Thank you! Glad to be here.
1. Language filter test of false positives:
Malik Hooker
vague
[EDIT: it passed!! You could not write "vague" or "Hooker" on the old site.]
2. Some people on the old BBMB criticized former coach Aaron Kromer for assaulting kids. Those posts were pulled on the order of Bills management and it became a hush-hush topic. I hope that does not happen here. Do not let the Bills organization bully you into pulling posts.
3. On the old BBMB, you could not create a thread during game time. All threads would be merged to the gameday thread, even if they had nothing to do with the game. I hope that doesn't happen here.
4. The old board used to crash regularly right after the Bills selected in the draft, and right when free agency started, and when there was a huge play in a Bills game. It also crashed during the Beast Quake, when Marshawn Lynch single-handedly beat New Orleans in the playoffs with the greatest touchdown run ever in 2011, causing the earth to literally shake (ok, I'm exaggerating). I hope you have the server capacity to handle what is going to happen. Given that you think 100 new registrations is a lot, I am a little worried, but will help this site grow if needed! I like your positive ttitude.
5. I agree crusading is bad. I hope monopolizing a message board by repeatedly posting lots of news articles each morning and posting posts that are superfluous just to announce "I am here" is frowned upon here . Two new BBMB posters did that the past few months. At least one was suspended.
6. Regarding not carrying old BBMB baggage, thank you. I know many posters on the old site who were banned for life for minor and usually unjustified reasons, like bypassing the language filter, injecting politics/religion/sexual orientation into a thread, making a call-out thread, or having two user names. The moderators there were out of control and it was like walking on eggshells.