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Rule #1

Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

"I can't wait to hear something from PosterX when he/she sees that **insert a given incident or current event that will have probably upset or disappointed PosterX here**"

"He/she is just delusional"

"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

"I'm going to take a moment to point and / laugh at PosterX / GroupOfPeopleY who thought / believed *insert though/belief here*"

"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

In general, if a comment goes from purely on topic to something 'ad hominem' (personal jabs, personal shots, attacks, flames, however you want to call it, towards a person, or a group of people, or a given city/state/country of people), those are most likely going to be found intolerable.

We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

A slip up every once and a while is pretty normal, but, again, when it becomes repetitive or excessive, something will be done. Something occasional is probably going to be let go (within reason), but when it starts to become habitual or otherwise a pattern, odds are very good that we will step in.

There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

If you see a problem that we haven't addressed, the best and most appropriate course for a forum member to take here is to look over to the left of the post in question. See underneath that poster's name, avatar, and other info, down where there's a little triangle with an exclamation point (!) in it? Click that. That allows you to report the post to the admins so we can definitely notice it and give it a look to see what we feel we should do about it. Beyond that, obviously it's human nature sometimes to want to speak up to the poster in question who has bothered you, but we would ask that you try to refrain from doing so because quite often what happens is two or more posters all start going back and forth about the original offending post, and suddenly the entire thread is off topic or otherwise derailed. So while the urge to police it yourself is understandable, it's best to just report it to us and let us handle it. Thank you!

All of the above is going to be subject to a case by case basis, but generally and broadly speaking, this should give everyone a pretty good idea of how things will typically / most often be handled.

Rule #2

If the actions of an administrator inspire you to make a comment, criticism, or express a concern about it, there is a wrong place and a couple of right places to do so.

The wrong place is to do so in the original thread in which the administrator took action. For example, if a post gets an infraction, or a post gets deleted, or a comment within a larger post gets clipped out, in a thread discussing Paul George, the wrong thing to do is to distract from the discussion of Paul George by adding your off topic thoughts on what the administrator did.

The right places to do so are:

A) Start a thread about the specific incident you want to talk about on the Feedback board. This way you are able to express yourself in an area that doesn't throw another thread off topic, and this way others can add their two cents as well if they wish, and additionally if there's something that needs to be said by the administrators, that is where they will respond to it.

B) Send a private message to the administrators, and they can respond to you that way.

If this is done the wrong way, those comments will be deleted, and if it's a repeating problem then it may also receive an infraction as well.

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If a poster is bothering you, and an administrator has not or will not deal with that poster to the extent that you would prefer, you have a powerful tool at your disposal, one that has recently been upgraded and is now better than ever: The ability to ignore a user.

When you ignore a user, you will unfortunately still see some hints of their existence (nothing we can do about that), however, it does the following key things:

A) Any post they make will be completely invisible as you scroll through a thread.

B) The new addition to this feature: If someone QUOTES a user you are ignoring, you do not have to read who it was, or what that poster said, unless you go out of your way to click on a link to find out who it is and what they said.

To utilize this feature, from any page on Pacers Digest, scroll to the top of the page, look to the top right where it says 'Settings' and click that. From the settings page, look to the left side of the page where it says 'My Settings', and look down from there until you see 'Edit Ignore List' and click that. From here, it will say 'Add a Member to Your List...' Beneath that, click in the text box to the right of 'User Name', type in or copy & paste the username of the poster you are ignoring, and once their name is in the box, look over to the far right and click the 'Okay' button. All done!

Rule #4

Regarding infractions, currently they carry a value of one point each, and that point will expire in 31 days. If at any point a poster is carrying three points at the same time, that poster will be suspended until the oldest of the three points expires.

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When you share or paste content or articles from another website, you must include the URL/link back to where you found it, who wrote it, and what website it's from. Said content will be removed if this doesn't happen.

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If I copy and paste an article from the Indianapolis Star website, I would post something like this:

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Provocative statements in a signature, or as an avatar, or as the 'tagline' beneath a poster's username (where it says 'Member' or 'Administrator' by default, if it is not altered) are an unwanted distraction that will more than likely be removed on sight. There can be shades of gray to this, but in general this could be something political or religious that is likely going to provoke or upset people, or otherwise something that is mean-spirited at the expense of a poster, a group of people, or a population.

It may or may not go without saying, but this goes for threads and posts as well, particularly when it's not made on the off-topic board (Market Square).

We do make exceptions if we feel the content is both innocuous and unlikely to cause social problems on the forum (such as wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy Easter), and we also also make exceptions if such topics come up with regards to a sports figure (such as the Lance Stephenson situation bringing up discussions of domestic abuse and the law, or when Jason Collins came out as gay and how that lead to some discussion about gay rights).

However, once the discussion seems to be more/mostly about the political issues instead of the sports figure or his specific situation, the thread is usually closed.

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We prefer self-restraint and/or modesty when making jokes or off topic comments in a sports discussion thread. They can be fun, but sometimes they derail or distract from a topic, and we don't want to see that happen. If we feel it is a problem, we will either delete or move those posts from the thread.

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We like small signatures, not big signatures. The bigger the signature, the more likely it is an annoying or distracting signature.

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  • Hey this is all on the owner IMO. He forced them to trade a good QB for a washed up one and use more draft capital to do it . Just because.
    You can't get champagne from a garden hose.

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    • Good QB? Not sure about that. Washed up current QB? I can agree with that.
      I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

      -Emiliano Zapata

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      • Wentz could give you some good with the bad. This has just been straight up bad.

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        • Trading Wentz was the correct decision.
          Trading for Ryan is meh.
          Not bringing in WR depth is irresponsible.
          Not finding a quality starting LT is stupid.

          I don't know what they were thinking on the last one, or why they think what we saw today is better than Hilton. Sure most teams aren't going to be interested in Hilton if all he is at this point is a WR3, but we just went and got a old vet as our starting QB and have no WR depth. With Ryan as our QB that means we should have been looking to make win now moves, instead we acted like we have a young QB, and can be patient in finding good replacements at LT and WR.

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          • I picked the Jags to win so this doesn't surprise me but they host the Chiefs at home and well..

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            • Jimmy's somewhere right now penning a cry-in-your-beer ballad with some has-been rocker about the disastrous start to the season. Coming soon to Colts PR streaming service.
              I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

              -Emiliano Zapata

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              • They're going to lose fans over this.

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                • Reich's history has been slow starts to games and slow starts to the season. Has any team during the Reich era looked less ready to start the season than the Colts?
                  Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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                  "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                  -John Wooden

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                  • Originally posted by Sollozzo View Post
                    So we basically have allowed ourselves to start in a combined 37-3 hole against the Texans and Jaguars.
                    This.

                    There's one place that's responsible for it. Coaching. Bad prep, bad scouting, bad schemes on both O & D..... You can excuse an occasional stink-bomb, but this....

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                    • Originally posted by PacerDude View Post

                      This.

                      There's one place that's responsible for it. Coaching. Bad prep, bad scouting, bad schemes on both O & D..... You can excuse an occasional stink-bomb, but this....
                      It’s just inexcusable at this point. Everyone knew Jacksonville would be flat out ready to play today. There was zero doubt about it. After the Houston debacle, THIS is what we respond with?

                      Amazing to think they came out with this effort after how last year ended in Jacksonville.

                      Next 3 games are Chiefs, Titans, @Broncos on a Thurs. This is in jeopardy of totally going off the rails. And when you scroll beyond those 3 games, there really isn’t too much easing up in the schedule. Of course, when you are as bad as the Colts have looked the past two weeks, no game on the schedule is easy. There are a lot of games coming up that would be tough wins even if we were playing halfway decent.

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                      • 2 or 3 more Ls in this next tough trio of games and strategy needs to move toward a tank. Have to stop the QB carousel of also ran plug ins and try to find a legit QB for long term.

                        I'm sure it's already been point out someplace, but we got a lot invested in the o-line (the rapidly failing Pryor at LT experiment aside) for it not to be able to pass protect our statue of an almost 40 year old QB worth a damn. And the steady vet looks the complete opposite if he doesn't have a crystal clean pocket.

                        I don't think Foles does any better for the exact same reason. If this trend continues, I'd just stick Ehlinger in there for developmental. At least he has some escapability. Find out what you have there and then a tank can play out organically. If he shows you enough to keep around as starter, then you try to draft a WR complement for Pittman or an elite LT prospect with your high draft pick. Don't know who's coaching at that point, but I suppose Reich contributes to the tank so in that case don't axe him until season's end.

                        And I will say - as much flak as Rivers got from some corners - I think he'll go down as the best of our stop-gap option in the post Luck era. He too was on the decline but I think he has a little more remaining arm strength than Ryan and, although equally immobile, had the toughness/moxie to stand in and take the pass rush heat. Ryan just panics and lets fly wherever - even more so than Rivers, who was often criticized for just that.

                        Big defensive FAs from this past off season - Ngakoue, Gilmore - with a big fat cero in contributions through 2 weeks. Pass rush outside Paye in Houston looks as anemic as ever. What the hell is up with Buckner? Does he ever do anything anymore? I did see Stewart with a couple nice TFLs against Jags.
                        Last edited by D-BONE; 09-19-2022, 06:16 AM.
                        I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.

                        -Emiliano Zapata

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                        • It is way past time the Colts get a modern quarterback
                          Ryan and Foles are statutes that is made 10 times worse by
                          a pathetic receiving corp. Teams will shut down the run
                          like yesterday because the passing game is so sad
                          It is time to put Ehlinger in and at least add another threat on offense. The Colts have been massively outscored the last 4 games.
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                          • It is time to clean house. GM has had his chance and
                            so have the coaches and ownership too
                            {o,o}
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                            • Originally posted by D-BONE View Post

                              And I will say - as much flak as Rivers got from some corners - I think he'll go down as the best of our stop-gap option in the post Luck era. .

                              Rivers looks like prime Marino compared to everyone else who has taken a snap post-Luck.

                              Rivers was really really good. Everyone else has been bad or really really bad.

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                              • The last 4 games have been Vegas & Jax at the end of 21, and now Houston and Jax to start 22.

                                You’d be hard pressed to find a worse four game stretch by any team. You go back to last December - the Patriots & Cardinals games were really solid wins. What the hell happened after that? It’s just been a total meltdown.

                                We’ve entered the fourth quarter of our two games this year down a combined 44-3 lol.

                                You can’t put into words how bad the offense has been. Defense has been a joke too. Just allowed JAX to easily get in a grove on offense yesterday.

                                I go back to wishing that we would have just given Ehlinger a shot last year at the end of the year so that we would have at least known what we had in him.

                                I’m guilty of buying the Ryan hype before the season. There’s still time, but it’s just a total disaster so far.

                                I just don’t see how long a coach can survive a team looking this bad.

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