| | Warning to Popcorn Eaters in the UKPage 2 of 2 (1, 2) | I think things go off topic when it starts off as a light hearted funny thread and I don't really see the harm in that if there is nothing to debate about per se. It's like having a conversation with friends, you don't talk about the same subject for days it strays here and there with lots of banter and hopefully fun. I don't have a problem with chat and have probably been guilty of that many times on here, but I don't like the nastiness I have to say.
Some threads do stay very on topic and get quite serious like the god one at the moment.
Here's the problem. Although like you, I personally like forums elsewhere where you can chat, go off topic, etc, the rules are pretty clear on POF. All posts on all threads must be on topic or they will be deleted.
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Posted: 5/4/2012 1:09:19 AM | Hey MOD
How about deleting my recently deceased brothers profile like I asked via email, instead of harmless jokes on here?
I had a reply saying it was being 'investigated' but I can assure you he wont be replying.
Failing that, send me an email address that will result in the requested action.
Thanks.
Mods can't delete profiles. You need to email admin.
Moderators only moderate the forums.
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Posted: 5/4/2012 1:20:33 AM | I also think there's nothing wrong with the odd joke post and, sometimes it even helps to lighten a debate that may have become a bit too serious/argumentative.
I have noticed that humour gets deleted whereas some of the nastiness seems to survive, which doesn't really make any sense to me.
I have been banned from posting new threads indefinitely because I dared to start a chat/list thread, yet I see people surviving any kind of punishment who are downright horrid and vile sometimes.
This is why I asked if the mods actually read through the threads or just punish based on the report thread, because I sense there's a handful of people who report anything and everything depending on the person posting it! Maybe the mods don't understand that us British like a bit of fairness. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2012 3:10:51 AM | | In real life debates we do go off topic and since I am a real person and I think the other users are real ,I guess the debates on here are real life .I guess when you are a moderator you need something to moderate.. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2012 4:48:59 AM |
In real life debates we do go off topic and since I am a real person and I think the other users are real ,I guess the debates on here are real life .I guess when you are a moderator you need something to moderate..
it's akin to being a traffic warden, nobody likes getting parking tickets but the warden will still issue them because it's his job. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2012 5:09:06 AM | | Interesting. I know a lot of people who have pulled off from posting because far to often the subject goes really well off topic . Many don't read the subject of the OP and then for some reason attack. We are all entitled to our opinions and beliefs, right or wrong, but to go on the attack is not the right way to go about it. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2012 5:11:36 AM | it's akin to being a traffic warden, nobody likes getting parking tickets but the warden will still issue them because it's his job.
In the sense that it's a necessary job, in order to keep the (metaphoric) 'traffic flowing', then yes.
But only because people seem to be incapable of "moderating" their own behaviour on forums, just as some idiots will park on crossroads, and traffic junctions.
The rules aren't difficult to understand, and simply "eating popcorn" is hardly a "contributory post", in any sense.
All you have to do, is post something "on topic", it's not hard.
I really don't mind posts or threads being deleted.
In real life, none of the deeply profound, and substantial, well thought-out sentences I speak, are recorded for posterity.
I see my posts in the same way. It's just conversation.
I've always thought that in a way, some of the most beautiful art is the transient type.
Like ice or sand sculptures. Beautiful, but doomed.
I think that reflects life.
I don't think there's any need for people to start getting all "Ratty" about the mod's. 
Some people have even started other web-sites, purely to whine and complain about them......
Very childish and gutless IMO, but you could always do that, if you don't like it..?
Of course, they always start out with "no rules",
but after a while, they end up having to delete threads, and posts, and banning the idiots, just like they do here.
Some people are just nasty.
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Posted: 5/4/2012 5:24:42 AM | The rules might be a bit annoying, but if I really had a problem with them I wouldn't have signed up.
If they get to be too irritating, I'll leave.
After a couple of hiccups, I find it really easy to post in here (in spite of the restrictions) and still say what I want to say.
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As for watching a thread turn into a car crash... I enjoy it, if it's not something I'm really interested/taking part in and it annoys me, if it's detailing a good topic.
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Posted: 5/4/2012 5:39:57 AM | I'm a moderator on a specialist forum to do with China.
We only have a few hundred members with only around 20-30 highly active members and have 'rules' similar to POF concerning personal attacks etc. Due to the nature of the forum, tempers do fray and posts get deleted; it's always the mods that get the flack in the end.
At least this mod has the decency to spell it out for all to see and digest.
I must admit, going off topic can be frustrating for some but for the sake of adding a little humour I think it's acceptable in small doses. Rules are rules I suppose!
'It ain't an easy undertaking, especially when you do it for nothing!' | |
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Posted: 5/9/2012 9:57:07 AM |
Looks like it is going to be a quiet week in the UK forums.
Just saying, but this comment seems no different to me than the comments others might perhaps make about getting popcorn... I'm curious now as to where the line is drawn. Or is it a case of 'do as I say?'
Not making an issue of it... just curious. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2012 12:57:57 PM |
Looks like it is going to be a quiet week in the UK forums.
Had anyone else posted the above then we would have been informed it was incitement | |
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Posted: 5/9/2012 1:21:25 PM | Frankly this thread was started to give users a last chance warning to stop flaming wars in the forums and it's clear, after the thread deletions I had to do in the UK today that the last chance was wasted by many.
I'm a bit taken back that even after this thread was created, many users opted not to take it seriously.
As a moderator I don't think it should be my responsibility to look after the forums like it is a daycare center.
Bottom line, users that persist in flaming thread battles, etc will see their posts deleted, profiles banned and potentially further restrictions.
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Posted: 5/16/2012 12:01:56 PM | | You are not sure why a thread declaring that specific references to the consumption of popcorn was not verboten was not taken entirely seriously? It's probably best to intervene as and when there is genuine proper flaming, not just a few prickly comments or mild sabre rattling. | |
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