I'm sure you guys must know that there is a simple "ignore" button on this site. Simply left click on the avatar of the poster you don't like and when the profile comes up you will see 'ignore' to the far right on it. Click on this and you will never see this posters posts again until you 'unignore' him/her. Cuts all the slagging out.
Personally don't think the ignore button in the answer to everything. If you end up with a few on ignore especially the more regular posters half the threads on the board won't make sense because there ends up being gaps everywhere and looks like people talk to themselves. I think in some instances people just need to man up a bit. It's a forum, people will have different opinions and disagreements, that's life. When it steps too far is when it becomes personal and when threads are being spoilt.
How about the use of a bit of ''lets just agree to disagree, and leave it there'' ------ for the benefit of the enjoyment of others
My mother raised me to tell the difference between right and wrong and when to stand up for myself, I'll not be needing a collection of guys on an internet forum attempting to parent me but thanks anyway, if I mess up, rest assured there'll be an apology heading your way before long. If you saw a couple of guys arguing in the pub, you don't go over and say "There has to be rules here, nothing personal allowed", no, do you hell, you stay out of it and if your mate is taking a hiding you help the guy out. If people 'off the board' (who the **** are these mystery people by the way?) are too scared to post in fear of being 'shot down' then... FFS. Who actually gets scared to post on an internet forum? That's a line that gets trotted out way, way too often around here, like there's people privy to what's going on in a little burrow outside of the board filled with scared little forum otters that never post. This board does thrive, I don't see any point in the future where we all hold hands and sing songs with Cardew on his ukulele round a campfire.
Good on you staying - one of the better members far too good to lose - anyway your gig info is well popular - also your a passionate Sunderland fan
I'll talk to you "Kinky" But if you're looking for a couple of pen pals here in Oz here are some from the famous Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (Dykes on Bikes Contingent) who would be pleased to correspond with anyone "Kinky" Have a great day mate. please log in to view this image
Do you know if they have a webcam as it would need to be purely on an observational basis of course - as long as it isn't the one on the green bike
It's getting a balance though mate..I love a bit of banter as much as anyone, but when people are deserting the forum due to threads being derailed with petty squabbles etc it may be time to set a place aside for these squabbles to let the rest get on with it..
Who specifically has left due to petty squabbles? I think Comm and Bri are getting on better than ever now, without wanting to jinx the situation, they had it out and they're being diplomatic. I agree though, it's not nice when threads get taken over with debates/squabbles and handbags start getting swung whilst others are attempting to have a chat about the topic. That's where mods can do a little work I think, I seem to recall me bickering with a lad on the NUFC board and one of their mods lifted the entire argument out of the thread and created a new thread, posted every post we'd both made and said 'get on with it in this thread, stop spoiling the others'. I mean I'm borderline angelic on here, so I might be just guessing, I never really get involved in heated debate.
Numbers of posters and posts have undoubtedly dwindled recently, and when asked why they are not bothering with the site as much, the answer is almost always because they got sick of the infighting.
Would you like me to set up a sticky 'thread' where derailed conversations made by petty squabbles - slanging/slagging etc can be 'redirected or moved' to ? Personally I cannot see it working or being being adhered to, despite it's possible merits ( for the amusement value if nothing else) - the derailed conversation would most have is moved there by a Moderator albeit that'll cause even further arguments
I agree mate...It sounds good in principle, but we all know it wouldn't really work in reality... Personally there is nowt or very little that bothers me. However, I'm just thinking of ways of getting this forum back on track..
We already had a thread for beef, it worked then just became another banter thread. It makes the board look like a pack of nuggets anyhow if you have a designated sticky beef thread! Hey look everybody, we argue so much we have a sticky thread for our beef... that's what we concluded from the last one anyway. Maybe if your club stopped trying to get relegated and didn't have to deal with idiots like Johnson then there'd be more reasons to be positive! I know what you're getting at RAW, you want the place to be a little more lively and friendly across the board and less petty, but I'm sure it'll all blow over and things'll change again for the better. For now you'll have to make do with bastards like me FWIW, Cest sprung to mind for me, he used to post a lot, I actually used to enjoy a lot of his stuff because his humour was dry and he was to the point, but many people thought even at the best of times he looked for the worst parts.
I look forward to reading what he has to say next Sunday when you effectively relegate your bitter rivals
