BDC Ellis Island: Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses...

[Kingface]

Some may be aware, The BDC Forum at the Globe site is shutting down in 1 month. It has been a great community for YEARS and I know some of you were and are members there. A lot of us are left without a place to post. Some of the most knowledgeable Sox fans I have ever met are on that board and I think they could add to the already great conversations that happen here. To the site mod....please accept their 'application' when they apply as you may start seeing a lot of people showing up. To the other members here....please accept them with open arms. I am hoping that once they join they post on this thread so we can see who 'showed up'.

Thanks!

[mvp 78]

All are welcome! Except for those who have previously been banned, apparently.

[Kimmi]

All are welcome! Except for those who have previously been banned, apparently.

Actually, only one. But it would be unfair to single out that one.

[jacksonianmarch]

I came here after the herald closed theirs. Welcome

[Dojji]

bienvenue, mes amis!

[Bellhorn04]

Some may be aware, The BDC Forum at the Globe site is shutting down in 1 month. It has been a great community for YEARS and I know some of you were and are members there. A lot of us are left without a place to post. Some of the most knowledgeable Sox fans I have ever met are on that board and I think they could add to the already great conversations that happen here. To the site mod....please accept their 'application' when they apply as you may start seeing a lot of people showing up. To the other members here....please accept them with open arms. I am hoping that once they join they post on this thread so we can see who 'showed up'.

Thanks!

Hey Kingface...this is Hfxsoxnut from that board. This place will be quite something if we get a big inflow from there.

[Kingface]

Hey Kingface...this is Hfxsoxnut from that board. This place will be quite something if we get a big inflow from there.

Hey Nut!! Good to see you here! Yes.......really hope a bunch come over from there. I knew many thought about starting a new forum. Starting a new forum is good and all, but this place already has a strong membership and one of the complaints there was that it was getting to be too small. Why not join where there already are some great posters?

[Yaz Fan Since '67]

Welcome to all the new posters. Now fetch me a beer Noob.

[yeszir]

Members of that forum are of course welcome here. My request would be to please play nice with the existing and long established community here. It's been a challenge integrating other boards in the past so hopefully this one goes smoother if people do choose to come over to Talksox.

[Kimmi]

Hey PINSTRIPEZAC!

Your favorite Red Sox fan is here!

[Kingface]

Members of that forum are of course welcome here. My request would be to please play nice with the existing and long established community here. It's been a challenge integrating other boards in the past so hopefully this one goes smoother if people do choose to come over to Talksox.

No worries. It's not like 'The Walking Dead'.........we'll play nice!

I think you'll find that there are a lot of great posters there that simply want to talk Sox, have good natured yet spirited debates and just hang out to get away from 'life'.

[Kimmi]

Some may be aware, The BDC Forum at the Globe site is shutting down in 1 month. It has been a great community for YEARS and I know some of you were and are members there. A lot of us are left without a place to post. Some of the most knowledgeable Sox fans I have ever met are on that board and I think they could add to the already great conversations that happen here. To the site mod....please accept their 'application' when they apply as you may start seeing a lot of people showing up. To the other members here....please accept them with open arms. I am hoping that once they join they post on this thread so we can see who 'showed up'.

Thanks!

Hi King. It stinks that the Globe is shutting down its forums. That said, there are a lot of good posters there whom I have missed and would love to be able to post with again. I've noticed a lot of familiar names popping up at the bottom of the main page.

I haven't been here that long myself, a little over a year. I have to say that all of the members here were very welcoming when I joined and they made me feel right at home. They are an awesome and knowledgeable group.

And to the long time posters and mods (who are awesome), I can also vouch for the BDC members who are looking for a new home. They are a good group and knowledgeable too.

Welcome!

[Kingface]

Hi King. It stinks that the Globe is shutting down its forums. That said, there are a lot of good posters there whom I have missed and would love to be able to post with again. I've noticed a lot of familiar names popping up at the bottom of the main page.

I haven't been here that long myself, a little over a year. I have to say that all of the members here were very welcoming when I joined and they made me feel right at home. They are an awesome and knowledgeable group.

And to the long time posters and mods (who are awesome), I can also vouch for the BDC members who are looking for a new home. They are a good group and knowledgeable too.

Welcome!

Thanks for the welcome Kimmi and the vote of confidence. You were missed over there......although I understand why you left. This seems like a great place and I'm looking forward to contributing here. There's already 4 that I know of who are awaiting approval. Hopefully it happens soon.....that place is going south fast.

[CliffKlowers]

Kimmi and at least a hundred other good posters left BDC in recent years because a poster named Pumpsie Green, who was banned on this forum last year, somehow became the moderator when BDC did not do their homework.. Pumpsie appointed three other mods who sanctioned a forum where everything goes and their fraternity is more important than sincerity, honesty, and being a real fan of the Sox. Pumsie Green has in recent days started a new forum at a freeforums.net site. Once again he is a moderator of a Red Sox forum yet he posts as if he he hates the Red Sox and is only interested in heading a forum fraternity. The flagship forum of BDC was the Red Sox Front Burner and PumpsieGreen and his co- mods there in the last two years chased away hundreds of potentially good new posters. Newbies were banned without making one post. Pumpsie dictated NO NEW POSTERS. Talksox is indeed smart to have Pumpsie banned. New arrivals from BDC should become acclimated and realize how much better it is here where you need not be a member of a fraternity first and place fan loyalty second.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Kimmi and at least a hundred other good posters left BDC in recent years because a poster named Pumpsie Green, who was banned on this forum last year, somehow became the moderator when BDC did not do their homework.. Pumpsie appointed three other mods who sanctioned a forum where everything goes and their fraternity is more important than sincerity, honesty, and being a real fan of the Sox. Pumsie Green has in recent days started a new forum at a freeforums.net site. Once again he is a moderator of a Red Sox forum yet he posts as if he he hates the Red Sox and is only interested in heading a forum fraternity. The flagship forum of BDC was the Red Sox Front Burner and PumpsieGreen and his co- mods there in the last two years chased away hundreds of potentially good new posters. Newbies were banned without making one post. Pumpsie dictated NO NEW POSTERS. Talksox is indeed smart to have Pumpsie banned. New arrivals from BDC should become acclimated and realize how much better it is here where you need not be a member of a fraternity first and place fan loyalty second.

Well, this is a new site. We have already agreed not to bring any drama or conflicts from the old forum to the new. While I appreciate your outrage at the idea of an iron-fisted dictatorial moderation team, (being so level-headed and open-minded myself), there's really no reason to rehash any of this. Enjoy posting here and let whatever happened in the past stay there. None of what you mentioned has any bearing on the site, there's no reason to be upset by it here at a fresh new place to post. Welcome!