Overzealous modding again.

If the reason most threads get deleted and users banned is that complaints get made, then it stands to reason that users who piss others off generally will get complaints against them more when naughty than those who don’t. Fred has his share of dislikers and so I guess almost all of his trips out-of-bounds get drawn to mods’ attention, hence he’s banned more readily.

GW has a fairly, err, direct/abrasive style too and so maybe that counts against him in terms of getting reported. His post on the dumped thread was easy to complain about I reckon, though not actually full of really offensive words IIRC (fairly funny though – & likely untrue)

I struggle to understand why LOADS of posts get reported. I never have and probably never will report one – guess I don’t take the place seriously enough

@ JY, No, I know you have. It’s ok, I’ve reported you loads too.

buzz-lightyear said something stupid.

That worked well 😉

buzz-lightyear said something stupid.

Nothing new there then 😀

😛

Does all this reporting really go on? Are people really so sensitive? Isn’t it a bit like running to ‘teacher’?

I can only ever recall reporting one post, or rather a series of them from the same poster, as they were so crass and insensitive to the OP that it defied belief.

Does all this reporting really go on? Are people really so sensitive? Isn’t it a bit like running to ‘teacher’?

Apparently yes, because…

I can only ever recall reporting one post, or rather a series of them from the same poster, as they were so crass and insensitive to the OP that it defied belief.

I presume there is little reporting or we’d see more deleted posts (if you know what I mean) and there would be more bans.

*thinks of a reason to report Woody’s post*

What I find hard to take it the way that some nasty prejudiced posts are allowed to stand despite reporting from posters with plenty of previous and other posters get banned with no warning for something much less offensive

i honestly think that this roughly translates as ‘i want people banned for not having my world view’ rather than people getting banned for breaking the rules.

DS

One in 10 years? 😆

trailmonkey – there may be an element of this. However I do try to reserve it for the more blatantly racist sexist and homophobic stuff and use a fairly high threshold. Racist sexist and homophobic posts are against the rules. I try to keep some sense of perspective and only report the blatent stuff – not just the unthnking

mark’s posts on these threads almost always state that mods are inundated with complaints

DS

One in 10 years?
For or against?
Personally I see all this complaining as an insecurity, OK it’s a bit one sided as I don’t think there’s much chance of appealing against a ban, but to complain in the first place is a bit…

I reckon everyone on this thread will get banned, then it will collapse in on itself, resulting in a forum black hole, where other, even new posters will get sucked in and destroyed. This is why they close the threads before it hits the event horizon.

The Thread Event Horizon??

I always wondered what “teh” referred to.

I can see it… it’s looming!

I’ve only ever complained about one post, where the hypocritical bullying had reached critical level and I’m glad I did.
I’ve never posted a tag as I consider them cowardly.

The worst threads on here, IMO, have been mysogynistic insults aimed at those with no opportunity to answer back.
They were pulled, but not until the OP had received a dose of his own, and he seems to have calmed down a bit recently.

You’ve lost me DS 😕

Racist sexist and homophobic posts are against the rules. I try to keep some sense of perspective and only report the blatent stuff

Yes let’s keep some sense of perspective – racist, sexist, and homophobic posts, are extremely rare on here.

And if I feel bothered enough to do anything about them, then I challenge them – I don’t report them.

That’s what I do in ‘real life’ …… where banning isn’t an option. Mark keeps banging on how this is just like real life, well in real life I don’t rely on bans when having to deal with racism, sexism, and homophobia.

ernie – I assume the mods have some responsibility for the content of the site (ensuring it meets certain standards) and that without posts being reported they’d have difficulty policing it. That being the case, reporting offensive posts should be seen as helping them out?

Just like “real life” repeat offenders might expect some sort of punishment/censorship?

You’ve lost me DS

I’ve just re-read, my mistake. 😳

the mods have some responsibility for the content of the site

My comments were aimed at TJ not the mods. I was suggesting that he deals with any cases of racism, sexism, and homophobia, by challenging them – not by reporting them. I have never reported any post. I can cope with racism, sexism, and homophobia in the real world – why would it be different on here ? Although as I say such incidences are extremely rare here.

Its a not unreasonable point and I do on occasion. sometimes tho I feel the right thing to do is report it as challenging them makes no difference or ends up with a row and that without reports the mods will not know of the behaviour.

As my good lady would say, doesn’t everyone just need to ‘unclench’ a bit…and take the forum for what it is. I really fail to see how anyone gets so upset…

challenging them makes no difference

I can’t ever recall anyone making an openly racist or homophobic comment not being successfully challenged, or the poster in anyway being in a position to derive satisfaction from the outcome.

Look at my horse, my horse is amazing.

fatmax, there has been some genuine nastiness, personal abuse and bullying on here.

No one likes a turd in their favourite swimming pool.

Do we pick it out ourselves or get the cleaners in? 😀

urghh. thanks for that swimming pool metaphor. Think I’m gonna be sick.

at the idea of being in a swimming pool with you lot (not the turd) 😉

🙂

I’ve really never felt the need to report anyone’s post on here, to me it seems like the policy of a schoolyard – Sir, sir! somebody said something horrid and may of made Jimmy cry

I simply ignore anything I don’t like and move on. It’s not like anyone is forced to read any particular post.
I don’t take offence very easily and I certainly don’t take offence by proxy either, there seems to be one or two posters who go around looking for something to be offended by and then making a big noise about it.
Get on with your own life would be my advice, if you were asking 🙂

As for this being real life? do me a favour………….

But this is real life for a lot of people on here. I’ve reported you for being offensive.

Point(s) being laboured? Conclusion – everyone relax.

But this is real life for a lot of people on here

Probably the most depressing post I’ve ever read.

Are there really people who actually take this tiny little forum in one tiny corner of the interwebs seriously? 😯

“I pity the Fool(s)”

Point(s) being laboured?

Would you expected anything less on here?

Are there really people who actually take this tiny little forum in one tiny corner of the interwebs seriously?

Well Mark claims that “this is real life” so I guess yes. Do you not agree then ?

For me it’s nothing like real life, for a start, I don’t dislike anyone at all on here. And yet I can’t help feeling that if I met some of the punters on here in real life, I’d probably think that we were right ****. After all the real world’s full of people that I don’t like.

been banned twice, once because smurfmatthew commented on the size of my friends breasts and the second time was for posting a picture of a woman breastfeeding a cat.

the pole dancing video annoyed me as she was wearing more than most people would wear to the beach, it was a video for an arts competition (no sexual moves at all, just technical skill as she won miss pole dance UK and now teaches all over the world) and up until SM’s post everyone was playing well and commenting on ability not looks.

the breastfeeding cat was an image from one of those 30p wimmins mags like ‘look!’ ‘now!’ or ‘shock!’, no nipple showing (it was well and truly in the cats mouth)… fair enough i suppose, somebody was obviously upset by it!

not sure why i’m typing this other than its fun to mention breasts on a friday 🙂

not sure why i’m typing this other than its fun to mention breasts on a friday

I will report this post while secretly thanking you for it… 😉

not sure why i’m typing this other than its fun to mention breasts on a friday

EVERY day!*

*boobies