but I am not the person who makes up the rules.

Thank you for your efforts Jon

I tried redirecting the one thread. But much like my wife, Noone listens to me!

I salute your intent, Jon. To be honest, if there was a nifty filter on IDO that allowed me to filter out all the political BS I’d use it.

I also really miss James and crew’s videos. Even more so this year since ice has been in short supply. I’ve been so stir crazy I’ve almost posted something political before I came to my senses. But I digress.

But I hate commies! Oh, ok Ill do it. As a favor to you Jon.
Until somebody begs for it…..

OG Net_Man wrote:

2 out of the 3 threads recently closed were started by me which I had no intentions of any thing but a constructive conversation or awareness of a subject. I guess in a perfect world we could share opinions in a respectful conversation.

No worries. But Immigration and Putin did not have any underlying outdoor related news. The current post about Mille Lacs Walleye limits is somewhat political, but is important info for outdoor related discussion. See the difference? IDO is not a perfect world. And moderating is not a perfect science.

OG Net_Man wrote:

I always prefer to delete a post from some one then can not play nice than the whole thread but I am not the person who makes up the rules.

Agree, but most times, there are subsequent replies that would also need to get deleted and by then the entire thread starts to come apart.

-J.

suzuki wrote:

But I hate commies! Oh, ok Ill do it. As a favor to you Jon.
Until somebody begs for it…..

Thanks, Mike !

-J.

I enjoy the political banter and think as long as it doesn’t become personal attacks and insults it should be allowed. It’s fun seeing where people stand. This place would be way quieter without those controversial threads. If you don’t like them, simply choose to not read them. Let us discuss what we choose to discuss and deal with problem members on a situational basis.
If that’s not possible, I see myself checking in less often in the future.

Totally agree,but can we talk about Taylor Swift?

I would crawl over broken glass to vote for Jon J moderator in chief

Since there was a question mark – Yes, the difference is a bit obvious. Now, if I had complained about you deleting my 2 post maybe your comment directed at me would have been warranted but thank you.

Yeah I’ll be the first to admit I got a little fiesty after I posted My suggestion about current situations going on in the world. I’m sure this was at least directed somewhat to me and well warranted. I’ve been a member for like 18 years, and for some reason I let current affairs get under my skin and blasted out about it.

I apologize to the IDO members and to “Ripjiggen” for my aggressive comments.

Terry, in any case, don’t take it personally.

Some here wear it as a badge of honor and scratch a new notch on their workbench.

-J.

tim hurley wrote:

Totally agree,but can we talk about Taylor Swift?

Yes as long as you don’t mention her left leg is longer then her right leg.

I agree with Jon.

OG Net_Man wrote:

2 out of the 3 threads recently closed were started by me which I had no intentions of any thing but a constructive conversation or awareness of a subject.

Of the hundreds I’ve started. Zero closed.
Maybe talk about fishing

BAROTRAUMA

Exactly. Barotrauma, spearing, 2 lines, Mille Lacs regs, PFD requirements, panfish limits, there are plenty of non-controversial fishing topics to discuss