CFAvsMBA Banned

[higgmond]

@bchad

I think sports is dumb, maybe I delete those?

Ballroom dancing is recognized as a sport by the IOC.

[Galli]

@bchad

The harder question is the dumb stuff. It sounds like you want the mods to curate your posts for you. Decide what you’re going to be interested in, etc…

I think sports is dumb, maybe I delete those?

I think the followup duplicate topics intended to mock the original dumb topic should get deleted on the spot. It’s really annoying and immature and clogs up the WC and encourages stupidity.

“is rape bad”

“is god bad”

“is toliet paper bad”

Really annoying to me for some reason, especially since the mocking posts are created by regulars who’ve been here long enough to know they should not to feed the spammers.

[system]

@rahul roy

@bchad

We tolerated CvM a long time because he did add value to the forum on the careers aspect of things by trying to help people who were getting in to the business from non-elite backgrounds. My understanding (from bo him and from others he helped) is that he did a lot of stuff behind the scenes and in private communications that genuinely helped people here

It was hoped that we could get him to control his racist and homophobic and mysogynistic outbursts so as to keep the valuable parts of his presence with us, but it was ultimately not possible to do that.

Not a single so called BSD here will share his ER model with new kids like me.I am willing to forgive all CVM’s racist remarks for the guidance that he has provided new kids like us.

I think it’s too late.

[bchad]

@higgmond

@bchad

I think sports is dumb, maybe I delete those?

Ballroom dancing is recognized as a sport by the IOC.

Ballroom dancing is dumb. Tango and Kizomba are where it’s at.

[thommo77]

@bchad

Offensive stuff gets axed faster, though I also think it’s more powerful when offensive stuff gets pushback from the community and everyone can see it, so I do let it stand if that happens.

The harder question is the dumb stuff. It sounds like you want the mods to curate your posts for you. Decide what you’re going to be interested in, etc…

I think sports is dumb, maybe I delete those?

Moderators set the tone. If you don’t want sports threads then delete them. I remember a couple of sports threads were deleted back in the day. However, I think the water cooler was created so that a more broad range of subjects could be talked about. To me, I think it is pretty clear what threads are trash/borderline/should be deleted.

[bchad]

@ohai

I am not in favor of deleting threads. Many people make legitimate responses in threads that are later deleted. Later, it feels like we have wasted our time, since our posts are deleted. Instead, threads should be locked and selectively edited to remove offensive material.

I’ve been locking threads more often recently. If the offensive stuff is in a small section of the thread, it is deleted, but if it’s all over the place, sometimes it’s just too difficult ot delete it one-by-one.

As for me, I delete posts that are offensive. I delete entire threads when there appear to be chain reactions growing exponentially. But I lock them more often now.

[higgmond]

@bchad

@higgmond

@bchad

I think sports is dumb, maybe I delete those?

Ballroom dancing is recognized as a sport by the IOC.

Ballroom dancing is dumb. Tango and Kizomba are where it’s at.

Tango is one of the 10 dances recognized by the World Dance Council.

[bchad]

I’m teasing about sports. I find sports threads dumb, but recognize that many people like them and see no reason to delete them, since they are not offensive and many people genuinely like sports talk.

I bring sports up to illustrate one of the the issues with saying “why can’t the mods just delete dumb stuff.”

[system]

@rahul roy

@igor555

@rahul roy

@itera

@rahul roy

CVM was the man.He shared with me his ER model few months ago and it helped me a lot in my job.I don’t think he should have been banned.Ban guys like Gab who has no ability to participate in CFA/FRM and just trolls the forum.

CVM’s remarks were witty (atleast few months ago) rather than hateful or racist.However lately CVM started behaving like Xray/Gab/Hippo and other idiots.I feel sorry for his downfall.

think of it this way.

Someone doesn’t have to be an awesome contributor to AF to stay. We have no need for a “+contributor metric” for example. A member who maybe is a non-helpful contributor to CFA boards/career etc, but adds to AF traffic and throws in a comment/opinion. That’s totally ok

But we do need to have boundaries and rules to the downside. someone who constantly spews racist, obscene, vulgar, defamation of others, etc. that’s not ok. Giving the occasional helping and adding to the upside should not give someone allowance which they can use to spread hate and trash to AF. take it to the extreme: If I help someone land a job, does that let me start a racial hate thread and be safe?? of course not. CvM was playing this game, and ultimately it was decided we can’t allow this to keep going

Now that you have banned him?Is there a replacement? Who will share financial models with kids like us?Who will decide Upside or downside contribution of an AF member? CvM has helped many people like us privately without bragging about it on AF.NOt once did he brag that he helps young AF members privately.Why would CVM share his expertise with an Indian like me if he thought us to be monkeys??? Ban on CVM was for some reasons that we will never know.

dude its all your fault not the mods he got banned

You better keep quite.You are a genuine troll with no value addition.I wish we could have traded you for CVM in the ban list.

you wish too much

and you miss too much

[bchad]

@higgmond

@bchad

@higgmond

@bchad

I think sports is dumb, maybe I delete those?

Ballroom dancing is recognized as a sport by the IOC.

Ballroom dancing is dumb. Tango and Kizomba are where it’s at.

Tango is one of the 10 dances recognized by the World Dance Council.

Cycling is an olympic sport; that doesn’t mean getting to work by bike is automatically a sport.

Besides, ballroom tango is ridiculous compared to argentine tango.

[Sweep_the_Leg]

@Galli

“is toliet paper bad”

Woah, woah, woah. Slow down there buddy. Toliet paper is bad. You need more bidet in your life.

[system]

Rahul wil bring this section down,just my 2 cents.Do something so srupid posts are downvoted

[igor555]

haha my post got nuked lmao this is turning in to a joke

[Galli]

@Sweep_the_Leg

@Galli

“is toliet paper bad”

Woah, woah, woah. Slow down there buddy. Toliet paper is bad. You need more bidet in your life.

In bidet we trust.

[igor555]

either way has anyone been in touch with cvm to see if he is indeed ok?

[bchad]

So, although he is banned, does CvM still go into the AF Hall of Fame???

What say ye?

[Galli]

^ of course

[igor555]

@bchad

So, although he is banned, does CvM still go into the AF Hall of Fame???

What say ye?

thats why i called him the pete rose of AF

[Sweep_the_Leg]

@bchad

So, although he is banned, does CvM still go into the AF Hall of Fame???

What say ye?

I’d vote yes. He still owns two of the most successful threads of all-time.

Plus, he got his wallet stolen by a fat hooker. That’s gold.

[higgmond]

There’s no question that CvM should be a first ballot HoF’er.