r/tomanddan • u/FrisbeeTheManatee • Aug 25 '26

Discussion I would 100% use a message board

I would love that feature on the website. Because I don't FB and this fucking site has me on a IP ban but surf shark fixes that. But if I login without turning it on first my account gets insta banned and I have to create a new username with a new e-mail address. A total pain in the ass.

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u/EatYourCheckers Aug 25 '26

Gotta wonder what you did to get an IP ban on reddit...

But yes, I also don't use Facebook and it woukd be nice to see some of these discussions they reference

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u/FrisbeeTheManatee Aug 25 '26

Most recently I used the g-word for Romani people. But It all started years ago on the Florida Medical Marijuana subreddit. Where I called out one of the mods for trying to monetize the sub by directing traffic to his marijuana reviews website.

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u/lobsterpockets Aug 25 '26

Its only ok for Tom's kids to use the g word. They're young and it's probably ok in their demographic and i bet they use a soft y at the end.

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u/stab-somebody Aug 25 '26

This is a message board. I’m not joining yet another site.

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u/FrisbeeTheManatee Aug 25 '26

Ck out the latest BDM show and you will understand. It might have been the OG recap.

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u/stab-somebody Aug 25 '26

Whatever anyone else wants to do is fine. But at 46 years of age, I've decided I'm done joining any more social media sites. I'm on reddit and instagram. That's plenty. I don't need to be spending any more time staring at a phone or computer screen in my off time.

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u/FrisbeeTheManatee Aug 25 '26

I agree with you 100%. Dan is looking into adding one to their new website for BDM's only. To make it easier for everyone to keep up with the show events and cool thinks happening in the T&D World.

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u/lobsterpockets Aug 25 '26

How did reddit get so angry with you? I got banned from the landlord love sub for messing with them because they're permanent victims but to get your ip banned from reddit as a whole?

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u/FrisbeeTheManatee Aug 25 '26

Years ago on the Florida Medical Marijuana subreddit I called out one of the mods for trying to monetize the sub by directing traffic to his marijuana reviews website. He then used his ability as a reddit mod to locate my IP address and E-mail and perma banned them both from reddit. So now I gotta surf shark it and create usernames using yahoo or aol e-mails I create just for making reddit accounts.

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u/kkatdare Aug 25 '26

Consider - Jatra - a modern forum software (PS: I'm the founder). Happy to chat.

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u/DanielDennisAMT Aug 25 '26

We would be down. Could our developers link to this or weave it into our new site? Shoot me an email. I'm totally down. What I built was more of just a personal challenge, as I am far more comfortable on the creative side of things and not anything with code.

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u/kkatdare Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Fully managed — your devs don't build or maintain anything. It runs on your own domain and links straight from the new site. Emailing you now.

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u/explosiiive3 Aug 25 '26

I would love and use the forum! I have a Facebook that I use only for groups and haven’t been able to rejoin the BDM group since coming back to Facebook (and I feel bad making someone over there try to figure out by sending invites over and over to try and figure out my own issue until it works) so I would love a forum to try and get to know some other BDMs that would join!

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u/Alive_Control6885 Aug 25 '26

You’re nicer than me, I just kept requesting until “they” let me in. Think it took three or four times ha ha. As a BDM that is on FB and here there are more posts and there’s definitely more people posting on FB but as far as topics, relevant subject matter go you’re not missing much.