Yes, too hot!
No, could do with more heat!
It's just fine as it is.
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure!
"Smile when you say that so all may know you speak in jest "
But what if it's a thread I actually want to read eg someone's finally figured out which foot to step back on in the first move?
I'm not asking people to not comment. All I'm asking is that people be polite.
Last edited by Ghost; 2nd-November-2006 at 01:02 PM. Reason: spelling
"If you can't stand the heat ..." is not any sort of justification for rudeness ever.
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Errrr... from a newbies (to this forum) perspective this thread seems to be fairly argumentative and we are only discussing whether this forum is becoming too 'hot'.
I know I'm too new here to comment on historical incidents for you long term people on this forum, but I'm very keen on meeting some new people here and being nice and so forth.
I mean I work along the lines of if I have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all.
Yes, I'm aware of that convention.
I agree, on serious threads people should remain polite. All I'm saying is that you should use the existing systems to sort out people who aren't, not impose some system where the moderators have to crack down upon everyone. Ultimately that could kill the forum off altogether. Whether that's because people feel unable to speak out or because the extra work leads to charges for registering to pay for the moderators extra time.
Look you've got me being all serious now. G1t.
Last edited by Gav; 2nd-November-2006 at 01:12 PM. Reason: sense of humour returned
Un-contentious question.. can you give examples of threads/posts you would have liked to see moderated more stringently?
Its hard to make personal judgements about how each individual feels about having a 'personal attack' on them.
Some may wish the post to stay, as they believe that it shows the 'poster' in a worse light than them. And therefore wish the post to stay.
Some may get very upset and in which case, if they reported it, we would remove it immediately
Anyone can report a post that concerns them and we (moderators) could then make a decision to PM the person involved and ask if they were aware if it and if they're happy for it to stay
MODERATOR AT YOUR SERVICE
"If you're going to do something tonight, that you know you'll be sorry for in the morning, plan a lie in." Lorraine
Ok how about posts 14,38, 39, and 49 on this thread?
Before I upset Witty et al, no I didn't take offence , but as Shodan pointed out they do come across as unnecessarily arguementative. I'm interested in whether the Moderators feel they need to be moderated seeing as that's the essence of this thread.
I think that some of the nonsense that led to David B leaving could have been better handled. Also some of the stuff concerning Simon Borland and the Hippodrome got a bit nasty.
Indeed, I don't envy your task.
I think I'd prefer to see bad posts stay in place, but a private (or if needed, public) warning given to the poster.
I think I'd prefer to see a post edited in this case to show that someone said something which was found to be unacceptable.
Most of what the moderators do we are blind to – we don't see posts or threads that have been deleted, we don't see warnings given to posters. Perhaps because of this, we just assume there are no controls...
I rarely have reported a post – I think I've only ever reported spam. I'm assuming that the moderators are watching these kinds of threads I've referred to, and acting accordingly.
We're told that the moderators don't have time to read everything and that you rely on people reporting things. If it's such a time-consuming task then perhaps more moderators could share the load.
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Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Think I'll go and poke some sleepy, dangerous animals with sticks now, just to see if they have a sense of humour.
Definitely not!
I'm not really worried about a bit of bad language. It's just a language deficiency on the part of the person posting, rather than anything else
So, apart from sh1t, and b0ll0cks, I don't see anything in any of those threads that I'd even consider remotely in need of moderation. We are after all adults here. And some mild disagreement is inevitable in a forum that gets as many posts per day as this one.
I really don't want to be wrapped in cotton wool, and prevented climbing trees, or going outside after dark, or any of the other things that kids don't seem to be able to do today. Especially now I'm an adult.
There have been threads and posts here that I have thought maybe should be moderated in some way (and most have). Those definitely don't count in that bracket.
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