I noticed it did get a bit sean spicy in there, but a mod could just have posted ‘Oi….calm down everyone or I will lock this’, rather than just locking.
Nah i don’t consider it is, however there are 2 or 3 posters who i will not acknowledge with a response in any thread as they act/post like dicks to garner a response so it’s easier to ignore than to respond and fuel their ego.
PS i agree with you Soma, the vast majority of peeps on STW are pretty decent, articulate, and despite not necessarily agreeing the whole time, get along just fine!
I tend to be a voyeur on the political threads rather than a poster but I out of any of the other forums or FB groups I visit STW is the most moderated, most PC and probably the nicest behaved.
Without a few juicy threads to play on the those that ‘spoiled’ the Trump thread will just find another, better to give them a sandbox to play in IMO
Unwritten rule #7 of this forum. There are some members that won’t ever enter into reasoned debate and will always take the Michael. Zulu-eleven is one of them.
chewkw is one of the good (bad) posters, he’s amusing and i’d quite happily have a pint and a face to face discussion/argument with him in the pub as i imagine we’d both leave on good terms, as for the others i feel it would be a very short discussion before i would feel utter contempt for their views.
I turned away in disdain a few times, but turned away in disgust when ninfan was accused of being a rape apologist. He might be many things, but not that.
Threatening someone is not the smartest move if you want a thread to remain open
Again, not excusing the handbags that were thrown underarm in the thread, but a warning/temp ban just to nudge people back on track would have sufficed.