swelinfo was bought

I'm gonna call you olive

 

Hi guys, thanks for all the positive feedback. The forum has and always will be an integral part of Swellinfo, so no need to feel abandoned as I"m still managing the site. Its been over 9 years since I launched Swellinfo.com and its definitely been an adventure, but I"m super stoked that its still going strong. The user feedback has always been important to me, so I know how you guys don't like to be mean or anything, but there's no reason to hold back if you don't like something about the site.

Cheers,

PS. I'm really needing some offshore tubes in DE, its been way too long for anything super good here :O

 

congratulations on a successful business endeavor.

the forum is alive and well but I think there are some people who probably need to be regulated here.
You can go through this actual thread and Identify people who are vulgar and troll like in there participation.

again congratulations on the sale!

BradPitted.

 

BradspttedBrownnosing.

 

Containing and regulating the vulgarity and pissing matches on Swellinfo has always been a hard task, because there is only so much resources you can dedicate to every post on here. This is kind of how the forum evolved with those who wanted to participate in the forum. I really hate that aspect of the forum, but it was the direction everyone always heads when they can hide behind anonymity and its definitely not unique to the Swellinfo forum. If it was up to me we would all be talking about weather models and board designs.

There are rules of course, and we'll try our best to keep people in check with infractions and banning.

 

Yes of course I understand. I take the personal attacks with a grain of salt. But that is just me. The downside of only being able to do so much moderating is that I am sure that there are countless number of people who chose not to be involved here because of the trolling, personal attacks and vulgarity.

In my short time being active here it is obvious that the main actors in this play have several screen names/multiple accounts and use them to pound away at anyone who is just trying to be an honest participant here. But whatever, its the internet and maybe some of these people find some momentary relief from a difficult and dark life.

Ok thanks for the reply!

BradPitted

 

Whatevah...

Hatty bound - once again - in 4 days!

 

dude, how many times do I have to explain that story? dropping in on that jerk was a move of last option. everytime he paddled back out he wouldnt stop until he was positioned back on the inside of me, no matter how far over I paddle when he took a wave and I was out there by myself. You have to stop imagining that this kook was just out enjoying a nice peaceful surf session.

 

This ^ seems to be self-serving, and possibly naive.

Admin allows people to start treads that are inflammatory. Other people respond. Admin enforces subjective bans.

Example: wayne & his religious rants. Those aren't exactly board design nor weather model topics. Why do you allow him to post the hayzeus-is-great rants that have zero to do with surfing & have everything to do with advancing his own self-aggrandizing agenda?

Another example is a poster such as bradpitted aka shark hunter. He comes on here telling people that he's "the new sheriff" & will regulate people. How does that relate to surfing? And, he's the same guy with multiple monikers. How do you roll with that?

Additionally, bradpitted frequently launches into unprovoked personal attacks on people (ex: his homosexual rants versus Seldom Seen & others), name-calling designed to get people to respond in the same ignorant vein & tread hijacking like few have been allowed to do here. That's the same sort of stuff the likes of which got multiple people banned. He also whines to Admin to try to get people banned.

The bradpitted/shark hunter guy is here to antagonize people & that's his agenda(ex: patronizingly dictating to people how to tie a leash - - what do you think people will respond with?!?).
He's on a total power-ego trip which seems to be supported by Admin.

Translation: your admin 'standards' are unevenly & subjectively applied. The danger of subjective 'laws' is that anarchy results when the populace realizes the laws are a sham.

Finally, who's kidding who? The site gets a ton more clicks when the Forum is pumping with rhetoric. That translates into more $$$$ for the ownership. Because more advertising programs can be sold to advertisers when you've got higher 'eyeball' and 'click' counts. Ergo, it's in the site's financial interest to have "vulgarity and pissing matches."

"Methinks the lady doth protest too much." (in re the vulgarity & pissing matches )
--Shakespeare

 

yankees umpteenth ban headn down the pike now

 

Probably would not hurt to have yankee, aka, susan take a time out. Out of all the nastiness spewed on this forum, he is right up there with all the others. while yes I did finally repsond to numerous personal attacks on me, yankee demonstates classic trolling behavior and repeatedly beats a dead horse. all the while he is hoping that others are cheering him on.... many of these "others" are probably just his other accounts here.

 

Case in point: whining to Admin in his passive aggro way for his own agenda. And name-calling as he does in most of his posts; the very thing that Admin states is not ok; the very thing that bradpitted is complaining about.

It's pretty obvious who is the one poster that is inflammatory, the one poster who is creating strife & "pissing matches" - - and it ain't me, it ain't Carter or Blasters or MIS or Z or Seldom or even O Barry.

In tread after tread after tread, it's bradpitted / shark hunter that gets people riled up. Again, he posts nothing to do with surfing.

Can't help but wonder why Admin permits a manipulative troll interested only in his own confabulated self-image to desecrate the Forum & divert attention from surfing topics.

 

BTW, Admin, I posted a bit of a surf report from France. And who shows up on the tread, name-calling & denigrating?

Yep: bradpitted, once again trying to jam his name into every tread, trying to get people to respond at his level of ignorance & jacking every tread he can possibly jack.

For the record, Admin remained silent.

So much for Admin wanting to see more surfing posts, eh? It's a fair topic to bring into the light.

 

That ain't him.

And this other message how he ahtes the negativity on the message boards.....

That's what message boards are all aboot.

People argue on Cancer Survivor message boards...

We ain't going to cut no one. Nobody on here is a thug, except for R Carter and DPSUP.

Hey I ain't annonymous, I'll meet any cracker on here for a lil dance. Met a few already. Didn't kill them at all.

My name has been spoken on here, for those who pay attention, actually thrice a time.

Nothing bad on here ever happens, so let the forum flow without regulation.

Stop banning Yankee and that Whale dude. Yes, MIS I know you try and tell people how funny they are in attempt to get me fueled, me being the funniest person in America - much better than Kevin Hart - but I've already had twelve people tell me so in real life. Well, 11 and a half, as one of them wasn't white. Ha.

And that article said that Mr. Swellinfo Guy is not managing the site, but only on-call in case R-Carter actually does rip out someone's intestines. He's building houses or something.

See that P.S line was just totally suck-up.

Welcome to the new age of surfing, well it's been here for awhile. You internet surfers are just getting taking for a ride. Nothing is real.

 

Dude, Mr. Swellinfo Guy and the Mods go after the people they don't like. Plain and freaken simple.

 

YOU DON'T NEED TO CONTAIN THE PISSING MATCHES. CONCENTRATE ON THE FORECASTS.

WE CAN HANDLE AND REGULATE OURSELVES.

Man, there's no crazy bad-arses on here, except for R-Carter and DPSUP.

Most of the people on here are scared of their own shadow.

People would instigate a fight with me, I accepted and I got Banned and they roamed free(IHL, Doug, Sturgis, East Coats Sponger, MIS-13 and a few more) They started it, I finished it, and I got banned. They didn't.

Dude, your freaken traffic comes from the message board people coming on ten times per day. I mean ten times an hour. It comes from the lurkers of the forum, for whom Yankee makes their lives a little better.

No one comes here for videos.

Weather models and board design, huh? Yeah that would have the message boards booming with ten people. Well at least NJSURFER42 would come back. He was fascinating.

I can't get enough talk aboot that last three foot swell on the east coast. Man, I could talk for days aboot it.

Lighten the truck up, no one wants the message board to be solely surfing but the totally mind numbingly boring people.

No one on here but twenty people know jack crap aboot board design. Let them study under Dave Parmenter for a year.

 

I believe that the majority of Swellies would rather see *you* take the "time out"...many of which may not even like Yankee.

Here's an analogy you might be able to understand:

Posting on SwellInfo is akin to waiting your turn for a peak in a lineup.

When you are new to a lineup, you don't just rock up with your guns-a-blazin', proclaim your "The New Sheriff", drop your F@g Bag on the beach (even though your car is in the parking lot a mere 20 steps away), paddle out and paddle battle with the locals (who have been regulating the spot for a lot longer than you). Then, when it appears you might not be the Sheriff you thought you were, start blatantly shoulder hopping because:

1) You haven't paid your dues yet, and
2) Your knowledge of the spot hasn't yet allowed you to move into the cherished peak.

This is why you get your sh!t thrown in the water. DERP

So, Marge Gunderson...think of SI as paddling out to an unfamiliar break, and use the time-cherished Surfer Etiquette:

1) Rock up quietly, as to not attract too much attention to yourself. Let your posting, like your surfing, do all the talking.
2) Sit on the shoulder and let the guys who have paid their dues grab the nugs. If you're lucky, you will get some scraps on the inside. Take them, be happy and be gracious about it.
3) In due time, with due respect, your surfing / posting will directly reflect on your hierarchy in the lineup...and you may eventually find yourself being a Deputy in time (but probably not a Sheriff).

Nobody cares about how many buckets you throw, or how properly your friggin' leash is tied. It's all about perception...and right now, you are perceived as not having a single clue.

This is why Swellies continue to metaphorically throw your sh!t in the water.

Any questions?

 

Look guy, no one is saying that you need to be kicked off of this site. But a time out might actually do you good. everytime you post there is this negative edge to your thoughts. Like you are trying to solidify the idea that this is your exclusive area and you hold some kind of weight in what happens around here.... which is usually a profanity filled vulgar reply to someone.... lately that has been me.

I think you could do a few things to diffuse these issues you have when you see something that is counter to the way you think swell info communications should be going. Like before you submit a post, wait 5 minutes and come back and read what you have written. just cool off man.

 

this story that you have "recounted" for me is absolutely not what took place during my encounter with that surf nazi. see this is part of the problem here. I clearly explained that this guy was repeatedly paddling back out and would not stop until he was on the inside of me, at place where there were literally 100s of places to sit. what am I suppose to do, just pack up and leave. at some point in time you have to call out someone trying to bully. you have to recognize when someone is intentionally trying to f with you. that shoulder hoping you are talking about was a last option. And being that I was there and you were not, my version has more weight than yours does.