Ojiveojive
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Re: Promotion Party Ideas
If I banned everyone that writes bullshit nonsense on here, myself included, we would probably have no forum.
To me trolling has to be abusive, not just irritating, and those that call for the heads of those they perceive as trolls are are falling into the trap of wanting to police other people.
The best way to deal with irritating posts, in my opinion, is to ignore them, they'll soon disappear from view.
There's a lot of stuff posted that I find irritating and my joy is fulfilled when those posts just drop off page.
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M00R5
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Re: Promotion Party Ideas
I can totally appreciate where you're coming from Clive, and generally I think your moderating style is spot on. No need to be heavy-handed on here at all.
That said, as the club is growing all the time, this site is going to get more and more traffic, some of it mindless trolling. It might be an idea to revise and apply a clear policy for those instances when they occur. As well as the posts above, I've heard from other wise old heads in person that they no longer use this forum as it can't be taken seriously - if seriously is the right word. Given that the forum architecture is also by now quite outdated, it'd be a shame if more people started getting frustrated and giving up on using this site, especially as the club goes from strength to strength.
Your stance on the Bard of Bakery parody account was that if the person being parodied complained, the account would be removed. WASU - as much as he is a constant self-parody - complains non-stop that TMYS is parodying and impersonating him. Is his protest not as worthy as that of the Bard?
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Re: Promotion Party Ideas
I think this is fair M00R5.
As the club gets bigger naturally more people will want to come on here and talk about the club and the football. It would be a shame if readership were to drop Because people on the wind up put off a lot of people who come on here for a quick catchup on goings on but are confronted with half the front page or more being shitposts about nothing.
There are many names from 2-3 years ago that I don't see even log on to here anymore which is a shame IMO.
I also agree that the interface of this forum is starting to look a bit dated, but it works I suppose it could be a case of if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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Ojiveojive
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Re: Promotion Party Ideas
I've not had a single complaint from WASU.
Exchanges between posters with opposing ideas are often quite personal (note the quite prolonged abuse received by SMCFildes a while ago) and some of it has been dealt with by sending personal messages to the protagonists, but banter, to me, is just that.
Everything on a forum is subjective and therefore runs the risk of upsetting, irritating and even angering other members. We have to be intelligent and thick skinned enough to take stuff in our stride and whilst a robust exchange of views is to be encouraged, outright abuse is not.
If anyone feels they are being abused then please send me a PM and I will look into it. If I think someone is abusing their fellows users I will intervene, as I have in the past.
Incidentally I have received more compliments about the forum than brickbats from both home and away supporters.
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Re: Promotion Party Ideas
quote: M00R5 wrote:
Your stance on the Bard of Bakery parody account was that if the person being parodied complained, the account would be removed.
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