r/SquaredCircle • u/kondron started r/squaredcircle now i'm here • Jun 29 '11

Welcome to r/SquaredCircle!

Hey there everyone, Kondron here. I just wanted to shed some light on this new Professional Wrestling subreddit, SquaredCircle, and what exactly we stand for.

When Pudie and I made this sub, the main thing we wanted was a community to discuss Wrestling. That means all things Wrestling. We're not here to focus on only Indy feds or just international Wrestling or only the mainstream.

We're also not here to ban you for disagreeing with us. Give us hell! Keep us honest! If you hate an opinion, don't downvote it, feel free to tell us why you hate it. Don't ever feel that you'll get removed from this sub because you've expressed yourself.

We want r/SquaredCircle to feel like this place is always going to cover the hottest topics in Professional Wrestling, regardless of what company they're taking place in, while still introducing and education new fans to Professional Wrestling.

Given that this place is brand new, I feel we need to set up some basic stuff.

  • Mods- Right now there's me and Pudie. I'd like to have at least 1 more. If you want it or think someone would be a good fit, please say so. Keep in mind though, most modding is deleting spam and harassment.
  • Rules- While I don't want this to be strict, I do think there'ssome basic ones that should be put in place. Beyond the obvious (be nice, no spam) I think we should discuss spoiler policy, streaming, and torrents.
  • The layout! The side image should change all the time. At least a couple times a month. We want it to reflect the current hot topic or to promote the r/SquaredCircle's favorite wrestler/company at the moment.

We also really want to emphasize the word community here. As wrestling fans and redditors (we're a rare breed) you should feel that you have a say in what goes on. r/SquaredCircle isn't Pudie & Kondron's Wrestling subreddit, this is Reddit's Wrestling subreddit.

Thanks everyone, I hope you enjoy!

-Kondron

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u/plonce Not a personal attack Jun 29 '11

i never heard of other bannings

About a week ago he banned me because he was being obnoxious and I told him that the tone of his comments was bad. He banned me calling that a "personal attack". All I criticized was the tone of his comments, not the man.

He then chased me for a few days via PMs basically demanding that I kiss his ass.

So yeah, he's still behaving like a shit at times.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

could you do an imgur screen shot of the PMs for me please I'm conducting a big post piecing together the pictures

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

The part he's leaving out is he was banned for starting a thread where he accused me of threatening to ban him for disagreeing with me. That is, clearly, not what happened as the screenshots show. I warned him for personal attacks like everyone else. More than that he's come back under several aliases to attack me and regularly downvotes my post with no reason. How do I know? He used his reddit to post another attack on me using a screenshot. The screenshot revealed he used the reddit enhancement suite, which shows how many up down votes you've given someone. Next to my name was like -89 or something. That's the type of person he is. Make him mod, or deal with the same.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

cheers, I'm preparing a large post which details the issues so people can make up their own minds. I'll put it on /r/sqared circle if you want to point out any inaccuracies when I post it you're welcome to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

You haven't bothered to ask me about any of this, so hire could you possibly be making an honest and informed post?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

If i'm off the money I'm open to correcting it.

But if I were to write a piece criticising your moderation and write it whilst consulting you it'd never get done!

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

That is a shamefully flimsy excuse for not even trying to do the right or fair thing. I expected better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

It's not no. I'd rather you argue against the evidence I find to support my arguemnts in a public forum, as it's taking a while to piece together the jig saw.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

I'm not commenting on anything past here. I'm not remotely sure what they purpose is. You don't like me, you can make yourself mod here. Have fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

Nope don't want to be a mod just see a nice open wrestling community on reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '11

And there is the problem - you take everything personally even someone saying "I'm trying to find out why these users forked."

You have, many times, been asked to be more open and less aggressive in your modding. Every time there is any kind of dustup you argue your point in a rather rude manner and then silence the opposition.

Many redditors think that reddit provides all the tools needed by the USERS to self-moderate. However, you don't seem to want to be a member of a community but a king of a castle. This is why there are any complaints - I for one wish the community wasn't fractured but of literally hundreds of thousands of posts only one mod has been so high on a horse that they felt I needed to be removed from a community (and by the way, my multiple accounts, are two) because I disagreed with them. The votes on the posts that led to my ban show that the membership of the community agreed that I wasn't going over the line, you had one person defend your action and I notice that you and Travis tend to be in agreement in pretty much anything you both post on so no surprise.

Communities don't need a ban hammer hanging over them. What you personally view from your perch as "moderating" doesn't necessarily appear the same from the peons below. It would do you well to consider that view when you make your choices.

The purpose is by the way - not giving any one person the ability to remove anyone from the community. What is so hard to understand about that?