[Closed] absent regulars?

What did he/she do to warrant expulsion?

She would never let it rest.

I'm loving skeptical house. Superb!!! 🙂

I have to say there was a lot of banter pre the BigBan(g) what with Fred/TJ/TSY to name a few, I enjoyed their posts, most make me LOL and some I just thought "get out of this then sonny".
I remained a very sparce place after this for a few months, I for one didn't think it would survive, but it has and I'm glad some new faces have joined in, some others have stepped up a bit and the banter flows again.

But the tone of the place has definitely changed, for the good or bad,met hats for you to decide.

fasthaggis - Member
Is that Charlie from Casualty binners ?

Nah, it's Neil Tennant.

What did he/she do to warrant expulsion?

He/she asked why someone else had been banned

mods, eh? Tch! What are they like?

Nah, it's Neil Tennant.

It's actually an uncanny likeness to one of those hit with the ban hammer - although he has more hair on top and is slightly better looking 😛

Anyway. Where were we?

Ah yes. Surprise at the ban hammerings...

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I tend to lurk more than I post.

I can't say the previous banter ever put me off. I just used to avoid threads that were more than 3 or 4 pages as you generally knew it was just TJ having an argument.

Nuclear power threads aren't the same that's for sure!

I think the mods do a good job all things considered. Given so many posts and so few mods, I'm surprised there aren't more bannings.

Reference the thread that led to this one, nobody who got banned as a result can be surprised - the banning line may be variable, but if you push that hard you know you're over it! I don't get why some folk (pretend to) expect there to be crystal clear rules and regulations regarding acceptability.

Reference Fred (and to a lesser extent TJ), the forum is a better place since their bannings IMO. Whether that's because of a lack of them or a lack of people biting at their threads / winding them up is moot.

Given so many posts and so few mods, I'm surprised there aren't more bannings.

You would be surprised how many there are.

for me the best things about thiz forum have been the range of views expressed on it and the sensible if slightly imperfect moderation.Don't like to see anyone get banned but I accept that sometimes there's no option .It is strange to see so many banned in one go

Can i just say, although it's competely unconnected with the thread in any way but willmaybe help lighten the somewhat sombre mood a tad, that that bird up there ^^^^ with the red card looks almost exactly like my nextdoor neighbour!

Thanks, and now back to our regular eeyores..............

Well last night's thread was bizarre even by STW standards. Ok, there was semi-serious point at one stage (what is/isn't allowed in terms of swearing and swearing avoidance) but beyond that it was seemingly little more than a wind-up game or a challenge to see how long it would last. It got a lot further than I would have imagined but the outcome was hardly ever in doubt.

So are the latest "rests" temporary or LT?

I survived. 🙂

I survived.

...and to think. I almost thought about possibly maybe if I could be bothered sending you a message to see if you had been chucked in the canal by the mods

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Does anyone think that bans really work?

So which of the outcasts are you then?

I suspect that due to the thread being deleted, this all seems more intriguing than it probably is. How many got banned, and who were they?

Bye bm

i can't believe CFH got banned..........i am horrified and shall be writing to his MP.

Ton, I think he IS his MP. 🙂

"Bye bm" 😯

Rule No.1 of the Ban Hammerings

Don't ask questions

Anyway, bye BM 😛

My bum's going five pence fifty pence now...

what's gonna happen next!!!!!??

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Cupcakes yunki, probably something to do with cupcakes. Or tyres. Who knows?

banning flash is like telling the queen she smells of pee..... 🙁
somethings are sacred.
i despair.

rogerthecat - Member
It was kinda like watching the bad lads at school baiting the teachers until detentions were meted out.

As in those days too, I was happy to be a bystander and watch it turn to worms.

Good for a giggle though chaps, top effort.

My bum's going five pence fifty pence now...

Genuine LOL

deadlydarcy - Member

I survived.
Posted 45 minutes ago

yes, but you're far less entertaining since the mods stopped the soft-porn.

Banning? Who cares. It's not like it's real life is it? It's just a silly, trivial coffee/watch/Audi/bike forum after all.

😯

And to think the top 10 posters used to get their names published in a league table in the magazine along with selected hilarity from the forum...

Did they not get invited to Christmas lunch as well

There is a magazine????? 😕

I think i joined STW very soon after the hammer of ban was struck on TJ and keep hearing the name about these parts. What did he/she do to warrant expulsion?

TJ was an intelligent and knowledgeable bloke, but had some fairly unconventional opinions. He could have a fairly abrasive debating style when he put his mind to it and could never, ever walk away from an argument (or admit when he was wrong). Ultimately, he did it once too often.

IMHO, his banning is a loss to the forum as I think his positive points outweighed the negative. I could say the same for some, but not all, of the other banees.

Banning? Who cares. It's not like it's real life is it? It's just a silly, trivial coffee/watch/Audi/bike forum after all.

Well, it does seem that those who get banned feel the need to tweet, email and Facebook about it; and given how much time they spend on here you wonder how much else they have going on.

TJ was an intelligent and... .

He did seem to take it all a bit too seriously, i used to feel quite sorry for him and did occasionally worry for his mental health.

banees.

Good word!

what cougar said

There was also a number of posters who would jump in every time TJ posted simply to provoke a reaction and he never failed to disappoint.
I would often have said the same thing and got no reaction from them.

I also suspect that if enough folk complain about someone they will be banned simply because the mods get sick of the number of complaints so they do something to reduce this.

I think they often make the mistake of thinking that complaints are reflective of the forum view rather than just the views of those who are annoyed - see also the recent classified rule change and thread as another example.
It may be better to actually ask rather than just base their opinion on those who are unhappy and actually ask the happy ones what they like and what brings them here.

IIRC the thread on the poster you would most like to meet was "won" by TJ and Fred both since banned permanently.

Does this have to happen every bleedin' time...?! Move on, things have changed FFS.

As Boatman suggests - some of you take it far too seriously...

Well, it does seem that those who get banned feel the need to tweet, email and Facebook about it; and given how much time they spend on here you wonder how much else they have going on.

I also tumblr, pinterest, text, pidgeon and horsemeat all the info.

As Boatman suggests - some of you take it far too seriously...

Personally, I think those that worry about others taking it too seriously, are taking it too seriously.

Oh...and for DD:

Memories 😀

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Some folk do stw more than others - its true if any activity you care to mention.

To come on here and criticise either those who use it a lot or those who rarely post seems like you are taking it to seriously

Its not up to me how often anyone uses this place and I judge no one for their use whether excessive or rare.