Blutarski wrote:The circumstances of the last few weeks have caused most of the threads on the soccer forums to become even more clogged with hateful posts and/or folks trolling for arguments to the point that they are becoming useless.

If any of you have read any other "registered users only" forums like https://www.socalsoccer.com/ you'll know that the signal to noise ratio is quite a bit better there.

Demonstrating enough interest is the first step in getting the attention of the site owners.
If you would be interested in a soccer forum like this with posts only from registered users (no anonymous posts), please respond by posting here. Double points for posting from a registered account!!

Anonymous wrote:Personally I'd rather see Girl / Boys separate subforums because it gets really confusing when someone writes three pages on Bethesda v. Arlington only for you to eventually realize they are talking about the boys side rather than the girls, or something like that.

But given the fear of coach / club retaliation, I'm not sure how many people would stick a name to their thoughts about DMV football.

Anonymous wrote:

Blutarski wrote:The circumstances of the last few weeks have caused most of the threads on the soccer forums to become even more clogged with hateful posts and/or folks trolling for arguments to the point that they are becoming useless.

If any of you have read any other "registered users only" forums like https://www.socalsoccer.com/ you'll know that the signal to noise ratio is quite a bit better there.

Demonstrating enough interest is the first step in getting the attention of the site owners.
If you would be interested in a soccer forum like this with posts only from registered users (no anonymous posts), please respond by posting here. Double points for posting from a registered account!!

They just register under aliases so it's still anonymous.

Heloise wrote:I support this. The level of vitriol here makes me not only avoid this forum, but cringe at the idea of my kid even trying out for travel soccer.

Anonymous wrote:Curious, how do we know that "Blutarski" and "Heloise" aren't the same person logging into two different accounts? We don't.

I'm all for this kind of arrangement IF Facebook authentication is used. Short of that, it's all basically anonymous garbage. What's worse, having quasi-anonymous named accounts can amplify the effect of trolling.

Heloise wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious, how do we know that "Blutarski" and "Heloise" aren't the same person logging into two different accounts? We don't.

I'm all for this kind of arrangement IF Facebook authentication is used. Short of that, it's all basically anonymous garbage. What's worse, having quasi-anonymous named accounts can amplify the effect of trolling.

Go ahead and ask Jeff, he’ll be able to tell you we’re not posting from the same IP address.