<p>To Yale-board-users and any mods that might understand what I'm saying and care just a little bit--</p>
<p>I click on a thread on the Yale board with hopes of reading and participating in some awesome discussion and I'm immediately turned off to the thread--and the whole topic at that--when I see a response from Byerly. It's really such a shame that one person has to ruin the beautiful CC experience for me, and for others as well.</p>
<p>It's not even that Byerly is always saying something that bothers me; sometimes he can be an okay guy. But it's just the fact that he is so overly enthusiastic about Harvard that he completely stomps on Yale with all of his statistics, facts, and figures--that he finds god only knows where.</p>
<p>So I'm perturbed. I don't want to waste any more time reading his posts--or the threads that he's responded to--because for some reason unknown to all of us, save Byerly, they always turn into a massive argument about whether H or Y is better in whatever case is being discussed. So, I've thought up two easy solutions to the "Byerly problem," and unfortunately had to dismiss them both...</p>
<p>Easy solution #1: Don't read his posts or threads he's responded to... NOT POSSIBLE! Byerly responds to everything, even my thread bidding Handsome Dan goodbye, with a smart-aleck remark insulting Yale or Yalies in some way.</p>
<p>Easy solution #2: Block Byerly's posts. I understand the block feature; but I know I'll still be able to tell Byerly was there once the conversation turns to insult-exchanging and name-calling--not my idea of a fun afternoon or evening.</p>
<p>So basically, I don't know what to do to make me want to continue visiting CC. It's really quite ridiculous that nothing has been done about this little "Byerly problem" yet.</p>
<p>I don't think I can agree with u, Sprezz....I'm not gonna spew the freedom of speech garbage because it's a moot point. What IS valid however, is the fact that love him or hate him, Byerly contributes a lot of information to these boards that many ppl would agree is useful. Byerly has never once used a derogatory term towards anyone, blatantly insulted anyone, or unfairly abused anyone. It is not his fault that those who do not agree with him resort to calling him names. Although I may not agree with everything Byerly says, I think we have all (in some way or other) benefitted from having him as a contributing member to College Confidential.</p>
<p>its usually the breeze-byerly arguments that go bad....usually breeze doing the bashing....</p>
<p>Byerly has treated us all with respect, and although he faces more opposition from CC members than anyone else combined, he has maintained his curteous and respectful tone. I think we are all civil enough to agree to disagree.</p>
<p>Okay, well allow me to rephrase.</p>
<p>Rather than dealing with a "Byerly problem" (sorry), shouldn't something be done about a more general problem of arguments being started--i.e. the insult-throwing and name-calling?</p>
<p>I mean, it all seems to sprout from anything Byerly has said, so I guess that's why I put the two together.</p>
<p>He's not that bad. Take everything he says with a grain of salt, and when you filter out all the Yale-bashing, his stats are often helpful and nice to know. I'm not really sure exactly what he's trying to accomplish with his posts, but he's one of the factors that's helping me realize that Harvard probably isn't the school for me.</p>
<p>NYCFan is an idle man. Ignore him. He is a compulsive middle-aged man with the mind of a juvenile.</p>
<p>I do see him everywhere and I get really tired of the numbers, but then again...I'm kind of everywhere too...I hope nobody is turned away because of my presence >.<</p>
<p>Byerly brings a lot of knowlege to the table, but his attitude is not cooperative or helpful to the potential Yalies who frequent this board. He's good to have around, but I wish he'd tone down his relentless Harvard pushing and Yale bashing. He never personally insults, but those associated with Yale are so attached to their school that insulting Yale is pretty much tantamount to insulting the posters themselves.</p>
<p>I think Byerly is on a crusade to single-handedly depress Yale's yield of CC Yale-Harvard admits. It's not working. I agree with llamapyjamas; Byerly's behavior is rather a turnoff, for Harvard. I enjoy his presence here, in a way, but I'd never want to attend college with 6,000 Byerlys.</p>
<p>Hats off to the mods who have diligently shut down threads when NYCFan jumps in and starts fouling the air. His shtick is shopworn and the mods don't want precious space used up by his endless juvenile shilling for Harvard. He's always trying to depress Yale's yield everywhere on the 'Net. I have never been able to figure out what he has against Yale. For him, it's visceral. An unreconstructed Harvard honk, he was rejected by Harvard for law school. He was also rejected by Yale Law. Consequently he had to "settle for" Umich law School. He never discusses his affiliation with UMich. He's ashamed he couldn't do "better". I'm thinking he's displacing on Yale his anger at Harvard for denying him law school. With nothing else going for him, he will forever trumpet the ultimate accomplishment of his life - admission to Harvard College.</p>
<p>Hm, well that information about Byerly is interesting, futajalon. How do you know about all that?</p>
<p>I can agree with some of you when saying that Byerly does add something positive to the Yale board, like helpful stats and articles. But most of what he says is either an innuendo that is offensive to Yalies, or is masked by something that he can defend later on when people call him out on being rude. I don't know if that makes any sense, but you catch my drift.</p>
<p>It just seems to me like his only motive for posting what he posts is not to help college hopefuls make educated decisions about where to spend the next four years of their lives, but to make Harvard seem superior to Yale--and all other universities at that.</p>
<p>And it's curious that he hasn't found this thread and responded yet...</p>
<p>Sprezzatura, NYCFan can always jump in and challenge my posts. I'm lurking here and elsewhere and he knows that. Actually, my posts on CC have tamed him a little bit and that's good for CC - a great website. If he posts on CC like he posts elsewhere, I think the mods will simply ban him outright.</p>
<p>Byerly is malignant. I also suspect he has a mental disorder considering his age (60+).</p>