Who Was The Poster With The Trilby Hat Many Years Ago?

[Bobbisox1]

I just can’t think of his name , a nice chap though

[THECORBYLOON]

DAGMAN?

[THECORBYLOON]

He's current but.

[Bobbisox1]

No, not Dagman

[windywillow]

Tonyted?

[Bobbisox1]

Yes that’s him willow, wonder where he is now?

[Mamyalynne]

Not been here since 2010

[THECORBYLOON]

He was banned in December 2010.

[windywillow]

I wonder too. There was also a nice poster called IceMaiden, used to post a lot, was always pleasant and helpful. Wonder why she disappeared.

[Bobbisox1]

Arh, okay

[Bobbisox1]

Yep, I remember her willow

[Buenchico]

Back in 2010, AB's Editor asked existing moderators for suggestions about who else might make a good moderator. I put Tonyted's name forward. About a week later he got banned from the site, which clearly goes to show what appalling judgement I've got!
https://tinyurl.com/s2ez4fu8

[Bobbisox1]

Arh that was him Chris, I hope he’s well , that was different times and different Ed’s

[naomi24]

I remember when Tonyted was banned. He didn't deserve it. He always seemed quite a nice chap.

[Barmaid]

Was he also Mickrog or have i confused him with someone else?

[naomi24]

I can’t imagine tonyted having more than one identity. He always seemed a straightforward kind of man .. but I might be wrong.

[tonyav]

After being banned from AB he used to post on Sports Answerbank.

[Barmaid]

Fair point, Naomi, but back in those days a lot had multiple identities due to the autoban thing.

And it could be brutal in CB. So much so that I seem to recall that CB was suspended, so it all kicked off in B and S. I reckon that must have been 2007 ish.

[tonyav]

Was he also Mickrog

That rings a bell, sure that's who he used to post as on the other site.

[Buenchico]

You've picked up on the tail end of the history there, Barmaid.

Chatterbank was actually created precisely because B&S was full of irrelevant trivia (together with a great deal of abuse as well), meaning that anyone who was, say, concerned about a parent's cancer would be extremely unlikely to post a serious question there.

So, as intended, all of the trivial (and/or abusive) posts moved to CB. However things then got so out of hand that CB was shut down. The result of that, unsurprisingly, was simply that all of the trivial/nasty stuff simply moved back to B&S again.

It was at that stage the Eds realised that, since they couldn't monitor the site 24 hours per day, it was necessary to appoint some moderators from among AB's members. Once that had been done, CB was reopened and B&S returned to being a place solely for serious posts.

[Mamyalynne]

Mickrog mainly posted about Sport on here.